Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Fox's two-season series picking up after Terminator 2.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is a Fox science fiction series that aired from January 13, 2008 to April 10, 2009, 31 episodes over two seasons. It ignores Terminator 3 and picks up soon after Terminator 2, following Sarah Connor (Lena Headey) and her son John (Thomas Dekker) as they try to stop Skynet from being created.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Science fiction drama
- Creator
- Josh Friedman
- Based on
- Characters, James Cameron; Gale Anne Hurd
- Theme music
- Brad Fiedel
- Opening theme
- "The Terminator Theme"
- Executive producers
- Josh Friedman
- Mario Kassar
- Joel B. Michaels
- James Middleton
- Andrew G. Vajna
- John Wirth
- David Nutter (pilot)
- Producer
- Jill Danton
- Narrator
- Lena Headey
Production
Josh Friedman created it in his television debut, with Warner Bros. Television and C2 Pictures (replaced by the Halcyon Company in season two). David Nutter directed the pilot and Bear McCreary wrote the music. The first season was cut from 13 episodes to nine by the Writers Guild strike.
Fate
Reviews were generally positive, but ratings fell during the second season and Fox cancelled it on May 18, 2009, despite a fan campaign.
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