Awake (TV series)

TV series

Awake is an American television crime drama. It originally aired on NBC for one season from March 1 to May 24, 2012. The main character in the show is Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs), a detective who works for the Los Angeles Police Department. Kyle Killen created the series. Killen is also an executive producer along with David Slade, for "Pilot." Jeffrey Reiner and Howard Gordon continued with Killen, under his Teakwood Lane Productions label. On May 11, 2012, after eleven of the thirteen produced episodes were aired, the show was canceled. However, it still finished airing the remaining episodes in the original time slot. Even though the series' did not last very long, many people liked the series enough to create the "Save Awake" campaign to convince networks to revive the show.

Awake
GenrePolice procedural
Science fiction
Supernatural drama
Fantasy
Mystery
Thriller
Drama
Created byKyle Killen
StarringJason Isaacs
Laura Allen
Steve Harris
Dylan Minnette
BD Wong
Michaela McManus
Wilmer Valderrama
Cherry Jones
ComposersReinhold Heil
Johnny Klimek
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersDavid Slade
Kyle Killen
Howard Gordon
Jeffrey Reiner
ProducersJason Isaacs
Keith Redmon
Ed Milkovich
Michael Klick
Production locationsLos Angeles, California
CinematographyFeliks Parnell
EditorsPaul Trejo
Nikc Berrisford
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time43 minutes
Production companiesLe11er Eleven
Teakwood Lane Productions
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseMarch 1 (2012-03-01) –
May 24, 2012 (2012-05-24)