This morning on of my industry contacts gave me a heads-up about
Burn Notice - Season 1 coming to DVD in the near future. "Oh, goodie!," I asked him, "When does that come out?" He told me that it looks like "sometime in
June." No specific date or info about it yet, but expect it to show just prior to the start of the second season for this USA Network series.
The program stars Jeffery Donovan (
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2), Gabrielle Anwar (
The Tudors), Bruce Campbell (
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Jack of all Trades) and Sharon Gless (
Cagney & Lacey, Queer as Folk). The 12-episode first season includes appearances by Ray Wise, DeDee Pfeiffer, Audrey Landers, Lucy Lawless, Nicholle Tom and Richard Schiff. Stay tuned for further updates about the DVD release. In the meantime, here is USA Network's description of the show:
When spies get fired, they don't get a letter from human resources. They get BURNED...
The action/spy genre gets a refreshing update with USA Network's newest original series, Burn Notice. Jeffrey Donovan stars as Michael Westen, an international spy who suddenly finds himself blacklisted. Dumped in his hometown of Miami without money or resources, Michael struggles to put his life back together and find out why he's been burned. In the meantime, he uses his unique skills and training to help people in need...mostly people who can't get help from the police.
Michael is joined by Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar), an ex-IRA operative who also happens to be an ex-girlfriend; and Sam (Bruce Campbell), a washed-out military intelligence contact who's being used by the feds to keep tabs on Michael.
He's also forced to confront the family he went halfway around the world to get away from - particularly his mother, Madeline (Sharon Gless), who couldn't be happier to have her son back in town.
