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Also on tonight: *Season Finale* - State of Mind - Lifetime @ 10/9c*Season Finale* - The Two Coreys - A&E @ 10/9c*Season Premiere* - Football Night in America - NBC @ 8/7c*Sports* - Sunday Night Football: New York Giants at Dallas - NBC @ 9:15/8:15c*Special* - 2007 MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Show - MTV @ 8/7c - (1-Hour Special)*Special* - 2007 MTV Video Music Awards - MTV @ 9/8c - (2-Hour Special)*New* - Big Brother - CBS @ 8/7c*New* - Rock of Love with Bret Michaels - VH1 @ 9/8c*New* - S...   [read the full post]

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Year 2009

 

Rate Doctor, we need a giant plastic tub and three bags of ice, STAT!

Original at girl4edwards04 (Livejournal) external link    Tue, Aug 11

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So while I was Wiki-24ing Jabraan, I came across the fact that Omid Abtahi has been in Sleeper Cell, which is another of my faves. The season 1 DVD package was what got me through the writers' strike while waiting for season 7 of '24.' While undercover agent Darwyn is no Jack Bauer, there's alwa...

Rate DirecTV revives a trio of canceled TV series

Original at OCRegister external link    Mon, Apr 6

 CA It's also looking at more original content ("Friday Night Lights" before the series ran on NBC) and reruns of premium channel content (a deal to air Showtime's "Sleeper Cell," for instance). "We're hard at work trying to bring the best of undiscovered ...

Rate Sleeper Cell, TargetVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at fr.truveo.com external link    Fri, Apr 3

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Farik and Ilija receive a deadly biological anthrax shipment and prepare for an attack inside a Los Angeles shopping mall. fr.truveo.com

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Original at MovieWeb external link    Tue, Mar 31

The talented young actor talks about his new film, working with Will Smith, Sleeper Cell and other future projects. The network orders 4 more years of the reality veteran. Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof are working on the screenplay. ...

Rate Top 30 Guest Stars on TV Shows airing March 29-April 4, 2009

Original at NewsOK.com external link    Fri, Mar 27

••Melissa Sagemiller (”Sleeper Cell”) on “Eleventh Hour,” 9:01 pm Thursday on CBS. ••Johnathon Schaech (“That Thing You Do!”) on “Cold Case,” 8 pm Sunday on CBS. ••Jonathan Silverman (”The Single Guy”) on “NUMB3RS,” 9 pm Friday on CBS. ...

Rate Sleeper Cell - In the Air Tonight

Original at vids.myspace.com external link    Wed, Mar 18

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SPOILERS IN VIDEO of Season 1*** Theme: Sleeper Cell: Season 1 Song: Nonpoint "In The Air Tonight" Music video from scenes from the first ... vids.myspace.com

Rate Sleeper Cell, Al-FatihaVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at fr.truveo.com external link    Fri, Mar 6

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Darwyn Al-Sayeed is a Muslim ex-con who has just been released from prison and finds his way to an Islamic extremist named Farik, who recruits him ... fr.truveo.com

Rate Sleeper Cell, "Home"Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at fr.truveo.com external link    Wed, Mar 4

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Darwyn returns home for a tense reunion with his estranged father. Salim faces the painful consequences of his shameful secret, while Ilija makes ... fr.truveo.com

Rate Showtime Drama Heads to DIRECTV

Original at World Screen News external link    Tue, Jan 27

 NY By Mansha Daswani EL SEGUNDO: Satellite platform DIRECTV has picked up seasons one and two of Showtime's Sleeper Cell for carriage on The 101 Network as well as on its on-demand service. All 18 episodes of the show, about an FBI agent who infiltrates ...

Rate Hotness @Random; Michael Rady

Original at innerJoeJoe external link    Sat, Jan 3

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By JoeJoe Later. Posted in Celebrities, Hotness, Photos   Tagged: Michael Rady    I caught a Swingtown marathon on Bravo, and thought I recognized someone… I first came to know him as the dreamy guy in Greek. So far Michael has been in Greek, Swingtown, and the Sisterhood or the Traveling Pants mov...

Rate Capone’s Seen Tonight’s SHIELD And The Hollywood Reporter’s ...

Original at Ain't It Cool News external link    Mon, Oct 27

Guy Ferland, director of 10 episodes (including the premiere episode of this season), as well as episodes of "The Riches," "Sleeper Cell," and "Prison Break." Where did we leave off? Corrine makes a deal with Vic--she'll help him find ...

Rate Blake Shields catches fire in Hollywood on popular TV show ‘Heroes'

Original at Macon Telegraph external link    Wed, Oct 8

 GA - Shields has met with more success than most, with stints on the short-lived Fox series "K-Ville" and Showtime's miniseries "Sleeper Cell. ...

Rate Alternate Reality Game to benefit cancer research: Sleeper Cell

Original at Boing Boing external link    Mon, Sep 29

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By Cory Doctorow I'm not actually a developer on Operation: Sleeper Cell - I just helped get the team (Law 37) together, and got Cancer Research UK interested in the idea. Personally, I'm just incredibly proud of the team that made the game - they've given up so much of their time and worked so hard. They show th...

Rate Charles Dutton preps one-man HBO-sponsored show to benefit at-risk ...

Original at HULIQ external link    Wed, Sep 24

By simonstimson He most recently guest starred on House as the father of Doctor Eric Foreman (Omar Epps) and on Sleeper Cell: American Terror as the father of undercover FBI agent Darwyn Al-Sayeed. He also directed two episodes of Sleeper Cell. ...

Rate Opinion: Its like Sleeper Cell the MOvie, pretty awesome

Original at FlickDirect external link    Tue, Sep 9

By Knightonjl If you ever saw sleeper cell on Showtime and liked it, you would really enjoy this movie as well. Pretty much the same exact plot but with A class...Read More. Read All Movie Reviews Write a Movie Review.

Rate Traitor < Film | PopMatters

Original at PopMatters external link    Tue, Aug 26

By Cynthia Fuchs his cell in London—the plot begins to resemble that of Showtime’s two-season miniseries, Sleeper Cell, in which a quiet Muslim FBI agent (Michael Ealy) infiltrates charismatic Farik’s (Oded Fehr) U.S.-based terrorist group (twice!). ...

Rate Ron Moore panel at USC

Original at GALACTICA SITREP external link    Thu, Aug 7

By ProgGrrl@gmail.com (ProgGrrl) Can television narratives influence or frame audience perceptions of good and evil, right and wrong? Did Sleeper Cell help to justify abrogations of civil rights? Has 24 inured us to torture? Did Battlestar Galactica succeed in showing us that "we" could be "them"?

Rate Vom Schlapphut-Amt zur modernen Behörde: Das FBI wird 100

Original at Deutsche Welle external link    Sat, Jul 26

 Germany - Jul 26, 2008 zum 100-jährigen Jubiläum die US-Fernsehserie "Sleeper Cell" an. Im Mittelpunkt stehen der dunkelhäutige FBI-Agent und gläubige Moslem Darwyn Al-Sayeed, ...

Rate Sleeper Cell: Review zum Deutschlandstart

Original at serienjunkies.de external link    Fri, Jul 25

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 Germany - Jul 25, 2008 amerikanische Abosender Showtime verkündete, er werde eine Serie um islamistischen Terrorismus in den USA unter dem Titel „Sleeper Cell“ produzieren, ... Sleeper Cell TVmatrix Sleeper Cell" - TV-Serie über Terroristenzellen bei RTL II Digitalfernsehen.de

Rate Dutton's memoirs set for Crown

Original at Variety external link    Wed, Jul 9

 CA - Dutton also has a long list of directing credits, including episodes of Showtime's ``Sleeper Cell'' and HBO's ``First Time Felon'' and ``The Corner,'' which ...

Rate Review: 'The Cry of the Reed' - WBUR

Original at WBUR external link    Thu, Apr 17

Review: 'The Cry of the Reed'  MA - On cable TV, for instance, Showtime has a series called "Sleeper Cell," that far more dramatically deals with the debate between the West and Radical Islam. ...

Year 2007

 

Rate I Cast: Justice League of America

Original at From Inside the Box external link    Sun, Dec 30

By Tamara Brooks I'd also say Michael Ealy (Darwyn Al Sayeed on Sleeper Cell, Barbershop) or Leonard Roberts (DL on Heroes, Riley's doomed Initiative buddy Forrest on Buffy). Ealy because I think he'd bring a good vibe the part, plus you'd save a ...

Rate Resident Evil: Extinction Review - World of KJ

Original at World of KJ external link    Fri, Sep 21

Filmjerk.com Resident Evil: Extinction Review  IA - While this film, like the previous two installments, is a clear showcase for Milla herself, Oded Fehr (last seen in Showtime’s SLEEPER CELL) also does a ... RESIDENT EVIL LIVES ON... Diamondback Online all 39 news articles

Rate Crudup, Stiles, Hargitay Among Stars Set for 24 Hour Plays on Broadway

Original at Stiles.com external link    Thu, Sep 20

By Annie This year’s acting company includes Elizabeth Berkley (Hurlyburly), Billy Crudup (The Coast of Utopia), David Cross (Arrested Development), Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live), Michael Ealy (Sleeper Cell), Mamie Gummer (Mr. Marmalade), Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU), P...

Rate Short-runs for the long run - Newsday

Original at newsday.com external link    Mon, Sep 3

Short-runs for the long run Newsday, NY - SLEEPER CELL (Showtime, $30) - Michael Ealy ("Barbershop") stars as a black American Muslim working undercover for the FBI to head off a homegrown Los ...

Rate A look at recent bad guys on TV - Variety

Original at Variety external link    Thu, Jun 7

A look at recent bad guys on TV  - Oded Fehr as Farik on "Sleeper Cell": How frightening was Fehr as Farik, a jihadist with a silver, forked tongue that justified any atrocity in the name of ...

Rate TV Museum Looks at Muslim Portrayals

Original at Zap2it.com external link    Wed, May 23

By editorial@zap2it.com Pasha commented that fellow Muslims had accused him of being "a traitor" for working on "Sleeper Cell," a Showtime limited series about terrorists in America, adding that one Web posting even accused him of being an agent of the Israeli ...

Rate Drive: The Starting Line/Partners (series premiere)

Original at TV Squad external link    Sun, Apr 15

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By Brett Love S01E01/S01E02) To be honest, I was sold on this one long before we finally got a look at what the Drive team has been working on all this time. I count myself as a Tim Minear fan, so his involvement was enough to get me interested. Add in a cast including Nathan Fillion (Firefly), Melanie Lynskey...

Rate Damon appearance

Original at Lost TV Show Fansite Lost-Media.com external link    Wed, Apr 11

MTR brings together members of Hollywood's creative community to explore television's portrayal of Arab and Islamic characters in the post–9/11 world. What are the prevalent images of Arabs and Muslims in today's prime-time entertainment? How can dramas like 24 and Sleeper Cell, spe...

Rate Sleeper Cell: American Terror DVD Review (UGO - UnderGroundOnline)

Original at Untitled external link    Mon, Mar 26

The limited run of Sleeper Cell is frustrating in the same manner as HBO's Extras in that both are highly digestible and concise packages that leave you hungry for more.

Rate New TV on DVD, March 20

Original at Starpulse.com external link    Mon, Mar 19

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Check out the third season of Miami Vice. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as hard-nosed Miami-Dade PD vice detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Crockett and Tubbs did not always see eye to eye on details and procedure, but when they worked together as under...

Rate TV on DVD Reviews: Sleeper Cell, Without a Trace and I Love Lucy

Original at DVD Talk external link    Thu, Mar 15

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A number of notable TV on DVD releases reviewed recently including: Sleeper Cell: American Terror - The Complete Second Season - a fantastic series with a gripping, engaging, and entertaining storyline with great acting performances, superb writing, an awesome plot-line, and well-...

Rate FOX Casting: 'Apostles' Finds Hope, Willard Makes 'News'

Original at Zap2it.com external link    Tue, Feb 27

By editorial@zap2it.com His feature credits include the Christopher Guest films "Best in Show," "A Mighty Wind" and "For Your Consideration." In other FOX casting news, Blake Shields ("Sleeper Cell") will join Anthony Anderson and Cole Hauser in the New ...

Rate Carrie-Anne Moss Enters Pilot Matrix

Original at Zap2it.com external link    Tue, Feb 27

By editorial@zap2it.com Michael Ealy ("Sleeper Cell") and Charles S. Dutton ("Threshold") have previously been cast in the show, and Erik Palladino ("ER," "Over There") and Kathleen Munroe ("Beautiful People") have signed on as well. ...

Rate TV Review: <b>Sleeper Cell</b>: American Terror - &quot;Al-Baqara&quot;

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, Jan 24

By Ray Ellis It's become a bit trendy among some TV critics (and I use that term advisedly) to compare Showtime's Sleeper Cell to Fox's 24. Not only is that wrongheaded, lazy reportage, it's just flat-out stupid. Beyond the theme of potential ...

Rate TV Review: Sleeper Cell: American Terror - "Al-Baqara"

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, Jan 24

By Ray Ellis After thwarting the terrorist attack on Dodgers' Stadium last season, FBI operative Darwyn al-Sayeed (Michael Ealy) just wants to get on with his life. After all, Faris al-Farik (Oded Fehr) is in US custody, and his terror cell has ...

Year 2006

 

Rate Sleeper Cell: Reunion (season finale)

Original at TV Squad external link    Sun, Dec 17

By Jonathan Toomey I think it's pretty lousy that Sleeper Cell wasn't nominated for best mini-series in this year's Golden Globes (it was last year), but at least Michael Ealy got a nod for best actor. Although I am a little torn because Andre Braugher ...

Rate Sleeper Cell: Fitna

Original at TV Squad external link    Sat, Dec 16

By Jonathan Toomey Even though Farik and Karrar had no idea who Darwyn really was, Mina's approaching Gayle should have signaled something to the FBI. Like I said, in retrospect, it just seems a little off to me. Regardless, the way it ended between those ...

Rate Sleeper Cell: Home

Original at TV Squad external link    Thu, Dec 14

By Jonathan Toomey Filed under: Drama, Showtime, Premium Cable, OpEd, Sleeper Cell. (S02E05) Sleeper Cell really doesn't quit. It's just keeps moving at you from all angles and once again, things that I never expected happened. For the most part, ...

Rate Sleeper Cell: Salesman

Original at TV Squad external link    Mon, Dec 11

By Jonathan Toomey Sleeper Cell is still spectacular but it can be very uneven at times. I think this is partially the reason that Showtime doesn't air it on a weekly basis because I don't think it would hold the attention of picky television viewers. ...

Rate Sleeper Cell (Television Review)

Original at PopMatters external link    Mon, Dec 11

By Cynthia Fuchs As Darwyn and Farik cat-and-mouse their way to an inevitable showdown, their stakes turn sensationally and reductively personal.

Rate Sleeper Cell: Al-Baqara (season premiere)

Original at TV Squad external link    Sun, Dec 10

By Jonathan Toomey Hopefully people are listening to the buzz this time around because Sleeper Cell is the closest thing Showtime has to HBO's The Wire. Yeah... it's that good. Visually impressive, rich in dialogue, a host of characters to love and ...

Rate 'Sleeper Cell': A gripping tale that'll keep you up at night

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Wed, Dec 6

By Tempo The terrorist plot of the previous season was broken up, thanks to the work of undercover agent Darwyn Al-Sayeed (Michael Ealy). Al-Farik’s captors think that through torture and psychological games, they can break the Al Qaeda ...

Rate Welcome to the Comcast.net Sleeper Cell forum

Original at Welcome to the Comcast.net Sleeper Cell forum external link    Sat, Dec 2

By Patriot Go Undercover...   Welcome to the Comcast.net 'Sleeper Cell' forum. Your assignment? Discuss theories, memorable moments, cast and character information--everything to do with 'Sleeper Cell.' The new season of ‘Sleeper begins December 10.

Rate Sleeper Cell returns in December

Original at TV Squad external link    Thu, Nov 16    3 related articles

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By Jonathan Toomey Michael Ealy, Oded Fehr, Henri Lubatti, and Melissa Sagemiller are all back to reprise their roles. In the meantime, you can check out a special preview here. So get excited... I am. And I'm serious about that couch thing. ...

Rate New 'Sleeper Cell' Awakes On Demand - Cablem network calls this an ...

Original at Zap2it.com external link    Mon, Oct 23

The first hour of Showtime's miniseries 'Sleeper Cell: American Terror' will premiere on Dec. 10, with the entire series available On Demand that same day.

Rate IndieLondon: Sleeper Cell - Season 1 review - Your London Reviews

Original at IndieLondon external link    Wed, Aug 23

Sleeper Cell isn’t as breathlessly exciting as 24 and there are certain elements that don’t work and seem to be padding out time. Darwyn’s ill-advised affair with a single mother (Melissa Sagemiller) becomes irritating much in the same ...

Rate Sleeper Cell wakes up for second season - TV Squad

Original at TV Squad external link    Mon, Jun 5

By Jonathan Toomey Showtime has ordered up a second season of it's acclaimed mini-series Sleeper Cell. Here's a question though. Why did they call it a mini-series? Wasn't it ten episodes long? Shouldn't that make it just a season? ...

Rate By: Ethan

Original at BuzzMachine external link    Wed, May 17

By Ethan Jeff, did you keep downloading and watching “Sleeper Cell”? If so you can now pick up the entire series on DVD, complete with deleted and unedited scenes, documentaries and audio commentary. And a second season is on the way. I’m one of the two creators — so I’m glad you liked what you saw and I t...

Rate DVD Talk Review: Sleeper Cell

Original at DVD Talk external link    Fri, Mar 17

Sleeper Cell has nine episodes, which are spread across three dual-layered DVDs. The DVDs are each stored in standard sized DVD cases, which in turn are housed in a cardboard box package. The first two discs contain four episodes, ...

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