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12 April 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Actors appearing in NBC's American Dreams have taken as a good sign the fact that the network chose to run the originally planned season-finale episode on March 30, rather than a possible series finale variation that the producers had been asked to create to tie up the story lines, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported today (Tuesday). Star Tom Verica told the newspaper: "Our executive producer [Jonathan Prince] didn't want the alternate ending. He felt it would be the final nail in our coffin." Verica said that the cast was not informed until a week before the broadcast which ending would run. The network will officially announce the fate of the show, which is set in Philadelphia during the 1960s, in the fall, and, in the meantime, fans have launched an intensive "Save American Dreams" campaign. An NBC executive told the Inquirer that the show "has a shot, but it's a long shot."

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7 February 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Commenting that "It's nightmare time for American Dreams," Philadelphia Inquirer TV writer Gail Shister observed today (Monday) that NBC appears to be on the verge of cancelling the critically praised but ratings-challenged drama, which is filmed in Philadelphia. One of the stars of the series, Tom Verica, told Shister: "It's very clear we're on the bubble. ... It's really demoralizing." Last week NBC cut its season order for the drama from 19 episodes to 17 and yanked it from the February sweeps. He observed that the final episode of the season was designed as a cliffhanger to be resolved in next season's debut. "It would be a tremendous disappointment if this is how the show ends," he said.

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2 articles from 2005