"Veronica Mars" (2004)TV series 2004-2007

Creator:

Rob Thomas

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

22 SZEPTEMBER 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime | Mystery

Tagline:

Street smart with heart.

Plot:

After her best friend is murdered and her father is removed as county sheriff, Veronica Mars dedicates her life to cracking the toughest mysteries in the affluent town of Neptune.

Plot Keywords:

Girl Power | Class Conflict | Dead Girl | Man In Uniform | Private Detective

Awards:

1 win & 14 nominations

Cast

Kristen Bell	...	Veronica Mars (64 episodes, 2004-2007)
Percy Daggs III	...	Wallace Fennel (64 episodes, 2004-2007)
Jason Dohring	...	Logan Echolls (64 episodes, 2004-2007)
Francis Capra	...	Eli "Weevil" Navarro / ... (64 episodes, 2004-2007)
Enrico Colantoni	...	Keith Mars (64 episodes, 2004-2007)
Ryan Hansen	...	Dick Casablancas (52 episodes, 2004-2007)
Teddy Dunn	...	Duncan Kane (44 episodes, 2004-2006)
Michael Muhney	...	Sheriff Don Lamb (41 episodes, 2004-2007)
Tina Majorino	...	Cindy 'Mac' Mackenzie (34 episodes, 2004-2007)
Brandon Hillock	...	Deputy Sacks (29 episodes, 2004-2007)

Also Known As:

Veronica Mars (Hungary) [hu]

Runtime:

60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 (season 2) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG (season 1) (season 3) | USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | Netherlands:12 | USA:TV-PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Oceanside, California, USA

Company:

Silver Pictures Television

Trivia:

The character of Meg was created specifically for Alona Tal. She auditioned for Veronica, and was Rob Thomas's second choice for the role. He liked her so much he made a recurring role for her.

Goofs:

When Veronica wakes up after having crashed her car in "Leave it to Beaver", she is shown to be wearing her seat belt. When she immediately reaches to grab the tapes and her cell phone, however, her seat belt is no longer on.

Quotes:

Veronica: Butters?
Butters: Butters is the name of the weak loser suck-up on South Park. Butters implies soft and fat.
Veronica: But oh, so delicious...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The O.C.: The Secrets and Lies (#3.19)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

We Used to Be Friends

It doesn't take a genius to figure out how bad this show is

There is one thing that is more annoying that witnessing the waste of money and resources created by a bad show like Veronica Mars staying on the air: hearing that you are too stupid to "get it".

How come every low-rated show resorts to that nonsensical defense? If it's low-rated it's because the audience doesn't understand it because they're dumb, or so goes the argument.

Guess what? The public "gets it". Thanks to the repeated promotions, Veronica Mars was heavily sampled and most of the audience that sampled it chose not to watch it again.

The reason, mostly bad writing. The writers (particularly Rob Thomas) seem more interested in showing how "cool" they are than in compelling storytelling, and the result is one tremendous waste of resources that was instrumental in getting UPN folded with the WB.

If the endless parade of bad shows aimed at the "all important" fill-in your target demographic had been any good, those two networks would have been more successful. Sadly for UPN and WB, good shows do not result from endless pandering to a demographic, they result from good writing and direction and from appealing to all through quality.

Sadly, it looks like the new CW network will just be another UPN or WB as they have announced their intention of continuing the senseless pursuit of, frankly ageist, young demographics, which will probably mean another parade of Veronica Marses: empty, low-rated shows animated by a lot of hype.

What a waste!