Early Edition is an exciting new series from the US and it premiers on Channel Nine on Saturday September 27th at 9:30pm.
The premise: what if you knew, beyond a doubt, what was going to happen tomorrow? What would you do? What if you had the power to change things? People, events, maybe even your life? Would you know where to start?
In Early Edition, Kyle Chandler portrays Gary Hobson, an unassuming Chicago-based stock broker who doesn't pay much attention to the tabby cat and copy of the Chicago Sun-Times that arrive on his doorstep one day, until he realises that the newspaper's dateline is wrong. The paper is dated for the next day, and its articles are about things that haven't yet happened. When the cat and the newspaper arrive several days in a row, Hobson realises that he has been given an extraordinary ability to see into the future and perhaps affect it positively. He stands to make a financial windfall at the stock market with his advanced information, or he can perhaps use it to prevent a tragedy.
Co-starring with Chandler are Fisher Stevens as Chuck Fishman, Hobson's best friend who hopes to use the newspaper's "early edition" for his own personal gain, and Shanesia Davis as Hobson's blind co-worker, Marissa Clark, who serves as the trio's conscience and encourages Hobson to use his knowledge of the future for the good of others.
Hobson's gift brings with it a heavy burden that requires him to make difficult choices at times. Future episodes may unveil situations in which Hobson has to choose between two negative events because, being human, he can't be in all places at all times.
Early Edition was a "sleeper" hit on US television last season, averaging 13.6 million viewers a week, and finishing up as the 44th most watched show in the 1996-1997 season.
The premise is great and let's see how Australian audiences will take to it.
