Lone Star (TV series)

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Lone Star
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Also known asMidland
Genre Drama
Created by Kyle Killen
Starring James Wolk
Adrianne Palicki
Bryce Johnson
David Keith
Eloise Mumford
Alexandra Doke
Jon Voight
Mark Deklin
Composer Danny Lux
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7 [1]
Production
Executive producers Amy Lippman
Chris Keyser
Kerry Kohansky Roberts
Kyle Killen
Paul Weitz
Running time44 minutes
Production companiesKeyser/Lippman Productions
Depth of Field Productions
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network Fox
ReleaseSeptember 20 (2010-09-20) 
September 27, 2010 (2010-09-27)

Lone Star is an American drama television series which originally ran on Fox from September 20, 2010 to September 27, 2010.

Contents

Premise

Robert Allen (James Wolk), a Texan con-man, leads a secret double life. As "Bob", he is married to Cat and living in Houston while working for his oil-tycoon father-in-law. Four hundred miles away in Midland, he is "Robert" in a second life with girlfriend Lindsey. As he schemes to take control of the oil business and finds himself torn between the love of two women, he must fight to keep his web of lies from falling apart. [2]

Development and production

In October 2009, Fox made a script-plus-penalty commitment with writer Kyle Killen. [3] [4] In mid-January 2010, Fox placed a cast-contingent pilot order under the working title Midland. [5] Marc Webb was signed to direct the pilot episode. [6] In early February, Amy Lippman, Chris Keyser, Kerry Kohansky Roberts, and Paul Weitz were all named as executive producers. [7]

Casting announcements began in mid-February 2010. James Wolk was the first actor cast, in the lead role of Robert Allen. [7] Next to sign on was Eloise Mumford, as Allen's girlfriend, Lindsay. [8] In March, Adrianne Palicki and Bryce Johnson were cast as siblings Cat and Drew Thatcher. Cat is married to Robert. [9] Jon Voight was cast as Clint Thatcher, and David Keith cast as John Allen, to portray the patriarchs of their respective families. [10] Mark Deklin and Hannah Leigh rounded out the main cast at the end of March. [11] Deklin filled the role of Trammell, an elder brother to Cat and Drew, while Leigh played Cat's daughter, Grace.

The pilot was filmed in Dallas, Texas, during the second half of March 2010. [12] [13] Fox green-lit the project to series in mid-May under the new name Lone Star. [14] At the network's upfront presentation, Fox announced that the series would be part of the Fall 2010–11 television schedule, airing on Mondays at 9 pm. [2] The series was filmed in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. [15] Lippman and Keyser served as showrunners for the series, [14] which began filming additional episodes in late July 2010. [16] [17] [18]

In August 2010, it was reported that Andie MacDowell and Rosa Blasi would join the cast. [19]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Reception

As of July 9, 2010, Metacritic reports that "if this isn't the best-received pilot of the season, it's close", with many early reviews suggesting that the show is "unlike anything else currently on TV." [25] The A.V. Club graded its pilot an "A", calling it "the best network pilot of the year", and possibly the best since Friday Night Lights . [26]

In spite of its widespread critical praise, the series premiere only drew 4.1 million viewers, and the future of the show seemed to hang in the balance. [27] Series creator Kyle Killen had stated that:

For us to survive we're going to have to pull off a minor miracle. Statistically, new shows tend to lose viewers in their second week. We're aiming to gain them. In fact, screw it, let's just double our audience. The good news is, our audience was so small that if my Mom AND my Dad watch it we'll pretty much be there. [28]

The show was canceled after its second episode, becoming the first official cancellation of the 2010–11 television season. [1]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
US viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot" Marc Webb Kyle Killen September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20)1ASE794.06 [29]
2"One in Every Family" Peter Horton Kyle KillenSeptember 27, 2010 (2010-09-27)1ASE013.2 [1]
3"Unveiled" [30] Scott Winant Chris Black Unaired1ASE02N/A
4"Small Time" [31] Steven Robman Chris LevinsonUnaired1ASE03N/A
5"Near Mrs." [32] Dan Lerner Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman Unaired1ASE04N/A
6"Reverse" [33] Billy Gierhart Kyle KillenUnaired1ASE05N/A
7"Cost of Living" [33] Billy Gierhart Kyle KillenUnaired1ASE06N/A

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