By Jonathan Klotz | update
Before streaming changed Hollywood forever, syndication was the big money maker, allowing studios to lease out their shows for an easy profit. First-run syndication shows can be huge moneymakers. Baywatch is the most successful show of the 90s, an example of a syndicated hit.
On the other end of the spectrum, you have Time tracksan Australian sci-fi series played as a poor man. Quantum Leapand despite some creative ideas, it failed to capture the audience and is now in danger of disappearing forever.
Hunting tomorrow’s criminals today
gave Quantum Leap The comparison is one Time tracks It was also criticized during its original run from 1993 to 1994, and if you listen to the synopsis of the show, you’ll immediately start shaking your head and thinking, “Yeah, that makes sense.“I Time tracksthe year 2193 criminals use a time machine called the Tracks to travel back to the past in a parallel universe. Police Captain Darren Lambert, played by Dale Midkiff, is someone you may recognize. Pet cemeteryor more recently, its appearance on every police procedural you can think of, goes to the chase, aided by SELMA (Specified Encapsulated Limitless Memory Archive), its version of Al, and He cannot return until they are all arrested. .
what Time tracks Differently superior to all future humans, from high IQs and sharp memories to the ability to move quickly, and in what were often the best shots of the series, a way to quickly perceive time. Which causes slowness. The time around them is short. Darren relied on SELMA to find the fugitives by tracking their heart rates, which are currently slower than humans, averaging less than 35 BPM.
Knew exactly what it was.
With the “Case of the Week” format, Time tracks Jessie didn’t try to reinvent the genre. Babylon 5along with one of the other primetime entertainment network originals Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. Catching the Syndicated Trio; Instead, it was a fun, breezy series. The show had some initial success, earning a second season, and could have continued longer, but the network wanted to rework the series, canceling it.
Time tracks It may have been full of awkward dialogue, cheap special effects and sets that were used over and over due to budget issues, but it was just as charming as other syndicated hits of the 90s. Hercules And The stairs. There are some guest stars familiar to Star Trek fans as well, with Jerry Ryan being the first dark skyAs a woman whose offspring would eventually become a 23rd century assassin. John De Lancey, Q, appears as a stalker focused on a country musician who would later become a superstar.
Another show Lost to Time
As with many other syndicated shows, Time tracks Thanks to the tangled web in the age of streaming, it’s difficult to find out who actually owns the rights. Gary Nardino Productions produced the series, while Lorimar Productions helped broadcast it, but the problem is that Lorimar was bought by Warner Bros., while Paramount bought Gary Nardino. The rights to the series were split between the two studios, and although it was released on DVD in 2012, nothing has been done with the show since.
Today, if you want to see Time tracksyou’ll have to find it on DVD, but thankfully, it’s available on Amazon for about $30 per season. As the years go by, it’s a sad reality that more shows like this will be lost to time, and it’s just one more reason to try and preserve physical media while we can. There is a reason.
