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Harper's Island
Created by	Ari Schlossberg
Starring	Jim Beaver Adam Campbell Elaine Cassidy Katie Cassidy Christopher Gorham
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Jeffrey Bell Ari Schlossberg Jon Turteltaub
Running time	approx. 42 minutes
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	April 9 – July 2, 2009

Harper's Island is an hour-long American drama pilot created by Ari Schlossberg, ordered to series for CBS's 2008-2009 television season, planned as a midseason replacement and scheduled to premiere on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 10:01 pm ET/PT.

Development

The show was first pitched by Ari Schlossberg, who wrote the pilot script. CBS ordered it to pilot presentation (a 15-minute example) in March 2008. In May 2008, the show was retooled, and Jeffrey Bell was named as showrunner and, with Jon Turteltaub, executive producer. Schlossberg, Karim Zriek and Dan Shotz serve as co-executive producers. Bell rewrote the first episode, and most of the cast was replaced.
Jon Turteltaub directed the pilot.

Plot

The television show is a horror/drama, described as Scream meets 10 Little Indians (the film based on the Agatha Christie novel, And Then There Were None).

The central plot is a murder mystery. Friends and family attending a wedding celebration on a secluded island off the coast of Seattle and one-by-one die. The island was also the scene of a famous series of murders seven years prior.

In addition to a web series based on the show, CBS's multimedia promotion includes a live online chat on a Fancast Forum each Friday with the "murder victim" from the Thursday night U.S. broadcast, where questions and comments from viewers trying to solve the mystery are encouraged, as well as providing a behind-the-scenes view from the series.

Harper's Globe

A web series based on the show, Harper's Globe, launched on March 18, 2009. The series is created by EQAL, the creators of successful web series lonelygirl15, KateModern and LG15: The Resistance. The series stars Melanie Merkosky, who played the character Jennie, in lonelygirl15.

Creator Miles Beckett says of the series, "The story of Harper's Globe is about a girl named Robin, with a very mysterious past, who's gone to Harper's Island to work for the newspaper, Harper's Globe, and to digitize articles from the newspaper and to create a community online for the Harper's Globe newspaper and the citizens of Harper's Island. And then she gets pulled into the story as it begins to unfold on the island."

Cast and Characters

• Matt Barr as Christopher 'Sully' Sullivan
• Jim Beaver as Sheriff Charlie Mills
• Amber Borycki as Beth Barrington
• Richard Burgi as Thomas Wellington
• Adam Campbell as Cal Vandeusen
• Elaine Cassidy as Abby Mills
• Katie Cassidy as Trish Wellington
• Dean Cechvala as J.D. Dunn
• Ben Cotton as Shane Pierce
• Beverly Elliot as Maggie Krell
• Chris Gauthier as Malcolm Ross
• Christopher Gorham as Henry Dunn
• Harry Hamlin as Uncle Marty Dunn
• Gina Holden as Shea Allen
• David Lewis as Richard Allen
• Ali Liebert as Nikki Bolton
• Brandon Jay McLaren as Danny Brooks
• Claudette Mink as Katherine Wellington
• Cameron Richardson as Chloe Carter
• Sean Rogerson as Joel Booth
• Ana Mae Routledge as Kelly Seaver
• Cassandra Sawtell as Madison Allen
• Sarah Smyth as Lucy Daramour
• C.J. Thomason as Jimmy Mance
• Victor Webster as Hunter Jennings

Death Chart

  The person lives through the season.

  The person is the killer.

  The person is killed.

  The person stays alive in the episode.

  The person has a self-inflicted death.

Crew

• Jeffrey Bell as showrunner/executive producer
• Ari Schlossberg as creator/co-executive producer
• Dan Shotz as co-executive producer
• Jon Turteltaub as director (Pilot), executive producer
• Karim Zreik as co-executive producer
• Robert Levine as Story Editor and writer
• Robert Sizemore as Producer, Original Concept

Trailer

A trailer for the original pilot presentation (with the now-replaced cast) is available on the internet.

International Broadcast

In Canada, the series will air on Global.

In Poland, the series will air on nScreen VOD.

In the United Kingdom, BBC Three has picked up the series.

In Italy, the series has been picked up by Rai Due.

In Singapore, the series has been picked up by Mediacorp TV Channel 5. It will air 2 days after the US telecast.

The show starts airing on April 19th in Norway on TV2 Zebra Sundays at 10.05 PM. The last episode will air July 12th.

Country	Television Network
Australia	Network Ten
Canada	Global
Italy	Rai Due
Norway	TV2 Zebra
Poland	nScreen VOD
Singapore	MediaCorp Channel 5
Philippines	Studio 23
United Kingdom	BBC Three

References

1. Shows A-Z - Harper's Island on CBS | TheFutonCritic.com
2. Jeffrey Bell is Harper's showrunner
3. CBS Begins Overhauling Harper's Island - Elaine Cassidy may be the only actor kept from the original pilot | Zap2it
4. Breaking News - CBS ANNOUNCES NEW 2008-2009 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE | TheFutonCritic.com
5. "Mystery of CBS' 'Island' will deepen online". Retrieved 2009-03-19.
6. "Wondercon 2009: Exclusive — We Talk 'Harper's Globe' with Creator Miles Beckett". Retrieved 2009-03-19.
7. Harper's Island video: Harper's Island on TV.com
8. "Global's Fall Schedule: Spies, Time-Travel and Spoiled Teens". Dose.ca. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
9. Harper's Island on BBC 3
10. Harper's Island in esclusiva su RaiDue (Italian)

External links

• Harper's Island at IMDb
• Template:Tv.com
• Harper's Island New Footage at FEARnet.com
• Harper's Island Blog at watchharpersisland.com
• Harper's Island Wiki
• Harper's Island & Harper's Globe Wiki
• Harper's Island, lands on BBC Three in 2009

• 2000s American television series
• 2009 television series debuts
• American drama television series
• CBS network shows
• Serial drama television series
• Horror television series
• Mystery television
• Television shows set in Washington (U.S. state)
• Television series by CBS Paramount Television