The Net (U.S. TV series)

The Net
Created by	Deborah Pratt
Starring	Brooke Langton Joseph Bottoms Tim Curry Eric Szmanda
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	60 minutes (per episode)
Production company(s)	Columbia TriStar Television
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	USA Network
Original release	July 18, 1998 – March 27, 1999

The Net is a 1998 television drama series based on the 1995 film of the same name. The series starred Brooke Langton as Angela Bennett, the character Sandra Bullock played in the film. Produced in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the series originally aired for one season on the USA Network before being canceled in 1999.

Synopsis

Computer expert Angela Bennett (Brooke Langton), accidentally receives a top secret email with information about an elite terrorist organization called the Praetorians. Angela soon discovers that the Praetorians' goal is to take control of people's lives through the use of computers. The Praetorians become aware of Angela's knowledge of them and steal her identity, placing her new identity on the F.B.I.'s Ten Most Wanted List. Angela, with the help of an unidentified person named "The Sorcerer" (Curry), sets out to stop the Praetorians and win back her true identity while staying one step ahead of both the F.B.I. and the Praetorians.

Cast

Production

The stunt coordinator for the series was David Jacox.

Episodes

Home releases

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Region 2 on May 15, 2006.^[2] It was also released on DVD in Region 4 on 21 March 2006.

The order of the episodes on the DVD release differs from the order in which they were aired on television (see above); airing episode #18 is #4, and episodes 5 and 6 are in reverse order, on the DVD release.

Mill Creek Entertainment announced The Net: The Complete Series on DVD.

References

External links

• The Net on IMDb
• The Net at TV.com