TV Tim

Saturday, September 3, 2005
By Tim Clodfelter
journal entertainment reporter

Q. When The Pretender went off the air, they said there would be three TV movies. I only saw two. Was a third ever made? – R.H.

A. No. Two TV movies, The Pretender 2001 and The Pretender: Island of the Haunted, were shown in 2001, but their ratings were low and a third film was never produced.

Fans have started a campaign to raise money to produce a third film. Such tactics have failed with higher-profile shows such as Star Trek: Enterprise, but for more information, go to “Frustrated tP (The Pretender) Fans” Web site at tpfans.sansdreamscape.net/

The second season (out of four) of The Pretender will be released on DVD by Fox Home Entertainment on Sept. 20. The four-disc set will include commentaries by cast members Michael T. Weiss and Andrea Parker on one episode and two of the show’s writers on another, and a three-part documentary.

Source: Winston-Salem Journal