Wonderland (American TV series)

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Wonderland
Also known as	Bellevue
Genre	Medical drama
Created by	Peter Berg
Starring	Ted Levine; Michelle Forbes; Michael Jai White; Billy Burke; Martin Donovan; Joelle Carter; Patricia Clarkson;
Theme music composer	Madonna
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	2, plus 6 unaired until 2009
Production
Executive producers	Brian Grazer; Ron Howard; Tony Krantz; Peter Berg;
Producers	Peter R. McIntosh; James Steven Sadwith;
Production locations	New York City, New York, United States
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	Hostage Productions; Imagine Television; Touchstone Television;
Original release
Network	ABC; The 101 Network;
Release	March 30 –; April 6, 2000

Wonderland is an American medical drama television series created by Peter Berg that aired on ABC. It depicted daily life in a mental institution from the perspectives of both the doctors and patients. Only two episodes aired on ABC during its original two-week run, March 30 and April 6, 2000. DirecTV aired all eight filmed episodes on its channel The 101 Network starting January 14, 2009.^[1] In 2014, the entire series was available for free on Hulu (which has since become a subscription service).

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

Main cast

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

Main crew

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

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	Peter Berg	Peter Berg	March 30, 2000 (2000-03-30)
2	"20/20 Hindsight"	Charles McDougall	Bonnie Mark	April 6, 2000 (2000-04-06)
3	"Spell Check"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
4	"The Raw and the Cooked"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
5	"Full Moon"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
6	"Wilt Chamberlain 3.0"	TBD	Scott Z. Burns	Unaired
7	"Personality Plus"	TBD	TBD	Unaired
8	"Hello, Goodbye"	TBD	Guy Zimmerman	Unaired

Ratings

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

Incidental music

The theme song of the show is a simple humming. It is performed by Madonna,^[3] although the DirecTV re-airing of the show uses a different theme song (not by Madonna).

References

^ Bednarski, P. J. (2008-12-10). "DirecTV's 101 Network to Re-Run 'Wonderland'". www.broadcastingcable.com. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
^ The fictitious character Dr. Robert Banger, M.D., psychiatrist, says this in a show episode:
When the pressures of modern society become too great for a person, when one's chemical dynamic becomes such that they are unbalanced, that they cease painting within the lines, they come to us. These are the people that society would prefer just go away -- the shadow people. The shadow people that project upon us their shadow and remind us just how tenuous mental health is. Our worst fears. They remind us how easy it can be to slip.
^ Vanmaele, Bart. "Wonderland". Mad-Eyes.Net. Retrieved December 28, 2014.

External links

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

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[1] Bednarski, P. J. (2008-12-10). "DirecTV's 101 Network to Re-Run 'Wonderland'". www.broadcastingcable.com. Retrieved 2009-09-12.

[2] The fictitious character Dr. Robert Banger, M.D., psychiatrist, says this in a show episode:
When the pressures of modern society become too great for a person, when one's chemical dynamic becomes such that they are unbalanced, that they cease painting within the lines, they come to us. These are the people that society would prefer just go away -- the shadow people. The shadow people that project upon us their shadow and remind us just how tenuous mental health is. Our worst fears. They remind us how easy it can be to slip.

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

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v t e Works by Peter Berg
Films directed	Very Bad Things (1998) The Rundown (2003) Friday Night Lights (2004) The Kingdom (2007) Hancock (2008) Virtuality (2009) Battleship (2012) Lone Survivor (2013) Deepwater Horizon (2016) Patriots Day (2016) The People's Fighters: Teofilo Stevenson and the Legend of Cuban Boxing (2018) Mile 22 (2018) Spenser Confidential (2020)
TV series created	Wonderland (2000) Friday Night Lights (2006–2011)