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She Spies

Field	Value
image	Shespies.jpg
image_size	250
caption	The main cast (left to right): Miller, Henstridge and Williams
runtime	60 minutes
creator	Vince Manze & Joe Livecchi and Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W Van Sickle
starring	Natasha Henstridge
Kristen Miller
Natashia Williams
Carlos Jacott
Jamie Iglehart
Cameron Daddo
executive_producer	{{Plainlist
producer	Dennis C. Duckwall
David Dwiggins
theme_music_composer	Jerry Brunskill
composer	Jerry Brunskill
country	United States
language	English
company	Reno and Osborn Productions (episodes 1–2)
Tower 18 Productions (season 2)
NBC Enterprises
MGM Television Entertainment
network	NBC (syndicated)
first_aired
last_aired
num_seasons	2
num_episodes	40
list_episodes	List of She Spies episodes

Kristen Miller Natashia Williams Carlos Jacott Jamie Iglehart Cameron Daddo

Joe Livecchi
Vince Manze
Tony Blake
Gregory J. Bonann
Paul Jackson}} David Dwiggins Tower 18 Productions (season 2) NBC Enterprises MGM Television Entertainment

She Spies is an American action-adventure television show that ran from July 20, 2002, until May 17, 2004, in two seasons. The show was sold into syndication but the first four episodes premiered on NBC, whose syndication arm was one of the producers. Disappointing ratings during the show's second season led to its cancellation after season two ended. She Spies bore noticeable production and direction similarities with Charlie's Angels.

Plot

Three female convicted felons who were incarcerated for electronic crimes ("DD"), confidence tricks ("Cassie") and battery ("Shane") are paroled from prison in exchange for work as secret operatives for the US government under 'ComCent', a branch of the ISD. In addition, they have to answer to a special agent in charge of the success of their operations and of making sure that the terms of their conditional release are consistently followed.

Cast

Natasha Henstridge as Cassandra "Cassie" Anne McBaine
Kristen Miller as Deedra "D.D." Cummings
Natashia Williams as Shane Phillips
Carlos Jacott as Jack Wilde (season 1)
Jamie Iglehart as Duncan Baleu (season 2)
Cameron Daddo as Quentin Cross (season 2)

Production

The show was created by a couple of NBC advertising executives, Vince Manze and Joe Livecchi, for MGM Television.

The show was produced by NBC Enterprises and MGM Worldwide Television Group, and during development was under the title of B.A.I.T.

The women used martial arts and hand-to-hand combat as fighting skills. No guns were used as weapons.

Writing

"I was looking to do Lethal Weapon or Rush Hour with women." - Vince Manze

She Spies had very strong comic and chick flick elements which in many instances proved even more relevant to the storytelling than the spy-related situations and gadgets themselves. The type of humor changed markedly from season one to season two, with the former containing much self-referential humor and breaking of the "fourth wall", while both these elements were removed in season two.

Casting

Natasha Henstridge who played Cassie wasn't keen to sign up for the show as she was not interested in the same old "three spies" story, but the makers convinced her that the show would be planned as a spoof, have many comedy elements and no drama like Charlie's Angels.

Release

NBC scheduled a showing of Species as a lead-in before the premiere.

From Saturday, 20 July 2002, at 10 p.m., and then for a total of four consecutive weeks, NBC broadcast She Spies. It did not air on NBC in the fall, but went into first-run syndication, on 30 September 2002, a partnership of NBC Enterprises and MGM Television.

Reception

"following the departure of Pamela Anderson’s *V.I.P.*, and this could certainly satiate the guys looking for sarcasm, short skirts and chicanery. Show attempts to be to *Charlie's Angels* what the Leslie Nielsen starrer *Police Squad* was to cop shows"

Episodes

Main article: List of She Spies episodes

Home media

She Spies: The Complete First Season was released on March 14, 2006, by MGM Home Entertainment in a 4-DVD set.

References

(July 19, 2002). "With polish, 'She Spies' could shine in syndication wasteland". [[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]].
(June 10, 2002). "‘She Spies’ created by NBC ‘ad guys’". [[TVWeek]].
"NBC sets syndie synergy". Variety.
(2002-06-14). "Summer Stock". [[EW.com]].
(19 July 2002). "Sex' comes back to the city; She Spies' battle crime". [[Tulsa World]].
(14 July 2002). "SPICES WITH STYLE". [[New York Daily News]].
(17 April 2002). "Madonna and NBC might play games". [[Deseret News]].
(18 July 2002). "She Spies". Variety.
(10 April 2006). "5 TV Spies To Love On DVD". TIME.
(2006). "She spies. The complete first season". [[BiblioCommons]].

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