Death Valley (TV series)

Death Valley
Genre	Black comedy Horror Supernatural drama Comedy horror Mockumentary
Developed by	Eric Weinberg Curtis Gwinn Spider One (concept)
Starring	Bryan Callen Charlie Sanders Bryce Johnson Caity Lotz Tania Raymonde Texas Battle
Composer(s)	Matthew Compton Homario Suby (music)
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Austin Reading Eric Weinberg Julie Kellman Reading Tim Healy Tony Dibari Spider One (co-executive)
Producer(s)	Kent Zbornak James O. Kerry (co-prod.) Dana Riedel (associate)
Editor(s)	Todd Bastone (assistant) Hector Carrillo (assistant)
Camera setup	Jeff Bollman
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Liquid Theory
Broadcast
Original channel	MTV
Original run	August 29, 2011 (2011-08-29) – present
External links
Website

Death Valley is an American horror, black comedy mockumentary television series broadcast on MTV. The series premiered on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 11:00/10:00 CT^[1] The series follows the Undead Task Force (UTF), a newly formed division of the LAPD, as they are filmed by camera news crew Channel 5 documentary-style, as they capture the monsters that roam the streets of San Fernando Valley in California. New episodes currently air every Monday at 11:00pm EST.

Series overview

A year prior to the opening of the series, vampires, werewolves and zombies mysteriously descended upon the streets of California's San Fernando Valley. The newly formed Undead Task Force (UTF), a division of the Los Angeles Police Department is created to combat the emergence of monsters in the San Fernando Valley. A camera crew is embedded within the task force to document the zombie, vampire and werewolf encounters.

Cast

• Bryan Callen as Capt. Frank Dashell
• Charlie Sanders as Officer Joe Stubeck
• Bryce Johnson as Officer Billy Pierce
• Caity Lotz as (Rookie) Officer Kirsten Landry
• Tania Raymonde as Officer Carla Rinaldi
• Texas Battle as Officer John "John-John" Johnson

Episodes

Main article: List of Death Valley episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release date
			Season premiere	Season finale	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	12[2]	August 29, 2011 (2011-08-29)	TBA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Production

Death Valley was created by Spider One (Vocalist of Powerman 5000) years ago, and after a long road of unsuccessful pitches, the series was given a 12 episode order by MTV on September 14, 2010. The series is executive produced by Austin Reading, Eric Weinberg, Julie Kellman Reading and Tim Healy. Charlie Sanders, Caity Lotz and Tania Raymonde joined the cast in September, Sanders playing Officer Joe Stubeck, Lotz playing Officer Kirsten Landry and Raymonde playing Officer Carla Rinaldi.^[3] Bryan Callen joined the series in October, as the lead Capt. Frank Dashell.^[4] The series premiered on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 10:30/9:30c.

References

1. ^ http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2011/06/29/mtv-adds-two-new-series-to-its-monday-night-line-up-beginning-monday-august-29-ridiculousness-and-death-valley-937215/20110629mtv02/
2. ^ "Shows A-Z - death valley on mtv". The Futon Critic. http://thefutoncritic.com/showatch/death-valley/listings/. Retrieved August 31, 2011. 
3. ^ http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/09/14/development-update-tuesday-september-14-37420/8880/
4. ^ http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/tv-castings-actors-board-fxs-alabama-mtvs-death-valley-and-cws-nikita/

External links

• Official website
• Death Valley at the Internet Movie Database
• Death Valley at TV.com
• Death Valley at TV Guide