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American television anthology serial

This article is about the 1997–2002 television programme. For other uses, see Beyond Belief.

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
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Genre Scientific discipline fiction
Paranormal
Created by Lynn Lehmann
Presented by James Brolin (1997)
Jonathan Frakes (1998–2002, 2021)
Narrated by Don LaFontaine (1997–2000)
Campbell Lane (2002)
Theme music composer Al Kasha
Composers Al Kasha
Marking Northam
David E. Russo
Tim Simonec
Steve Zuckerman
Robert Alpert
Country of origin United States (1997-2000)
United States/Canada (2002)
United states of america/Germany (2021)
Original language English language
No. of seasons four
No. of episodes 46[i]
(229 Segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers Barry Adelman
Dick Clark
Al Schwartz
Running fourth dimension 7-ix Minutes
(Individual Segments)
44-45 minutes
Release
Original network Fox
Original release Original series:
May 25, 1997 (1997-05-25) –
September 5, 2002 (2002-09-05)
Revival:
October 31, 2021

Across Belief: Fact or Fiction (originally called Foreign Truth: Fact or Fiction during production) is an American television anthology series created past Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired past the Fox network from 1997 to 2002.[2] Each episode featured stories, all of which appeared to defy logic, and some of which were allegedly based on actual events. The viewer was offered the challenge of determining which are true and which are simulated. At the end of the testify, information technology was revealed to the viewer whether the tales were truthful or works of fiction.

The series was hosted by James Brolin in season i and past Jonathan Frakes in seasons two, three and four. The show was narrated past Don LaFontaine for the commencement three seasons and by Campbell Lane for the fourth and final season.

Format [edit]

The stories told in the program all had some connection with the supernatural, ghosts, psychic phenomena, coincidences, destiny, or other such unusual occurrences.

Each episode of the show, every bit well as all stories within, were introduced with a pun or some other class of witticism pertaining to the particular story and episode, and they all included the underlying moral that not everything we perceive as truth and falsehood is as such, and that information technology tin can often be difficult to truly separate fact from fiction, hence the show's title. In the Frakes era, the intros were filmed on a ready resembling the interior of a Victorian mansion.

Each episode typically featured five stories, at least one of which was true and at least one of which was a complete fabrication. The majority of true stories on the show were based on commencement-hand research conducted by author Robert Tralins, while many of the ones that turned out to exist fiction were simply modernistic-dressed re-telling of urban legends.

From flavor two onwards Jonathan Frakes would end each story with a pun related to the story, for comical effect.

Popularity and cancellation [edit]

Beyond Conventionalities: Fact or Fiction has gained a cult following.[ citation needed ] The prove was often aired sporadically, sometimes going for weeks or even months betwixt airings. There is a two-year lag between Don LaFontaine and Campbell Lane'south stints as narrator for the show, during which time it was believed that it had been cancelled, simply for it to be brought back for some other season in the summertime of 2002. It was somewhen cancelled subsequently its 2002 season. During his stint as narrator, Lane played the character John August in the Season iv segment 'The Cigar Box'.

In Germany, where Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is known as X-Factor: Das Unfassbare (The Unfathomable), the show was especially successful and still has a cult following. This led to the X-Gene brand being extended to other shows: The Paranormal Deadline became X-Factor: Dice fünfte Dimension (The Fifth Dimension), X-Factor: Wahre Lügen (True Lies) is a High german series, and Scariest Places on Earth became X-Factor: Die wahre Dimension der Angst (The Real Dimension of Fear).[iii] [4]

Starting on 4 November 2018, to celebrate the 20th ceremony of the series' premiere in Germany, RTL II produced 2 special episodes under the name X-Factor: Das Unfassbare kehrt zurück (The Unfathomable Returns), hosted by Detlef Bothe. While directly copying much of the original'south way and studio setup, this revival was heavily panned by audiences due to the much poorer quality in comparing to the original.[five] The evidence was continued in 2019 and 2020 on RTL Two and now has a full of vi episodes, with the latest episodes receiving slightly more favourable reviews.

In October 2021, it was officially revealed by the High german individual channel RTL 2 that in that location volition be a revival of Beyond Conventionalities: Fact or Fiction. It was confirmed that Jonathan Frakes is gear up to return to reprise his role as the host. The beginning new episode was circulate in German-speaking countries on October 31, 2021.[vi] [7] [eight] Dissimilar previous seasons, the segments were produced and fix in Germany, while the introductions by Jonathan Frakes were recorded in Los Angeles.

Episodes [edit]

Each episode featured v stories, all of which defied logic, only some of which were based on actual events. The viewer was offered the claiming of determining which were true and which were false. At the end of the show, it was revealed to the viewer which tales were true (the stories bolded on this list) and which ones were works of fiction.

Of the 225 stories told over the form of the 45 episodes, 132 (59%) were revealed to be "fact." Each episode of the series' run had at least one "fiction" story and at least two "fact" stories.

Series overview [edit]

Flavor one (1997) [edit]

Season 2 (1998) [edit]

Season 3 (2000) [edit]

This flavour premiered in Frg well-nigh a twelvemonth before it aired on Play a trick on; albeit, out of order.[39]

Season 4 (2002) [edit]

This season premiered in Germany over two months earlier it aired on Flim-flam.[39] The episodes were filmed in and around Vancouver, British Columbia, different with previous seasons, which were filmed in California.

Revival (2021) [edit]

This flavour premiered in Germany on Halloween 2021. Unlike previous seasons, the segments were produced and set in Deutschland, while the introductions by Jonathan Frakes were recorded in Los Angeles. Multiple German media personalities such every bit Gronkh make invitee appearances.

Syndication/Home media [edit]

During its final run of Fox, the series was picked upwards for reruns by the Sci-fi Aqueduct, which ran from July 8, 2002[67] [68] [69] to September six, 2005.[lxx] Information technology would later air on the now defunct Chiller channel from 2009 to 2015.[71] [72]

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Season One was released on DVD in Region 1 on Baronial 28, 2007.[73] In 2018, FilmRise obtained the rights to the series, and made information technology available for video streaming via Amazon Prime and other services,[74] [75] including their YouTube channel.[76]

See also [edit]

  • Urban Legends
  • By and large True Stories?: Urban Legends Revealed
  • Penn & Teller Tell a Prevarication

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External links [edit]

  • Beyond Conventionalities: Fact or Fiction at IMDb

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Belief:_Fact_or_Fiction

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