Tag: Quantum Leap
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‘Quantum Leap’ Season 2 Review — Raymond Lee Brings Humor and Heart
The first season of the Quantum Leap reboot was faced with the titanic task of appealing to fans of the original and attracting new viewers. It’s a wild tightrope to walk, but Dr. Ben Song (Raymond Lee) and his team almost make it look easy. While the series had several ties to the original, it…
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‘Quantum Leap’ Season 2: Cast and Character Guide
Quantum Leap is a reboot of the original Quantum Leap series from 1989 to 1993. The original show followed the adventures of Dr. Sam Beckett, played by Scott Bakula. Dr. Beckett was a physicist who could jump into time periods throughout history because of his experiments with time travel. However, he could not control the…
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‘Quantum Leap’ Season 1 Recap: What to Remember Before Season 2
The new Quantum Leap series picks up thirty years after the original left off and uses the same premise: each episode follows the new leaper, physicist Ben Song (Raymond Lee), as he leaps into a different body in a different time period and puts right what once went wrong. The biggest difference between the new…
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‘Quantum Leap’ Season 2 Trailer — Ben Travels to Salem Witch Trials & More
NBC has just released a new official trailer for the second season of Quantum Leap. Season 2 will follow Dr. Ben Song as he “leaps” to different time periods through the bodies of other people, including new places this season, like Egypt in the 1960s, the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, and the Salem Witch Trials.…
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‘Quantum Leap’ Season 2: Release Date, Cast, and Everything We Know So Far
Originally debuting back in 1989, Quantum Leap became a cult classic over the course of its original 4-year run, amassing a worldwide following. Starring Scott Bakula (Star Trek: Enterprise) as the time-jumping physicist Dr. Sam Beckett, the show earned itself a plethora of awards, including Primetime Emmys and Golden Globes. Ever since the closing credits…
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‘Quantum Leap’s Caitlin Bassett & Brandon Routh on Their Emotional Episode
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for “S.O.S,” Episode 114 of Quantum Leap.]In the “S.O.S.” episode of the NBC series Quantum Leap, Ben (Raymond Lee) leapt into 1989 and directly onto the naval battleship where Xo Alexander Augustine (guest star Brandon Routh), who also happens to be Addison’s (Caitlin Bassett) father, is stationed. While there,…
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‘Quantum Leap’ Renewed for Season 2 at NBC
Get ready for more time jumping. NBC has renewed “Quantum Leap,” the revival of the ’90s science-fiction series, for a second season.“Quantum Leap,” which stars Raymond Lee as Dr. Ben Song has been a strong performer for NBC and Peacock, where episodes stream next-day. This “Quantum Leap” sees Song following up on the work of…
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Wasn’t Sold On 10 Things I Hate About You At First
Joseph Gordon-Levitt started acting professionally when most millennials were still learning basic math. At the tender age of 7, Gordon-Levitt began appearing in popular television shows like “Family Ties,” “Murder, She Wrote,” and “Quantum Leap,” which eventually led to roles in the critically acclaimed movie, “A River Runs Through It,” and one of my childhood…
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Dean Stockwell, Actor in ‘Married to the Mob’ and ‘Quantum Leap,’ Dies at 85
Dean Stockwell, whose eclectic seven-decade career included the leading role in The Boy With Green Hair, an Oscar nomination for Married to the Mob and a starring turn on Quantum Leap, has died. He was 85.Stockwell died Sunday, agent Jay Schwartz told The Hollywood Reporter.Signed to an MGM contract shortly after he made his Broadway…
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Exclusive: NBC’s Peacock Considering ‘Quantum Leap’ Revival As Millennials Drive ‘Saved by the Bell’ and ‘Punky Brewster’ Returns [TCA 2020]
NBC’s upcoming streaming service The Peacock was not represented at NBC Universal’s day before the Television Critics Association. The Peacock will feature revivals of classic NBC sitcoms Punky Brewster and Saved By the Bell, but NBC’s head of program planning and strategy, Jeff Bader, discussed another series that might get revived as well. Speaking with…