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Everwood
The cast of Everwood, as of Season 3
The entire main cast of Everwood
Created byGreg Berlanti
StarringTreat Williams
Gregory Smith
Emily VanCamp
Debra Mooney
John Beasley
Vivien Cardone
Chris Pratt
Stephanie Niznik
Merrilyn Gann
Tom Amandes
Scott Wolf
Sarah Drew
Sarah Lancaster
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes89 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time1 hour
(with commercials)
Original release
NetworkThe WB
ReleaseSeptember 16, 2002 –
June 5, 2006

Everwood is a prime time television drama which aired in the United States on the WB network. The series is set in the fictional small town of Everwood, Colorado.

Downtown Everwood was in reality filmed in Ogden and South Salt Lake, Utah, and the series pilot was filmed in Calgary, Canada. It is primarily a serious drama with some comedic moments.

Everwood was not renewed for future production and did not return when the WB and UPN merged to form The CW Television Network.[1]

On October 2, 2006, reruns of Everwood aired weeknights on ABC Family for the duration of the series, however it was later pulled from the schedule for unknown reasons. On April 19 2007 an interview with Ohio's Akron Beach Journal suggested that the series will be rerun in the Fall 2007 [1]

Plot

Season 1

The series begins with the arrival of Dr. Andrew Brown, a widower who leaves his successful job as a top Manhattan neurosurgeon to live in a small Colorado town, bringing his 9-year-old daughter Delia and 15-year-old son Ephram with him. He chooses the town of Everwood because his late wife had told him of her emotional attachment to it. Many of the story lines deal with the conflicts of adjusting to a new setting, as well as getting along with new people. Dr. Brown, simply called Andy most of the time, at first finds some animosity towards Dr. Harold Abbott, with whom his professional opinions differ. However, Dr. Abbott's cranky demeanor and Andy's passive, cheerful attitude prove to mesh well and the two begin a friendly rivalry. Ephram continually struggles with his emerging adolescence, his studies as a classical musician, and his new-found love interest in Amy Abbott, Dr. Abbott's daughter.

The first season revolves around the main storyline involving Colin Hart, Amy's boyfriend, and her older brother Bright's best friend. Amy sees the arrival of Dr. Brown as an opportunity; Colin has been in a coma since Independence Day that summer after he and Bright were in a car accident. Amy befriends Ephram in an effort to convince Dr. Brown to revive his brain surgery skills to save Colin. Dr. Brown reluctantly agrees. Amy is elated, but Bright is sullen and distant about the situation. Later, he tearfully confesses to his father that, contrary to what he had claimed all summer, Bright does in fact remember the accident: he was the one driving Colin's father's truck and the two boys were a little drunk at the time. However, his anguish is relieved when Dr. Brown is successful and soon, Colin is awake.

"downtown Everwood" in Ogden, Utah

In the meantime, Ephram's maternal grandparents come to visit their new home in the fall and Ephram decides he wants to move back to New York City to live with them. Ephram's grandfather, also a surgeon, berates Andy into letting Ephram go. Delia and her grandmother befriend Edna Abbott, a semi-retired Army nurse and Harold's estranged mother. They decide to throw her a surprise birthday party at the Brown's home. During the party, in front of all the guests, Ephram and Andy have a loud fight about his moving to New York City. The two stalk to different parts of the house with no decision resolved. His grandfather and Andy also begin to fight about the situation, but are interrupted because Bright Abbott has collapsed. Bright needs his appendix removed, but the snow has prevented travel to the nearest hospital, so they do emergency surgery on him in Andy's office. Andy sees how scared and loving Harold is towards his son and resolves to try and patch things up with Ephram. He confesses that he will be "half a man" if Ephram leaves and Ephram decides to stay.

All is not well, however, for Colin Hart. He returns home and re-enrolls in school, but he has lost most of his memory, including his memory of Amy. Under pressure to step right back into his old life, Colin befriends Ephram since Ephram is the only person who does not have a preconceived notion of him. Amy, meanwhile, struggles with emerging feelings for Ephram as he has an ill-fated relationship with Colin's sister, Laynie; his lingering attachment to Amy flared up at inopportune moments, causing Laynie to break it off.

Soon, Colin begins lashing out violently and acting out emotionally and loses his friendship with Ephram. Ephram tries to let their friends know that Colin is not acting normally, but Amy believes he is just jealous of her relationship with Colin and that Colin is "under a lot of stress". Bright, frustrated at Colin's friendship with Ephram in the first place, refuses to listen as well, until Colin accosts Ephram outside the local diner, proceeding to uncharacteristically punch Bright in the face when he objects to Colin's roughness. Andy believes Ephram and brings the subject up with Colin's parents. They are unwilling to believe that Colin is anything but fully-recovered and fire Dr. Brown from Colin's care. However, physical symptoms begin to manifest as well and eventually Colin collapses. It is learned there are complications from the first surgery. Colin's parents ask Dr. Brown to operate again, but he is not able to save Colin's life.

Season 2

The beginning of Season 2 reveals Colin's fate. The entire town blames Andy for "killing" Colin. They stop going to his practice and shun his children. Andy stands by his decision and eventually admits to Ephram that he could have saved Colin's life, but he would have been severely disabled, both mentally and physically, and he had promised Colin that he would not let him live that way.

Amy struggles with the death of Colin and falls into a deep depression, eventually going on medication and meeting Tommy, a drug-dealing boy who would come to be more than a friend. She considers sleeping with Tommy, but backs out of it every time he brings it up. Harold buys her a new car to try and cheer her up, but Amy continues to act out and fail in school. Rose tells Harold that he is babying her and she is unwelcome in her house until she follows the rules, which forces Amy to move in with her grandmother, Edna. Amy's downward spiral continues until Tommy takes her to a wild party. He gives her a bottle of water laced with GHB. Drunk on vodka, Amy drinks it, then has a hallucination of Colin, telling her to let him go and get on with her life. The vision shocks her back to reality and she realizes that Tommy has drunk most of the water himself and subsequently overdosed. Amy does the only thing she can think of and calls her father for help. Tommy recovers, but Amy is officially scared straight. She dumps him, moves back in with her parents, and begins to improve her behavior and mood.

Ephram, meanwhile, found love with Madison Kellner, a 20-year-old college student Andy has hired to babysit Delia that Ephram initially despises for her condescending attitude toward him. After a few false starts, he eventually loses his virginity to Madison in a car.

The second season has several other important plot developments. Andy finds a new love interest in Dr. Linda Abbott, Harold's sister. A scandal at Dr. Abbott's office occurs when it is discovered that Linda Abbott is HIV positive. As a result, Harold loses his liability insurance coverage and Linda quits her holistic health practice and leaves town, also ending her romance with Andy. Harold tries to open a new bagel shop but meets with failure. Andy then invites him as a partner, since Andy's insurance would cover Harold's practice. Harold reluctantly agrees.

Nina goes through a divorce with her (recently-outed) gay husband and has to go to court over custody of her son, a case which she eventually wins with Andy's support.

In an interesting twist of fate, a lonely Bright grows more tolerant of Ephram, eventually becoming good friends.

Ephram continues his on-again, off-again relationship with older Madison. In an effort to prove how mature he is, he sneaks into bars to see her band and produces many awkward moments by showing up when she is out with her college friends. Finally she decides that Ephram is too intensely into their relationship and breaks up with him for the last time. She tries to continue working with the Browns, but Delia fires her, saying that she likes Madison, but Madison's presence makes Ephram sad. She later confesses to Andy that she is pregnant with Ephram's child. Andy tells her he will pay all her expenses if she agrees to keep the pregnancy a secret from Ephram. He believes that Ephram was forced to grow up very quickly by the death of his mother and that, if he learns of the pregnancy, his sense of decency will compel him to stay with Madison, something for which Andy believes he is not ready.

Ephram begins to seriously date Amy. However, he is accepted to a summer program at the prestigious Juilliard School of Music. He is torn between going to New York or staying with Amy. When he leaves to study music at Juilliard, Amy accompanies him for his first week in Manhattan and after she returns to Everwood they continue their relationship long-distance.

Season 3

The third season opens with Dr. Brown receiving a letter from Madison cutting off all ties with him. She has moved to Denver but does not reveal whether she decided to keep the baby or have an abortion. Dr. Brown contemplates telling Ephram about the pregnancy but Dr. Abbott convinces him not to, for the sake of both Ephram and Amy.

Ephram returns from his summer classes at Juilliard with the disappointing news that he did not make high marks. However, he and Amy are enjoying the new aspect of their relationship. The two, now in their high school senior year, befriend an extremely shy girl named Hannah, who is staying with Andy's neighbor, Nina. Hannah is a junior and tells Amy that her parents are traveling in Hong Kong, but later reveals that her father, with whom she was extremely close, suffers from late-stage Huntington's Disease and she was in fact sent to Everwood so she wouldn't have to watch his suffering. With the support of Amy, Ephram, Bright, and Dr. Abbott, Hannah is tested for Huntington's Disease herself and finds that she doesn't have the incurable disease.

After much discussion with both Hannah and Ephram, Amy decides to sleep with Ephram. They make plans to sneak away to the Abbott's lake cabin, but the night of the event, Amy gets scared and changes her mind. Ephram is patient and says he doesn't mind. However, she has a change of heart and loses her virginity to Ephram the next morning after all. Around Christmas, Bright convinces Ephram to go see Madison's band play and he lies to Amy about where he was going. Madison wasn't there, but Ephram feels so guilty, he eventually apologizes. Amy is extremely upset and admits that while Ephram has rededicated himself to his piano studies, she has given up all of her hobbies and school activities to make time for her and Ephram's relationship. She tells him she willingly gave up these activities, but has now grown to resent him. Ephram agrees to try and make more time on his part and they make up.

Bright Abbott gets a job at the County Clerk's office with his mother. Never known for his monogamy, his promiscuity catches up to him when one young intern accuses him of sexual harassment. During the investigation, Bright maintains that she misperceived his actions and does not admit guilt. Even though he is officially absolved of the accusation, Rose is embarrassed and hurt by the situation and realizes that her son has no respect for women and uses them like things. She fires him, but her profound disappointment is the worst punishment of all. Bright learns from the ordeal and attempts to be more honorable.

The third season also sees the arrival of a new, younger doctor named Jake Hartman, whom neither Harold nor Andy like very much due to his over-zealous attitude. He takes up residence in Dr. Abbott's former office. Meanwhile, Nina comes to terms with the fact she has feelings for Andy as she begins a romantic relationship with Jake.

Dr. Brown also decides to help a patient, John Hayes, recover from serious incapacitation caused by a stroke. Meanwhile, Dr. Brown finds himself drawn to John's wife Amanda and realizes he may be developing feelings for her. He and Amanda avoid their feelings from each other for a while, but when they finally give into temptation, Andy feels so much guilt, he develops a bleeding gastric ulcer. After he recovers, John gets admitted into a cutting-edge treatment program in which he will be sent away for an indefinite amount of time. Amanda and Andy continue their affair until John inexplicably recovers from his stroke and Amanda opts to stay with her husband.

Ephram is granted an interview with The Juilliard School in New York City, where he serendipitously runs into Madison. Dr. Brown accompanies Ephram on the trip to New York City and attempts to reconcile with Madison and urges her to tell Ephram the truth about her pregnancy. She eventually meets Ephram in a coffee shop and tells him the whole story, except Andy's knowledge of it. The baby has been put up for adoption with parents living in Marin, California. When Ephram tells Andy about the pregnancy, Andy tells him that he knew about it and asked Madison to keep it a secret. Ephram is angry with his father and rashly forfeits his Juilliard audition in an attempt to get back at him. Back in Everwood, Amy reluctantly agrees to help Ephram locate the baby and the adoptive parents, but the matter soon drives a wedge into their relationship and they break up.

Rose is diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on her spine and must undergo chemotherapy, which proves to be initially unsuccessful. With some reluctance, Dr. Brown agrees to do the surgery to remove the tumor. Harold is incensed until the operation appears to be a success and Rose slowly recovers.

Ephram, still disillusioned from his recent experiences with his father and Madison, decides to quit his studies altogether and backpack through Europe. He technically receives his diploma, but leaves before the ceremony. He sells his piano and all related equipment to pay for an airline ticket to London. Meanwhile, Amy graduates from high school and gets into Princeton University.

Jake and Nina agree to move in together and start a new restaurant business, purchasing the diner where Nina worked as a waitress until the owner sold the building. Jake vows to cut all ties to his former Los Angeles residence and lifestyle because his income in Everwood is substantially less, though his true motives may have been Nina.

Season 3 ends with Hannah getting a boyfriend for the first time, but she decides to break up with Topher because there is no chemistry and because she has a crush on Bright. Andy considers taking a job as a surgeon in Chicago, but Harold and the others persuade him to stay in Everwood. Bright decides he really wants to date Hannah, who is thrilled to begin a relationship with him. Amy decides to defer, to a later time, her first semester at Princeton, so that she can help take care of her mother while she convalesces. Andy, alone with Nina, confesses his true feelings for her and proposes a serious relationship, despite Jake being in the way.

Season 4

Season 4 opens with Edna and her husband, Irving (or "Irv"), planning a vow-renewal ceremony. Rose is recovering well and Jake has moved in with Nina. Bright starts his second year at Everwood Community College and has moved into an apartment. A medical student, Reid, has caught Amy's eye and Amy convinces Bright to let Reid be his roommate. At the request of Delia, who desperately misses him, Ephram returns from Europe in time to attend the end of Irv and Edna's ceremony.

When Ephram returns, Andy tells him that he is welcome at home, but Andy will not pay Ephram's living expenses anywhere else. Ephram tells Andy to apologize for the Madison situation and that Andy "owes" him whatever he wants; their relationship continues to be strained. However, Andy doesn't want to damage Ephram and Delia's relationship, so he tells Ephram that he will pay him $50 for every dinner they eat together as a family. The plan seems to work and sometimes, Ephram doesn't collect the money at all. Ephram starts his first semester at ECC with Bright who asks him to be a third roommate. Reid and Amy date casually. Ephram begins giving piano lessons to a high-school freshman, Kyle Hunter (Steven R. McQueen). Although talented, Kyle is sullen and difficult. By helping out Kyle, Ephram gains a new appreciation for what he put his own father through. Also, Andy has a patient who is estranged from his daughter because he kept a secret from her for her whole life. Andy asks Ephram to talk to the daughter about forgiveness and in the process, Ephram begins to let go of some of the resentment he felt towards Andy and their relationship continues to improve.

On a father/son camping trip with the Abbotts, Ephram reveals that he came back to Everwood because he is still in love with Amy, and Bright reveals that he might break up with Hannah because she doesn't believe in premarital sex. Back in town, Ephram asks Reid not to date Amy at all and he backs off. Amy and Ephram repair their friendship. Studying together late one night, they wind up sleeping together. Afterwards, Ephram, wanting to repair their romantic relationship as well, gives Amy a Christmas present and reveals that he wrote her postcards while in Europe, but never sent them to her. She asks to take them home and read them, but later explains that she does not want to become romantically involved with Ephram again because she is trying to figure out her own identity.

Harold and Rose struggle to get past her illness. Despite her recovery, she loses her rebid for mayor of Everwood and feels lost and useless. After a vacation on an African safari, Rose tells Harold that she wants to adopt a child.

Nina and Jake's restaurant (named "Sam's" after her son) is doing well. However, Jake begins acting erratic and distant. When one of his visiting LA buddies has a serious biking accident, Jake is lost and stressed out. It is revealed that he is a recovering narcotics addict and he has fallen off the wagon. When he finally tells Nina the truth, she kicks him out of the house and cries in Andy's arms.

Meanwhile, Irv has written a fictional book loosely based on his experiences in Everwood. The book, entitled A Mountain Town, goes on to be a thundering success.

Although they seem quite mismatched, Bright and Hannah continue to date. Her father finally passes away and Hannah's mother lets her choose to move home or stay in Everwood. Hannah decides to stay. Bright is elated, but he is also frustrated at Hannah's low self-esteem and forces her to see that she is beautiful by locking her in the bathroom and refusing to let her out until she looks at herself the mirror. Hannah takes it one step further and invites Bright into the shower with her.

Ephram learns that his old piano teacher, Will Cleveland (played by James Earl Jones), has died and attends his wake. However, instead of a sad and somber event, it is a celebration of his life and Ephram is introduced to Will's family as his star pupil. They coax him to play a piece and it rekindles his love of the instrument. He re-buys a piano and he helps Kyle prepare for a Juilliard audition. Kyle is still moody, and Ephram often returns to the Brown home to talk to Andy about his struggles and practice his own playing. When he convinces Kyle to meet his absentee father and Kyle is stood up, Ephram confesses to Andy that he thinks about his own child all the time and was using his experience with Kyle to work through his feelings of guilt and irresponsibility. Ephram also tries to help develop Kyle's social skills, since he is always alone and awkward around his classmates. When Reid suggests Kyle might be gay, Ephram says he's too young to be, attempting to shield him from adversity. Kyle initially denies it as well, but eventually decides to come out. With their difficulties behind them, Ephram coaches Kyle successfully into Juilliard. After meeting a concert pianist, Ephram decides to transfer to Amy's college and major in music education. In addition, Ephram leaves Madison a voicemail, apologizing for his explosive reaction to their situation.

Bright breaks his hand trying to karate chop a piece of wood and wears a sling for several weeks. Hannah babies him incessantly and they have a minor spat. Hannah obsesses over their relationship and Bright runs into an old acquaintance, Ada, an attractive blonde who once sold Bright and Ephram fake IDs. After a few beers together, he has a moment of weakness in judgement and lust and winds up sleeping with Ada. Ephram finds out, but Bright, although regretful, decides he isn't going to tell Hannah. Ephram disagrees and they stop speaking. Amy wheedles the truth out of Ephram and declares that if Bright doesn't tell Hannah, she will. Under pressure, Bright admits the truth and Hannah breaks up with him. She tells him she doesn't want him in her life at all, even as just a friend.

Reid begins to fail out of medical school and as a last-ditch effort, cheats on a test. He is caught and expelled, but pretends that everything is fine. Ephram finds Reid one morning on the bathroom floor unconscious after having taken an entire bottle of sleeping pills. Ephram feels immense guilt for not realizing that Reid was depressed. Upon recovery, Reid again tries to pretend that everything is just fine and asks Amy out on a date. It is predictibly a disaster and Amy tells Reid that he has to deal with the things that made him try to commit suicide in the first place. Reid decides to move back home with his mother until he is fully recovered.

Harold and Rose's adoption is in the final stages when it is revealed that Harold lied about Rose's cancer on the admission forms. They lose their opportunity and are heartbroken. Rose develops a bruise on her back and convinces herself that her cancer has returned. At the same time, Bright drinks excessively at his 21st birthday party and stands on a chair at a bar. With his arm in a sling, he loses his balance and falls through a plate glass window. He is rushed to the hospital with a head injury. At the hospital, Rose shares her fears and Harold tells her that she is fine- the doctor called right before Bright's accident. Subsequently, both Bright and Rose make successful recoveries. A schizophrenic patient of Harold's is overwhelmed with her new baby and the sudden death of her husband. She panics and leaves the baby girl on the Abbotts' doorstep. After a half-hearted search for her, Harold and Rose apply for custody of the baby.

After returning from his book tour, Irv and Edna decide to buy an RV and travel the country. However, just after purchasing it, Irv collapses from his second heart attack and dies. Edna maintains her usual tough persona until Harold confronts her on her erratic behavior. She confesses that she is overwhelmed with grief. Harold and Rose fix up a guest bedroom in their house and invite Edna to live with them, thus ending a years-long battle between mother and son.

Nina agrees to forgive Jake and take him back and he begins a variety of recovery programs, but is unsurprised when none of them work since they didn't in the past. He decides to start a recovery group in Everwood, then begins to design a program on his own. His old friends in LA are receptive to the idea, but they want him to move back. Jake asks Nina to come with him and she sells her house and agrees. Andy, faced with the loss of Nina, impulsively buys Nina an engagement ring and shows it to Ephram, saying he simply needed to act on his feelings, even if he had no intention of asking her. At Irv's funeral, Ephram tells Nina about the ring, who tells Hannah, who convinces Nina to sneak in and look at it. Hannah ends up with the ring in her room and Jake finds it while packing. He confronts Andy and Nina, and Nina insists that it means nothing. They make it to the airport when Jake realizes that he doesn't want to be with someone who is so unsure and boards the plane alone. Nina shows up back at the Browns, Sam in tow, as her house has already been sold. Andy takes a cathartic trip to New York to say goodbye to his late wife one last time before flying back to Everwood to propose to Nina on the very spot they met. She happily agrees.

After his accident, Hannah and Bright decide to be friends again but do not rekindle their relationship. However, she passes up a full scholarship to Notre Dame to attend Colorado A&M and stay in Everwood.

Ephram meets Stephanie while hanging ads for a new roommate. She is feisty and fun with "no drama"; Ephram likes how refreshingly easy she is to be around. Delia invites her to her bat mitzvah and while there, a slightly-tipsy Amy realizes she is still in love with Ephram. She struggles with this realization until she thinks of the exact best way to tell Ephram how she feels. Recreating a moment they shared during a festival soon after he first moved there, she enlists Rose's help in ordering a ferris wheel, stationing it outside his apartment. With this as her backdrop, she confesses that all their problems are her fault and asks him to give her another chance at a relationship, without the drama. Ephram, having loved Amy since the day he met her, easily agrees to be with her again, and the season and the series ends with Ephram and Amy embarking on a mature, adult relationship.

Everwood's series finale, which aired on Monday, June 5, 2006, was seen by 4.07 million viewers.


Cast

Main

Also Starring

Recurring

Awards nominations

Everwood received two Emmy nominations: Main Title Theme (2003) written by Blake Neely, and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy (2004) for James Earl Jones's turn as Will Cleveland.

Treat Williams has also received two Screen Actors Guild award nominations (2003 and 2004) for his role as Dr. Andy Brown.

DVD releases

Cover Art DVD Name Release Date Episodes
File:Everwood s1.jpg The Complete First Season September 7, 2004 23

Season One features

  • 4:3 Fullscreen Broadcast Presentation - the series was filmed in widescreen, and only the pilot episode is offered in widescreen on the DVD, albeit non-anamorphic.
  • Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • All 23 Episodes from the 2002-03 Season Including an Extended Version of the Pilot Episode
  • Commentary by: Cast and Crew on Four Episodes
  • Unaired Scenes
  • Behind the Scenes with "Greg-and-Emily Cam"
  • Making-of Featurette

To date, only the first season of Everwood has been released on DVD. During an online with Warner Home Video representatives on June 6, 2006, the official response to several questions about the remaining seasons of Everwood was that the studio was not planning on releasing any additional seasons at this time. At the 2007 Warner Home Video chat, Warner Bros. aknowledged the demand for the remaining seasons of the show to be released, but said that the music costs are prohibitive. They continued to state that they are evaluating the option to release the show with music substitution but at this time they just don't know.

Soundtrack

Track listing

  1. "Lonely People" - Jars of Clay (popularized by America)
  2. "Trouble" - Kristin Hersh (popularized by Cat Stevens)
  3. "These Days" - Griffin House (popularized by Nico and Jackson Browne)
  4. "Only Living Boy in New York" - David Mead (popularized by Simon and Garfunkel)
  5. "Summer Breeze" - Jason Mraz (popularized by Seals and Crofts)
  6. "Father and Son" - Leigh Nash (popularized by Cat Stevens)
  7. "The Harder They Come" - Guster (popularized by Jimmy Cliff)
  8. "Don't Be Shy" - Travis (popularized by Cat Stevens)
  9. "Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)" - Toby Lightman (popularized by Jim Croce)
  10. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Stereophonics (popularized by Roberta Flack)
  11. "Cathedrals" - Jump Little Children
  12. "Main Title Theme for Everwood" - Blake Neely
  13. "Love Song" - Treat Williams (Bonus Track; popularized by Anne Murray)
  • In the Will & Grace episode May Divorce Be With You, Jack says [he and his boyfriend] "watched Everwood... then turned on the TV".
  • In the Scrubs episode My Unicorn, JD has a flashback where he became too involved with a patient who chains him to a heater and forces him to watch Everwood.
  • At the CW premiere, Lauren Graham said "Goodbye" to Everwood, also saying how she'll have to take down her Scott Wolf poster.[citation needed]
  • In the unaired pilot for Nobody's Watching, a girl claims to have been fired from the WB gift shop for telling her boss she didn't think men would buy boxers with "Smallville" written across the front. When she tells Will, he mentions that he'd buy a pair that said "Everwood."
  • In the spring of 2006, loyal Everwood fans swamped CW and WB executives with mail imploring them not to cancel the show, going so far as to rent a ferris wheel (a reference to a scene in the 2nd Episode, "The Great Dr. Brown", and the last, "Foreverwood Pt. II) and hosting a non-cancellation party in a parking lot outside the network offices in Burbank. The ploy didn't work.
  • Because the producers did not know the fate of their show, three different endings were shot for the final episode, "Foreverwood, Pt. II". It ended up being the series finale, and the ferris wheel made a return appearance. The alternate endings have never been released.
  • The show featured an impressive array of guest stars, including film/TV icons such as James Earl Jones, Beau Bridges, Charles Durning and Betty White. Others included Marcia Cross and Brenda Strong (Desperate Housewives), Dylan Walsh and Kelly Clark (Nip/Tuck), Anne Heche (Men In Trees), Scott Wolf (The Nine), Jane Krakowski (30 Rock), Sarah Lancaster (What Bout Brian), Nora Zehetner (Heroes), Kate Mara (24),Jayne Brook (Boston Legal), Brian Baumgartner (The Office), John Savage (Carnivale), and Leslie Hope (Commander in Chief).
  • In Season One, series creator Greg Berlanti battled with studio and network executives over a controversial episode involving a teen abortion. The episode eventually aired (with the conspicuously vague title "Episode 20"), but not without controversy. Many advertisers pulled out, but the incident was considered a watershed moment in the creative life of the series.
  • In the episode "Family Dynamics", Dr. Brown and his son Ephram throw a canister of frozen sperm off of a mountaintop at the end of the show. The scene was shot at the top of the tram lift at Snowbird ski resort. Two days after the episode aired, the production was issued a citation by federal authorities for littering in a National Forest.
  • The town of Ogden, Utah doubled as main street for the fictitious Everwood. When Kathy Bates was directing the series' second episode, rowdy patrons in a local bar were disrupting a night shoot. Bates pleaded with the locals to behave for an hour, promising that she would come drink with them when shooting ended. It eventually did, and she kept her promise.

Broadcasting

In the United Kingdom, airings on terrestrial channel ITV1 have changed the programme name to Our New Life In Everwood. ITV explained that their title is a more accurate description of the show. Three commercial breaks are inserted into each episode. This is the maximum allowed under European Union law. Transmissions on satellite and cable channel Living retained the original name.

The series was first televised on the Nine Network Australia in late 2005, in a 4pm timeslot on Saturday afternoons. The show was taken off the air soon after Season 2 began, and returned briefly in a daily timeslot of 10am in 2006. The show was again pulled from the schedule soon after Season 3 began. The show is again airing at 10am from January 1, 2007.

Everwood has been played in New Zealand on TV2 since 2004 usually at the 5.30 P.M Sunday time slot season by season. Season one was also repeated weekdays in 2006. However the latest season had been premiered at a 2.00 P.M Sunday instead of returning to its usual time slot.

In Canada the network Vision TV is broadcasting repeats of the series.

In Bulgaria the series is broadcast on Kanal 1.

In Spain the series is broadcast on TVE1.

In South Africa the series is broadcast on SABC 3 at 20h30 on Tuesdays.

In Estonia it is shown on Kanal 2 on Saturday afternoons.

In Finland it is broadcast on MTV3 and the series finale aired in November 2006. Everwood has been played in Finland since 2003 on Thursdays at 8.00pm.

In France the series is shown on France 3 fom Tuesday to Friday around 16.00 (1 episode).

In Denmark the series is currently being repeated on TV3 Plus weekday afternoons.

In Hungary the complete series was on weekdays on TV2 (04/10/2006-15/02/2007)

In Norway Season 4 is shown on TV3 Sunday afternoons and Season 2 is repeated Sunday mornings.

In Sweden The series is shown weekday mornings on TV3. It is nearly at the end of Season 4, the last episode aired on 4 January, 2007.

In Indonesia it was broadcast on TV7.

It also began airing in Canada on September 9 at 8pm ET on VisionTV, with repeats on Mondays at 8pm and 12am ET.

In Latin America and Brazil, the premiere episodes were shown on Warner Channel, and from the third season, the show was syndicated on the same network, and shown Saturdays and Sundays. Now, the first seasons can be seen also on Warner Channel, Monday to Friday, in the mornings and afternoons.

In Croatia, Everwood is playing on RTL Televizija every Saturday around 13.00.

In Thailand, it is broadcast on True Series.

In Germany, it's playing on VOX fom Monday to Friday around 15.00.

Also airing on multiple channels in Switzerland, on SF1 at 17.00 and then repeated on SF2 at 18:00.

In the United States, Everwood reruns on every weeknight at 6/5 central on ABC Family. Everwood's series finale aired February 5, 2007. This series is currently on hiatus. Note:In an Interview with Ohio's Akron Beach Journal, An ABC Family Representative reveal the series will be rerun in the Fall 2007) http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/entertainment/17102531.htm

In Italy, the first three series of Everwood were played by Canale 5 Monday to Friday at 7pm in the summer of 2004. Some weeks after the end the show were repeated by Italia 1 at 8pm. In November 2006 the first two series were shown on Italia 1 in the mornings, two episodes a day. In December 2006 the third season is aired at 8pm. Fourth season is being aired Monday to Friday. The series finale aired on Saturday 20 January 2007.

In Portugal, on FOXLIFE on Thursdays at 21:45.

In The Netherlands, it was broadcasted on NET 5.

In Belgium, it was broadcasted on KANAALTWEE.

In Malaysia, it was broadcasted on 8TV.

Saving Everwood

Dedicated fans, after hearing of Everwood's last minute replacement by 7th Heaven, banded together, raised thousands of dollars and rented a ferris wheel for July 21, 2006; to show their immense gratitude and love to the cast and crew and the show. The event also was meant to draw attention to Everwood's big, loyal fanbase, and to possibly get Everwood seasons 2-4 out on DVD. The ferris wheel symbolized a significant part of Everwood: the growing relationship of two of the main characters Amy and Ephram. The event "Project: Save Everwood" took place at 3333 West Oak St., Burbank, California 91505 and infront of Dawn Ostroff's office, the hand behind Everwood's last minute replacement, as an attempt to save Everwood from being canceled. The time and placement was strategic, nearly equidistant from the Warner Brothers Home Video and The CW offices, and picked a date that coincided with The Television Critics Awards and Press Tour, to get more media exposure. All were invited, cast, crew, fans, CW and WB officials and more. Everwood Fans made a day out of it, appearing themselves along with actress Debra Mooney (Edna), and a letter of gratitude from Vivien Cardone (Delia). Despite efforts, the campaign failed; not for lack of trying. This was a stunt that will be hard to beat, and is by far the greatest, genuine gesture shown by any fanbase. Everwood fans have shown dedication like no other.


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References

  1. ^ http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/entertainment/17102531.htm
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