Wonderland (TV series)

Wonderland
Also known as	Bellevue
Genre	Medical drama
Created by	Peter Berg
Starring	Ted Levine Michelle Forbes Michael Jai White Billy Burke Martin Donovan Also Starring Joelle Carter Patricia Clarkson
Theme music composer	Madonna
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer(s)	Brian Grazer Ron Howard Tony Krantz Peter Berg
Producer(s)	Peter R. McIntosh James Steven Sadwith
Location(s)	New York City, New York, United States
Running time	50 minutes
Production company(s)	Touchstone Television Imagine Television
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	ABC The 101 Network
Original release	30 March – 26 April 2000

Wonderland is a 2000 ABC television drama directed by Peter Berg. It depicted daily life in a mental institution, from the perspectives of both the doctors and patients. Only two episodes aired on ABC during its original run in 2000. DirecTV aired all eight episodes on its channel The 101 Network starting January 14, 2009.^[1]

The show had many controversial positions on the mental health crisis and its treatment.^[2]

Main cast

• Ted Levine .... Dr. Robert Banger (8 episodes, 2000)
• Michelle Forbes .... Dr. Lyla Garrity (8 episodes, 2000)
• Michael Jai White .... Dr. Derrick Hatcher (7 episodes, 2000)
• Billy Burke .... Dr. Abe Matthews (8 episodes, 2000)
• Martin Donovan .... Dr. Neil Harrison (8 episodes, 2000)
• Joelle Carter .... Dr. Heather Miles (6 episodes, 2000)
• Patricia Clarkson ... Tammy Banger (8 episodes, 2000)

Main crew

• Peter Berg .... creator, executive producer (writer/director 1 episode, 2000 "Pilot")
• Tony Krantz .... executive producer (8 episodes, 2000)
• James Steven Sadwith .... consulting producer (7 episodes, 2000)
• Brian Grazer .... executive producer (unknown episodes)
• Peter R. McIntosh .... producer (unknown episodes)
• Barry M. Schkolnick
• John David Coles (unknown episodes)
• Charles McDougall (unknown episodes)
• Oz Scott

Episodes

1. Wonderland (Pilot)
2. 20/20 Hindsight
3. Spell Check
4. Full Moon
5. The Raw and the Cooked
6. Wilt Chamberlain 3.0
7. Personality Plus
8. Hello/Goodbye

Ratings

• Episode 1: 13 million viewers
• Episode 2: 7.5 million viewers

Incidental music

The theme song of the show is a simple humming. It is performed by Madonna,^[3] although the DirecTV re-airing of the show uses a different theme song (not by Madonna). The band Purple Cream has recorded a theme song for the show called Crazy OL World

References

1. Bednarski, P. J. (2008-12-10). "DirecTV's 101 Network to Re-Run 'Wonderland'". www.broadcastingcable.com. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
2. The fictitious character Dr. Robert Banger, M.D., psychiatrist, says this in a show episode:

   "When the pressures of modern society become too great for a person, when one's chemical dynamic becomes such that they are unbalanced, that they cease painting within the lines, they come to us. These are the people that society would prefer just go away -- the shadow people. The shadow people that project upon us their shadow and remind us just how tenuous mental health is. Our worst fears. They remind us how easy it can be to slip."

3. Vanmaele, Bart. "Wonderland". Mad-Eyes.Net. Retrieved December 28, 2014.

External links

• Wonderland at the Internet Movie Database
• "Alive: ABC pulls 'Wonderland' off prime-time schedule". www.sptimes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
• Bercovici, Jeff. "ABC: Low ratings tubed 'Wonderland,' not protests". www.medialifemagazine.com. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
• Carman, John (2000-03-30). "Don't Shrink Away From `Wonderland'". sfgate.com. Retrieved 2009-09-12.