Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is a science fiction

Science fiction

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 drama

Drama

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 series developed for the Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 by Josh Friedman

Josh Friedman

Josh Friedman is an American screenwriter best known as screenwriter of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and as the writer of the 2005 film adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds....

. The series follows the characters of Sarah and John Connor

John Connor

John Connor is a character appearing in the American science fiction Terminator franchise and he serves as the series main protagonist. Created by writer and director James Cameron, the character is first referred to in the 1984 film The Terminator and first appears portrayed by teenage actor...

 (portrayed by Lena Headey

Lena Headey

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 and Thomas Dekker

Thomas Dekker (actor)

Thomas Alexander Dekker is an American film and television actor and a musician. He is also a singer and has written and produced two albums. He is best known for his roles as John Connor in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Nick Szalinski on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, and Zach...

, respectively) after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

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. In the pilot, the pair are transported from 1999 to 2007 by a terminator named Cameron Phillips (Summer Glau

Summer Glau

Summer Lyn Glau is an American actress, known for playing River Tam in the science fiction series Firefly and follow-up film Serenity, and for playing Cameron in the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.-Early life:...

) who was sent back from the year 2027 to protect John. From that point, the show chronicles the trio's attempt to stop the computer system Skynet

Skynet (Terminator)

Skynet is the main antagonist in the Terminator franchise—an artificially intelligent system which became self-aware and revolted against its creators...

 from going online, triggering a nuclear holocaust

Nuclear holocaust

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 and declaring war on mankind in an apocalyptic future

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction

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.

The Sarah Connor Chronicles premiered on Sunday, January 13, 2008 after the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys playoff game at 9/8c to the highest ratings for a scripted television program on Fox in seven years and the most viewers for a scripted show on the network in eight years. Additionally, it also had the highest ratings of a scripted program debut during prime time

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 among adults 18–34 and 18–49 (key demographics for advertisers) in three years and the most viewers for a scripted program premiere in two years. A second episode followed the next day, Monday, in the show's regular timeslot at 9/8c.

Due to the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike, only nine of the original thirteen episodes for the first season were completed.

The producers of the show announced that it was renewed for a second season, initially for only 13 episodes. The new season began airing on September 8, 2008 in the United States. On October 17, 2008 the network gave the show a full second season order, bringing the total number of season 2 episodes to 22. The series went on a brief hiatus mid-season, from December 16, 2008, to February 13, 2009. When it returned, it was scheduled with Joss Whedon

Joss Whedon

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American screenwriter, executive producer, director, comic book writer, occasional composer and actor, founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-creator of Bellwether Pictures...

's Dollhouse

Dollhouse (TV series)

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on Friday nights.

A total of 31 episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles aired before being cancelled on May 18, 2009.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....  release dates
			Season premiere Season premiere In North America, a season premiere is the first episode of a new season of a given television show. It often airs in September or October, after several months of reruns.-Evaluating the changes:...	Season finale Season finale A season finale is the final episode of a season of a television program...	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	9
	2	22

Season 1 (2008)

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Season 2 (2008–2009)

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External links

• Official website (no longer available; redirects to the Fox Broadcasting Company
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