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Early Edition

TV·1996–2000·4 seasons, 90 episodes·CBS·Drama, Fantasy, Science-Fiction·1h·7.8·Created by Ian Abrams, Patrick Q. Page, Vik Rubenfeld

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This is an hour-long drama about Chicago native Gary Hobson who becomes a reluctant hero when his morning newspaper reports tomorrow's headlines. Commodities trader Gary Hobson (Kyle Chandler) is losing it: his job, his home and his brilliant attorney wife. He thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today – giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news? While his best friend Chuck (Fisher Stevens) sees the newspaper as a ticket to personal gain, co-worker Marissa (Shanesia Davis) convinces Gary that the "early edition" should be used to better peoples' lives. So each day Gary begins anew the struggle to make sense of a world turned upside-down by the changing course of events that come from reading the "early edition."

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01PilotS01E01 · 4.5fter being kicked out of his house by his wife, Gary Hobson is forced to move into a hotel room. It was a regular Monday morning, except for a mysterious paper that was delivered by an even more mysterious yellow cat at his door. At first Gary didn't pay much attention to the paper, but after a while he realized that wasn't a regular paper, it was tomorrow's paper. The first thing Gary does is get himself fired at his stockbroking job by messing around with stocks without his boss's permission. Then he devotes his free time to earn some money on bets, and eventually gives it to Marissa, the receptionist at his old job, who's blind and needs a dog. After Gary's regular news trader suffers an accident, Gary realizes that he could have saved him. The paper came for a reason after all. And so Gary decides to stop a shooting at a bank, which causes a lot of confusion. But that doesn't keep the paper from coming every morning, at 6:30 am sharp.
  2. 02Luck o' the IrishS04E22 · 4.0

Cast

Episodes by season

Season0123Episodes1996–97Aired 4.5Season avg
  1. S01E01PilotSeptember 28, 1996 4.5fter being kicked out of his house by his wife, Gary Hobson is forced to move into a hotel room. It was a regular Monday morning, except for
  2. S01E02The ChoiceOctober 5, 1996
  3. S01E03BabyOctober 12, 1996
  4. S01E04The PaperOctober 19, 1996
  5. S01E05Thief Swipes Mayor's DogOctober 26, 1996
  6. S01E06Hoops (a.k.a. Hoop Dreams)November 2, 1996
  7. S01E07After MidnightNovember 9, 1996
  8. S01E08GunNovember 16, 1996
  9. S01E09His Girl ThursdayNovember 23, 1996
  10. S01E10The Wrong ManDecember 7, 1996
  11. S01E11ChristmasDecember 21, 1996
  12. S01E12FrostbitJanuary 11, 1997
  13. S01E13Mob WifeJanuary 25, 1997
  14. S01E14The Wall (1)February 1, 1997
  15. S01E15The Wall (2)February 8, 1997
  16. S01E16Bat MastersonFebruary 22, 1997
  17. S01E17The JuryMarch 8, 1997
  18. S01E18PsychicApril 12, 1997
  19. S01E19The CatApril 13, 1997
  20. S01E20Phantom at the OperaApril 19, 1997
  21. S01E21FaithApril 26, 1997
  22. S01E22DadMay 3, 1997
  23. S01E23Love is BlindMay 17, 1997

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0222Episodes1997–98AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01HomeSeptember 27, 1997Gary's hotel room burns in an electrical fire. While wondering where he is going to live, Gary also finds out that a greedy businessman want
  2. S02E02The MedalOctober 4, 1997Gary must help a Vietnam vet who has the Congressional Medal of Honor when a ceremony in his honor triggers feelings of guilt because of a m
  3. S02E03The WeddingOctober 11, 1997McGinty's is asked to cater the wedding of Gary's ex-girlfriend, his high school sweetheart. Her romantic feelings are still somewhat direct
  4. S02E04Jenny SloaneOctober 18, 1997Gary must help a young boy who is ill with leukemia, but is refusing treatment. Gary wants him to meet Jenny Sloane, Chicago's sweetheart wh
  5. S02E05DownsizedOctober 25, 1997Gary and Chuck must stop an old friend of theirs from their former job from having a fatal plastic surgery to impress his girlfriend and enh
  6. S02E06Angels and DevilsNovember 1, 1997Gary and Chuck become involved with a basketball program at a local church for inner city youth, where they meet a young nun named Sister Ma
  7. S02E07RedfellasNovember 8, 1997The newspaper arrives with an article written in Russian. Gary saves a cab driver, in a seemingly unrelated article written in English. The
  8. S02E08March in TimeNovember 15, 1997After learning that a leader of a racist movement will be assasinated during a march, Gary begans to debate whether he should save his life
  9. S02E09A Regular JoeNovember 22, 1997
  10. S02E10A Bris is Just a BrisDecember 20, 1997
  11. S02E11A Minor MiracleJanuary 10, 1998
  12. S02E12Romancing the ThroneJanuary 17, 1998
  13. S02E13Walk, Don't RunJanuary 24, 1998
  14. S02E14The Return of CrumbJanuary 31, 1998A crooked D.A. has aspirations to be Mayor of Chicago, and is holding hearings about police corruption as a way of getting there, focusing o
  15. S02E15Mum's the WordApril 4, 1998
  16. S02E16Where or WhenApril 11, 1998
  17. S02E17The Fourth CarpathianApril 18, 1998
  18. S02E18The Quality of MercyApril 25, 1998
  19. S02E19Show Me the MonetMay 2, 1998
  20. S02E20Don't Walk Away, ReneeMay 9, 1998
  21. S02E21Hot Time in the Old TownMay 16, 1998
  22. S02E22Second SightMay 23, 1998

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0323Episodes1998–99AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01BlackoutSeptember 26, 1998
  2. S03E02CollisionOctober 3, 1998
  3. S03E03A Horse is a HorseOctober 10, 1998
  4. S03E04Lt. Hobson, USNOctober 17, 1998
  5. S03E05Saint NickOctober 24, 1998
  6. S03E06HalloweenOctober 31, 1998
  7. S03E07Up ChuckNovember 7, 1998
  8. S03E08DeadlineNovember 14, 1998
  9. S03E09In Gary We TrustNovember 21, 1998
  10. S03E10Nest EggDecember 5, 1998
  11. S03E11Teen AngelsDecember 19, 1998
  12. S03E12Slippity-Doo-DahJanuary 9, 1999
  13. S03E13The Last UntouchableJanuary 16, 1999
  14. S03E14Just One of Those ThingsFebruary 6, 1999
  15. S03E15Funny ValentineFebruary 13, 1999
  16. S03E16Number One with a BulletFebruary 20, 1999
  17. S03E17Two to TangleFebruary 27, 1999
  18. S03E18FateMarch 20, 1999
  19. S03E19Crumb AgainApril 3, 1999
  20. S03E20Pinch HittersApril 17, 1999
  21. S03E21Home GroanMay 1, 1999
  22. S03E22Play It Again SammoMay 8, 1999
  23. S03E23Blowing Up is Hard to DoMay 15, 1999

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0422Episodes1999–00Aired 4.0Season avg
  1. S04E01The Out-of-TownerSeptember 25, 1999
  2. S04E02Duck Day AfternoonOctober 2, 1999
  3. S04E03Take Me Out to the BallgameOctober 9, 1999
  4. S04E04The Iceman TakethOctober 16, 1999
  5. S04E05Camera ShyOctober 23, 1999
  6. S04E06Wild CardOctober 30, 1999
  7. S04E07Fatal Edition (1)November 6, 1999
  8. S04E08Fatal Edition (2)November 13, 1999
  9. S04E09WeathergirlNovember 20, 1999
  10. S04E10Run, Gary, RunDecember 18, 1999
  11. S04E11RoseFebruary 19, 2000
  12. S04E12Snow AngelsFebruary 26, 2000
  13. S04E13GiftedMarch 4, 2000
  14. S04E14Performance AnxietyMarch 11, 2000
  15. S04E15False WitnessMarch 25, 2000
  16. S04E16The Play's the ThingApril 8, 2000
  17. S04E17Blind FaithApril 22, 2000
  18. S04E18Occasionally AmberApril 29, 2000
  19. S04E19Mel Schwartz, Bounty HunterMay 6, 2000
  20. S04E20TimeMay 13, 2000
  21. S04E21Everybody Goes to Rick'sMay 20, 2000
  22. S04E22Luck o' the IrishMay 27, 2000 4.0

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