Fear Itself (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Fear Itself


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genre = Horror
creator = Mick Garris
developer =
starring =
narrated =
theme_music_composer = Serj Tankian
opentheme = "Lie Lie Lie"
country = United States
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 13 (5 unaired)
list_episodes =
executive_producer = Andrew Deane
producer = Adam Goldworm
Ben Browning
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runtime = 42 min. (approx.)
network = NBC
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first_aired = June 5, 2008
last_aired = July 31, 2008
website = http://www.nbc.com/Fear_Itself/
imdb_id = 1112285
tv_com_id = 75199

"Fear Itself" is a horror/suspense anthology television series shot in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with some additional shooting in the city of St. Albert and the town of Devon, Alberta. It began airing on June 5, 2008 on NBC. [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080305nbc02 NBC Lights Up Summer With A Burst Of Original Program Premieres As Part Of 'NBC'S All-American Summer'] ] The show aired Thursday nights at 10/9c. It was put on hiatus for the duration of the 2008 Summer Olympics, with the promise of a return once the event was over, but no further episodes were aired. While NBC failed to comment on the fate of the series once the Olympics ended, its time-slot was thereafter filled with re-runs of other NBC shows and Fear Itself does not appear on the NBC Fall 2008 schedule. Its title is derived from the famous Franklin D. Roosevelt quote "The only thing we have to fear is "fear itself"."cite web |last=Roosevelt |first = Franklin Delano |url = http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Roosevelt%27s_First_Inaugural_Address | title = First Inaugral Address | publisher = Wikisource | accessdate = 2003-03-02] The anthology was borne out of "Masters of Horror" and shares several of the same creative elements: self-contained horror/thriller stories directed by the biggest horror directors working in features today; both shows were created by Mick Garris and both shows are produced by Industry Entertainment's Andrew Deane, Adam Goldworm and Ben Browning. Stuart Gordon, Brad Anderson, John Landis and Rob Schmidt all directed at least one episode of each series. The song in the opening credits is entitled "Lie, Lie, Lie" by System Of A Down front man Serj Tankian, off of his solo album Elect the Dead.

Episodes

The first season is expected to include thirteen episodes.

References

External links

*" [http://www.nbc.com/Fear_Itself Fear Itself] " at [http://www.nbc.com NBC.com]
*imdb title|id=1112285|title=Fear Itself
*TV.com show|id=75199|title=Fear Itself
* [http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=42518 Fear Itself Directors, Writers and Stars Announced]