NEWS FROM THE EDGE
Original title
The Chronicle
Released
7/14/2001
Origin country
US
Genre
Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production companies
Stu Segall Productions, The Greenblatt Janollari Studio, Roundtable Entertainment, Silent H Productions
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
22
The Chronicle is the name of a science fiction television series on the Sci Fi Channel. The series is based on the "News from the Edge" series of novels 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.
Reporter Tucker Burns finally gets a job at a tabloid, The World Chronicle, and soon finds himself on the the trail a real-life monster.
After a media mogul disappears, the reporters discover a monster living under Manhattan attrcted to the radiation emissions of its victims' cell phones.
Tucker gets the surprise of his life when he goes to investigate the existence of a dragon underneath Chinatown and finds a woman pregnant with the ""dragon's"" baby.
An abandoned baby is left at the Chronicle, the reporters investigate and find that the father, the CEO of a marketing company, has made a deal with the Devil - literally.
A mysterious scientist, purported to have died, has perfected a way to bring people back to life, including himself.
Tucker's story about a mermaid and Grace's story about a missing Naval pilot cross when it turns out the mermaid is seeking out the pilot to fulfill their romance.
Staff at a Longevity institute and old folks' home are being used as host bodies of rich old people.
An outlaw biker returns from the grave to severe the heads of escapees from Hell.
A ghost begins killing the opulent residents of North Hampton using their electrical appliances.
Grace becomes the target of aliens who were responsible for her original abduction, and are targeting members of her abduction support group.
Stern is targeted by an alien assassin who jumps from body to body through sexual contact.
The reporters go off on the trail of a ""savage simian"" and find themselves on a trail of a doctor performing animal/human hybrid experiments.
The team are on the trail of a cursed sombrero, while Kristen tries to deal with her exposure to the strange events in Tucker's life.
Grace must cope with an electrocution, a disinterested editor, a badgering mother, and an evil clone of herself running around.
The reporters investigate a report of a house haunted by...overweight ghosts.
A superhero begins flying the skies of New York City, and while the Chronicle reporters investigate, the police begin taking an interest in them.
The reporters investigate an oven that is actually a cursed entrance to Hell.
Grace, Wes, and Tucker go undercover at a local high school where strange things are occurring.
A strange mobile mist is killing people in New Jersey, and has a connection a local boy.
Grace's vampire case and Wes & Tucker's Elvis impersonator interview cross paths when the guys find out the Elvis impersonators are vampires.
Tucker investigates a series of strange deaths and acts of possession at an upscale mall.
Grace is stalked by members of the Swedish Mafia while investigating cases of spontaneous combustion. And the future of the Chronicle is threatened.
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