| Wonderfalls | |
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 Promotional photo. Left to right: Neil Grayston, William Sadler, Diana Scarwid, Tracie Thoms, Tyron Leitso, Katie Finneran, Caroline Dhavernas, Lee Pace | |
| Genre | Comedy drama Fantasy[1][2] |
| Created by | Todd Holland Bryan Fuller |
| Starring | Caroline Dhavernas Katie Finneran Tyron Leitso Lee Pace William Sadler Diana Scarwid Tracie Thoms |
| Opening theme | "I Wonder Why the Wonderfalls" by Andy Partridge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Bryan Fuller Todd Holland Tim Minear |
| Production locations | Ontario, Canada |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Production companies | Living Dead Guy Productions Walking Bud Productions Regency Television 20th Century Fox Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox |
| Release | March 12 – April 1, 2004 |
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Wonderfalls is an American fantasy comedy drama television series created by Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller. The series premiered on Fox on March 12, 2004, and only four were aired before Fox canceled the show in April 2004 due to low ratings. The remaining nine episodes were later aired on Canadian network VisionTV beginning in November 2004 when it acquired all 13 episodes. The entire series was released on DVD in 2005.
The show centers on Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas), a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop. Jaye is the reluctant participant in conversations with various animal figurines – a wax lion, brass monkey, stuffed bear, and mounted fish, among others – which direct her via oblique instructions to help people in need.[3][4]
TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".[5]
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- ^ Datlow, Ellen; Link, Kelly; Grant, Gavin (August 2005). Datlow, Ellen, et al. (2005). The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection, Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-34194-6, p. xxxix – xl. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312341930. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
- ^ Roush, Matt (June 3, 2013). "Cancelled Too Soon". TV Guide. pp. 20 and 21