"Profit" (1996) TV series

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

8 April 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Jim Profit works for a multinational company, and isn't above using any means necessary to get ahead...

Plot Keywords:

Computer Cracker | Revenge | Black Comedy | Child Abuse | Falsely Convicted

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Adrian Pasdar	...	Jim Profit (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Lisa Darr	...	Gail Koner (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Lisa Blount	...	Bobbi Stakowski (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jack Gwaltney	...	Pete Gracen (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Allison Hossack	...	Nora Gracen (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Keith Szarabajka	...	Charles Henry "Chaz" Gracen (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Lisa Zane	...	Joanne Meltzer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Sherman Augustus	...	Jeffrey Sykes (7 episodes, 1996-1997)

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Series Directed by
Robert Iscove		(4 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Writing credits
David Greenwalt		(4 episodes, 1996-1997)
John McNamara		(3 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Produced by
Stephen J. Cannell	....	executive producer / producer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
David Greenwalt	....	executive producer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Robert Iscove	....	co-executive producer / producer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
John McNamara	....	executive producer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Connie Dolphin	....	associate producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Fiona Duncanson	....	associate producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
W.K. Scott Meyer	....	co-producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
John B. Moranville	....	producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Original Music by
Walter Murphy		(7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Mike Post		(2 episodes, 1996)

Series Cinematography by
Peter F. Woeste		(5 episodes, 1996-1997)
Rodney Charters		(3 episodes, 1996)

Series Film Editing by
Alan L. Shefland		(4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Casey O. Rohrs		(3 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Casting by
Simon Ayer		(7 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Production Design by
Richard Hudolin		(1 episode, 1996)

Series Art Direction by
Glen W. Pearson		(7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Bridget McGuire		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Michael Bethune		(8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Lesley Beale		(7 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Costume Design by
Gregory Mah		(7 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Makeup Department
Dianne Pelletier	....	makeup artist (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Michael Pachal	....	hair stylist (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Debra Regnier	....	assistant makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Hugh Spencer-Phillips	....	production manager (7 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sheila Carpenter	....	second assistant director (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
John Mavrogeorge	....	third assistant director (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Richard Coleman	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Tim Sereda	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Andy Mikita	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Frank Haddad	....	head greensman (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Brent Lane	....	property master (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Chris Claridge	....	construction coordinator (unknown episodes)
Barry Kootchin	....	head scenic artist (unknown episodes)
Kimberley Regent	....	property buyer (unknown episodes)
Chris Sneddon	....	construction foreman (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Ken Biehl	....	sound re-recording mixer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Michael Keeping	....	foley artist (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Greg Stewart	....	sound re-recording mixer (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
David Husby	....	sound mixer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Stephen Cheung	....	adr mixer / dialogue editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Andrew Chamberlayne	....	special effects coordinator (8 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Visual Effects by
Michelle Comens	....	visual effects coordinator (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Marusha Xeros	....	visual effects coordinator (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Eric Alba	....	visual effects supervisor: Northwest Imaging & FX (unknown episodes)
Steward Burris	....	computer graphic artist: North West Imaging & FX (unknown episodes)
Paul Patrick Quinn	....	visual effects producer (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Kirk Jarrett	....	stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Danny Virtue	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Scott Nicholson	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Andrew Mulkani	....	key grip (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Paul Slatter	....	gaffer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Julian Chojnacki	....	camera operator (4 episodes, 1996)
David Crone	....	camera operator (4 episodes, 1997)
Lecily Corbett	....	assistant camera (2 episodes, 1996)

Series Casting Department
Stacey Levy	....	casting associate: Los Angeles (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Lindsay Walker	....	casting: Vancouver (7 episodes, 1996-1997)

Series Music Department
Libby Pedersen	....	music editor (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Mike Post	....	composer: theme music (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
David Sibley	....	music supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Allan Morgan	....	transportation coordinator (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
James Perenseff	....	transportation manager: Cannell (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Kim Cowan	....	unit publicist (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Grace Curcio	....	assistant: Stephen J. Cannell (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
Bruce L. Brownstein	....	location manager (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Candice Field	....	script supervisor (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Kyle Ham	....	assistant: Chris Thompson / assistant to executive producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Shana Fischer Huber	....	assistant to executive producer (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Erica Maletz	....	production coordinator (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
Scott Steyns	....	playback coordinator (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jacqueline Lovejoy	....	publicist (4 episodes, 1996)
Danny Ho	....	computer playback operator (unknown episodes)
Susan Murray	....	assistant production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Darren Robertson	....	playback coordinator (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• New World Television
• Stephen J. Cannell Productions

Distributors

• Fox Network (1996) (USA) (TV) (episodes 1-4)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1997) (UK) (TV) (BBC 2)

Runtime:

45 min (7 episodes) | 90 min (pilot)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

New World Television

Trivia:

Was inspired by the touring stage version of "Richard III".

Quotes:

Jim Profit: [Voice over] Anyone who thinks controlling people is a science is dead wrong.
[Spoken]
Jim Profit: It's an art.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Cement (1999)

the most unique, brutal and best TV show in recent years

I have seen this show when I was about 14 and absolutely loved it. Jim Profit is perhaps the most brutal yet extremely likable psychopath in television history, and he's the lead!!! It is unfortunate that the show was cancelled perhaps because the premise and the show's intelligence never appealed to people back in 1996. The Profit DVD is coming out in August 2005 and I've never been more excited over a DVD release since the X-Files sets. I have watched this show in a cranky 14 inch set over aerial antennae when I was a kid and have been looking for this show for years and now it's comin' out! Do yourself a favor and check this one out...