Timecop (TV series)


Timecop is an American science fiction television series. The show was broadcast on the ABC network and first aired in 1997. The series is based on the successful Jean-Claude Van Damme film, Timecop from Universal Studios, which was in turn inspired by the Dark Horse comic of the same name. Thirteen episodes of the series were ordered, but only nine episodes aired.

Development

In 1996, the Los Angeles Times reported that ABC ordered a new prime-time series based on the 1994 science-fiction movie Time Cop. The pilot was written by Mark Verheiden.
The show was broadcast on the ABC network and first aired in 1997. The series featured an all-new cast and characters. The show focused on TEC agent Jack Logan who hunts down rogue time travelers and brings them to justice before they can alter the past.

Cast

Main

The series featured a number of fictionalized historical figures:

Cancellation

Due to low ratings and poor advertising, the series was cut short after less than a season, and only nine out of the thirteen episodes were aired.

Novels

was hired to write an adventure spin-off trilogy based on the series that continues the adventures of TEC agent Jack Logan as he hunts down rogue travelers and brings them to justice before they can alter the past. The trilogy consisted of The Scavenger, Viper's Spawn and Blood Ties. It was published by Del Rey Books.