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DIRECTs The 10Network Brings Back the Controversial and Critically Acclaimed Television Series Wonderland, Including Six Never-Before-Seen Episodes Beginning Jan. 14<\/a><\/p>\n

On the heels of its groundbreaking deal that made a new home for the critically acclaimed series Friday Night Lights<\/em>, DIRECTV makes television history once again with the bold return of the highly controversial television series Wonderland,<\/em> the gritty drama that delves into the lives of the doctors of Rivervue, a fictional New York psychiatric hospital.<\/p>\n

All eight episodes of the series, including six never-before-seen on television, will air Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. ET\/PT beginning Jan. 14, 2009, only on DIRECTs The 10 Network and DIRECTV on DEMAND.<\/p>\n

Revered as a show that was ahead of its time, Wonderland<\/em> first aired on ABC in the spring of 2000 and was met with both critical praise and controversy. Because of its dark tone and intense nature, it was quickly taken off the air. Now, fans will be able to see the entire series from start to finish with new opening commentary, circa 2009, by Peter Berg (Hancock<\/em>, Friday Night Lights<\/em>), the series creator and executive producer.<\/p>\n

This show was deemed so intense for network television that it was removed from ABs lineup after just two episodes, so viewers who enjoy quality television were frustrated now they will get to see what they missed said Eric Shanks, executive vice president of Entertainment at DIRECTV. We are proud to add such a provocative and original show to our Network lineup and, as we’ve seen with Friday Night Lights<\/em>, Peter Berg is an exceptional story teller who knows how to present compelling drama.<\/p>\n

“I’m pleased that Wonderland has been given another chance so that viewers can see these character stories evolve,” said Berg.<\/p>\n

Wonderland<\/em> will join The 10s Wednesday night lineup following the season 3 finale of another critical and fan favorite, Friday Night Lights<\/em> (9 p.m. ET\/PT), commercial-free and in HD at 10 p.m. ET\/PT. DIRECTs The 101 Network will be the only place viewers will be able to see this incredible series in its entirety with episodes that feature many of todays leading television and film stars including Michelle Forbes (HBs In Treatment<\/em>), Billy Burke (Fringe<\/em>, My Boys<\/em>), Dax Griffin (Bold and the Beautiful<\/em>, All My Children<\/em>), Martin Donovan (Ghost Whisperer<\/em>, Weeds<\/em>), Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight<\/em>, Why Did I Get Married<\/em>), Ted Levine (Monk<\/em>, American Gangster<\/em>) and Patricia Clarkson (Vicky Christina Barcelona<\/em>). The show also featured guest cameos by Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Piven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DIRECTs The 10Network Brings Back the Controversial and Critically Acclaimed Television Series Wonderland, Including Six Never-Before-Seen Episodes Beginning Jan. 14 On the heels of its groundbreaking deal that made a new home for the critically acclaimed series Friday Night Lights, DIRECTV makes television history once again with the bold return of the highly controversial television […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}