The Unit
| The Unit | |
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| Created by | David Mamet |
| Based on |
Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counter terrorist Unit By Eric L. Haney |
| Starring |
Dennis Haysbert Regina Taylor Scott Foley Robert Patrick Audrey Marie Anderson Max Martini Abby Brammell Demore Barnes Michael Irby Nicole Steinwedell |
| Theme music composer | Robert Duncan |
| Opening theme | "Fired Up" (Seasons 1–2) "Walk the Fire" (Season 3 onward) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 69 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | David Mamet Shawn Ryan Vahan Moosekian Todd Ellis Kessler Daniel Voll Carol Flint |
| Producer(s) | Sharon Lee Watson Eric L. Haney Norman S. Powell |
| Cinematography | Krishna Rao Michael Stecher Checco Varese Giovanni Lampassi |
| Editor(s) | Rick Tuber Devon Greene David Koeppel David Kaldor Farrel Levy Erik Presant Ian Harbilas |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Production company(s) | David Mamet Chicago Bay Kinescope Boston MiddKid Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | March 7, 2006 – May 10, 2009 |
The Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled after the real-life U.S. Army special operations unit commonly known as Delta Force. The series originally aired on CBS from March 7, 2006, to May 10, 2009, before being cancelled.
Based on show producer Eric L. Haney's book, Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counter terrorist Unit (), The Unit was created for television and executive produced by David Mamet and Shawn Ryan. The show is produced by The Barn Productions Inc., David Mamet Entertainment, and Fire Ants Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television.
The show purports to describe the daily lives of Delta Force (called "The Unit" in the show) operators during training and operational missions, as well as their families back home.
Internationally, The Unit premiered on October 3, 2006, in the United Kingdom on Bravo; on October 11, 2006, in Australia on the Seven Network and on FOX8 and Arena on Foxtel/Austar pay-TV network and now airs on 7Two on Tuesdays at 8:30 pm; on January 11 in Spain on La Sexta; on January 25 in the Netherlands on RTL 5; on March 7 in Germany on Sat. 1; on September 23 in Bulgaria on bTV; on March 9, 2008, in Russia on DTV; and on June 13, 2009, in Vietnam on VTC7-Today TV, in Turkey by TNT, and in Indonesia on Global TV.
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