Fall 2002 Highlights: The Movie Network and Movie Central Articles / Movie Central Posted by RAD on Aug 21, 2002 - 09:13 AM Highlights for The Movie Network and Movie Central for the 2002-2003 season. New series (or minis) include Showtime's made-in-BC sci-fi hit (from the creator of Babylon 5) Jeremiah and HBO's inner-city drug crime series The Wire. Returning series include the Mob hit The Sopranos (Season 4), The Chronicles and HBO's The Mind of a Married Man. The return of everyone's favourite mobster highlights a premium television lineup of new and returning series this fall on The Movie Network and Movie Central. Along with the much-anticipated return of THE SOPRANOS (Season Four), The Movie Network and Movie Central present the exclusive Canadian PREMIERE of SHOWTIME's JEREMIAH, starring LUKE PERRY and MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER, as well as the new HBO series THE WIRE, starring DOMINIC WEST. Popular returning series include THE MIND OF THE MARRIED MAN (Season Two) and all new episodes of THE CHRONICLE. Season Four of THE SOPRANOS premieres on Tuesday, September 17th at 9 p.m. ET/MT on The Movie Network and Movie Central. The sagging economy takes its toll on the family business this season, but it's Carmela (EDIE FALCO) and Tony (JAMES GANDOLFINI) who really feel the pressure as they both become increasingly unhappy with their marriage. The mob experiences more difficulties with trusted capo, Paulie (TONY SIRICO) in jail, the ascension of nephew Christopher (MICHAEL IMPERIOLI) to acting capo and the impending trial of Uncle Junior (DOMINIC CHIANESE). Tony also faces hard times with further complications from his sister, Janice (AIDA TURTURRO), and his children, Meadow (JAMIE LYNN SIGLER) and Anthony Jr. (ROBERT ILER). Based on the award-winning European culthit graphic novels by Hermann Huppen, SHOWTIME's JEREMIAH premieres on Monday, September 9th at 8 p.m. ET on The Movie Network and 9 p.m. MT on Movie Central. JEREMIAH is the first SHOWTIME series offered to Canadians through premium television and brings with it the return of LUKE PERRY (BEVERLY HILLS 90210) and MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER (THE COSBY SHOW) to the small screen. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, JEREMIAH is set in a post-apocalyptic future, focusing on the title character's (PERRY) efforts to create a new world and stop the return of an epidemic that will kill the few who remain. The new HBO cop-drama, THE WIRE, premieres on Tuesday, September 17th, at 10 p.m. ET/MT on The Movie Network and Movie Central. Created and executive produced by David Simon, Emmy(R) Award winner for THE CORNER and former crime reporter with the Baltimore Sun, THE WIRE takes place on the battered, drug-ridden streets of west Baltimore. Over the course of 13 episodes, the series tells the story of a single drugs-and-murder police investigation from the point-of-view of both the police and their suspects. The ensemble cast is headed by DOMINIC WEST (28 DAYS, ROCK STAR), who plays homicide detective James McNulty. THE WIRE also stars LANCE REDDICK (TRIGGER HAPPY) as Lt. Cedric Daniels and SONJA SOHN (THE KILLING ZONE) as Det. Shakima Greggs. Toronto-based and critically acclaimed Canadian film director Clément Virgo (LOVE COME DOWN, RUDE) takes a turn on the small screen as director of two of the season's episodes. Season Two of the popular HBO comedy series, THE MIND OF THE MARRIED MAN, premieres on Tuesday, September 17th at 7:30 p.m. MT on Movie Central and 8:30 p.m. ET on The Movie Network. Created by and starring MIKE BINDER (THE SEX MONSTER), the series is a funny, insightful look at the challenges of marriage from the male perspective. Following the lives of three friends and co-workers who have very different opinions on how to make their marriages work, SONYA WALGER, JAKE WEBER, JAKE BERMAN, TAYLOR NICHOLS, DOUG NELSON, IVANA MILICEVIC and M. EMMET WALSH round out the show's cast. New episodes of THE CHRONICLE premiere on Monday, September 9th at 8 p.m. ET/MT on The Movie Network and Movie Central. This "news from the edge" series continues to explore the sensational world of tabloid journalism. Set in the office of scandal-rag World Chronicle, front-page stories such as Pig Boy's Big Adventure, I See Dead Fat People and Stepford Cheerleaders are not so hard to believe. CHAD WILLETT, RENO WILSON and RENA SOFER make up the cast of Chronicle employees. This article is from CHANNEL CANADA   http://www.channelcanada.com/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.channelcanada.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=114