Wasteland (1999– )

Six twentysomething friends who went to college together are now living in New York trying to find themselves.

Creator:

Kevin Williamson

Stars:

Sasha Alexander, Marisa Coughlan, Rebecca Gayheart

Cast

Series cast summary:
Sasha Alexander	...	Jesse Presser (13 episodes, 1999)
Marisa Coughlan	...	Dawnie Parker (13 episodes, 1999)
Rebecca Gayheart	...	Samantha 'Sam' Price (13 episodes, 1999)
Eddie Mills	...	Vandy (13 episodes, 1999)
Dan Montgomery Jr.	...	Russell Baskind (13 episodes, 1999)
Brad Rowe	...	Tyler 'Ty' Swindell (13 episodes, 1999)
Jeffrey D. Sams	...	Vincent 'Vince' Lewis (13 episodes, 1999)
Adam Scott	...	Phillip The Coffee Boy (7 episodes, 1999)

Storyline

Sam is a female detective with the NYPD. Vandy is a bartender and struggling musician. Russell is a closeted soap opera actor afraid of being outed. Ty is Russell's former college roommate who once had a relationship with Dawnie, a 27 year old virgin currently in graduate school. Jesse is Dawnie's friend who works as a publicist. These six young lives interact and struggle with coming-of-age in New York City shortly after college.

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Plot Keywords:

college | friend | gay interest | closeted homosexual | interracial couple | 

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Taglines:

Life has no master plan.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 October 1999 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Miramax Films, Outerbank Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (13 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The working title of the show was "wasteLAnd", which was suppose to take place in Los Angles (hence the capital letters) but the when it was rewritten, the story setting was changed to New York instead.

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Connections

Follows Wasteland: Pilot (1999)

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Soundtracks

"In Walks You"
(theme)
Written and Performed by Tim James

User Reviews

What was Kevin Williamson thinking ?

I watched the first two episodes expecting allot from Mr.Williamson, whom I'm a big fan of.I didnt see any of his wit cool writing or pop culture references here.I just saw a bunch of characters moving through the motions. Obviously allot of people think simular thoughts since the show is doing terrible. I remember this problem with the first season of Melrose.Theres no antagonist to stur things up and its basically just a bunch of people whining about life.And to think they used to think that Thirtsomething was whiny.At least that was well written.Whats up with the story about the girl being hasseled about her accent.Do I hear harrasment in the workplace. Give me a break. Id like to see this show survive but it needs some reworking. Oh did I mention that everyone was pretty? That was the best part of the show.