The Net

Name: The Net
Genre: Action & Adventure
Released: July 19, 1998
Rating: 60
Cast: Eric Szmanda, Joseph Bottoms, Brooke Langton, Tim Curry

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USA | GENERIC | Release Date: July 19, 1998

Starring: Eric Szmanda, Joseph Bottoms, Brooke Langton, Tim Curry

Summary: This show is based on the box office film in 1998 'The Net'. After Angela Bennett a computer expert opens an unexpected email she is then thrown in to a world of terrorism, drugs, and money. The terrorists are called the praetorians, everything they do is build around the computer age. So the only way that Angela Bennett can fight back isThis show is based on the box office film in 1998 'The Net'. After Angela Bennett a computer expert opens an unexpected email she is then thrown in to a world of terrorism, drugs, and money. The terrorists are called the praetorians, everything they do is build around the computer age. So the only way that Angela Bennett can fight back is through her computer but with her identity stolen and a new one created, she is wanted by the government and as one of the top 10 wanted by the FBI, she is also on the run. If the praetorians catch her they will kill her. So with the help of an unknown person called the sorcerer, the only way she can win is to stop what the praetorians are doing and get her identity back.… Expand

Creator: Deborah Pratt

Genre(s): Action & Adventure

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Critic Reviews

Robert P. Laurence

Jun 2, 2014

Season 1 Review: The Net provides a whole lot more fun, thanks to the sprightly Brooke Langton, cast in Bullock's role as Angela Bennett, a free-lance computer fixer who one day receives a mystifying bit of electronic mail. [17 July 1998, p.E-12]

Tom Shales

Jun 2, 2014

Season 1 Review: It's superior to the movie. Both were produced by veteran Irwin Winkler. Brooke Langton, inheriting the role played in the film by Sandra Bullock, is more attractive and is able to project what Bullock lacks: warmth and vulnerability. [18 July 1998, p.E01]

Barry Garron

Jun 2, 2014

Season 1 Review: While the series _ based on the 1995 Sandra Bullock film _ is more breathless than brainy, there's enough going on to make you want to stay tuned. [17 July 1998]

Anita Gates

Jun 2, 2014

Season 1 Review: Ms. Langton seems to be a good enough actress, but she doesn't have the lovable vulnerability that Ms. Bullock, at her post-"Speed" peak, brought to the movie role. And Ms. Langton doesn't exude the sexy spookiness of David Duchovny as Fox Mulder, the character who is clearly Angela's male counterpart. The show itself is inoffensive, if a little obvious, and could go either way. Read full review

Ray Richmond

Jun 2, 2014

Season 1 Review: It ain't bad by basic cable standards. That is to say, Langton is a poised female lead, sufficiently alluring to make you forget the fact that what's going on is all pretty implausible. [13 July 1998, p.34]

Mike McDaniel

Jun 2, 2014

Season 1 Review: I like the idea of The Net as a series, with Angela living week to week in a Fugitive-type existence, trying to reclaim her identity and bring down the bad guys. If future scripts are clever enough, and viewers persevere past the first episode, this show could be a winner. [18 July 1998, p.7]

Steve Johnson

Jun 2, 2014

Season 1 Review: What is not so wonderful is the program itself, which takes the ill-received 1995 movie starring Sandra Bullock as its starting point but doesn't seem to venture much further than that entertainment's idea: Put a gal with a fetching smile, a Gap wardrobe and a hacker's aptitude on the run for her life. [17 July 1998, p.3]

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

60
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 19, 1998
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  S1:E22. eye-see-you.com
  Air Date: March 27, 1999
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  S1:E21. Chem Club
  Air Date: March 20, 1999
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  S1:E20. Last Man Standing
  Air Date: March 13, 1999
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  S1:E19. Zero
  Air Date: March 6, 1999
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  S1:E18. Y2K: Total System Failure
  Air Date: January 30, 1999
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  S1:E17. In Dreams
  Air Date: January 23, 1999
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  S1:E16. Lunatic Fringe
  Air Date: January 16, 1999
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  S1:E15. Pay the Line
  Air Date: January 9, 1999
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  S1:E14. Lucy's Life
  Air Date: December 20, 1998
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  S1:E13. Sample
  Air Date: December 12, 1998
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  S1:E12. Pandora's Box
  Air Date: December 5, 1998
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  S1:E11. Diamonds Aren't Forever
  Air Date: November 28, 1998
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  S1:E10. Harvest
  Air Date: October 17, 1998
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  S1:E9. Go Like You Know
  Air Date: October 10, 1998
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  S1:E8. Jump Vector
  Air Date: October 3, 1998
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  S1:E7. Fireball
  Air Date: August 29, 1998
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  S1:E6. Kill the Buddha
  Air Date: August 22, 1998
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  S1:E5. Death of an Angel
  Air Date: August 15, 1998
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  S1:E4. Bulls and Bears
  Air Date: August 8, 1998
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  S1:E3. Transplant
  Air Date: August 1, 1998
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  S1:E2. North by Northwestern
  Air Date: July 25, 1998