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Wild Card (TV series)
Canadian-American comedy-drama series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wild Card (also known as Zoe Busiek: Wild Card) is a Canadian-American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July 2005.
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Synopsis
Zoe Busiek is a former Las Vegas blackjack dealer whose life takes an unexpected turn when her sister Susan dies in a hit-and-run and she has to take care of her sister's three children, Taylor, Cliff, and Hannah. When the insurance company denies the family a financial settlement Zoe takes matters into her own hands, which leads her to a new career as an insurance fraud investigator with handsome former criminal Dan Lennox and serious but sweet Sophia Mason becoming her partners.
Each episode is centered on a particular case as well as Zoe's family life. She uses her skills at reading people and deduction as a newly-hired insurance fraud investigator. Sophia later becomes the boss. She leaves the show in the second season, along with Marcos, and is replaced by M. Pearl McGuire, who becomes Zoe's and Dan's new boss.
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Cast
Main
- Joely Fisher as Zoe Busiek
- Chris Potter as Dan Lennox
- Bronson Picket as Marcos Morales (season 1)
- Vikki Krinsky as Taylor Woodall
- Devin Douglas Drewitz (pilot) & Jamie Johnston as Clifford "Cliff" Woodall
- Aislinn Paul as Hannah Woodall
- Rae Dawn Chong as Sophia Mason (season 1)
- Loretta Devine as M. (Matilda) Pearl McGuire (season 2)
Recurring
- Corey Sevier as Julian
- Yani Gellman as Ryder
- Joe Pingue as Leo Lombardi
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Production notes
The series, which is set in Chicago, Illinois (filmed in Toronto), was created and executive produced by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick. The theme song for the first season is performed by Amy Sky, while the theme song for the second season, "I Believe In Me," is performed by Cherie.
Main crew
Lynn Marie Latham, Bernard Lechowick, Linda Gase, and Thania St. John. Latham and Lechowick were fired as showrunners by the end of the first season, replaced by Doug Steinberg (formerly a consultant on Dawson's Creek).[citation needed]
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2003–04)
Season 2 (2004–05)
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Syndication
The series was aired in syndication on the Lifetime Real Women network.
References
- Jeffrey Stepakoff, Billion-Dollar Kiss: The Kiss That Saved Dawson's Creek (Gotham/Penguin), p. 297. Stepakoff was briefly a co-executive producer of the series in its early episodes.
External links
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