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Joan of Arcadia

Joan of Arcadia intertitle
FormatDrama
Created byBarbara Hall
Starringsee below
Opening theme"One of Us"
Country of originUnited States
No. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Barbara Hall (born 17 July 1961) is an American Writer and producer of Television series " One of Us " is a Song written by Eric Bazilian (of The Hooters) and originally released by Joan Osborne. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons2
No.  of episodes45
Production
Executive
producer(s)		Barbara Hall
Running timeapprox. Barbara Hall (born 17 July 1961) is an American Writer and producer of Television series 45 min.
Broadcast
Original channelCBS
Original runSeptember 26, 2003 – April 22, 2005
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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On initial release, the show was a favorite with critics and won the prestigious Humanitas Prize, the People's Choice Award, as well as being one of the few television shows to be nominated for an Emmy Award in the first season, for Best Dramatic Series. The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing intended to promote human dignity meaning and freedom The title alludes to Joan of Arc while Arcadia is a fictional city in Maryland. Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' Fictional locations are places that exist only in Fiction and not in reality

Contents

Premise

Joan of Arcadia is about a teenage girl, Joan Girardi (played by Amber Tamblyn), who sees and speaks with God after promising him that she will do anything he asks if he will spare her brother's life after a car accident. Amber Rose Tamblyn (born May 14 1983 is an Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated American actress and Poet. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. God appears in the form of various people such as small children, teenage boys, elderly ladies, transients, passers by, etc. Joan is asked by God to perform tasks that often appear to be trivial or contrary, but always end up positively improving a larger situation.

One of the more obvious effects of Joan's actions occurs when she is asked to take a reclusive bully to the school dance. While both her mother and the assistant principal object, Joan follows through with God's task. At the dance, it is revealed that the bully has a bottle of alcohol with him, but Joan convinces him not to open it. Despite this, the assistant principal later reaches into his jacket, finds the alcohol and expels him. Joan later finds out from God that, while this turn of events seems rather bleak, it was the lesser of two evils: in an alternate timeline, he shot over a dozen students and teachers with a handgun, before turning the gun on himself.

The series starred actors Joe Mantegna and Mary Steenburgen as Joan's parents Will and Helen, Jason Ritter as her paraplegic older brother Kevin, and Michael Welch as her younger brother Luke. Joseph Anthony “Joe” Mantegna Jr (born November 13, 1947) is an American Tony Award -winning Actor, producer, Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award -winning American actress. Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American Actor, son of the late actor John Ritter and Nancy Morgan Paraplegia is an impairment in motor and/or sensory function of the lower extremities Michael Alan Welch (born July 25, 1987) is an American Actor. The family relationships and plot situations were written more realistically than other shows with spiritual themes. Various story-lines that spanned multiple episodes dealt with the consequences of Kevin's accident, Will's job as a police officer, Helen's career as an art teacher, and Luke's aspirations to be a scientist. No specific mention of any "true" religion is ever made, and God quotes Bob Dylan, Emily Dickinson and the Beatles rather than any scripture or verses. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960

While Joan of Arcadia was one of the highest rated new shows of the 2003-2004 TV season, its ratings declined in the second season, in spite of continued critical acclaim. The show was cancelled by CBS on May 18, 2005. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Only two episodes from the second season were repeated by CBS; "No Future" and "The Rise and Fall of Joan Girardi. " The network pulled any remaining reruns from its schedule. Near the end of the second season, a menacing character was introduced to the series, an amoral "tempter", seemingly destined to cause a significant amount of conflict in the show's characters. The show's cancellation left that premise unexplored.

Several online fan sites were created in response, in an effort to have the show reinstated. While in its first season, it had a wide variety of fans demographically. Its controversial cancellation, along with other similar moves in the media, such as cancellations of Third Watch, American Dreams, and Judging Amy, produced an outcry from many Americans who felt that their entertainment tastes and demands were being completely ignored. This article is about the television show For information about naval watches see Watch system. American Dreams is an American Television Drama program broadcast on the NBC Television network. Judging Amy is an American television Drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 Many fans believe that the network meddled with the show in the second season in an attempt to attract younger viewers, but only succeeded in alienating some of its audience. Fans also questioned the decision to air it on Friday evenings when the desired demographic segment is smaller than on other nights. Despite their efforts, Ghost Whisperer took over the show's Friday time slot in September 2005. Ghost Whisperer is an American television drama - fantasy - thriller that premiered on CBS September 23 2005 PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources. After the show's cancellation, props such as pieces of Adam's artwork and Joan's signature messenger bag and costume pieces belonging to cast members were sold on eBay. A messenger bag (also called a courier bag) is a type of sack usually made out of some kind of cloth (natural or synthetic that is worn eBay Inc is an American Internet company that manages eBaycom an Online auction and shopping Website in which people and businesses buy and Grace's trademark leather jacket was not included as the jacket was brought in by actress Becky Wahlstrom from her own teenage years. A rocker jacket is a leather motorcycle jacket first popularized by the greasers and Rockers of the late 1950s and early 1960s Becky Wahlstrom (born in Chicago) is an American actress She attended the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England for [1]

Theme Song

The opening credits roll with the song "One of Us" by Joan Osborne, a hit single in the United States from her 1995 album Relish:

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home (repeated)

This was not the original version of the song, but was re-recorded by Osborne (with a noticeably less rough quality) specifically for the show. " One of Us " is a Song written by Eric Bazilian (of The Hooters) and originally released by Joan Osborne. Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962) is an American Singer-songwriter. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Relish is the second Album by Joan Osborne, released on March 21 1995. To fit the lyrics of the song, Joan first meets God as a teenage boy riding to school on the bus with her (although they don't actually speak to each other at the time).

Trivia

Episodes

Season 1: 2003-2004

#Title
1Pilot
2The Fire and the Wood
3Touch Move
4The Boat
5Just Say No
6Bringeth It On
7Death Be Not Whatever
8The Devil Made Me Do It
9St. Joan
10Drive, He Said
11The Uncertainty Principle
12Jump
13Recreation
14State of Grace
15Night Without Stars
16Double Dutch
17No Bad Guy
18Requiem for a Third Grade Ashtray
19Do The Math
20Anonymous
21Vanity, Thy Name Is Human
22The Gift
23Silence

Season 2: 2004-2005

#Title
1Only Connect
2Out of Sight
3Back to the Garden
4The Cat
5The Election
6Wealth of Nations
7P. O. V.
8Friday Night
9No Future
10The Book of Questions
11Dive
12Game Theory
13Queen of the Zombies
14The Rise and Fall of Joan Girardi
15Romancing the Joan
16Independence Day
17Shadows and Light
18Secret Service
19Trial and Error
20Spring Cleaning
21Common Thread
22Something Wicked This Way Comes

DVD Releases

SeasonDiscsRelease DateEpisode #Additional Information
16May 10, 200523Deleted Scenes, Audio commentaries by the Filmmakers and Cast
Behind-The-Scenes Featurettes: The Creation of Joan of Arcadia and Joan of Arcadia - A Look at Season One
God Gallery
26November 28, 200622Audio Commentaries on selected episodes
A Look at Season 2 featurette
The Making of Queen of the Zombies
A Tour of Joan's High School
Common Thread Table Read

International

References

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