Sam Egan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sam Egan is a journalist, and a writer/producer for television. His credits include writing and producing for such shows as: Quincy, M.E., The Incredible Hulk, The Fall Guy, Northern Exposure, The Outer Limits, Sanctuary and Jeremiah. He is the son of a holocaust survivor and based The Outer Limits episode "Tribunal" on his father's experience in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp where his father's first wife and daughter were killed by the Nazis. As a journalist, Egan has written for Rolling Stone Magazine and was editor of the Arts Magazine The Every Other Weekly.

Works

Too Macabre: The Making of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

The story of Elvira's rise to pop culture royalty.

Release Date:2018-06-09

Character:Self

Vote Count:11

Continuum

The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to continue its violent campaign to stop corporations of the future from replacing governments, while the police officer endeavours to stop them without revealing to anyone that she and the rebels are from the future.

Release Date:2012-05-27

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:847

V

A re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not be a cover for something more malevolent.

Release Date:2009-11-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:735

Sanctuary

The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals—a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. Magnus seeks to protect this threatened phenomena as well as unlock the mysteries behind their existence.

Release Date:2008-10-03

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:59

Vote Count:261

Masters of Science Fiction

Masters of Science Fiction is an American television anthology series with each hour long episode taking the form of a separate short film adaptation of a story by a respected member of the science fiction community. The show is hosted by physicist Stephen Hawking.

Release Date:2007-08-04

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:44

Jeremiah

Jeremiah is an American television series starring Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner that ran on the Showtime network from 2002 to 2004. The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where most of the adult population has been wiped out by a deadly virus.

Release Date:2002-03-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:66

Stargate SG-1

The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.

Release Date:1997-07-27

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1614

Second Noah

Second Noah is a television drama that was broadcast in the United States on ABC television from February 5, 1996 to June 8, 1997

Release Date:1996-02-05

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2

The Outer Limits

Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.

Release Date:1995-03-26

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:30

Vote Count:211

Diagnosis: Murder

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

Release Date:1993-10-29

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:112

Tropical Heat

Tropical Heat is a Canadian action series The plot revolves around private investigator, ex-DEA agent Nick Slaughter who after arriving in the fictional resort town of Key Mariah, Florida and setting up a detective agency there, met up with local tourist agent Sylvie Girard to solve a variety of different cases.

Release Date:1991-04-08

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:24

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

In this sentimental holiday tale, a young boy is taken away from his loving, adoptive household when his new mom is killed in an auto accident and his traveling musician dad is deemed unfit to care for him, being on the road too much. Now, the only thing that can help is if a cold, bureaucratic adoption agency caseworker sees the error of her ways and allows them to be together.

Release Date:1990-12-14

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:4

Northern Exposure

After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.

Release Date:1990-07-12

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:167

Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women

Based on Ricky Jay's book of the same title, this TV special was made up of a combination of magic, juggling, amazing feats, stunts and performances, including a musical performance on wine glasses, a human calculator who could determine cube-routes of numbers in her head and an antique acrobatic clockwork doll.

Release Date:1990-04-19

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

Snoops

Snoops is an American crime themed comedy-drama series which aired for one season from September 1989 to July 1990 on CBS. The series was created and executive produced by series star Tim Reid and Sam Egan.

Release Date:1989-09-22

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:2

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvira receives a less than enthusiastic reception from the conservative locals -- amongst them, her sinister uncle Vincent, who, unbeknownst to her, is an evil warlock.

Release Date:1988-09-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:531

Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

Release Date:1976-10-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:21

Vote Count:108