Wonderland (American TV series)

Wonderland is an American medical drama television series created by Peter Berg that aired on ABC. It depicted daily life in a mental institution from the perspectives of both the doctors and patients. Only two episodes aired on ABC during its original two-week run, on March 30 and April 6, 2000, respectively. The remaining six episodes eventually debuted when DirecTV aired all eight filmed episodes on its channel The 101 Network starting January 14, 2009, concluding on March 4, 2009.^[1] In 2014, the entire series was available for free on Hulu (which has since become a subscription service).

Wonderland
Also known as	Bellevue
Genre	Medical drama
Created by	Peter Berg
Starring	Ted Levine Michelle Forbes Michael Jai White Billy Burke Martin Donovan Joelle Carter Patricia Clarkson
Theme music composer	Madonna
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Brian Grazer Ron Howard Tony Krantz Peter Berg John David Coles
Producers	Peter R. McIntosh James Steven Sadwith Bonnie Mark
Production locations	New York City, New York, United States
Running time	50 minutes
Production companies	Hostage Productions Imagine Television Touchstone Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	March 30 (2000-03-30) – April 6, 2000 (2000-04-06)
Network	The 101 Network
Release	January 28 (2009-01-28) – March 4, 2009 (2009-03-04)

The show had controversial positions on the mental health crisis and its treatment.^[2]

Main cast

• Ted Levine – Dr. Robert Banger (8 episodes, 2000)
• Michelle Forbes – Dr. Lyla Garrity (8 episodes, 2000)
• Michael Jai White – Dr. Derrick Hatcher (7 episodes, 2000)
• Billy Burke – Dr. Abe Matthews (8 episodes, 2000)
• Martin Donovan – Dr. Neil Harrison (8 episodes, 2000)
• Joelle Carter – Dr. Heather Miles (6 episodes, 2000)
• Patricia Clarkson ... Tammy Banger (8 episodes, 2000)

Main crew

• Peter Berg – creator, executive producer (writer/director 1 episode, 2000 "Pilot")
• Tony Krantz – executive producer (8 episodes, 2000)
• James Steven Sadwith – consulting producer (7 episodes, 2000)
• Brian Grazer – executive producer (unknown episodes)
• Peter R. McIntosh – producer (unknown episodes)
• Barry M. Schkolnick
• John David Coles (unknown episodes)
• Charles McDougall (unknown episodes)
• Oz Scott

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	Peter Berg	Peter Berg	March 30, 2000 (2000-03-30)
2	"20/20 Hindsight"	Charles McDougall	Bonnie Mark	April 6, 2000 (2000-04-06)
3	"Spell Check"	John David Coles	Teleplay by Peter Berg, Story by Peter Berg & Sasha Bardey	January 28, 2009 (2009-01-28)
4	"Full Moon"	Adam Bernstein	Teleplay by Peter Berg, Story by Peter Berg & Robert Berger	February 4, 2009 (2009-02-04)
5	"The Raw and the Cooked"	Adam Bernstein	Mark Leyner	February 11, 2009 (2009-02-11)
6	"Wilt Chamberlain 3.0"	Oz Scott	Scott Z. Burns	February 18, 2009 (2009-02-18)
7	"Personality Plus"	Peter Berg	Peter Berg & Mark Leyner	February 25, 2009 (2009-02-25)
8	"Hello, Goodbye"	Charles McDougall	Guy Zimmerman	March 4, 2009 (2009-03-04)

Ratings

• Episode 1: 13 million viewers
• Episode 2: 7.5 million viewers

Incidental music

The theme song of the show is a simple humming. It is performed by Madonna,^[3] although the DirecTV re-airing of the show uses a different theme song (not by Madonna).