4400's Behr Expects Renewal
Ira Steven Behr, executive producer of USA Network's SF series The 4400, told SCI FI Wire that he's confident the show will return for a fourth season, though he hasn't yet heard. "I would say that there is a very good chance that we will come back, and hopefully we will hear sooner than we heard last season, which was not until the end of September, [when] we did get the thumbs up," Behr said in a conference-call interview last week. "We're all hoping that it will be sooner than that."
The 4400 deals with the 4,400 abductess returned from the future to save the world and the government agents (Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline McKenzie) who work with them. Behr said the current third season will wrap up with a cliffhanger, as did last season's finale, which will set up next season's arc. "It's a little tough [to describe] without giving too much away," Behr said. "I think we will still be focusing on the main characters [next season], and that, I think, is very healthy and important for ... the longevity of the series and also the quality of the series. But, I think, because there will be some major chess moves made, I think we will be able to tell some interesting character-based [stories] with people we have not met yet, because there's going to be such an upheaval that we're going to want to hear and meet new people. So it'll be a little of both."
Behr added: "Even though we do still have a bunch of cliffhangers—because it worked so well last season, we did that again—I still think in an odd way if the show had to end, we end on a really interesting note this season, and, certainly, it would leave much room for thought and Internet chatter into what would have happened if the show hadn't been canceled. But I'm not really ... that concerned about that." The 4400 airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The season finale airs on Aug. 27.
SCI FI Wire 8/23/06
USA Renews The 4400
As expected, USA Network has ordered a fourth season of 13 one-hour episodes of its SF drama series The 4400, the network announced on Aug. 22. The series, which garnered an Emmy nomination, will return to USA Network in summer 2007, with production scheduled to begin in Vancouver in early 2007.
The 4400 will air its third-season finale on Aug. 27. It airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The 4400 was created by Scott Peters and Rene Echevarria. Ira Steven Behr, Scott Peters, Maira Suro and Perry Simon are executive producers. CBS Paramount Network Television produces the show, which stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie.
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