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''The Marshal'' is an American action-drama television series that aired on ABC for two brief seasons in 1995. The show starred Jeff Fahey as the title character, a United States Marshal charged with pursuing fugitives across the nation. In 1995, the episode "Hitwoman" was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Series. ==Background== The idea for the program came when producer Carole Myers () and a former law enforcement officer obtained a formal letter from the U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C. and Myers presented the idea for a series based on the Marshals to Paramount Television, the TV arm of Paramount Pictures. After gaining Paramount's interest, Myers, who was formerly a special projects producer and publicist for ''Miami Vice'', presented the project to Don Johnson's production company on the Paramount lot. The project originally was set up with the American Broadcasting Company (which had a long relationship with Paramount that in the past spawned such hit series as ''The Brady Bunch'', ''Happy Days'' and its spin-offs, and ''MacGyver'') as a reality series, however the pilot shoot was halted and the project stalled following a law enforcement incident in Waco, Texas. Myers then went back to Johnson's company with the concept of a dramatic series based on a U.S. Marshal. Johnson realized that no television series had specifically targeted the U.S. Marshals, the nation's oldest law enforcement agency, dating back more than 200 years. Johnson chose Jeff Fahey to play Deputy U.S. Marshal Winston MacBride. Fahey had been a friend of Johnson's for years and guest-starred in the ''Miami Vice'' third season premiere "When Irish Eyes Are Crying." This casting was considered particularly crucial since MacBride would have no sidekick or other regular supporting characters to interact with. Not since ''The Fugitive'' had a crime drama focused so tightly on a single character. Guest stars were a regular part of the program's formula; the episode "Bounty Hunter," directed by Johnson, featured his former ''Miami Vice'' cast mate John Diehl as a fugitive serial killer. Due to the low shooting expense, ''The Marshal'' was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia and Calgary, Alberta which would double as "Anytown, U.S.A."; due to the manhunt nature of the series, they would serve as a variety of cities. The show cost $1.5 million per episode which, rather than going to high salaries, went "directly onto the screen, making ''The Marshal'' look much more like a movie than a TV series."〔Smith, Steven Cole ('Marshal' Puts Fahey Back in Saddle ) ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'' (February 25, 1995). Retrieved on 4-25-10.〕 ''The Marshal'' debuted on Tuesday, January 31, 1995, as a midseason replacement. It then aired regularly on Saturdays opposite CBS' ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' and performed well enough in the ratings to be the only new ABC show to be renewed for the fall.〔O'Connor, John J. (TELEVISION REVIEW; 'Marshal,' Renewed, Is Repeated ) ''New York Times'' (May 29, 1995). Retrieved on 4-25-10.〕 In September 1995, ''The Marshal'' was moved to Monday night to serve as the lead-in for ''Monday Night Football'' (just like fellow Paramount series ''MacGyver'' and ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' did in recent years), but the show was not renewed for the next season. ABC canceled ''The Marshal'' shortly before football season ended. Its final episode aired on Christmas Day 1995, the same day as the ''Monday Night Football'' season finale. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Marshal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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