Zero Hour (2013 TV series)
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Paul Scheuring |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Ken Topolsky |
| Location(s) | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Cinematography | Anthony Wolberg |
| Editor(s) | Dennis Virkler |
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| Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
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| Original network | ABC |
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| Original release | February 14 – August 3, 2013 |
Zero Hour (stylized as ZERØ HØUR) is an American conspiracy television series that aired on ABC from February 14 to August 3, 2013. The series was created by Paul Scheuring and starred Anthony Edwards. Zero Hour originally aired Thursdays at 8:00 pm Eastern and 7:00 pm Central as a midseason replacement. However, in the U.S., the pilot episode became available on Hulu Plus as of February 1, 2013[update]. On March 1, 2013, the series was canceled and removed from its airing schedule by ABC due to low ratings. On April 26, 2013, it was announced that the remaining episodes will begin airing June 15, 2013, with two back-to-back episodes.
Zero Hour was aired in Canada on the Global Television Network until ABC canceled it but returned to the schedule in the summer after original episodes air on ABC.Zero Hour is also airing via the Fox network in Italy, Spain and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.Zero Hour was announced in 2012 as due to air in Australia on the Seven Network in 2013, but did not premiere until July 13, 2015 at a late night timeslot of 11:30pm.
Hank Galliston (Anthony Edwards), publisher of a paranormal-skeptics magazine gets caught up in a hunt for the holiest of relics going back to the early days of Nazi Germany after his wife, Laila (Jacinda Barrett), is abducted.
Each episode begins with the view of the insides of ticking clockworks, focusing on one of the Roman numerals of the clock face, while the narrator recites a rhyming couplet relating the number to the title of the episode. Episode 1 begins with the number twelve, with each following episode counting down to the zero hour.
Zero Hour's pilot and second episode were written by series co-creator and co-executive producer Paul T. Scheuring. The two episodes were directed by co-executive producer Pierre Morel. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Dan McDermott are also co-executive producers for the series, which is produced by ABC Studios. ABC placed an order for the series in May 2012.
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