E-Ring

infobox television
show_name = E-Ring


caption = E-Ring title card.
format = Military drama
runtime = 42 minutes
rating = TV-14
creator = Ken Robinson David McKenna
starring = Benjamin Bratt
Aunjanue Ellis
Dennis Hopper
Robert Joy
Joe Morton
Kelsey Oldershaw
Gabriel Olds
Kelly Rutherford
country = United States
network = NBC
first_aired = September 21 2005
last_aired = February 1 2006
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 22
imdb_id = 460084
tv_com_id = 32656

"E-Ring" was a television military drama, created by Ken Robinson and David McKenna and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, that premiered on NBC on September 21, 2005. The title of the show refers to the structure of The Pentagon, which is configured in five concentric rings, from "A" to "E", with E being the outermost ring, which is considered to be where the more high-profile work is done. The show stars Benjamin Bratt as Major James Tisnewski and Dennis Hopper as Colonel Eli McNulty, as officers working for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The show struggled from the onset because it was up against ABC's Top 20 hit Lost, CBS's Top 30 hit Criminal Minds, FOX's Top 10 hit American Idol and the network's Top 30 hit Unan1mous, but a move by NBC gave it an earlier time slot which led to better ratings. However the show was pulled from the lineup during the February sweeps and officially canceled at the NBC Upfront on May 15.

E-Ring is currently airing in the United Kingdom on FX, as of July 28, 2006. They have shown all 22 episodes filmed, and have repeated the series several times since the conclusion of the original run. It is also being broadcast on the new HDTV Channel FXHD from April 2008. It is also currently (as of July 2006) shown in 'Kanal 5' for the Swedish market [http://www.kanal5.se/ering] and in 'La Sexta' for the Spanish market. On September 8 2006 Hong Kong's ATV began showing it.

In October "E-ring" will be aired on Premiere (a German pay TV company) starting on October 5 synced in German language as well as the original sound. The show is also airing in Panama on TVMax and Portugal aired on Rádio e Televisão de Portugal and is airing again on Fox. The show is also currently airing on the Israeli Cable channel XTRA Hot. The show was aired on Philippine cable channel Crime/Suspense. The show is also airing in Finlands biggest commercial channel MTV3. The show is also due to air on Australia's Nine HD in April 2008. In Italy the show is due to air on Rai Due since 21 March 2008. In September 2008 show started to air on Croatian television HRT.

The remaining episodes were shown on the Irish network TG4.

Cast

* Benjamin Bratt - Captain/Major/Lieutenant Colonel James "JT" Tisnewski
* Dennis Hopper - Colonel Eli McNulty
* Aunjanue Ellis - Master Sergeant Jocelyn Pierce
* Kerr Smith - Captain Bobby Wilkerson
* Kelly Rutherford - Samantha "Sonny" Liston

Recurring Cast

* Maurice Compte - Sergeant Charlie Gutierrez (9 episodes)
* Tavis Bohlinger - Mark "Doc" Jones (8 episodes)
* Kelsey Oldershaw - Angie Aronson (7 episodes)
* Ashley Williams - Beth Wilkerson (6 episodes)
* Mitch Morris - Ken Watkins (5 episodes)
* Andrew McCarthy - Aaron Gerrity (5 episodes)
* Brittany Ishibashi - Ashley Nakahino (5 episodes)
* Joe Morton - Steven Algazi (4 episodes)
* Jaime Ray Newman - Nathalie Hughes (4 episodes)

Episode list

eason 1: 2005-2006

External links

* on-line petition [http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/E-Ring Second Petition]
* [http://www.fxuk.com/series/ering/ Official Site - UK]
* [http://www.sat1.de/filme_serien/ering/ E-Ring Site at Sat1 (german broadcaster)]
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