No Ordinary Family | |
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Composer(s) | Blake Neely |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company(s) | Berlanti Television Oh That Gus!, Inc. ABC Studios |
Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
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Original network | ABC |
Picture format | 720p |
Original release | September 28, 2010 | – April 5, 2011
No Ordinary Family is an American television series that aired on ABC and CTV in Canada. The one-hour science fiction comedy-drama was produced by ABC Studios for the 2010–11 television season. The series ran from September 28, 2010, to April 5, 2011, on Tuesdays at 8:00 pm ET/PT. The show centers on the Powells, a typical American family living in fictional Pacific Bay, California, whose members gain special powers after their plane crashes in the Amazon, Brazil.
On May 13, 2011, ABC announced that No Ordinary Family had been cancelled due to low ratings. The 20 episodes are currently available on Hulu.
On January 25, 2010, ABC green-lit production of the pilot, which was written by Greg Berlanti and Jon Harmon Feldman.David Semel directed the pilot. Berlanti and Feldman are executive producers, along with Morgan Wandell.
In early February 2010, Michael Chiklis became the first actor to join the series, playing family patriarch Jim Powell.Autumn Reeser was the next actor cast, to play a colleague of Jim's wife.Romany Malco portrays Jim's best friend and college roommate.
March 2010 casting included Julie Benz as Jim's wife and family matriarch Stephanie Powell and Christina Chang as a police officer who works with Jim.Tate Donovan is the mysterious pilot of the plane that crashes. Rounding out the cast are Kay Panabaker and Jimmy Bennett, who portray the Powell children Daphne and JJ. Shay Carl- security guard
On May 12, 2010, Entertainment Weekly reported that ABC had picked up the series for the 2010–11 television season. A few days later, Chuck writer and executive producer Allison Adler (credited as Ali Adler) announced that she would be joining the show's writing team. At the end of May, Smallville writers Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin joined the writing team.