My Own Worst Enemy (TV series)
| My Own Worst Enemy | |
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Promotional image for My Own Worst Enemy.
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Jason Smilovic |
| Starring |
Christian Slater Mädchen Amick Taylor Lautner Bella Thorne Saffron Burrows Mike O'Malley Alfre Woodard James Cromwell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jason Smilovic |
| Running time | 40 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Universal Media Studios |
| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 13 – December 15, 2008 |
My Own Worst Enemy is an American television drama that aired on NBC in 2008. It premiered on October 13 and ended on December 15, after 9 episodes, with its cancellation announced after only four episodes had been aired.
The series was produced by Universal Media Studios. Jason Smilovic was the executive producer; David Semel was the director and executive producer. The final episode ended with a cliff-hanger, and the major plot lines ended without resolution.
The series followed the life of American secret agent Edward Albright and his cover, Henry Spivey, who had no knowledge of his double life. Albright, played by Christian Slater, was implanted with a chip allowing his handlers to physically switch Albright's personality to that of his cover. However, in the pilot episode, there was a malfunction which caused Albright's personalities to switch at random, revealing his secret life to his alias. Henry was then thrown into the highly dangerous life of Edward, with no real way for the two to communicate except through short cell phone video messages.
General Motors was a promotional sponsor of the show, and the then-new SUV model Chevrolet Traverse, along with the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, appeared as cars for the program's characters via a product placement agreement.
The first online review of the series said the show was a "snappily written, fast-paced thriller that shows Slater can be a likable TV star." Another critic described the show as follows: "The real fun comes from watching Slater’s sly performance. Blending elements of Memento‘s "who the hell am I?" amnesia theme with the middle-class spy humor of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the actor presents a relatively subtle take on sexy killer Edward Albright, the agent who speaks 13 languages, drives a fast car and lives in a spartan loft stuffed with high-tech weaponry."Metacritic gave the show a score of 61/100 based on 25 critic reviews.
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