Drive (2007 TV series)

Drive
GenreDrama
Action
Created byTim Minear
Ben Queen
StarringNathan Fillion
Kristin Lehman
Mircea Monroe
Riley Smith
Kevin Alejandro
J. D. Pardo
Dylan Baker
Emma Stone
Rochelle Aytes
Taryn Manning
Melanie Lynskey
Opening theme"Can't Stop the World" by Gavin Rossdale
ComposerKeith Power
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (plus unaired pilot)
Production
Executive producersTim Minear
Ben Queen
Greg Yaitanes
Running time42 minutes
Production companiesReamworks
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseApril 13 (2007-04-13) –
July 15, 2007 (2007-07-15)
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Drive is an American action drama television series created by Tim Minear and Ben Queen, produced by Minear, Queen, and Greg Yaitanes, and starring Nathan Fillion. Four episodes aired on the Fox Network in April 2007. Two unaired episodes were later released directly to digital distribution.

The series is set against the backdrop of an illegal cross-country automobile road race, focusing on the willing and unwilling competitors and, as the plot develops, the unseen puppet masters who sponsor the race. Minear has described the show's thematic tone by saying "a secret, illegal, underground road race can be anything from Cannonball Run to The Game to North by Northwest to Magnolia-on-wheels. Ours is all those things."[1]

Drive was the first TV show in history which had a live Twitter session during an episode.[2] The account @foxdrive still exists.

The show premiered on April 13, 2007, on CTV in Canada.[3] It debuted in the United States on April 15, 2007 on Fox, and moved into its regular time slot on Mondays the next day; in that slot it faced stiff competition from NBC's Deal or No Deal and ABC's Dancing with the Stars. On April 25, Fox cancelled Drive after only four episodes had aired.[4] The series has not yet been released to international markets (with the exception of Canada) or on DVD.

  1. ^ "The Tim Minear Interview". The Drive News Blog. July 1, 2006.
  2. ^ Yaitanes, Greg (November 15, 2013). "TV Showrunner Reveals Lessons From Investing in Twitter (Guest Column)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  3. ^ "CTV adds 'Drive' to schedule, premieres April 13". CTV.ca. April 9, 2007. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Schneider, Michael (April 25, 2007). "'Drive' runs out of gas". Variety. Retrieved April 26, 2007.