Ringer (TV series)
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| Genre |
Thriller Drama Neo-noir Mystery Crime |
| Created by | Eric Charmelo Nicole Snyder |
| Starring |
Sarah Michelle Gellar Kristoffer Polaha Ioan Gruffudd Nestor Carbonell Mike Colter |
| Theme music composer | Gabriel Mann |
| Composer(s) |
Gabriel Mann (episodes 1–4) Mark Snow (episodes 5–22) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Rachel Kaplan (pilot only) Sarah Michelle Gellar Eric Charmelo Nicole Snyder Richard Shepard Jon Liebman JoAnne Colonna Peter Traugott Pam Veasey |
| Producer(s) | P. Todd Coe James Bigwood (pilot only) |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Green Eggs and Pam Productions, Inc. Brillstein Entertainment Partners ABC Studios (episode 1) Warner Bros. Television CBS Television Studios |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | The CW |
| First shown in | United States |
| Original release | September 13, 2011 – April 17, 2012 |
Ringer is an American television series that initially aired on The CW from September 13, 2011 to April 17, 2012. The series stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays twin sisters Bridget Kelly and Siobhan Martin. On May 13, 2011, it was reported that the project had been picked up to series by The CW. On October 12, 2011, The CW ordered a full first season of 22 episodes.
Ringer received mixed reviews, though most critics praised Gellar's performance. On May 11, 2012, The CW announced the cancellation of Ringer after one season.
Bridget Kelly (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is a recovering drug addict and stripper in Wyoming. She is under the protection of FBI Agent Victor Machado (Nestor Carbonell), having agreed to testify against her employer, local crime boss Bodaway Macawi (Zahn McClarnon), whom she witnessed committing murder. Fearing that Macawi, who has already murdered several witnesses linking him to previous crimes, will also kill her, Bridget flees to New York to meet her estranged twin sister Siobhan (also played by Gellar).
Soon after Bridget's arrival in New York, Siobhan, who had kept her sister's existence secret from her family, appears to commit suicide by jumping into the ocean. Bridget then assumes Siobhan's identity and tries to fit in among Siobhan's wealthy social circle, including Siobhan's husband Andrew (Ioan Gruffudd), stepdaughter Juliet (Zoey Deutch), best friend Gemma (Tara Summers), and Gemma's husband Henry (Kristoffer Polaha) with whom Siobhan had been having an affair. The only one who knows that Bridget is passing as Siobhan is Bridget's Narcotics Anonymous sponsor Malcolm (Mike Colter). Bridget's life becomes more complicated as she discovers that her sister was hiding secrets of her own and that someone is trying to kill Siobhan as well.
The pilot was announced in early 2011 for CBS. Filming for the pilot began in March 2011 in New York City. The pilot was directed by Richard Shepard and written by Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder. The series was predominantly filmed in Los Angeles. Gellar served as executive producer alongside Peter Traugott and Pam Veasey.
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