22.4.05

Premiere Date and Time Announced!

WILDFIRE (ABC Family) - The cable channel's first scripted drama has been slated to premiere on Monday, June 20 at 8:00/7:00c with encores on Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26 (both also at at 8:00/7:00c). The series, about a troubled girl serving time at a teen detention center (Genevieve Cortese) who is given the opportunity to start a new life when her talent with horses is recognized by a volunteer and local trainer (Greg Serano), will launch with its two-hour pilot followed by 11 weekly one-hour episodes. Micah Alberti, Ryan Sypek, Nicole Tubiola, Nana Visitor and Dennis Weaver also star.

12.4.05

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) - The ABC Family cable network has picked up a television show shot in Sandoval County.

The network picked up “Wildfire” for eleven more episodes, meaning production will run through at least August.

“Wildfire” is produced by Lions Gate Television.

Filming probably will be done in the Algodones area, but production offices will be located in Rio Rancho.

The show is expected to employ about 120 New Mexicans.

It centers around a troubled teenage girl who starts a new life on a horse farm.

It stars longtime New Mexico resident Dennis Weaver and Nana Visitor, formerly of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.”


From 4 kobtv.com

Dennis Weaver In The News

The Bozeman Daily has an appearence by Dennis Weaver in the news!

Dennis Weaver, star of the long-running television series Gunsmoke and McCloud, movies such as "Duel," and more recently, as the host of the Westerns Channel for Starz Encore, is performing at the Emerson Cultural Center, Friday, April 29, for a benefit for the Gallatin Historical Society and Pioneer Museum in downtown Bozeman.
Come see Chester Goode of "Gunsmoke" in person. Enjoy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres with Weaver. A signing of his book, "All The World's A Stage" will follow.
The evening festivities start at 6 p.m., entertainment begins at 7:30 p.m. For information or tickets ($50), call the Pioneer Museum at 406-522-8122.

The Open Range Trio from Livingston will be providing music for the cocktail hour.

AN EVENING WITH DENNIS WEAVER: Gunsmoke, McCloud and Other Memories

7.4.05

Trek Web As A News Quik on Wildfire

Michael Piller (co-creator DS9, VOY) and Nana Visitor ('Kira')'s WILDFIRE for ABC Family is a huge boon to the state of New Mexico, which recently legislated numerous financial incentives for production companies to invest and shoot in the state

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