document_title: List of longest-running scripted U.S. primetime television series

question_text: what is the longest running show in television history

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text: This is a list of the longest-running scripted prime time television series in the United States. Only shows that have aired on a major broadcast network for seven or more seasons and at least 100 episodes are included. Those that moved to a cable network or syndication are noted below.

text: Series shaded in aqua are currently in production.

text:
Number ofseasons
Series
Network
First air date
Last air date
hideNumber ofepisodes

30

The Simpsons

FOX

1989-12-17

Present

641

20

Gunsmoke

CBS

1955-09-10

1975-03-31

635

20

Law & Order

NBC

1990-09-13

2010-05-24

456

20

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

NBC

1999-09-20

Present

437

18[1]

Lassie

CBS

1954-09-12

1971-03-21

591

17

Family Guy

FOX

1999-01-31

Present

313[2]

16

NCIS

CBS

2003-09-23

Present

356

15[3]

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CBS

2000-10-06

2015-02-15[3]

335[3]

15

ER

NBC

1994-09-19

2009-04-02

331

15

The Jack Benny Program

CBS (1950–1964)NBC (1964–1965)

1950-10-28[4]

1965-04-16

260

15

American Dad!

FOX (2005–2014)TBS (2014–)[5]

2005-02-06

Present

247

15

Grey's Anatomy

ABC

2005-03-27

Present

317

14

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

ABC

1952-10-03

1966-04-23

435

14

Bonanza

NBC

1959-09-12

1973-01-16

431

14

Armstrong Circle Theatre

NBC (1950–1957)CBS (1957–1963)

1950-06-06

1963-06-05

370

14

Dallas

CBS

1978-04-02

1991-05-03

357

14

Knots Landing

CBS

1979-12-27

1993-05-13

344

14

Criminal Minds

CBS

2005-09-22

Present

300

14

Supernatural

WB (2005–2006)CW (2006–)

2005-09-13

Present

287

14

King of the Hill

FOX

1997-01-12

2009-09-13

259[6]

14

My Three Sons

ABC (1960–1965)CBS (1965–1972)

1960-09-29

1972-04-13

380

12

Hawaii Five-O

CBS

1968-09-26

1980-04-26

279

12

Murder, She Wrote

CBS

1984-09-01

1996-05-19

264

12

Two and a Half Men

CBS

2003-09-22

2015-02-19

262

12

NYPD Blue

ABC

1993-09-21

2005-03-01

261

12

Bones

FOX

2005-09-13

2017-03-28

246

11

Kraft Television Theatre

NBC

1947-05-07

1958-10-01

525

11

The Danny Thomas Show[7]

ABC (1953–1957)CBS (1957–1964)

1953-09-29

1964-04-27

344

11

Cheers

NBC

1982-09-30

1993-05-20

275

11

Frasier

NBC

1993-09-16

2004-05-13

264

11

Married... with Children

FOX

1987-04-05

1997-06-09[8]

258[8]

11

M*A*S*H

CBS

1972-09-17

1983-02-28

256

12

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

2007-09-24

Present

255

11

Happy Days

ABC

1974-01-15

1984-09-24

255

11

The Jeffersons

CBS

1975-01-18

1985-06-25

253

11

7th Heaven

WB (1996–2006)CW (2006–2007)

1996-08-26

2007-05-13

243

11[9]

The X-Files

FOX

1993-09-10

2018-03-21

210

10

General Electric Theater

NBC

1953-02-01

1962-06-03

302

10

Beverly Hills, 90210

FOX

1990-10-04

2000-05-17

293

10

The United States Steel Hour

ABC (1953–1955)CBS (1955–1963)

1953-10-27

1963-06-12

253

10

Murphy Brown

CBS

1988-11-14

1998-05-18

247

10

Friends

NBC

1994-09-22

2004-05-06

236

10

CSI: Miami

CBS

2002-09-23

2012-04-08

232

10[10]

Roseanne

ABC

1988-10-18

2018-05-22

231

10

JAG

NBC (1995–1996)CBS (1997–2005)

1995-09-01

2005-04-29

226[11]

10

Smallville

WB (2001–2006)CW (2006–2011)

2001-10-16

2011-05-13

218

09

The Beverly Hillbillies

CBS

1962-09-26

1971-03-23

274

09

Perry Mason

CBS

1957-09-21

1966-05-22

271

09

The Virginian[12]

NBC

1962-09-19

1971-03-24

249

09

The Love Boat

ABC

1977-09-24[13]

1986-05-24

244

09

The F.B.I.

ABC

1965-09-19

1974-04-28

240

09

The Drew Carey Show

ABC

1995-09-13

2004-09-08

233

09

Falcon Crest

CBS

1981-12-04

1990-05-17

227

09

Night Court

NBC

1984-01-04

1992-05-31

222

09

Dynasty

ABC

1981-01-12

1989-05-11

220

09

Family Matters

ABC (1989–1997)CBS (1997–1998)

1989-09-22

1998-07-17

220

10

NCIS: Los Angeles

CBS

2009-09-22

Present

216

09

All in the Family

CBS

1971-01-12

1979-04-08

216

09

The Middle

ABC

2009-09-30

2018-05-22

215

09

Touched by an Angel

CBS

1994-09-21

2003-04-27

211

09

The Waltons

CBS

1972-09-14

1981-06-04

210

09

Everybody Loves Raymond

CBS

1996-09-13

2005-05-16

210

10

Modern Family

ABC

2009-09-23

Present

210

10[14]

Will & Grace

NBC

1998-09-21

Present

210[14]

09

One Day at a Time

CBS

1975-12-16

1984-05-28

209

09

The Facts of Life

NBC

1979-08-24

1988-05-07

209

09

How I Met Your Mother

CBS

2005-09-19

2014-03-31

208

09

The King of Queens

CBS

1998-09-21

2007-05-14

207

09

Little House on the Prairie[15]

NBC

1974-09-11

1983-03-21

204

09

Alice

CBS

1976-08-31

1985-03-19

202

09

The Office

NBC

2005-03-24

2013-05-16

201

09

Coach

ABC

1989-02-28

1997-05-14

197

09

CSI: NY

CBS

2004-09-22

2013-02-22

197

09

Matlock

NBC (1986–1992)ABC (1992–1995)

1986-09-23

1995-05-07

195

09

One Tree Hill

WB (2003–2006)CW (2006–2012)

2003-09-23

2012-04-04

187

09

Scrubs

NBC (2001–2008)ABC (2009–2010)

2001-10-02

2010-03-17

182

09

Seinfeld

NBC

1989-07-05

1998-05-14

180

08

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

CBS

1951-10-05

1959-03-27

347

08[16]

The Big Story

NBC[16]

1949-09-16

1957-06-28[16]

310[16]

08

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

CBS

1950-10-12

1958-09-15

291

08

Wagon Train

NBC (1957–1962)ABC (1962–1965)

1957-09-18

1965-05-02

284

08

Robert Montgomery Presents

NBC

1950-01-30

1957-06-24

276

08

Dragnet

NBC

1951-12-16

1959-08-23

276

08

The Donna Reed Show

ABC

1958-09-24

1966-03-19

275

08[17]

Mama

CBS

1949-07-01

1956-07-27[17]

261[17]

08

Bewitched

ABC

1964-09-17

1972-03-25

254

08

The Andy Griffith Show

CBS

1960-10-03

1968-04-01

249

08

Ford Theatre

CBS (1948–1951)NBC (1952–1956)ABC (1956–1957)

1948-10-17

1957-06-26

245

08

Home Improvement

ABC

1991-09-17

1999-05-25

204

08

Diff'rent Strokes

NBC (1978–1985)ABC (1985–1986)

1978-11-03

1986-05-07

189

08

Simon & Simon

CBS

1981-11-24

1989-01-21

156

08

Rawhide

CBS

1959-01-09

1965-12-07

217

08

Laverne & Shirley

ABC

1976-01-27

1983-05-10

216

08

Walker, Texas Ranger

CBS

1993-04-21

2001-05-19

201

08

The Cosby Show

NBC

1984-09-20

1992-04-30

201

08

That '70s Show

FOX

1998-08-23

2006-05-18

200

08

Who's the Boss?

ABC

1984-09-20

1992-04-25

196

08

Ironside

NBC

1967-09-14[18]

1975-01-16[19]

196[19]

08

Mannix

CBS

1967-09-16

1975-04-13

194

09

Hawaii Five-0

CBS

2010-09-20

Present

193

08

Full House

ABC

1987-09-22

1995-05-23

192

08[20]

24

FOX

2001-11-06

2010-05-24[20]

192[20]

08

According to Jim

ABC

2001-10-03

2009-06-02

182

08

Desperate Housewives

ABC

2004-10-03

2012-05-13

180

08

Barnaby Jones

CBS

1973-01-28

1980-04-03

178

08

Diagnosis: Murder

CBS

1993-10-29

2001-05-11

178

08

The Practice

ABC

1997-03-04

2004-05-16

178

08

Charmed

WB

1998-10-07

2006-05-21

178

08

House M.D.

FOX

2004-11-16

2012-05-21

177

09

Blue Bloods

CBS

2010-09-24

Present

177

08

Castle

ABC

2009-03-09

2016-05-16

173

08

Three's Company

ABC

1977-03-15

1984-09-18

172

08

Wings

NBC

1990-04-19

1997-05-21

172

08

Girlfriends

UPN (2000–2006)CW (2006–2008)

2000-09-11

2008-02-11

172

08

L.A. Law

NBC

1986-10-03[21]

1994-05-19

171

08

The Vampire Diaries

CW

2009-09-10

2017-03-10

171

08

Barney Miller

ABC

1975-01-23

1982-05-20

168

08

The Loretta Young Show

NBC

1953-09-02

1961-06-04

165

08

Magnum, P.I.

CBS

1980-12-11

1988-05-08

162

08

Perfect Strangers

ABC

1986-03-25

1993-08-06

150

09

Bob's Burgers

FOX

2011-01-09

Present

150

08

Quincy, M.E.

NBC

1976-10-03

1983-09-04

148

07

Captain Video and His Video Rangers

DuMont

1949-06-27

1955-04-01

1537[22][better source needed][23]

07

Lux Video Theatre

CBS (1950–1954)NBC (1954–1957)

1950-10-02

1957-09-12

336

07

Fireside Theater

NBC

1949-04-05

1958-05-22

268

07[24]

Alfred Hitchcock Presents[24]

CBS (1955–1960)NBC (1960–1962)

1955-10-02

1962-06-26[24]

267[24]

07

The Philco Television Playhouse

NBC

1948-10-03

1955-10-02

251

07

Melrose Place

FOX

1992-07-08

1999-05-24

226

07

Petticoat Junction

CBS

1963-09-24

1970-04-04

222

07

Step by Step

ABC (1991–1997)CBS (1997–1998)

1991-09-20

1998-06-26

160

07

The Golden Girls

NBC

1985-09-14

1992-05-21

180

07

Family Ties

NBC

1982-09-22

1989-05-14

176

07

Adam-12

NBC

1968-09-21

1975-05-20

174

07

Star Trek: Voyager

UPN

1995-01-16

2001-05-23

172

07

Mission: Impossible

CBS

1966-09-17

1973-03-30

171

07

Medical Center

CBS

1969-09-24[25]

1976-09-06

171

07

Empty Nest

NBC

1988-10-08

1995-04-29

170

07

Marcus Welby, M.D.

ABC

1969-09-23[26]

1976-05-04

169

07

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

CBS

1970-09-19

1977-03-19

168

07

Growing Pains

ABC

1985-09-24

1992-04-25

166

07

Mad About You

NBC

1992-09-23

1999-05-24

164

07

Designing Women

CBS

1986-09-29

1993-05-24

163

07

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

ABC (1996–2000)WB (2000–2003)

1996-09-27

2003-04-24

163

07

Without a Trace

CBS

2002-09-26

2009-05-19

160

07

Pretty Little Liars

ABC

2010-06-08

2017-06-07

160

07

Benson

ABC

1979-09-13

1986-04-19

158

07

Boy Meets World

ABC

1993-09-24

2000-05-05

158

07

The West Wing

NBC

1999-09-22

2006-05-14

156

07

Cold Case

CBS

2003-09-28

2010-05-02

156

07

The Good Wife

CBS

2009-09-22

2016-05-08

156

07

Once Upon a Time

ABC

2011-10-23

2018-05-18

155

07

Hunter

NBC

1984-09-18

1991-04-26

153

07

Gilmore Girls

WB (2000–2006)CW (2006–2007)

2000-10-05

2007-05-15

153

07

Fantasy Island

ABC

1978-01-28[27]

1984-05-19

152

07

Trapper John, M.D.

CBS

1979-09-23

1986-09-04

151

07

Malcolm in the Middle

FOX

2000-01-09

2006-05-14

151

07

The Mentalist

CBS

2008-09-23

2015-02-18

151

07

Just Shoot Me!

NBC

1997-03-04

2003-08-16

148

07

The Dukes of Hazzard

CBS

1979-01-26

1985-02-08

146

07

Hill Street Blues

NBC

1981-01-15

1987-05-12

146

07

New Girl

FOX

2011-09-20

2018-05-15

146

07

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

WB (1997–2001)UPN (2001–2003)

1997-03-10

2003-05-20

144

07

In the Heat of the Night

NBC (1988–1992)CBS (1992–1994)

1988-03-06

1994-05-11

142

07

Futurama

Fox/Comedy Central

1999-03-28

2013-09-03

140

07

MacGyver

ABC

1985-09-29

1992-05-21

139

07

Medium

NBC (2005–2009)CBS (2009–2011)

2005-01-03

2011-01-21

130

07

Emergency!

NBC

1972

1979

128

07

Parks and Recreation

NBC

2009-04-09

2015-02-24

125

07

Cagney & Lacey

CBS

1982-03-25[28]

1988-05-16

125

07

Scandal

ABC

2012-04-05

2018-04-19

124

07

Homicide: Life on the Street

NBC

1993-01-31

1999-05-21

122

06

Glee (TV Series)

FOX

2009-09-09

2015-03-10

121

07

Cheyenne

ABC

1955-09-20[29]

1962-12-17

108

07

Rules of Engagement

CBS

2007-02-05

2013-05-20

100


document_title: Union budget of India

question_text: who is responsible for presenting the union budget before the parliament

root

text: Union budget of India

text: Chronology[edit]

text: Pre-liberalisation[edit]

text: The first Union budget of independent India was presented by R. K. Shanmukham Chetty on November 26, 1947.

tag: p

text: The Union budgets for the fiscal years 1959-61 to 1963-64, inclusive of the interim budget for 1962-63, were presented by Morarji Desai.On February 29 in 1964 and 1968, he became the only finance minister to present the Union budget on his birthday.[3] Desai presented budgets that included five annual budgets and an interim budget during his first stint and three final budgets and one interim budget in his second tenure when he was both the Finance Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister of India.

text: After Desai's resignation, Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, took over the Ministry of Finance to become the only woman to hold the post of the Finance Minister.

text: Pranab Mukherjee, the first Rajya Sabha member to hold the Finance portfolio, presented the annual budgets for the financial years 1982-83, 1983–84 and 1984-85.

text: Rajiv Gandhi presented the budget for 1987-89, after V. P. Singh quit his government, and in the process became the third Prime Minister to present a budget after his mother and grandfather.

text: N. D. Tiwari presented the budget for 1988-89, S. B. Chavan for 1989-90, while Madhu Dandawate presented the Union budget for 1990-91.

text: Dr. Manmohan Singh became the Finance Minister and presented the interim budget for 1991-92 as elections were forced.

text: Due to political developments, early elections were held in May 1991 following which the Indian National Congress returned to political power and Manmohan Singh, the Finance Minister, presented the budget for 1991-92.

text: Post-liberalisation[edit]

text: Manmohan Singh under P. V. Narasimha Rao, in his next annual budgets from 1992–93, opened the economy,[4] encouraged foreign investments and reduced peak import duty from 300 plus percent to 50 percent.

text: After elections in 1996, a non-Congress ministry assumed office. Hence the financial budget for 1996-97 was presented by P. Chidambaram, who then belonged to Tamil Maanila Congress.

text: Following a constitutional crisis when the I. K. Gujral Ministry was on its way out, a special session of Parliament was convened just to pass Chidambaram's 1997-98 budget. This budget was passed without a debate.

text: After the general elections in March 1998 that led to the Bharatiya Janata Party forming the Central Government, Yashwant Sinha, the then Finance Minister in this government, presented the interim and final budgets for 1998-99.

text: After general elections in 1999, Sinha again became the Finance Minister and presented four annual budgets from 1999-2000 to 2002-2003. Due to elections in May 2004, an interim budget was presented by Jaswant Singh.

text: Former Finance Minister Morarji Desai presented the budget ten times, the most by any.

text: The Union Budget of India for 2012–2013 was presented by Pranab Mukherjee, the Finance Minister of India on 16 March 2012, which was the 7th budget of his career. These budgetary proposals would be applicable for financial year 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013.

text: The Union Budget of India for 2013–2014 was presented by P. Chidambaram on 28 February 2013. The Interim Union Budget for 2014–2015 was presented on February 17, 2014.[5]

text: The Union Budget of India for 2014–2015 was presented by Arun Jaitley on 10 July 2014.[6]

text: The Union Budget of India for 2015–2016 was presented by Arun Jaitley on 28 February 2015.[7]

text: The Union Budget of India for 2016–2017 was presented by Arun Jaitley on 29 February 2016.[8]

text: The Union Budget of India for 2017–2018 was presented by Arun Jaitley on 1 February 2017.[9][10]

text: The Union Budget of India for 2018–2019 was presented by Arun Jaitley on 1 February 2018.[11]

text: Traditions[edit]

text: Time of Budget announcement[edit]

text: Until the year 1999, the Union Budget was announced at 5:00 pm on the last working day of the month of February. This practice was inherited from the Colonial Era, Another reason was that until the 1990s, all that budgets seem to do was to raise taxes, a presentation in the evening gave producers and the tax collecting agencies the night to work out the change in prices. It was Mr.Yashwant Sinha, the then Finance Minister of India in the NDA government (led by Bharatiya Janata Party) of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who changed the ritual by announcing the 1999 Union Budget at 11 am.[12]

text: Date of Budget announcement[edit]

text:
Also again in 2017, departing from the colonial-era tradition of presenting the Union Budget on the last working day of February, Minister of Finance (India) Arun Jaitley, in the NDA government (led by Bharatiya Janata Party) of Narendra Modi government announced that it will now be presented on 1 February.
[13] Additionally Rail Budget, presented separately for 92 Years, merged with union budget.[14]

text: Halwa Ceremony[edit]

text: The printing of budget  documents starts roughly a week ahead of presenting in the Parliament with a customary 'Halwa ceremony' in which halwa (a sweet dish) is prepared in large quantities and served to the officers and support staff involved. They remain isolated and stay in the North Block office until the Budget is presented. Halwa is also served by the Finance Minister. This ceremony is performed as a part of the Indian tradition of having something sweet before starting an important work.[15]

text:
1947 Union budget of India
2009 Union budget of India
2010 Union budget of India
2011 Union budget of India
2012 Union budget of India
2013 Union budget of India
2014 Interim-Union budget of India
2014 Union budget of India
2015 Union budget of India
2016 Union budget of India
2017 Union budget of India
2018 Union budget of India
Railway Budget of India

tag: ul


document_title: List of Chief Justices of India

question_text: who is the first chief justice of republic of india

text: List of Chief Justices of India

text: List of Chief Justices[edit]

text: Federal Court of India (1937-1950)[edit]

text: The Federal Court came into being on 1 September 1937. The seat of the court was the Chamber of Princes in the Parliament building in Delhi. It began with a Chief Justice and two puisne judges. The first Chief Justice was Sir Maurice Gwyer and the other two judges were Sir Shah Muhammad Sulaiman and M. R. Jayakar. It functioned until the establishment of the Supreme Court of India on 28 January 1950.

text:
Number
Name
Period of office
Length of term (days)
Bar
Appointed by

1
Sir Maurice Gwyer
000000001937-10-01-00001 October 1937
000000001943-04-25-000025 April 1943‡
2,032
Inner Temple
The Marquess of Linlithgow

Acting
Sir Srinivas Vardachariar
000000001943-04-25-000025 April 1943
000000001943-06-07-00007 June 1943
43

2
Sir Patrick Spens
000000001943-06-07-00007 June 1943
000000001947-08-14-000014 August 1947
1,529
Inner Temple

3
Sir H. J. Kania
000000001947-08-14-000014 August 1947
000000001950-01-26-000026 January 1950
896
Bombay High Court
The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma

tag: table

text: ‡ – Date of Resignation

text: Supreme Court of India[edit]

text: Since the birth of the Republic of India on 26 January 1950, 45 people have served as the Chief Justice of India (CJI).[1] While H. J. Kania is the inaugural CJI, the current incumbent is Dipak Misra who was appointed as Chief Justice of India on 28 August 2017. Justice Y. V. Chandrachud is the longest serving Chief Justice (000000001978-02-01-0000February 1978 - 000000001985-07-01-0000July 1985).

text:
Number
Name
Period of office
Length of term (days)
Bar
Appointed by

1
H. J. Kania
000000001950-01-26-000026 January 1950
000000001951-11-06-00006 November 1951‡‡
649
Bombay High Court
Rajendra Prasad

2
M. Patanjali Sastri
000000001951-11-07-00007 November 1951
000000001954-01-03-00003 January 1954
788
Madras High Court

3
Mehr Chand Mahajan
000000001954-01-04-00004 January 1954
000000001954-12-22-000022 December 1954
352
Punjab and Haryana High Court

4
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
000000001954-12-23-000023 December 1954
000000001956-01-31-000031 January 1956‡
404
Calcutta High Court

5
Sudhi Ranjan Das
000000001956-02-01-00001 February 1956
000000001959-09-30-000030 September 1959
1337
Calcutta High Court

6
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha
000000001959-10-01-00001 October 1959
000000001964-01-31-000031 January 1964
1583
Patna High Court

7
P. B. Gajendragadkar
000000001964-02-01-00001 February 1964
000000001966-03-15-000015 March 1966
773
Bombay High Court
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

8
Amal Kumar Sarkar
000000001966-03-16-000016 March 1966
000000001966-06-29-000029 June 1966
105
Calcutta High Court

9
Koka Subba Rao
000000001966-06-30-000030 June 1966
000000001967-04-11-000011 April 1967‡
285
Madras High Court

10
Kailas Nath Wanchoo
000000001967-04-12-000012 April 1967
000000001968-02-24-000024 February 1968
318
Allahabad High Court

11
Mohammad Hidayatullah[2]
000000001968-02-25-000025 February 1968
000000001970-12-16-000016 December 1970
1025
Bombay High Court
Zakir Hussain

12
Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah
000000001970-12-17-000017 December 1970
000000001971-01-21-000021 January 1971
35
Bombay High Court
Varahagiri Venkata Giri

13
Sarv Mittra Sikri
000000001971-01-22-000022 January 1971
000000001973-04-25-000025 April 1973
824
Lahore High Court

14
Ajit Nath Ray
000000001973-04-26-000026 April 1973
000000001977-01-27-000027 January 1977
1372
Calcutta High Court

15
Mirza Hameedullah Beg
000000001977-01-28-000028 January 1977
000000001978-02-21-000021 February 1978
389
Allahabad High Court
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

16
Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud
000000001978-02-22-000022 February 1978
000000001985-07-11-000011 July 1985
2696
Bombay High Court
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

17
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati
000000001985-07-12-000012 July 1985
000000001986-12-20-000020 December 1986
526
Gujarat High Court
Gyani Zail Singh

18
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak
000000001986-12-21-000021 December 1986
000000001989-06-18-000018 June 1989‡
940
Allahabad High Court

19
Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah
000000001989-06-19-000019 June 1989
000000001989-12-17-000017 December 1989
181
Karnataka High Court
Ramaswamy Venkataraman

20
Sabyasachi Mukharji
000000001989-12-18-000018 December 1989
000000001990-09-25-000025 September 1990‡‡
281
Calcutta High Court

21
Ranganath Misra
000000001990-09-26-000026 September 1990
000000001991-11-24-000024 November 1991
424
Odisha High Court

22
Kamal Narain Singh
000000001991-11-25-000025 November 1991
000000001991-12-12-000012 December 1991
17
Allahabad High Court

23
Madhukar Hiralal Kania
000000001991-12-13-000013 December 1991
000000001992-11-17-000017 November 1992
340
Bombay High Court

24
Lalit Mohan Sharma
000000001992-11-18-000018 November 1992
000000001993-02-11-000011 February 1993
85
Patna High Court
Shankar Dayal Sharma

25
Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah
000000001993-02-12-000012 February 1993
000000001994-10-24-000024 October 1994
619
Karnataka High Court

26
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi
000000001994-10-25-000025 October 1994
000000001997-03-24-000024 March 1997
881
Gujarat High Court

27
Jagdish Sharan Verma
000000001997-03-25-000025 March 1997
000000001998-01-17-000017 January 1998
298
Madhya Pradesh High Court

28
Madan Mohan Punchhi
000000001998-01-18-000018 January 1998
000000001998-10-09-00009 October 1998
264
Punjab and Haryana High Court
Kocheril Raman Narayanan

29
Adarsh Sein Anand
000000001998-10-10-000010 October 1998
000000002001-10-31-000031 October 2001
1,117
Jammu and Kashmir High Court

30
Sam Piroj Bharucha
000000002001-11-01-00001 November 2001
000000002002-05-05-00005 May 2002
185
Bombay High Court

31
Bhupinder Nath Kirpal
000000002002-05-06-00006 May 2002
000000002002-11-07-00007 November 2002
185
Delhi High Court

32
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik
000000002002-11-08-00008 November 2002
000000002002-12-18-000018 December 2002
40
Odisha High Court
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

33
V. N. Khare
000000002002-12-19-000019 December 2002
000000002004-05-01-00001 May 2004
499
Allahabad High Court

34
S. Rajendra Babu
000000002004-05-02-00002 May 2004
000000002004-05-31-000031 May 2004
29
Karnataka High Court

35
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
000000002004-06-01-00001 June 2004
000000002005-10-31-000031 October 2005
517
Madhya Pradesh High Court

36
Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
000000002005-11-01-00001 November 2005
000000002007-01-13-000013 January 2007
438
Delhi High Court

37
K. G. Balakrishnan
000000002007-01-14-000014 January 2007
000000002010-05-12-000012 May 2010
1,214
Kerala High Court

38
S. H. Kapadia
000000002010-05-12-000012 May 2010
000000002012-09-28-000028 September 2012
870
Bombay High Court
Pratibha Patil

39
Altamas Kabir
000000002012-09-29-000029 September 2012
000000002013-07-18-000018 July 2013
292
Calcutta High Court
Pranab Mukherjee

40
P. Sathasivam
000000002013-07-19-000019 July 2013
000000002014-04-26-000026 April 2014
281
Madras High Court

41
Rajendra Mal Lodha
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000000002014-09-27-000027 September 2014
153
Rajasthan High Court

42
H. L. Dattu
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000000002015-12-02-00002 December 2015
430
Karnataka High Court

43
T. S. Thakur
000000002015-12-03-00003 December 2015
000000002017-01-03-00003 January 2017
397
Jammu and Kashmir High Court

44
Jagdish Singh Khehar
000000002017-01-04-00004 January 2017
000000002017-08-27-000027 August 2017
236
Punjab and Haryana High Court

45
Dipak Misra
000000002017-08-28-000028 August 2017
Incumbent
80
Odisha High Court
Ram Nath Kovind

text: Notes[edit]

text:
‡ - Date of Resignation
‡‡ - Date of Death


document_title: Not Going Out

question_text: who sings the theme song to not going out

text: Not Going Out

text: Synopsis[edit]

text: The series focuses on Lee Mack who plays a fictional version of himself; an unambitious man in his late thirties living as a lodger in a flat in London Docklands.[6] Originally from Chorley, Lancashire[7] (which is approximately 20 mi from Southport, where Lee Mack originates in real life), Lee is a negligent, unmotivated layabout. Frequently between jobs, he spends most of his days on his sofa watching television or down at the local pub with his best friend, Tim Adams (Tim Vine), an accountant who owns the flat in which Lee is a lodger. He is also noted for his cheeky wit and for having a very troubled relationship with his father, with whom he shares many traits and who openly mentions that Lee was unplanned and resulted in the end of his marriage.

text: Very often, the only thing that can get Lee off his couch and active is his efforts to impress the girl of his dreams. In the first series, it is Kate (Megan Dodds), Lee's feisty American landlady, with whom he frequently has conflict but has an otherwise close relationship. Kate is Tim's ex-girlfriend, and he left her for a 23-year-old named Emma, but Lee and Kate suggest that she looked a lot younger. and the two frequently find themselves fighting for her attention.

text: In the second series, after Megan Dodds left the show, Kate moves back to the United States. Lee's affections soon turn to Tim's sister, Lucy (Sally Bretton), who buys the flat after having spent ten years living abroad, much to Tim's annoyance. Lucy shares Kate's feisty nature and quick wit, and her interaction with Lee is very similar. Although his frequent laziness annoys her, Lucy appears to enjoy Lee's presence in the flat, largely because of his company and his willingness to help her out of an awkward situation. Tim soon finds himself drawn into Lee's many schemes to impress Lucy, most of which backfire, fail to impress her or land them in trouble. Very often, Lee finds himself confiding in his friend, Barbara (Miranda Hart), the cleaner, about his many problems.

text: Later on in the series, Tim forms a relationship with Daisy (Katy Wix), an incredibly dimwitted young woman. In the third series, Daisy became a regular character, with her and Barbara in the same daft league. Over the series, Lucy considers marrying an Eastern European refugee until he marries Barbara instead. Later on, Lee's father returns to try to make amends with his son. In the midst of the fourth series, Lee continues his antics to impress Lucy. In the series finale, Lee gets hit by a car and falls into a coma. Lee's actions to impress Lucy continue well into the fifth series, when they both think they accidentally sleep together after drinking potato hooch.

text: In the sixth series, after Tim Vine quit the series, Tim was written out of the show. In the opening dialogue of the series, it is explained that he has been given a work placement in Germany. Daisy continues her friendship with Lucy and Lee, and her naivety often gets them in trouble. With Tim's absence, Lee often finds himself listening to suggestions from Daisy on how to impress Lucy, and they include acting as a test subject for her psychology course, which leads to Lee finding out that he was unplanned and held responsible for the breakdown in his parents' marriage, and getting a girlfriend, who develops a Fatal Attraction-esque crush on him.

text: He comes close to admitting his feelings to Lucy several times over the course of the series, particularly at the end of "Therapy" and "Play", but although she is receptive, he changes his mind each time. In the seventh series, however, neighbour Toby lies to him, saying Lucy has had a date, after which Lee tells Lucy that he loves her and asks Lucy to marry him, and she agrees. They get married in finale of Series 7. In the 2015 Christmas Special, Lucy gives birth to her and Lee's first child.

text: In the eighth series, Lee and Lucy have been married for eight years (the series is set seven years after the 2015 Christmas Special), they have moved out of the flat and into a house in the suburbs, and they have three children, seven-year-old Charlie and five-year old twins, Benji and Molly. Daisy is no longer socialising with Lee and Lucy, but they remain friends with Toby and Anna and are in touch with Lucy's parents, Geoffrey and Wendy, and with Lee's feckless father, Frank.

text: Production[edit]

text: Most of each episode were shot on set in front of an audience at Teddington Studios. There are two main sets: the flat and the bar that Lee frequently visits. Outdoor shots and real indoor location shots have also been used on occasion. The fourth and fifth series were shot at the BBC Television Centre. The sixth and seventh series saw filming return to Teddington Studios. From Series 5 onwards, Not Going Out was produced in association with Lee Mack's own company, Arlo Productions (named after his son). After Teddington Studios closed, a new studio has not been found for future episodes. However, the 2015 Christmas special was filmed in Wimbledon and majority in St George's car park but this was probably just a one off as the location fitted with the episode's plot. This episode was not filmed in front of a live studio audience. Series 8 was filmed at Elstree Studios.

text: The show is filmed in HDTV and, since series 4, airs simultaneously on BBC One HD. Previous to this, the show was not simulcast on BBC HD, but shown on BBC HD 30 minutes after the BBC One airing.

text: A lot of the humour is based on word play and double entendres delivered in a deadpan manner. This is the comedy style Lee Mack and Tim Vine have used both in stand-up and in The Sketch Show, to the extent that an occasional one-liner from their solo performances is slipped in. This is mostly one sided with Kate/Lucy typically being the victims of the joke. Sight gags are also frequently used, while gags and witticisms are incorporated into almost every line of script.

text: For the first series, episodes were written by Mack and Andrew Collins, with members of the cast credited for additional material. Because the eight episodes of the second season had to be written and filmed in a short space of time, Avalon Television brought in Nick Stacey, Paul Kerensa and Simon Evans to join the writing team. Mack, Collins and Stacey concentrated on writing the main body of the episodes whilst Kerensa and Evans were involved in storylining, rewriting and 'gagging up' the episodes. The third series saw the writing team expanded, with Darin Henry, Daniel Peak and Simon Dean contributing to the main episodes (all co-written with Mack); the "gag writing" team was also expanded, from two members to as many as eight, not counting the main writers, on a single episode with Milton Jones amongst the additional writers of the show.

text: In the original pilot of the series, which has not been aired, the part of Kate was played by Catherine Tate. However, due to the success of The Catherine Tate Show, her character was re-written for the American actress Megan Dodds.[citation needed]

text: The theme song is performed by Frank Sinatra impersonator Stephen Triffitt.[8]

text: The flat in which Lee and Kate/Lucy lived from 2006 to 2015 is No 17. In a DVD commentary for the first series, it was mentioned that "Number 17" was originally considered as a title for the series, before the name "Not Going Out" was decided on.

text: Cast and characters[edit]

text:
Character
Portrayed by
Series

Series 1
(2006)
Series 2
(2007)
Series 3
(2009)
Series 4
(2011)
Series 5
(2012)
Series 6
(2013)
Special
(2013)
Series 7
(2014)
Special
(2015)
Series 8
(2017)

Lee
Lee Mack
Main

Timothy Gladstone Adams
Tim Vine
Main

Guest

Kate
Megan Dodds
Main

Lucy Adams
Sally Bretton

Main

Barbara

Miranda Hart*

Main

Daisy

Katy Wix

Recurring
Main

Guy

Simon Dutton

Recurring

Guest

Geoffrey Adams

Geoffrey Whitehead
Timothy West

Guest
Recurring

Recurring

Wendy Adams

Deborah Grant

Guest
Recurring

Recurring

Frank

Bobby Ball

Guest
Recurring

Toby

Hugh Dennis

Recurring

Anna

Abigail Cruttenden

Recurring

Charlie

Finley Southby

Main

Benji

Max Pattison

Main

Molly

Francesca Newman

Main

text: * Miranda Hart also appeared in an episode in Series 1, however this was not in the role of Barbara.

text: Plot[edit]

text: Series 1 (2006)[edit]

text: Lee is a juvenile and lazy slacker, who goes from one job to another, living off the good graces of his Californian landlady Kate, with whom he shares a flat in London. It is not long before they find that their friendship is changing into something more. The situation is somewhat complicated by the fact that Lee's best friend Timothy Gladstone Adams, an accountant from Henley, is Kate's ex-boyfriend (they broke up when he cheated on her with 23-year-old Emma) and he wants to repair their relationship. Lee is torn between pursuing his romantic feelings for Kate and remaining loyal to his increasingly paranoid best friend.

text: Series 2 (2007)[edit]

text: Kate has gone back to America leaving Tim with a flat and lodger he cannot afford to keep. Tim's sister Lucy Adams, a head hunter recently back from ten years abroad, buys the flat and becomes the new landlady and flatmate to Lee.[9] Tim also hires a cleaner, Barbara, to clean the flat. In "Gay", the series' second episode, 51-year-old Guy first appears and he soon becomes Lucy's boyfriend. Lee, now an ice-cream seller, later appears to fall for Lucy. In the last episode Tim and Lee are convinced Guy is a gangster and has been smuggling diamonds but it turns out that he was having a diamond engagement ring made for Lucy planning to propose on a romantic holiday. Lee leaves the airport thinking Lucy has said yes to Guy but she returns saying that she was too young to get married and that she had split up with Guy. There was also a Christmas Special in 2007 which introduced Tim and Lucy's parents for the first time. In episode 6, Lee meets a woman called Daisy at speed dating, who later appeared to fall for Tim. Although at the time it seems that she will be a one-time character, she reappears in the Christmas special as Tim's girlfriend and returns in Series Three.

text: Series 3 (2009)[edit]

text: The third series sees Lee trying to pursue Lucy, usually encouraged by Barbara he invariably ends up making things worse for himself. We also witness Lucy questioning her sexuality, which worries Lee. Tim's girlfriend Daisy also becomes more of a fixture in series three. In the last episode Lucy is about to marry Pavlov Petrietskivadorski the mechanic so he can stay in the country however she realises that she's made a mistake and Lee gets Barbara to marry Pavlov instead, the last scene is of them driving off together for their honeymoon in India. Barbara is seen back in the flat, wanting to go off with Lee's dad, Frank, who is seen in the last episode, which was broadcast as a Christmas Special on 23 December 2009. Lucy and Lee kiss under the mistletoe.

text: Series 4 (2011)[edit]

text: A fourth series of six episodes was filmed from late September to early November 2010. Miranda Hart did not return as Barbara, as filming of the second series of her own sitcom Miranda was also taking place.[10] The series began airing on 6 January 2011.[1] The series sees Lee and Tim thrown into a drugs deal after Tim accidentally takes someone else's coat in a nightclub, Lee and Tim discovering that either one of them could have a long-lost daughter, Lee accidentally agreeing to let a porn film be shot in his and Lucy's flat, Lee having to organise a fireworks display and return an elderly woman to her son, and Tim and Lucy's parents' rough patch in their 40-year marriage. The series finishes with a near death experience for Lee, who later organises a date with Lucy.

text: Series 5 (2012)[edit]

text: The fifth series, consisting of six episodes, was filmed between November and 22 December 2011 and aired on BBC One from 13 April 2012. A short Children in Need special featuring Sir Terry Wogan followed later in 2012.

text: Series 6 (2013)[edit]

text: The sixth series began airing on 5 April and ended on 31 May 2013. This was the first series since the departure of Tim. In this series Lucy accidentally kills two rabbits, Lee, Lucy and Daisy end up stuck in a ski lift with a heavily pregnant woman, Lee is stalked, Lucy and Lee host a children's party, and the main characters find themselves in another of Frank's schemes as he a deliberately sinks a boat for insurance purposes.

text: Christmas Special (2013)[edit]

text: A Christmas special aired on 24 December 2013, with Mack's real-life son making a cameo appearance as a ghost.

text: Series 7 (2014)[edit]

text: On 5 April 2013, whilst promoting the sixth series of Not Going Out on The One Show, Lee Mack confirmed that a seventh series had been commissioned. Filming for this series began 23 May 2014, and later finished on 25 July 2014.[11]

text: The seventh series aired from 17 October 2014 to 24 December 2014 and consisted of 10 episodes, making it the longest series to date.[3] Lee Mack, Sally Bretton, Katy Wix, Bobby Ball, Geoffrey Whitehead and Deborah Grant all reprise their roles as Lee, Lucy, Daisy, Frank, Geoffrey and Wendy respectively, whilst Hugh Dennis and Abigail Cruttenden join the cast as new neighbours Toby and Anna who soon struggle to share a building with Lee and Lucy.[3]

text: Lee and Lucy are mugged, attend a dinner party and try to conceive a baby together. In episode 5, they go on the BBC game show, Pointless. Hosts Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman make appearances throughout the episode.

text: In Episode 9, Lee finally reveals his love for Lucy and asks her to marry him. Episode 10 features their wedding day and a guest appearance from Tim Vine, and a cameo appearance by Tommy Cannon.

text: An outtakes episode aired 27 December 2014. Hosted by Lee Mack, Sally Bretton and Katy Wix.

text: Christmas Special (2015)[edit]

text: Lee Mack announced on Alan Carr: Chatty Man that there would be a 2015 Christmas special and possibly another series in 2016.[12]

text: Talking to BBC News, Mack gave an outline of the special; it follows on from the marriage of Lucy and Lee in "The Wedding", the most recent episode, and involved a gun. Mack also announced that the special would not be filmed before a studio audience, unlike past episodes, and that he had written its first scenes.[13]

text: The Christmas special aired on 24 December 2015, where the regular cast were involved in an armed robbery in a department store. Frank was working as an elf in the Christmas department, when Lee, Lucy and Daisy were with Toby and Anna who had sent their son away over Christmas. The two security guards were attacked by the armed robber who locked them all in the security room and Lee had a showdown with the armed robber, the episode ended with Lucy giving birth to the couple's first child. [14]

text: Series 8 (2017)[edit]

text: On 24 August 2016, it was confirmed that there would be an eighth series in 2017. It is set seven years after the events of the 2015 Christmas special and shows how Lee and Lucy cope being parents to three young children.[4] The series began airing on 13 January 2017.[15]

text: Not Going Out reached its highest ever audience in the opening episode, with a total of 5.52 million viewers.

text: Future[edit]

text: At a press screening event for Series 8 on 14 December 2016, it was confirmed that a ninth and tenth series of Not Going Out had been ordered by the BBC.[5]

text: DVD releases[edit]

text: Although filmed and broadcast in HD, no Blu-rays have been released to date. All episodes up to the end of Series 4 feature different video post-production to the broadcast versions, giving them a US-style 'filmlook' effect, however this was dropped from the Series 5 DVD onwards. The episodes Movie and Drunk are slightly extended for DVD, featuring shots and lines cut or censored for their original BBC One transmission. Some music tracks are replaced by soundalikes for release.

text:
DVD Title
No. of Discs
Special features
No. of Episodes
Release Dates

Region 2
Region 4

Series One
1
Audio commentary on episodes 1–3 by Lee Mack & producer/director Alex Hardcastle
Making Of documentary (including Lee and Tim interviewed on set, exclusive behind the scenes footage of Series Two, and clips from Series One, the pilot and The Sketch Show) (18 mins)
Photo gallery
6
22 October 2007
13 May 2009

Series Two
2
Audio commentaries on episodes 1, 4 & 6
Behind the scenes documentary (20 mins)
8
2 February 2009
9 December 2009

Not Going Out 3
2
Not Going Out On Location documentary (35 minutes)
8
27 September 2010[16]
5 May 2011

Not Going Out 4
2
Not Going Right – The Out-Takes (35 minutes of bloopers from series 1–4)
6
14 February 2011
—

Not Going Out 5
2
Not Going Right – The Out-Takes (25 minutes of bloopers from series 5)
6
21 May 2012[17]
—

Not Going Out 6
2
Not Going Right – The Out-Takes (bloopers from series 6)
8
17 November 2014[18]
—

Not Going Out 7
2
Behind the Scenes: A Day in the Life of Not Going Out
10
1 June 2015[19]
—

The Christmas Specials
1
N/A
3
1 December 2014[20]
—

Series One & Two
3
As per individual series DVDs
14
2 February 2009
—

Series One, Two & Three
5
As per individual series DVDs
22
27 September 2010[21]
—

Series One, Two, Three & Four
7
As per individual series DVDs
28
14 November 2011[22]
—

Series One, Two, Three, Four & Five
9
As per individual series DVDs
34
21 May 2012[23]
—

The Complete Series 1–7
13
As per individual series DVDs
53
1 June 2015[24]
—

text: Not Going Out 6 does not include the 2013 Christmas Special, "The House". It is however included on The Christmas Specials and The Complete Series 1–7.


document_title: The Exorcist (TV series)

question_text: where is season 2 of the exorcist filmed

text: The Exorcist (TV series)

text: Cast[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Alfonso Herrera as Father Tomas Ortega
Ben Daniels as Father Marcus Keane
Hannah Kasulka as Casey Rance (season 1; guest season 2)
Brianne Howey as Katherine "Kat" Rance (season 1)
Kurt Egyiawan as Father Devon Bennett
Alan Ruck as Henry Rance (season 1)
Geena Davis as Angela Rance / Regan MacNeil (season 1)
Zuleikha Robinson as Mouse (season 2)
Li Jun Li as Rose Cooper (season 2)
Brianna Hildebrand as Verity (season 2)
John Cho as Andrew "Andy" Kim (season 2)

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Robert Emmet Lunney as The Salesman / Captain Howdy / Pazuzu (season 1)
Mouzam Makkar as Jessica (season 1)
Kirsten Fitzgerald as Maria Walters
David Hewlett as the voice of the demon / Pazuzu
Sharon Gless as Chris MacNeil[7] (season 1)
Camille Guaty as Olivia (season 1)
Deanna Dunagan as Mother Bernadette (season 1)
Torrey Hanson as Cardinal Guillot
Francis Guinan as Simon the priest (season 1)
Cyrus Arnold as David "Truck" Johnson III (season 2)
Hunter Dillon as Caleb (season 2)
Alex Barima as Shelby (season 2)
Amélie Eve as Grace (season 2)
Christopher Cousins as Peter Osborne (season 2)[8]
Alicia Witt as Nicole Kim (season 2)
Zibby Allen as Cindy (season 2)
Beatrice Kitsos as Harper Graham (season 2)

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired
Nielsen ratings

First aired
Last aired
Rank
Viewers
(millions)

1
10
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)
127
3.15[9]

2
10
September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
December 15, 2017 (2017-12-15)
TBA
TBA

text: Season 1 (2016)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
1
"Chapter One: And Let My Cry Come Unto Thee"
Rupert Wyatt
Teleplay and Story by : Jeremy Slater
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)
1AZP01
2.85[10]

2
2
"Chapter Two: Lupus in Fabula"
Michael Nankin
Heather Bellson
September 30, 2016 (2016-09-30)
1AZP02
1.98[11]

3
3
"Chapter Three: Let 'Em In"
Michael Nankin
Dre Ryan
October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)
1AZP03
1.95[12]

4
4
"Chapter Four: The Moveable Feast"
Craig Zisk
Adam Stein
October 14, 2016 (2016-10-14)
1AZP04
1.97[13]

5
5
"Chapter Five: Through My Most Grievous Fault"
Jason Ensler
David Grimm
October 21, 2016 (2016-10-21)
1AZP05
1.87[14]

6
6
"Chapter Six: Star of the Morning"
Jennifer Phang
Laura Marks
November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04)
1AZP06
1.83[15]

7
7
"Chapter Seven: Father of Lies"
Tinge Krishnan
Charise Castro Smith
November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11)
1AZP07
1.61[16]

8
8
"Chapter Eight: The Griefbearers"
Louis Milito
Marcus Gardley
November 18, 2016 (2016-11-18)
1AZP08
1.67[17]

9
9
"Chapter Nine: 162"
Bill Johnson
Franklin Jin Rho & Jeremy Slater
December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09)
1AZP09
1.66[18]

10
10
"Chapter Ten: Three Rooms"
Jason Ensler
Jeremy Slater
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)
1AZP10
1.75[19]

text: Season 2 (2017)[edit]

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text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

11
1
"Janus"
Jason Ensler
Heather Bellson
September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
2AZP01
1.58[20]

Father Tomas Ortega and Father Marcus Keane try to save Cindy, a woman possessed by a demon following her miscarriage. But things get complicated when Cindy's husband refuses to believe in his wife's possession and tries to prevent the priests from saving her. But during one of the attempts to save the young woman, the demon arrives to penetrate the spirit of Tomas. On Nachburn, an island off Seattle, Andrew Kim is about to welcome Rose Cooper, a social services representative with whom he has a shared background, to determine whether Andrew's home is suitable for children. Indeed, the latter welcomes a group of children and orphans with problems. One of the children, Caleb, a blind teenager, begins to behave strangely.

12
2
"Safe as Houses"
Deran Sarafian
Adam Stein
October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06)
2AZP02
1.36[21]

In the Vatican, Father Bennett, who has only one ally Cardinal Caro, summons Cardinal Guillot to the Court of Appeal to unmask him. He informs the court that the integration of the clergyman made in Chicago has had repercussions and that the church is infiltrated by demons and forces of evil. But Guillot proves his innocence by drinking holy water before the jury. The latter winks at Bennett as a last provocation. The president of the court orders Bennett to give all the information about the renegade priests who are Marcus and Tomas but he refuses. Meanwhile, the two priests finally managed to convince the sheriff Jordy that his wife is possessed by the demon. At the hospital where she is being treated, the demon manifests, making the majority of the staff flee. Upon arriving there, the two churchmen find that Cindy took hostage one of the sheriff's men. She slaughters him and scampers through a ventilation duct. On the farm, Rose Cooper and Andrew Kim argue about Caleb whose attitude is increasingly strange. Rose will file a report which may hurt the home for difficult children. A couple of farmers, the Holmstroms, arrive to give fruit to the children. They take the opportunity to invite Shelby to attend the birth of a baby sheep. At the hospital, Marcus and Tomas manage to trap Cindy and exorcise her before she could kill a baby in the neonatal room. The sheriff in reward gives them the keys of his pickup. The two men leave for Seattle. At the Vatican, Father Bennett packed his bags to make contact with other church people indicated by Cardinal Caro. Going down the stairs, he witnesses Caro's arrest by the Vatican Guard soldiers ordered by the president of the court of appeal. Shelby witnesses an atrocity on the Holmstrom's farm: The baby sheep is a deformed monster. Ted Holmstrom kills him with a pitchfork. The disoriented teenager goes home through the forest but hears a scream. Meanwhile at home, Andrew who worries goes around to see if anything is wrong. He sees bloody handprints on the front door. He turns around and sees Shelby with the dead sheep in his hands.

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3
"Unclean"
Ti West
Manny Coto
October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13)
2AZP03
1.35[22]

In Paris, while Cardinal Guillot performs an invocation ceremony with the demon's selected host, a young woman prepares pies with ostia powder. After eating the pies, all the guests die in excruciating pain by spitting blood. Meanwhile, Father Tomas and Marcus go to the Grahams where daughter Harper would be according to her mother. At home, Andy is confronted with supernatural events: a flock of birds are crashing into the house while Shelby prays near the lake. It turns out that the young man is convinced that an obscure force is at work and would also be responsible for the death of Nicole, Andy's wife. Rose Cooper goes to Lady Graham after a row, but her mother sends her away unceremoniously. While Tomas finds that all signs of possession are present, Marcus is more dubious. He finds PCP and other medications in the bathroom medicine cabinet. Harper's mother Lorraine drugged her to fake possession. Tomas is injured in the head by Lorraine and while Marcus is about to take the teenager out of the house, he is also attacked and injures his arm. Fortunately, Rose arrives with the police. The child is hospitalized. Rose knows where to place the child and lets Tomas and Marcus know. In Antwerp, Belgium, Father Bennett met Mouse, the young woman who had killed the demon devotees in Paris. She makes the source of her information meet the father in an isolated cellar: it is the nun Dolores Navarro, who is possessed.

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4
"One for Sorrow"
So Yong Kim
Rebecca Kirsch
October 20, 2017 (2017-10-20)
2AZP04
1.23[23]

In Antwerp, Belgium, Father Bennett tries to save the soul of sister Dolores Navarro, possessed by the spirit of the demon Mejis. During a moment of weakness and pity, the demon manages to control the priest and makes him erase the circle of protection where she is locked up. He owes his salvation only to the intervention of Mouse who knocks the woman out with an injection of holy water. Tomas contacts his sister Olivia and nephew Luis. She tells him that men from the church are looking for him and Marcus. He tells her to forget it for the moment. Harper and Rose go to the island where the home for unsuitable children is located. They are accompanied by Marcus and Tomas on the insistence of the child. On the island, water and forest officer Peter Morrow takes samples after the crows' attack. Shelby, who feels that something abnormal is happening informs him of the birth of a sheep in the Holmstrom farm. Andy reunites the children to tell them about Harper's upcoming arrival but Grace is unwelcoming. Several strange events occur, Grace speaks with a loud voice and objects move around the house. Barely arrived at the port, Tomas hears voices and shares this info with Marcus. Marcus and Tomas notice several signs that supernatural forces are at work such as the appearance of dead spider webs on trees where dead creatures of flora and fauna die. Marcus meets Peter and empathizes with him. The latter offers to take him to the Cove of Jarrell but he declines the invitation. Tomas visits the home and feels more and more a demonic presence. As Shelby tries to tell him something, Rose interrupts. In Antwerp, Bennett shares the information he has with Mouse about Sister Navarro's predictions: the demon wants to find the lamb and the old Lion as he calls them. He talks about Maria Walters and the demon organization in Chicago. Mouse thinks they could find the organization to learn more and destroy them. While it's dark, Rose is visited by a creature made of shade in her room. She manages to banish the creature with the light from her cellphone. Harper has a nightmare and wakes up. Rose consoles her and joins Andy in the kitchen. The two kiss each other. The next day, Grace decides to face her agoraphobia and leaves the house for the first time, which amazes Verity. After Andy goes to her room to put her to sleep, Verity goes to the girl's room. She feels a presence and asks if anyone is there.

15
5
"There but for the Grace of God, Go I"
Alex Garcia Lopez
Alyssa Clark
November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)
2AZP05
1.45[24]

Andy finds himself in the room where Verity went: this is the old room where Nicole made her paintings. Andy thinks he sees little Grace while she is not there. He thinks he's going crazy and is stung by a hornet that hurts him to the left lung. Father Ortega is back and talks to Rose about his job as an exorcist but she does not want to hear more and asks him to leave. Marcus asks Peter about strange events on the island and the agent tells him about a certain Glenn Powell who killed his family fifty years ago with the exception of his granddaughter. Marcus decides to visit her on the other side of the bay to learn more. Andy decides to take the kids camping. He has visions of Grace again and can't tell if he's hallucinating or if it's reality. His injury is getting worse. Keane learns from Alice Powell that her father was possessed by a demonic spirit. He immediately informs Tomas. The latter wants to go to the Kims to warn them of the danger but Marcus asks him to do nothing because he does not have enough evidence. At the same time, Kim and Rose leave the house with Verity, Caleb, Shelby, David and Harper. In Antwerp, Devin and Mouse are preparing to leave for Chicago. In a last push to save Sister Navarro, Devin tries to compel her to fight the demon. When her words convince him of the futility of saving her, he injects her with holy water and it burns her alive. On Ashburn, the children are having fun around the fire while eating treats. As Andrew fetches wood, he is harassed again by Grace. He returns to reality when Rose asks him to return among them. On the boat that brings him back to the island, Peter and Marcus share their painful pasts and tragedies, including the murder of Marcus' mother by his father and the ordeal he suffered at the orphanage. For his part Peter tells him about his past as a soldier in Kosovo. Tomas goes to the Kim's house and is assaulted by evil. He begins the exploration of the rooms leading to the attic. Grace appears behind his back. Verity reveals to Shelby her past abuse that explains her aversion to God. The young man does the same. As Tomas enters Nicole's room, Grace reveals her presence by slamming a doll against the wall. At the same time, objects come to life and levitate. Worried about the absence of Truck, Verity goes to check on him. She finds him in the old school building near the well. The teenager is banging his head against the wall. She tries to wake him but he turns around and with a superhuman force grabs her by the neck and strangles her. Ortega exorcises the room. His efforts wake Truck from his trance as Andy arrives to check on Truck and Verity. Rose, Shelby and Caleb also arrive. Rose informs Andy that she will have to report the incident. Truck who does not remember what happened has collapsed. Andrew decides to bring Verity to Dr. Flores. Both take the car. On the boat, Peter kisses Marcus and brings him back to the island. Tomas, on his side, is touched by Grace's spirit and he relives the horrors that came to the house from the previous owners, most of which were parents that killed their children. Andy and Verity go home instead of going to the doctor and she tries to convince him that Truck was not responsible for what happened. Andy enters Nicole's room and even breaks the picture of an owl. From behind the broken picture, a figure wearing a pillowcase emerges and approaches him. The figures unmasks, revealing herself to be Nicole. Outside, the room lights up as Tomas, worried, watches from the front lawn.

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6
"Darling Nikki"
Jason Ensler
Franklin Jin Rho & Adam Stein
November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)
2AZP06
1.27[25]

In Chicago, Devin and Mouse neutralize Maria Walters' security detail and nurse. The demonically possessed Walters was expecting them and reveals that Walters' cancer is in its final stages, rendering her useless to the conspiracy. The demon tries to implore Devin to take it in, having always preferred him over Walters. When the demon refuses to provide any useful info, Mouse replaces its IV with one full of holy water, torturing it. At this point the demon begins speaking in Marcus' voice, hinting at dark secrets Mouse has been keeping from Devin. The demon also infers that its peers have plans for Tomas who is vulnerable to possession after letting Cindy's demon into his mind during his exorcism attempts. As Devin presses the demon for more answers, Mouse kills Walters with a shot to the head. The demon's expulsion is violent enough to damage the room, badly injuring Devin with debris. Andy questions whether Nicole is really there with him. She tells him that nothing will ever separate them again and that he needs to get his house in order. Andy and Rose visit Truck who is miserable and kept medicated to prevent his sleepwalking. He speaks of a force which influenced him to hurt Verity, but Rose seems skeptical. Andy's behavior dramatically changes as he becomes sullen with the children, and admits to Rose that he failed in his attempts to help his wayward foster children. Harper and Marcus talk and she mentions that she heard a voice in the woods. Tomas visits Rose to ask about any strange events in the house, but she doesn't confirm anything. Rose invites Tomas and Marcus over for dinner which Andy begrudgingly allows. During a tense dinner, Harper reveals that the priests are exorcists which leads to a discussion about religion versus science. Andy, a psychologist, pointedly mentions that Tomas and Marcus' religion treated Verity's homosexuality as a sin and tried to cure her of it. Tomas apologizes for the church's actions and the three agree to leave Verity out of any further discussion. After dinner, the three men continue to talk, with Marcus attempting to bait the demon into revealing itself. To that end, he questions Andy's inability to prevent his wife's death, but Nicole keeps Andy from overreacting. After more pointed questions which provoke a response from Andy, the priests are convinced they have their proof, but before they can act on it, Rose admits she was wrong to get them involved and asks them to leave, even threatening to call the police. Tomas and Marcus reluctantly leave, planning to watch the house from outside and even to abduct Andy when the time is right. Rose apologizes to Andy for getting the priests involved and expresses faith in him, leading the two to become amorous. While they are kissing, Andy stops himself, seemingly having come to his senses, as Nicole tries to compel him to continue. Harper is awoken by a strange noise and discovers her psychotic mother in her room. Harper's mother attempts to abduct her and threatens to hurt Verity when Harper refuses to leave. As Harper leaves with her mother, they encounter Marcus and Tomas. The priests fight to prevent Harper from being abducted. Nicole unleashes enough power to send all of the adults flying. Andy, possessed, begins strangling a downed Rose. Verity's screams seem to snap Andy out of it and he leaves the bedroom and encounters Harper's mother. Andy grabs the knife from Harper's mother, grabs Harper's mother by the throat and stabs her to death. As the horrified kids look on, the priests begin their exorcism.

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7
"Help Me"
Steven A. Adelson
David Grimm
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)
2AZP07
1.33[26]

Andy relives the day of Nicole's suicide. He wakes up and is irked by Truck asking about a cryptic note Nicole left on his lunchbag. Realizing something is wrong, Andy goes looking for Nicole and finds her wading into the lake. He tries but is unable to save her. Back in reality, Tomas and Marcus continue their exorcism, pleading with an infrequently lucid Andy to fight to hold onto his sanity and memories;they warn him the demon will pervert his memories in order to control him. The priests also try to get Andy to remember when the demon first made contact with him;Andy recalls that as the children tried to move on from Nicole's death, he met the young Grace who wanted to help him heal, feeling needed, Andy began taking care of her. Andy finds himself in bed with Nicole, and after getting up realizes he's living the life they would have had without the children. In this life, they're wealthy, successful and fulfilled career-wise. Andy keeps asking where the children are and Nicole keeps telling him they're in the garden. When he enters the garden, he finds several graves and tries desperately to dig up the graves. As Andy's sanity slips, the demon blames the children for Nicole's death, theorizing that if they hadn't monopolized Andy's time, Andy would've realized Nicole was hurting and gotten her help. Nicole reminds him their life raising the children wasn't a fairy tale. Andy hearkens back to a memory where his lovemaking with Nicole was interrupted by a heated argument between Truck and Caleb. Andy also recalls Nicole wanting to adopt the troubled Verity. During a particularly bad recollection, Andy witnesses Verity mocking Nicole's depression. Andy insists that the memory isn't completely accurate;he later recalls Verity and Nicole crying together while embracing. With little choice, Tomas and Marcus bring Rose into the room to reach what's left of Andy's sanity. Things seem okay at first until Andy accuses Rose of bringing in the priests to tear away his home and children. As the exorcism continues, Andy begins viewing Tomas and Marcus as demons who relish his torment and suffering. As a last resort, Andy gives into the demon by rescuing Nicole from drowning, which allows the demon to level Marcus and Tomas with a powerful surge.

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8
"A Heaven of Hell"
Meera Menon
Heather Bellson & M. Willis
December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)
2AZP08
1.18[27]

Rose meets with the children who are unhappy staying with the Holmstroms. She eventually decides to take the children back to the mainland the following day to look for temporary housing for them; Verity is the most unhappy because she believes that once the authorities learn Andy killed Harper's mother, him being possessed won't matter to anyone. Father Devin's injury causes him to lapse into a coma forcing Mouse to seek medical treatment for him. While she waits with him, she recalls her past as a novitiate while Marcus was a renown exorcist. As the two carried on a secret relationship, she became fascinated by the process of exorcism and made frequent visits to a possessed woman. The possessed woman preyed upon Mouse's naivete and hunger to be God's vessel akin to Marcus, eventually attacking and possessing Mouse who crossed the protective barrier. Blaming himself, Marcus abandoned Mouse who was eventually exorcised by another priest. Nicole reveals herself to Tomas which startles him into breaking a glass, as Tomas leaves, Andy steals a shard. Verity insists on helping the priests who believe that having one of the children present will inspire Andy to fight back. The possessed Andy speaking in Nicole's voice taunts Verity for being a trashy disappointment who was nothing but a paycheck to them. Verity persists with her belief that Andy loved her regardless of her behavior and that she needs him to come back to her. Andy fights the urge to attack Verity with the shard, instead warning Rose to take Verity and leave. Peter tries to convince Marcus to retire and travel with him which Marcus contemplates. As the exorcism continues, Andy taunts Marcus by speaking in Mouse's voice and claiming that Marcus abandons those closest to him;Tomas convinces a frustrated and exhausted Marcus to rest. As Tomas continues the exorcism alone, Andy begins using the shard to cut his restraints. Rose buys Ferry tickets for herself and the children only to discover Verity missing. Shelby later admits Verity returned to the Holmstroms house to retrieve a book Andy got her which she threw in the trash. Rose finds Verity who refuses to abandon the most important thing Andy ever gave her and offers to drive her to the Holmstroms. Tomas is visited by a refreshed Marcus who acknowledges his maturity and skill as an exorcist which Tomas appreciates; Tomas is unaware that Marcus is actually still asleep in the living room. Verity enters the Holmstroms eerily quiet home and retrieves her book. It is revealed that Tomas is in a trance, fully believing that Marcus is performing the exorcism with him; Andy's bed is empty. Hearing a strange noise, Verity searches the house and finds the Holmstroms dead at their table. She encounters Rose who tells her to run. Behind Rose is Andy who merely says, "Hey, kiddo."

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9
"Ritual & Repetition"
Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
Sean Crouch
December 8, 2017 (2017-12-08)
2AZP09
1.15[28]

Marcus fails to compel Tomas to snap out of his trance. Under the trance, Tomas vaguely hears Marcus telling him to wake up, but the fake versions of Marcus and Andy try to convince him to continue the exorcism. Tomas, knowing something is wrong, leaves through the bedroom door only to find himself back in Chicago, apparently promoted to Bishop since rejecting a life as an exorcist. Two operatives claiming to be from the Vatican arrive in Seattle hunting Tomas and Marcus. They are quickly dispatched by Mouse. Marcus goes to the Holmstroms to discover them dead as well as signs of a bloody struggle elsewhere in the house. At the docks, Shelby is startled to find Andy putting the kids in the car and trying to assure them he's cured and will never hurt anyone again. In Tomas' trance, he officiates Mass but is taken aback after recognizing Casey Rance sitting among the parishioners. Andy brings the kids back to the same cabin where Truck nearly murdered Verity. The kids suspect Andy still isn't himself as he rationalizes murdering Harper's mother by declaring her evil and God being responsible for putting her in his path. Shelby stands up to Andy and is badly beaten as Andy retrieves Harper and Caleb. Rose compels Verity, whose former foster parents used to bind her, to work on freeing herself. Tomas speaks with Casey Rance and realizes the demon impersonated her in order to guilt him over leaving his parish for the pride and glory of being an exorcist. Torturing Shelby, Andy admits that Shelby was only half right about using lamb's blood to protect their home, since lamb's blood only protects from GOD'S wrath. Andy gets fed up with Rose's threats and forces her to stand on rotting planks covering the well until the planks break and she falls in. In the tranceworld, the demon, claiming to be very old and powerful, offers what it believes to be Tomas' greatest desire: the papacy. Tomas, firm in his conviction, admits what he wants is to watch the demon die. Verity breaks free and runs into the woods while the children try to slow Andy down. Marcus frees the children who realize Rose is still alive in the well, her fall cushioned by water. They free Rose and Marcus fights Andy who was suffocating Verity. Tomas wills himself out of the trance and battles Casey/Nicole, rejecting her gifts, her fantasy and rejecting her. This is enough to weaken her control over Andy and enable Marcus to knock Andy out. Tomas finds a fading Andy on the stairs, and Andy wants Tomas to promise that he'll stop the demon once and for all. It's then revealed that Tomas is still entranced when he hears a woman's voice praying over him, and before leaving the trance, he pleads with Andy to fight the demon. Finally out of the trance, Tomas meets the woman revealed to be Mouse.

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10
"Unworthy"
Jason Ensler
Jeremy Slater
December 15, 2017 (2017-12-15)
2AZP10
1.28[29]

Two officials from the Vatican arrive to deal with Father Bennet. Marcus drags an unconscious Andy through the forest when he meets up with Tomas and Mouse. While Tomas watches over Andy in the abandoned shack, Marcus and Mouse begin to argue. Tomas is drawn into a trance, where he meets up with Andy. Andy tells Tomas to record a message for Rose and the kids. While the demon and Tomas struggle, Andy calls out to Marcus, asking the ex-priest to shoot him before the demon can enter Tomas. Marcus obliges, and fires a bullet into Andy's head, killing both him and the demon. With the demon gone, Tomas breaks free from the trance. Tomas then meets up with Rose and the kids, and he relays Andy's message to them. Marcus parts ways with Tomas.Tomas then leaves with Mouse as his new partner. Meanwhile, Bennet wakes up, and has been possessed. Three months later, Rose visits Truck in a mental hospital, and adopts him, along with Verity, Shelby, Caleb, and Harper .Meanwhile, Marcus is looking out over the water at the docks, when he finally hears God's voice. He becomes troubled, and whispers Tomas's name.

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: Jeremy Slater wrote the pilot. On January 22, 2016, Fox ordered the pilot to be shot.[30][31] The series is described as "a propulsive, serialized psychological thriller following two very different men tackling one family's case of horrifying demonic possession, and confronting the face of true evil."[30]

text: Casting[edit]

text: On February 24, 2016, Brianne Howey was cast as Katherine Rance.[32] On February 29, 2016, Hannah Kasulka was cast as Casey Rance.[33] On March 2, 2016, Alfonso Herrera and Ben Daniels were cast as Father Tomas and Father Marcus respectively.[34][35] On March 3, 2016, Kurt Egyiawan was cast as Father Bennett.[36][37] On March 7, 2016, Geena Davis was cast as Angela Rance.[37] On June 7, 2017, it was announced that Davis, Ruck, Kasulka and Howey would not return as regular cast members in the second season. Herrera, Egyiawan and Daniels will return, as their characters will preside over a new possession case.[38] In July, John Cho, Brianna Hildebrand, Zuleikha Robinson and Li Jun Li were cast in series regular roles for season two.[39][40][41][42] In August, Christopher Cousins and Cyrus Arnold were cast in recurring roles.[43]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Fox announced that the first season of the show would be shot in Chicago.[44] Season two filming began July 28, 2017, in Vancouver.[45]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
Season
Timeslot (ET)
Episodes
First aired
Last aired
TV season
Rank
Avg. viewers
(millions)

Date
Viewers
(millions)
Date
Viewers
(millions)

1
Friday 9:00 p.m.
10
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)
2.85[46]
December 16, 2016 (2016-12-16)
1.75[47]
2016–17
127
3.15[48]

2
10
September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
1.58[20]
December 15, 2017
1.28[29]
2017–18
TBD
2.36

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: The Exorcist has received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the series a score of 78% based on 50 reviews with an average of 5.8/10. The consensus says, "The Exorcist doesn't come close to its classic source material, but still boasts a tense narrative that manages some legitimate scares and credible special effects."[49] On Metacritic, the show has a weighted average of 62/100 based on 28 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[50]

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text:
Year
Award
Category
Nominee(s)
Result

2017
American Society of Cinematographers Awards[51]
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Movie/Miniseries/Pilot
Alex Disenhof
Nominated

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards[52]
Best TV Actress
Geena Davis
Nominated

Best TV Series
The Exorcist
Nominated

Best TV Supporting Actor
Ben Daniels
Nominated

People's Choice Awards[53]
Favorite New TV Drama
The Exorcist
Nominated

Saturn Awards[54]
Best Horror Television Series
The Exorcist
Nominated

Cine Awards[55]
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series
Ben Daniels
Pending

Bloody Disgusting Reader's Choice Awards[56]
Best Actor - Television
Alfonso Herrera
Won


document_title: Power Rangers (film)

question_text: who plays the red power ranger in the new movie

text: Power Rangers (film)

text: Plot

text: In the Cenozoic-era, six interplanetary warriors, the Power Rangers, are tasked with protecting life on Earth and the Zeo Crystal. The Green Ranger, Rita Repulsa, betrays them and plans to dominate the universe. The Red Ranger, Zordon, survives Rita's attack and hides five of the Rangers' power source, the Power Coins. He orders Alpha 5 to perform a meteor strike that kills him, the dinosaurs, and sends Rita to the bottom of the sea, foiling her scheme.

text: In 21st century Angel Grove, high school football star Jason Scott is dismissed from the team and placed under house arrest after a failed prank. In detention, he encounters Billy Cranston and Kimberly Hart. After defending Billy from a bully, Billy offers to deactivate Jason's ankle monitor for help at an old gold mine that evening. Once there, Jason leaves to explore and runs into Kimberly. Billy detonates explosives to break some rock, attracting the attention of Jason, Kimberly, and nearby students, Trini and Zack. The five discover the Power Coins and each take one. While escaping mine security, their car is hit by a train. The five find themselves at home the next morning and discover they have been granted superhuman abilities. Elsewhere, Rita's body is found. Waking, she goes on a rampage, hunting pieces of gold to raise her minion Goldar to find the Zeo Crystal.

text: The five teenagers return to the mine and discover an ancient spaceship where they meet Alpha 5 and Zordon's consciousness. They inform the teenagers about the Rangers history and Rita, warning that they have eleven days until Rita has her full power, finds the Zeo Crystal, and uses it to destroy life on Earth. The five leave the ship with no intention of returning until Zordon pleads with Jason to convince the team.

text: The five return to train the next day, but they cannot morph. They spend the next week training against simulated Putties and trying unsuccessfully to morph. To inspire the Rangers, Alpha reveals the Zords. Zack takes his Zord out for a joyride and almost kills the other Rangers when he crashes it. This angers Jason, and they fight. While trying to separate the two, Billy spontaneously morphs. However, when he becomes conscious of it, the armor disappears. Angered at their lack of progress, Zordon dismisses the group. Jason returns to the ship to confront Zordon and discovers that once the Rangers morph, it will open the Morphing Grid and allow Zordon to restore himself in a physical body. Feeling betrayed, Jason accuses Zordon of using the team for his own benefit. The team camp at the mine and bond with each other.

text: Later that night, Rita attacks Trini and orders her to bring the Rangers to the docks. Trini informs them about Rita and they arrive to fight, but are quickly defeated. Rita forces Billy to reveal the location of the Zeo Crystal, which he'd figured out, kills him, and releases the others. The Rangers take Billy's body to the ship and ask Zordon to resurrect him. The Rangers agree they would give their lives for each other and resolve to defeat Rita. In doing so, they unlock the Morphing Grid. Zordon revives Billy, sacrificing being able to restore his physical self. With the team restored and confident, the Rangers morph into their armor.

text: Rita creates Goldar, raises an army of Putties, and attacks Angel Grove to find the Zeo Crystal. The Rangers battle the Putties and head to Angel Grove in their Zords. After the Rangers destroy the Putties, Goldar pushes the Rangers and their Zords into a fiery pit. In the pit, the Zords combine, forming the Megazord. Rita merges with Goldar. The Rangers battle and destroy Goldar. After refusing Jason's offer to surrender, a defiant Rita tells the Rangers that more will come for the crystal and leaps at the Megazord only to be slapped into space. The Rangers are praised as local heroes, and with Rita's threats foiled, they return to their normal lives.

text: In a mid-credits scene, in detention, the teacher announces that Tommy Oliver will be joining them, but the[a] desk is empty save for a green jacket.

text: Cast

text:
Dacre Montgomery as Jason Scott / Red Ranger, the leader of the Power Rangers. Jason was the former star quarterback of Angel Grove High School's football team, however a failed prank led to a run-in with the law.[8]
Naomi Scott as Kimberly Hart / Pink Ranger, the second in command of the team. A former cheerleader, Kimberly took part in a form of cyberbullying spreading a private image of her friend around school.[9][10]
RJ Cyler as Billy Cranston / Blue Ranger, an autistic and intelligent loner. Billy is the classic nerd who has become a bully magnet.[5][11]
Becky G as Trini / Yellow Ranger, a girl who is questioning her sexual orientation. Her off-putting nature has led to a lack of friends.[5][6][12][13]
Ludi Lin as Zack / Black Ranger, a bilingual teen. Zack's mother is sick, and he lives in fear that he will return home one day to find her dead.[14][15]
Bill Hader as the voice of Alpha 5: The robot assistant to Zordon.[16][17]
Bryan Cranston as the voice of Zordon: He is the Power Rangers' mentor and former Red Ranger. Zordon lived millions of years ago before his consciousness became a part of the Morphing Grid at the time of his death.[16][18]
Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa:[16][19] a millions of years old, former Green Ranger who went rogue and killed her old team before being temporarily subdued by Zordon. She works to form the monster Goldar while attempting to steal the Zeo Crystal, an artifact that channels the Morphing Grid, giving the Power Rangers their powers.[16]
David Denman as Sam Scott, Jason's father.[20]
Caroline Cave as Beverly Scott, Jason's mother.
Anjali Jay as Maddy Hart, Kimberly's mother.[21]
Patrick Sabongui as Trini's father.[22][23]
Erica Cerra as Trini's mother.
Kayden Magnuson as Pearl Scott, Jason's sister.
Fiona Fu as Zack's mother.
Sarah Grey as Amanda Clark[24][25]
Emily Maddison as Rebecca[26][27][28]
Wesley MacInnes as Colt Wallace, a school bully who is constantly picking on Billy.
Jaime Callica as Officer Bebe[29]
Matt Shively as Damo
Garry Chalk as Captain Bowen
Fred Tatasciore as the voice of Goldar, a gigantic winged monster made of gold.

Tatasciore also provides the vocal effects of the Putties who are depicted as stone golems that can be made from any Earth element.

text: Jason David Frank and Amy Jo Johnson, two of the stars of the original TV series, make cameo appearances as Angel Grove citizens.[30]

text: Production

text: Development

text: Saban Capital Group and Lionsgate announced the film in May 2014,[31] with Roberto Orci originally attached to produce. Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz were hired to write the film's script.[32] Orci eventually left the project to work on Star Trek Beyond.[33] On April 10, 2015, TheWrap reported that Dean Israelite was in negotiations to direct the film.[34] Israelite told IGN in an interview that the film would be "completely playful, and it needs to be really fun and funny. But like Project Almanac, it's going to feel very grounded at the same time, and very contemporary and have a real edge to it, and a real gut to it, it's going to be a fun, joyful [movie] but one that feels completely grounded in a real world, with real characters going through real things."[35] Brian Tyler was brought on to compose the film's music.[36] Israelite has said that the film updates itself from the original series, being more character-driven and incorporating naturalism and a grounded nature.[37]

text: Casting

text: Actors began testing for the roles of the five Power Rangers on October 2, 2015.[38] On October 7, 2015, Naomi Scott was cast as Kimberly.[9] Newcomers Dacre Montgomery, Ludi Lin and RJ Cyler were then cast as Jason,[8] Zack,[14] and Billy, respectively.[11] At the month's end, Becky G was chosen to play Trini.[12] When it came to casting the Rangers, director Dean Israelite said, "From the very beginning, diversity was a very important part of the whole process," and that while the characters' races were switched around, he added that, "We made sure that the essence of each of those characters are who they were in the original show, and this really will be an origin story of those characters."[39] On February 2, 2016, it was announced that Elizabeth Banks would portray Rita Repulsa.[19] Four months later, Bryan Cranston, who voiced Twin Man and Snizard in the original series, announced he was cast as Zordon.[18][40] Cranston revealed that he would perform motion-capture and CGI.[40][41] In September 2016, Walter Emanuel Jones, the actor who played Zack in the original series, stated none of the original cast would cameo in the film.[42] Towards the end of the month, comedian Bill Hader was cast as Alpha 5.[17] In March 2017, it was reported that Amy Jo Johnson and Jason David Frank, who played Kimberly and Tommy in the original series, would cameo in the film, despite Jones' earlier comments.[30]

text: Filming

text: Filming was originally set to begin in January 2016[43] but was rescheduled and began on February 29 in Vancouver.[44][45] On May 28, 2016, filming was complete.[46][47] Additional filming occurred in October 2016.[48][49] They claim to have broken the record for the longest wire jump, but this has not been independently confirmed.[50]

text: It was in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.[51]

text: Marketing

text: On March 3, 2016, Lionsgate released the first official photo of the five Rangers,[39] and the following month, the company released the first official photo of Banks as Rita Repulsa.[19] On May 5, the company unveiled the first official images of the rangers' suits. Speaking of the suits, director Dean Israelite said, "The show was about kids coming of age, about metamorphosis, these suits needed to feel like they were catalyzed by these kids and their energy, their spirit", while production designer Andrew Menzies commented that the new suits are "an alien costume that grows on them, that’s not man-made. You can’t win everyone over, but we are trying to appeal to a more mature audience and gain new fans."[52] A teaser poster was released in June,[53] with additional character posters released in July, September, and October.[54][55][56] On October 8, 2016, a Discover The Power teaser trailer for the film was released.[57][58][59]

text: A fictional Angel Grove High School Newspaper website was created,[60] alongside the official Power Rangers website, which features a GIF creator that allows users to make a GIF out of scenes from the teaser trailer.[61][62] There is also an official toy line, produced by Bandai,[63] and an extensive merchandising range was produced to promote the film.[64]

text: Max Landis, who was fired from writing the film, criticized the trailer. He stated that it looked like Chronicle, a film that he had written.[65] The trailer garnered mixed reactions, with some praising it for its darker, contemporary reimagining of the classic characters, while still looking action-packed and fun at the same time,[66][67] and others criticizing the lack of connection to the original series, and the trailer appearing cookie cutter.[68][69] The trailer received over 150 million views in the first two days after it was uploaded.[70] Lionsgate revealed the T-Rex zord toy, among others, on October 28, 2016,[71] and the Power Rangers Twitter account revealed the megazord toy on November 4, 2016.[72] On November 15, 2016, Lionsgate revealed the toys based on the film's individual zords.[73]

text: On December 8, 2016, a new poster debuted, as well as a photo of Rita Repulsa.[74][75] On December 19, 2016, Lionsgate and Boom! Studios announced that they would release a graphic novel titled Power Rangers: Aftershock, set immediately after the events of the movie.[76] An international trailer was released on December 22, 2016.[77][78][79] Qualcomm and Lionsgate produced a virtual reality mobile app of the film Power Rangers Movie Command Center that was exhibited at the CES 2017, from January 5–8, 2017, [80] and was released in the App Store on March 8, 2017.[81] On January 19, a second trailer, titled It’s Morphin Time!, was released.[82][83][84] Lionsgate debuted yet another trailer, which it called the All-Star Trailer, on February 17.[85][86][87] New TV spots were released on February 27, two about the Power Rangers,[88] and one about Rita Repulsa.[89] A clip was released on March 6, followed by two more on March 9.[90][91][92] Thirty-seven stills were then released.[93] Another TV spot was released on March 10.[94] In the final week before the movie premiered, two more clips, as well as photos, were released.[95]

text: A Build-A-Bear Workshop Power Ranger product range was announced on March 9, 2017.[96] Krispy Kreme released doughnuts to promote the film,[97] and served as an advertising partner.[98] Placement of Krispy Kreme products and locations were featured in the film numerous times.[99]

text: The group collaborated with YouTube sports entertainment group Dude Perfect ahead of the film's release, in a video titled Dude Perfect vs. Power Rangers.[98]

text: Video game

text: Lionsgate and Saban, in collaboration with nWay Games, released a PvP fighting mobile game called Power Rangers: Legacy Wars on March 24, 2017, to coincide with the film's release.[100] The game was featured on both Android and the Apple Store[101] and got to the top spot on the Apple App Store for both iPhones and iPads,[102] for two consecutive days and number two on the Google Play Store.[101]

text: Music

text: The official soundtrack, with music by Brian Tyler, was released digitally on March 24, 2017, and on CD on April 4, distributed by Varèse Sarabande.[103][104]

text:
Power Rangers (Official Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack album by Brian Tyler

Released
March 24, 2017

Genre
Film score

Length
77:35

Label
Varèse Sarabande

text: All music composed by Brian Tyler.

text:
Power Rangers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

No.
Title
Length

1.
"Power Rangers Theme"
4:22

2.
"Seek Those Who Are Worthy"
2:48

3.
"Zordon Awakes"
2:13

4.
"It's Morphing Time!"
3:19

5.
"Destiny"
2:18

6.
"Confessions"
4:22

7.
"Megazord"
4:20

8.
"United"
2:46

9.
"Birth of a Legend"
4:10

10.
"Metamorphosis"
2:39

11.
"Goldar"
2:01

12.
"The Morphing Grid"
3:58

13.
"The Zords"
2:33

14.
"Let's Ride"
2:19

15.
"You Were Born for This"
2:03

16.
"Reflection"
2:13

17.
"The Lost Ship"
2:59

18.
"Be Who You Want to Be"
2:06

19.
"Hold The Line"
3:36

20.
"This Is What Matters"
2:04

21.
"Trespassing"
1:03

22.
"Rita"
2:28

23.
"Square One"
1:11

24.
"Power On"
2:33

25.
"Together We Stand"
2:19

26.
"The Final Stand"
2:45

27.
"Go Go Power Rangers – End Titles"
2:59

28.
"Give It All (With You)" (Featuring Santigold and Vince Staples)
3:14

text: Release

text: Originally scheduled for release on July 22, 2016,[105] Lionsgate delayed it to March 24, 2017.[106] All five of the surviving members of the original cast of the Power Rangers series attended the film's Los Angeles premiere on March 22, 2017.[107] It was the first time they had been together publicly since 1995.[108]

text: Box office

text: Power Rangers grossed $85.4 million in the United States and Canada and $56.7 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $142 million, against a production budget of $100 million.[3]

text: In the United States and Canada, Power Rangers opened alongside Life, CHiPs and Wilson, and was projected to gross $30–35 million from 3,693 theaters on its opening weekend.[109] The film made $3.6 million from Thursday night previews and $15 million on its first day.[110] It went on to debut to $40.3 million, finishing second at the box office behind Beauty and the Beast ($90.4 million).[111][112] The audience was notably diverse and mostly 18-34 years old.[113] In its second weekend the film grossed $14.5 million (a drop of 64%), finishing 4th at the box office.[114][115][116] In June 2017, Dean Israelite said that the film's PG-13 rating probably contributed to the film's underperformance at the box-office.[117]

text: Critical response

text: Power Rangers received mixed reviews from critics.[118][119][120] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 45% based on 132 reviews, and an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Power Rangers has neither the campy fun of its TV predecessor nor the blockbuster action of its cinematic superhero competitors, and sadly never quite manages to shift into turbo for some good old-fashioned morphin time."[121] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score 44 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[122] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[123]

text: IGN gave the film a 7/10, saying, "Power Rangers doesn’t quite pull off everything it wants to, but it’s a fun time at the theater nonetheless."[124] Mike McCahill of The Guardian wrote that "the film achieves a functioning mediocrity we perhaps might have thought beyond this franchise," and gave it 2 out of 5 stars.[125]

text: Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film a negative review, writing: "Power Rangers has one of the most zig-zagged tones of any big budget studio film I’ve seen in a long time. It’s jarring at times how often it goes back and forth between 'gritty' and 'silly'."[126] Writing for Variety, Owen Gleiberman also criticized the film's conflicting tones, saying: "...25 years ago, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was launched as superhero fodder for kids, and there was indeed a place for it, but we’re now so awash in superhero culture that kids no longer need the safe, lame, pandering junior-league version of it. They can just watch Ant-Man or the PG-13 Suicide Squad. Safe, lame, and pandering have all grown up."[127] In a review for The Telegraph, Robbie Collin gave it 1/5 stars, criticizing the "abjectly embarrassing frenzy of product placement".[128]

text: Home media

text: Power Rangers was released on Digital HD on June 13, 2017, and was followed by a release on Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on June 27, 2017[129] with retail exclusive variants being made available at Best Buy,[130] Target and Wal-Mart. The film debuted at the No. 1 spot on the NPD VideoScan overall disc sales chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc sales; NPD’s dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart; and Home Media Magazine’s video rental chart for the week ending July 2, 2017.[131] The film retained the top spot on the NPD VideoScan’s overall disc sales chart for the week ending on July 9, 2017.[132]

text: Accolades

text:
Award
Date of ceremony
Category
Recipient(s) and nominee(s)
Result
Ref(s)

Teen Choice Awards
August 13, 2017
Choice Sci-Fi Movie
Power Rangers
Nominated
[133][134]

Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor
Dacre Montgomery
Nominated

Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actress
Becky G.
Nominated

Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actress
Naomi Scott
Nominated

Choice Scene Stealer
RJ Cyler
Nominated
[134][135]

Choice Movie Villain
Elizabeth Banks
Nominated

text: Potential sequels

text: In a May 2016 conference call to analysts, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer stated, "We could see doing five or six or seven."[136][137] On March 22, 2017, Haim Saban said that he and Lionsgate already have a six-film story arc.[138] However in May 2017, Forbes noted that due to the underwhelming performance of the film in most markets, it is unlikely any sequels would be made.[7] Later that same month, it was reported that the sequels could still be made thanks to record-breaking merchandise sales.[139] Prior to the home release of the movie, Israelite confirmed that talks were taking place regarding a sequel[140] and that he would like to include Lord Zedd in it.[141] The possibility of a sequel increased once more in early July 2017 when it was reported that the film held the number one spot in home media sales and rentals in its first week.[142]

text: Notes

text: Jump up ^ In the source material Tommy Oliver was a male, but the cast and the actor who played Oliver in the source material expressed interest in a female version.[143][144]

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