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Wonderfalls was a television series on Fox, created by Bryan Fuller (Dead Like Me) and Todd Holland (Malcolm in the Middle) with executive producer Tim Minear (writer and director for Firefly and Angel).The story centered around Jaye Tyler, played by Caroline Dhavernas, a smart girl working a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop. Jaye is the reluctant participant in conversations with a variety of animal figurines — a wax lion, stuffed bear, mounted fish, and brass monkey, among others — which direct her via oblique comments to help people in need.
Originally scheduled to debut in the fall of 2003, the premiere of Wonderfalls was delayed until early 2004, possibly to avoid competition with the then-unproven, similar series Joan of Arcadia and Dead Like Me. When it finally debuted in February 2004, Wonderfalls received rave reviews from critics, but had trouble attracting viewers, with some dismissing the series as a ripoff of the now-popular Joan of Arcadia even though the two shows were created at the same time. Despite being cancelled after only four episodes (a fifth was advertised by the network but never aired), the show developed a loyal fanbase not unlike that formed following the cancellation of Firefly. 20th Century Fox will release a DVD on 2005-01-18 featuring all 13 episodes [1] [1].
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The pilot episode, "Wax Lion", received a higher Nielsen rating when it was repeated the Thursday after its premiere. The show was moved from a Friday night timeslot to Thursday after three episodes, but with little notice of the time change, and was cancelled after the fourth episode.
Télé-Québec announced that it would broadcast all thirteen episodes of the first season in Canada, dubbed in French. Another Canadian network, the religious-based Vision TV, began airing all 13 episodes in English starting on October 4, 2004. Other networks have expressed interest in airing all 13 episodes in the U.S. Immediately after the show's cancellation, its producers attempted to interest other networks, including The WB in picking up the series. If they had been successful, Wonderfalls would have been the first American series in history to change networks in the midst of its first season.
In addition, some episodes were shown in theatres in Los Angeles during the summer of 2004 in order to drum up support for the series.
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| Code | Name | Writer(s) | Director | Premiere | |
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| 1 | 1.01 | "Wax Lion" | Todd Holland, Bryan Fuller | Todd Holland | 12 March 2004 | Fox |
| 2 | 1.02? | "Pink Flamingos" | Aaron Harberts, Gretchen Berg | 1 April 2004 | Fox | |
| 3 | 1.11? | "Karma Chameleon" | Tim Minear | Marita Grabiak | 19 March 2004 | Fox |
| 4 | 1.13 | "Wound-Up Penguin" | Liz Garcia | Todd Holland | 26 March 2004 | Fox |
| 5 | 1.02? | "Crime Dog" | Krista Vernoff | Allan Kroeker | 2004-07-23 | The Knitting Factory |
| 6 | 1.05 | "Muffin Buffalo" | Aaron Harberts, Gretchen Berg | Craig Zisk | 2004-07-23 | The Knitting Factory |
| 7 | 1.03 | "Barrel Bear" | Tim Minear, Bryan Fuller | Jamie Babbit | Télé-Québec | |
| 8 | 1.04 | "Lovesick Ass" | Dan Fesman, Harry Victor | Todd Holland | Télé-Québec | |
| 9 | 1.06 | "Safety Canary" | Liz Garcia, Alexander Woo | Peter Lauer | Télé-Québec | |
| 10 | 1.07 | "Lying Pig" | Krista Vernoff, Abby Gewanter | Peter O'Fallon | 2004-07-25 | Comic-Con |
| 11 | 1.08? | "Cocktail Bunny" | Bryan Fuller | 2004-07-25 | Comic-Con | |
| 12 | 1.09 | "Totem Mole" | Dan Fesman, Harry Victor | Jeremy Podeswa | Télé-Québec | |
| 13 | 1.11? | "Caged Bird" | Krista Vernoff | Michael Lehmann | Télé-Québec | |
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