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 Date2018-06-09

Charactersd Self

Vote Count11

Diagnosis: Murder

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

Release Date1993-10-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count114

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 Date1997-07-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count1665

The Fall Guy

Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers.

Release Date1981-11-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count11

Vote Count153

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 Date1990-07-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count176

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 Date2012-05-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count870

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 Date2009-11-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count748

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 Date2008-10-03

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count59

Vote Count272

Quincy, M.E.

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

Release Date1976-10-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count21

Vote Count110

Automan

Automan is an American science fiction superhero television series produced by Glen A. Larson. It aired for only 12 episodes on ABC between 1983 and 1984.

Release Date1983-12-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count180

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 Date1991-04-08

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count24

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 Date2007-08-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count48

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 Date1995-03-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count19

Vote Count217

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 Date2002-03-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count69

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 Date1989-09-22

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count2

Cover Up

Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984 to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen A. Larson, the series stars Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum, Antony Hamilton, and Richard Anderson.

Release Date1984-09-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count11

Manimal

Jonathan Chase was a British college professor at New York University who had the unusual ability to transform into any kind of animal. He used his powers to battle crime alongside pretty policewoman Brooke and Vietnam-war pal Ty.

Release Date1983-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count133

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 Date1988-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count551

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 Date1996-02-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Imagine: John Lennon

The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from Yoko Ono's personal collection, previously unseen footage from Lennon's private archives, and interviews with David Bowie, his first wife Cynthia, second wife Yoko Ono and sons Julian and Sean.

Release Date1988-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count79

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 Date1990-12-14

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Vote Count4

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 Date1990-04-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1