The Peabody Award–winning drama “Third Watch” a one-hour show on NBC about the nightshift paramedics, firefighters and police officers of New York City has been canceled.
Because it was one of the relatively few prime-time television programs filmed in the city, the cancelation is a blow to the hundreds of New York actors who have worked on the crἰtically acclaimed drama as principals or background players or who had hoped to work on the show.
Third Watch is created by Edward Allen Bernero and John Wells and produced in association with Warner Bros. According to reports, Melissa Braun, a casting associate at Grant Wilfley Casting which cast background actors on the show said:
“It was known in the industry as having a very nice crew and a very family atmosphere. Background actors were always treated very well, so they loved working on it and a lot of our background actors, got upgraded leading to the perception that the show offered actors a decent shot at national television exposure.
Braun added that the program often provided opportunities to scores of actors:
“On a typical episode, there would be scenes in precincts, scenes in a hospital—typically, we might have 40 actors per sh00t and that doesn’t count day players. Then we might have other scenes, too. There was recently a raver-club scene where there were 100 people. I think on the last couple of episodes, in fact, we had three 100-actor days.”
Over time, eight days of sh00ting per episode for 22 episodes in each of six seasons added to a bonanza of well-paying opportunities for local actors. Braun stated that there is abμndant reason to remain positive even though canceling “Third Watch” is a setback to local production:
“We have ‘The Sopranos’ starting up she pointed out and there are quite a few pilots that will be sh00ting in New York if they’re picked up and we’re feeling pretty positive that they are going to be.”
The networks will make the final decision, of course, which will announce their fall schedules in the coming months.
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