Spyder Games

Spyder Games
GenreSoap opera
Created byValerie Ahern
Christian McLaughlin
StarringShawn Batten
Christina Chambers
Megalyn Echikunwoke
Byron Field
Monica Serene Garnich
Tori Falcon
Enrique Murciano
Jane Wiedlin
Mink Stole
Craig Robert Young
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes65
Production
ProducersJason Shubb
Darren Wadyko
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkMTV
ReleaseJune 18 (2001-06-18) –
September 20, 2001 (2001-09-20)
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Spyder Games is an American television series that was broadcast on MTV from June 18 to September 20, 2001. MTV's second and last foray into the soap opera format following the run of the anthology series Undressed, the series was originally called Spyder Web in development.[1]

Originally intended for a 3 pm time slot, Spyder Games ultimately debuted at 7 pm because of its racy content.[2] The final episodes, originally scheduled to air during the week of September 10, 2001, were postponed by a week because of continuous news coverage of the September 11 attacks, which MTV aired. The last episode was written as a cliffhanger, but MTV did not pick the series up for a second season. With the decline of the format, as of 2021, Spyder Games is the last new American soap opera to debut on a traditional, non-streaming broadcast or cable TV network.

  1. ^ Spyder Games - ChristianLaughlin.com
  2. ^ Johnson, Tricia (June 22, 2001). "The Summer Games". Entertainment Weekly. p. 41. Archived from the original on April 10, 2005. Retrieved August 28, 2018.