The Chronicle is the name of a science fiction

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 television series on SCI FI

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 (now known as Syfy

Syfy

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). The series is based on the "News from the Edge" series of novels (Ex. "Vampires from Vermont") by Mark Sumner, a St. Louis, Missouri based author. The show was originally sold to NBC, which shot the pilot, then later found a home with The Sci-Fi Channel. The show centers on a group of journalists at a tabloid newspaper, The Chronicle, and the contradictions that transpire when they realize that the various monsters, aliens, and mutants turn out to be real. In many ways it was the opposite of "The X-Files,"; when the characters encountered the monsters - the creatures turned out to be friendly.

Cast of characters

• Tucker Burns (Chad Willett
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• Grace Hall (Rena Sofer
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• Wes Freewald (Reno Wilson
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• Donald Stern (Jon Polito
  Jon Polito
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• Sal the Pig-Boy (Curtis Armstrong
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• Kristen Martin (Elaine Hendrix
  Elaine Hendrix
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• Vera (Sharon Sachs)
• Ruby (Octavia Spencer
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• Chronicle Staff Writer (April Bolds)

Episodes

1. Pilot
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4. What Gobbles Beneath
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7. Here There Be Dragons
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10. Baby Got Back
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13. He's Dead, She's Dead
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16. Bermuda Love Triangle
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19. Only the Young Die Good
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22. Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns
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25. Let Sleeping Dogs Fry
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28. Take Me Back
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31. Touched by an Alien
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34. Pig Boy's Big Adventure
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37. The Cursed Sombrero
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40. Tears of a Clone
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43. I See Dead Fat People
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46. Man and Superman
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49. Hot from the Oven
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52. The Stepford Cheerleaders
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55. The Mists of Avalon Parkway
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58. The King is Undead
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61. Hell Mall
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64. A Snitch in Time
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