Russell Breslow
| Second Noah | |
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| Created by | Pamela K. Long |
| Written by | Stephen J. Brackley Sam Egan Naomi Janzen Gary R. Johnson Anne Kenney Brenda Lilly Pamela K. Long Josh Talbot Edward Tivnan |
| Directed by |
Paris Barclay Arvin Brown Donna Deitch Victor DuBois Michael Fash Lorraine Senna Ferrara Patrick Norris Kenny Ortega Sandy Smolan |
| Starring |
Daniel Hugh Kelly Betsy Brantley James Marsden Joey Lauren Adams Gemini Barnett Erika Page Jeffrey Licon Zelda Harris Ashley Gorrell Jeremy Cole Torgerson Jon Torgerson Russell Breslow Deidre O'Connell |
| Theme music composer | Christophe Beck |
| Opening theme | Christophe Beck |
| Ending theme | Christophe Beck |
| Composer(s) | Christophe Beck (as "Jean-Christophe-Beck" first episode; 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12) Bill Bodine (1.13, 1.14, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19, 1.20, 1.21) James McVay (co-composer, 1.17) Ron Ramin (Season 2 episodes) Ken Tamplin (Season 2 episodes) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production company(s) | Longfeather Entertainment MT2 Services New World Entertainment |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | February 5, 1996 – June 8, 1997 |
Second Noah is a television drama that was broadcast in the United States on ABC television from February 5, 1996 to June 8, 1997.
The series stars Daniel Hugh Kelly as Noah Beckett, whose wife Jesse (Betsy Brantley) is a veterinarian at Busch Gardens in Florida. Noah is a former basketball coach who is now a writer working on a second book, to be titled The Ark, after his first effort has sold over 2,000,000 copies. Noah and Jesse have a tendency to take in both stray animals and stray children, having adopted eight.
Their oldest adopted child was Ricky (James Marsden). He had fathered a child, Ben (Gemini Barnett), when he was fourteen with his girlfriend Kaylie. Noah and Jesse adopted Ben. Kaylie, daughter of a wealthy family, left town during her pregnancy and did not return until after Ben's birth; Kaylie's own father is not aware that she has ever been pregnant or had a child. Ricky and Kaylie were not together for most of the series. Instead, Ricky was with Darby, played by Joey Lauren Adams.
The series pilot tells the story of how the Becketts came to adopt children #7 and 8, Roxanna and Luis. Starting with the first non-pilot episode of the show, Roxanna and Luis are played by different actors, Erika Page and Jeffrey Licon respectively. Roxanna is not immediately accepted at her new high school and she and Ricky develop a friendship as he tries to stand up for her. Luis is a chronic liar who tells everyone that Julio Iglesias is his father.
Ranny and Danny, played by Jon and Jeremy Torgerson, are twins a little younger than Ricky and Roxanna. They have also been adopted by the Becketts for the longest. Ranny is more of a "bad boy" who searches for his birth parents. Danny is quieter and shy.
Bethany (Zelda Harris - although RuDee Sade played the role of Bethany in the pilot episode) and Hannah (Ashley Gorrell) are the same age but Hannah was adopted later. They are very close to each other and this is highlighted by the fact that Hannah rarely speaks outside of the family and Bethany must speak for her in various situations. Hannah's mother kept her locked in a closet with little human contact prior to her adoption by the Becketts and she continues to seek comfort by hiding in closets during stressful situations. Later in the series, a man is introduced whom Bethany believes to be her father, though the show remains ambiguous on the truth of that claim. It is worthwhile to note that Bethany is Black and Hannah is White and racial tensions are often explored around these characters.
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