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Harper's Island
intertitle of Harper's island
Created by	Ari Schlossberg
Starring	Elaine Cassidy Christopher Gorham Katie Cassidy Cameron Richardson Adam Campbell CJ Thomason Jim Beaver
Country of origin	USA
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jeffrey Bell Ari Schlossberg Jon Turteltaub
Running time	approx. 99.2097 minutes
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	April 9 – July 11, 2009

Harper's Island is a horror thriller/mystery created by Ari Schlossberg for CBS's 2008–2009 television season. The series premiered on April 9, 2009 at 10:00 pm ET/PT. Harper's Island will have only one season with 13 episodes. One or more characters will be killed every week. All questions will be answered in the 13th episode. The first three episodes aired on Thursdays, but CBS moved the program to Saturdays during the week of April 28.

The series was shot in Vancouver. The actors and actresses were not told about their deaths until the day that each script was given. The only actor to know the length of his contract was Richard Burgi.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Harper's Island characters

Main Cast

Elaine Cassidy as Abby Mills, The Good Girl, the groom's best friend
Christopher Gorham as Henry Dunn, The Groom, the fiancé to Trish Wellington
Katie Cassidy as Trish Wellington, The Bride, the radiant bride-to-be
Cameron Richardson as Chloe Carter, The Flirt, one of Trish's bridesmaids
Adam Campbell as Cal Vandeusen, The Outsider, Chloe's boyfriend and a doctor
Matt Barr as Christopher 'Sully' Sullivan, The Best Man, Henry's best man
C.J. Thomason as Jimmy Mance, The Old Flame, a local fisherman
Jim Beaver as Sheriff Charlie Mills, The Sheriff, the law on Harper's Island and Abby's father

Guest Stars

Richard Burgi as Thomas Wellington, The Father of the Bride, the real estate mogul and Trish and Shea's father
Victor Webster as Hunter Jennings, The Other Man, Trish's ex-college boyfriend
Dean Chekvala as J.D. Dunn, The Black Sheep, Henry's brother
Harry Hamlin as Marty Dunn, The Uncle, Henry and J.D.'s uncle and is their surrogate father

Co-Stars

Gina Holden as Shea Allen, The Maid of Honor, Trish's big sister sister and the Matron of Honor
Cassandra Sawtell as Madison Allen, The Flower Girl, Shea and Richard's daughter
David Lewis as Richard Allen, The Brother-in-Law, Shea's husband
Claudette Mink as Katherine Wellington, The Stepmother, Trish and Shea's stepmother
Brandon Jay McLaren as Danny Brooks, The College Buddy, a groomsman and Henry's best friend's from college
Chris Gauthier as Malcolm Ross, The Hustler, a groomsman
Sean Rogerson as Joel Booth, The really really dead guy, a groomsman
Amber Borycki as Beth Barrington, The Single Girl, a bridesmaid and Trish's former college roommate
Sarah Smyth as Lucy Daramour, The Socialite, a bridesmaid and one of Trish’s childhood friends
Ben Cotton as Shane Pierce, The Townie, a local fisherman who pretty much dislikes everyone
Ana Mae Routledge as Kelly Seaver, The Outcast, Shane's ex-girlfriend
Ali Liebert as Nikki Bolton, The Biker Chick, Abby's friend who manages The Cannery
Beverly Elliott as Maggie Krell, The Wedding Planner, the manager of The Candlewick Inn.

Development

The show was created by Ari Schlossberg who also wrote the pilot script and developed by CBS for the 2008-2009 Television Season.

In March 2008 CBS ordered a 15 minute pilot presentation of the project. In May 2008 the show was retooled, with Jeffrey Bell coming onboard as showrunner and Jon Turteltaub as an executive producer. Schlossberg remained onboard as a co-executive producer along with Karim Zriek and Dan Shotz.

Bell subsequently rewrote the first episode which Jon Turteltaub would direct. During the retooling process six of the fifteen original castmembers from the pilot-presentation were replaced, including Ryan Merriman (Henry Dunn), Samantha Noble (Trish Wellington), Bill Dow (Sheriff Mills) and Bill Pullman (Uncle Marty). The roles of Thomas Wellington and Hunter Jennings were also recast.

Actors who remained with the show from pilot-presentation to the aired television pilot include Elaine Cassidy, Cameron Richardson, Adam Campbell, C.J. Thomason, Matt Barr, Cassandra Sawtell, Brandon Jay McLaren, Chris Gauthier and Sean Rogerson.

Plot

Main article: List of Harper's Island episodes

The television show is a horror thriller/mystery, described as Scream meets And Then There Were None

Friends and family come to Harper's Island for Henry Dunn and Trish Wellington's wedding. It is then when a serial killer kills the guests one by one. Only few will survive.

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 Saturday 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.

== Death chart == STOP FUCKING WITH THE CHART NOOBS

Characters	Ep 1	Ep 2	Ep 3	Ep 4	Ep 5	Ep 6	Ep 7	Ep 8	Ep 9	Ep 10	Ep 11	Ep 12	Ep 13
Abby
Cal
Henry
Jimmy
Madison
Shea
Sully
Trish
Danny
Chloe
Nikki
Shane
Sheriff Mills
Maggie
Officer Coulter
Officer Riggens
Katherine
Beth
J.D.
Cole Harkin
Deputy Garrett
Malcolm
Richard
Thomas
Booth
Hunter
Lucy
Kelly
Reverend Fain
Uncle Marty
Cousin Ben

This person stays alive in this episode.

This person is killed in this episode.

This person is the killer.

US Nielsen ratings

Despite falling ratings CBS will continue to air all Harper's Island episodes, although the show has been moved from its original night and time to Saturdays.

In Australia, Harper's Island ratings were extremely underwhelming, having being beaten by the Seven Network airing Castle, and the Nine Network airing CSI: Miami. and the show was moved from 9:30 pm on Sunday nights to 1:25 am Monday mornings. The Biggest Loser US replaced its timeslot. This was a surprise considering the hype of the show, with Channel Ten frequently airing sneak peaks and promotional teaser trailers. In Canada, the show continues to air on Thursday nights at 10 PM on GlobalTV.

Episode #	Date	Rating	Share	Rating/Share (18-49)	Viewers (millions)
1	Thursday, April 9, 2009	6.5	11	2.6/8	10.21
2	Thursday, April 16, 2009	5.1	9	2.2/6	7.82
3	Thursday, April 23, 2009	4.7	9	1.9/5	7.02
4	Saturday, May 2, 2009	TBA	TBA	1.0/3	4.61
5	Saturday, May 9, 2009	3.1	6	1.1/3	4.60
6	Saturday, May 23, 2009	2.5	5	1.0/4	3.85
7	Saturday, May 30, 2009	2.4	5	0.9/3	3.62
8	Saturday, June 6, 2009	2.4	5	0.9/3	3.56
9	Saturday, June 13, 2009	2.0	4	0.8/3	3.20
10	Saturday, June 20, 2009	TBA	TBA	0.9/4	3.79
11	Saturday, June 27, 2009	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
12	Saturday, July 11, 2009	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
13	Saturday, July 11, 2009	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Harper's Globe

Harper's Globe is a social web series, designed to complement Harper's Island. The series is created by EQAL (creators of lonelygirl15, KateModern, LG15: The Resistance) and CBS Interactive. The show premiered its weekly episodes on March 18, 2009, and will run for a total of sixteen weeks. It 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."

The character Ben, who was the first character to die in Harper's Island, was first seen in a Harper's Globe episode. The series also features appearances by Harper's Island characters Sheriff Mills, Nikki Bolton and Maggie Krell.

International broadcast

Country	Television Network	Series Premiere	Regional Title
Argentina	A&E
Australia	Network Ten		Harper's Island
Brazil	A&E
Canada	Global	April 9, 2009	Harper's Island
Colombia	A&E
Chile	A&E
Denmark	TV 2		Harper's Island
Dominican Republic	A&E
España	Telecinco
France	M6		Harper's Island
Hungary	TV2	September, 2009
Ireland	RTÉ Two	June 8, 2009	Harper's Island
Italy	Rai Due	September 6, 2009	Harper's Island
Lithuania	TV3	June 30, 2009
Mexico	A&E
Norway	TV2 Zebra	April 19, 2009
Philippines	Velvet and Studio 23
Poland	N and AXN	May 10, 2009	Wyspa Harpera
Portugal	FOX	July 1, 2009
Singapore	MediaCorp Channel 5
Sweden	TV4	June 29, 2009	Harper's Island
United Kingdom	BBC Three		Harper's Island
Venezuela	A&E
Peru	A&E