"Veronica Mars" (2004)TV series 2004-2007

Creator:

Rob Thomas

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

22 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime | Mystery

Tagline:

Street smart with heart.

Plot:

After her best friend is murdered and her father is removed as county sheriff, Veronica Mars dedicates her life to cracking the toughest mysteries in the affluent town of Neptune.

Plot Keywords:

Lost Friend | Private Detective | Social Conflict | Girl Power | Spy

Awards:

1 win & 14 nominations

Cast

Kristen Bell	...	Veronica Mars (64 episodes, 2004-2007)
Percy Daggs III	...	Wallace Fennel (64 episodes, 2004-2007)
Jason Dohring	...	Logan Echolls (64 episodes, 2004-2007)
Francis Capra	...	Eli "Weevil" Navarro / ... (64 episodes, 2004-2007)
Enrico Colantoni	...	Keith Mars (64 episodes, 2004-2007)
Ryan Hansen	...	Dick Casablancas (52 episodes, 2004-2007)
Teddy Dunn	...	Duncan Kane (44 episodes, 2004-2006)
Michael Muhney	...	Sheriff Don Lamb (41 episodes, 2004-2007)
Tina Majorino	...	Cindy 'Mac' Mackenzie (34 episodes, 2004-2007)
Brandon Hillock	...	Deputy Sacks (29 episodes, 2004-2007)

Runtime:

60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:PG (season 1) | Australia:M | USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 2) | USA:TV-PG (some episodes) | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Oceanside, California, USA

Company:

Silver Pictures Television

Trivia:

Rob Thomas, the creator of "Veronica Mars," says on the season 3 DVD extras that Ryan Hansen's character Dick Casablancas was not originally meant to be a series regular. He was first cast for the pilot, as a nameless, rich Neptune resident with one line ("Logan!"). Thomas said that they read many young actors for the line, and when it came down to a choice between Hansen or another actor, they cast Hansen purely because he had "good hair."

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In episode "My Mother, The Fiend", Veronica and Mary are typing to each other on Veronica's laptop. Veronica writes "What did my mother do to hurt you?" to which Mary replies "Hurt? Your mother was my friend". Mary doesn't press the H key on the keyboard to start the sentence which is obviously needed to write the first word.

Quotes:

Veronica: [voiceover] Tragedy blows through your life like a tornado, uprooting everything. Creating chaos. You wait for the dust to settle and then you choose. You can live in the wreckage and pretend it's still the mansion you remember. Or you can crawl from the rubble and slowly rebuild.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Degrassi: The Next Generation: Free Fallin': Part 2 (#6.15)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

We Used to Be Friends

If they put on a show and nobody watches, is it really on?

It's a complete mystery why this show hasn't been canceled yet.

It's really badly written (if you want proof, look at the main page where there is a description of the lead character: all attitude and no content, just like the show) and has failed to grab an audience in spite of repeated promotional efforts.

Last week it got a whooping 0.7 rating in the "all important" young adults demographic and fewer than 2 million viewers in the much more important (but less prone to PR spin) overall audience. If they put on a show and nobody watches, is it really on? Who knows what possessed UPN to burn good money after bad, but now that they are merging with WB they have a golden opportunity to get rid of this dead weight in their programming lineup.