Early Edition
Tags: paranormal

Plot synopsis:
The show chronicles the life of Gary Hobson, a resident of Chicago, Illinois who mysteriously receives the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper a day in advance, effectively giving him knowledge of the potential future. His newspaper is delivered by a mysteriously unknown entity at least once each day, and is accompanied by a ginger tabby cat, with the first copy arriving every morning at 6:30am, no matter what his physical location is. Armed with knowledge of the future, he then tries to prevent tragedies described in "tomorrow's" Sun-Times from occurring, thus changing the story text and headlines in the newspaper to reflect the outcome of his actions. Often, Gary doesn't wish to be saddled with the responsibility of performing these deeds. The paper effectively presents him with many Sophie's choices: where he must choose between helping different people in need of assistance.
The first season begins by showing Hobson coming home from his job as a stockbroker, only to be thrown out of the house (and later divorced) for no apparent reason by his wife Marcia. Upon taking up residence in the Blackstone Hotel, Hobson begins receiving a copy of the Chicago Sun-Times, accompanied by "The Cat" every morning. Slowly, Hobson realizes the paper's contents reflect events that are to happen during that day, and confers with his co-workers and friends Chuck Fishman and Marissa Clark. After deciding to use his knowledge of the future only for good (and not primarily for profit), Hobson is soon consumed by trying to prevent tragedies and help people, leading him to quit his job. During the season, Chuck consistently tries to use "The Paper" to make money, while Gary develops a precarious relationship with police Detective Marion Zeke Crumb. By the season's end, Gary has begun to uncover some of the mystery surrounding the paper, including confirmation that a man named Lucius Snow received the paper from the cat before him.
Season two continues Hobson's adventures with the paper and his friends. Detective Crumb sometimes joins Gary, Chuck, and Marissa after retiring from the police force. Gary is working part-time at McGinty's as a bartender. Despite being closer to the paper, Crumb does not want to know how Gary gets his so-called "hunches", and never learns of the paper. At the end of season two, Chuck (Fisher Stevens) leaves the show as a regular character, leading to some major changes in season three. Within the course of the series, Gary discovers that a few other people share his gift of receiving a newspaper early. The only people, besides Gary, who know about his gift are his parents; his friends Chuck Fishman (a former fellow stock broker) and Marissa Clark (the blind former receptionist at the brokerage); and Erica and Henry Paget, a single mother and her son (Gary gives Erica a job at McGinty's); though he tries to tell a few people, such as his attorney, and various police officers (Episode 407/408, "Fatal Edition"). On some occasions, he is given the ability to wake up in another time (such as in the early 20th century) to change the past. People who encounter Gary often strongly suspect (or know) that he has a secret, but do not know what it is; e.g. Crumb.
During the course of the series, it is never clearly stated where the paper comes from. In one episode, Gary meets the group of people apparently responsible for giving him (as well as others) the Paper. Nothing much is revealed about them except that they have some sort of supernatural abilities, such as being able to mysteriously appear at any location.
In season four, episode 20, "Time" (the series finale that aired a few episodes early), it is briefly explained why Gary started receiving the paper. Apparently, he was given the responsibility by Lucius Snow (the man who received the Chicago Sun-Times before Gary), after Snow saved Gary's life when Gary was a child. The responsibility is represented by a pocket knife imprinted with the initials of the person next to receive the paper (Lucius gave Gary the red Swiss Army Knife). The initials mysteriously change every time the current person decides on a new person to receive the responsibility. At the end of the same episode, Gary passes on the same pocket knife to a young girl named Lindsey Romick who had just lost her grandfather, and it is implied that Lindsey will begin receiving the paper when Gary is no longer able to carry on the responsibilities.

Review: I always think of it as an `unpretentious little show' and find myself going to great lengths to see it;  our dreadful local stations see fit to put it on at 3am on a Sunday morning (God only knows why when vastly inferior shows crowd more reasonable times, I wish we had a station like CBS here in Australia that puts these shows on at reasonable times as happens in the US).The premise of the show (a man who receives tomorrow's newspaper today and has to do what he can to set things right that appear in the paper) is very easy to get into.
I am very glad to see that the show is still running on CBS and I sincerely hope that it is with us for a long time to come.
Every single episode is brilliant, Kyle Chandler portrays Gary beautifully and very believably, the plots are smart, humourous and thrilling.
After watching I always have learned a principle, I feel entertained, my faith in the good im man is strengthened and I am eager to watch the next episode.
What's there to say about Early Edition besides the fact that it's the best series on this side of the world.
The plot, a guy (Gary Hobson) get's tommorow's Chicago Sun-Times today, he knows what will happen in the future, a thing that one should be very careful with.
Every day, he goes out to save the world, sometimes with his blind friend, Melissa, sometimes with Chuck (Fisher Adams), a friend that wants to place bets with the aid of the paper.
Early edition is a very feel good show.
Some super hero shows really are hard to watch, with their bad acting,and poor scripts.
When it is over you will get a great feeling,in knowing that there are probably people out there every day who though they might not be super heros they still do super kind deeds that go unnoticed except by the lives of the people that they touch.That is what I get out of watching this fine tv show.
"Early Edition" had to be one of the best shows ever made.
It tells the story of a man who gets tomorrow's newspaper today.
Every episode was interesting and kept me glued to the T.V.My favorite episode was the one that Gary goes back in time to the Chicago Fire.
All you need to know is that it's about a guy (Gary Hobson), down on his luck, who starts getting tomorrow's paper today.
I had originally only seen a single episode of Early Edition.The idea is not exactly an original idea but I believe the writing and production quality of each episode is great.
The episodes continue to some canon; so you find later episodes referring to previous episodes, rather than independently written episodes.You'll spot a lot of 'to be famous' faces in there and I do wonder what ever happened to Chuck and Gary as they were great actors.As with many TV series of the 90s this is an honest and heartwarming series with much stimulation of your own thoughts and experiences, leading you to realise that hindsight is often just as powerful as foresight.10/10 as this is one of the best series I have seen in a long time, even in 2008..
It doesn't require you to catch every episode, like many recent action adventure television shows(Alias and Lost).An original plot and script that broke free from the lot of modern stereotypical TV series.
'Early Edition' is another 'Quantum Leap,' although it's slightly different since it doesn't involve time-traveling.
Instead, our hero, Gary Hobson, gets the paper one day in advance.
By getting tomorrow's news today, he has no more than 24 hours to prevent the bad news from happening.The series has a lot of charm.
I watched this show sporadically throughout its four-year primetime run, but began watching it more often during its last few months on the air.The addition of Kristy Swanson (the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer) for the show's third season was a perfect one.
While the chances for a fifth season are extremely slim (despite the best efforts of its loyal fans), reruns of the series can now be seen on the Fox Family Channel.
Meaning great characters with human interaction and emotion that is so lacking in most shows on the air now.
That same quality is seen in old movies and shows from the past like Emergency, Adam-12, or St. Elsewhere.
The idea of Gary getting the newspaper and changing the past, although interesting, only gives a platform for the great character development and human drama that revolved around Gary helping the citizens of Chicago and forming great friendships and relationships.
I would recommended anyone to get this series on DVD, and I hope writers will bring back this type of character development in the future.
A very solid tv programme about a guy named Gary Hobson who gets tomorrow's newspaper today.
I liked watching it every week , but now it doesn't come on anymore which is very disappointing and sad.
I liked many episodes especially "Run Gary, Run" and "Time".
From the north side to the south, Gary is taken all over the city (and occasionally the suburbs and Indiana), showing great views of the skyline and lots of local area architecture and attractions.
Why "Early Edition" never got much attention I'll never know, because it was brilliant.
a guy gets a peek into the future each day through the local newspaper, and it's up to him to set things right.
What if Gary's not the only one who gets tomorrow's paper?
Each episode had a cool new story that always made it fun to watch.The three cast members were great, too.
Kyle Chandler's Gary is probably the nicest character in TV history, and he had perfect chemistry with his friends Chuck and Marissa (how many shows have a blind black woman as a main character)?
Early Edition happens to be one of them.Perhaps the idea that the show is based on may come off as silly, but upon watching the show, anyone would want a Gary Hobson in their neighborhood.
Watching Gary run through the streets of Chicago, charge in on random activities, and come up with brilliant plans to save people is amusing and can keep one's attention for the whole hour.
I've loved this show from the very first episode I watched, which was not the pilot, darn it all!
The concept is fun: A guy who gets tomorrow's newspaper...today.
It's almost like the paper has a mind behind it, because it seems Gary is often pushed into situations that he doesn't really want to be in, but he NEEDS to help someone, so that's where the headlines take him.
I have seen these new ones that come out like Orange County and North Shore and others and there just not entertaining or touching or anything.
He was just kicked out of his home by his wife and he hates his job and one day a cat with tomorrows newspaper comes to his hotel room door and thats how the whole show started.
Early Edition surely is one of the best drama TV shows on Earth.The plot is awesome.
It´s wonderful to watch the development of the episodes.
this show was about a guy who got the newspaper a day early and instead of using it selfishly and using it for his own good he saves peoples lives.
Early edition is a wonderful TV show and you don't watch it?
What a shame..!Okay, it's the story of that guy who, I don't know why yet, get the newspaper of tomorrow but...
The show maintains a very real view of life while presenting a fantastical concept (Gary Hobson getting tomorrow's paper today).
Early Edition is about Gary Hobson, who gets tomorrow's newspaper today.
Both have many similarities, and both Sam and Gary could empathize for each other, both being in similar situations of having some knowledge of the future and the responsibility to change things for the better, to put right what once went wrong.
So much to say, such little room.Early Edition is a show about a guy who gets tomorrows newspaper a day early.
The guy's name is Gary Hobson, and every morning he finds the newspaper at his door with a orange tabby cat.
I only object to a few of the episodes in third season where it seems that the writers broke character and it didn't feel up to par.
Trust me in the fact it does not copy either of these shows, but it has the same great satisfaction in watching it.It's a wonderful show, appropriate for viewers of any age, and I recommend it to everyone..
Fantastic!!All the characters are so personable.Keep them coming...what a cat.I Love it!.
Early Edition is, if there's room for two, the next aside.You like to laugh, you want to think, you don't mind to cry.
On German TV I found 4 US shows granting your desires: Quantum Leap, Early Edition, The Practice (!) and Picket Fences.Each of them not really for people living in a rush.
Early Edition is, if you can let go, like a day off.Enjoy..
Usually, i don't like drama...but "Early Edition" melted my heart...the story is unique and good...too bad it's already over.
I've been looking for a good TV show for a while and I just happened to stumble upon Early Edition.
A GREAT SHOW - I LOVE WATCHING IT!.
Kyle Chandler portrays the character of Gary Hobson beautifully!
Just read in last week's T.V. Guide that Early Edition has been canceled, and I am SO disappointed!!
Seems like every time I find a good serial to watch, (& I don't watch a lot of t.v. anyway) it gets canceled after a few years.
When I would not be able to watch I always set the VCR to tape it, so that I didn't have to miss any episodes.
Guy who gets tomorrow's newspaper today.
What a great idea for a TV show.Gary Hobson, played by Kyle Chandler, is always ahead of others.He knows who's going to get hurt today.He only uses the paper for helping the others.The cat brings him the paper in the morning and then Gary is off to work to safe the people..
Love Early Edition series and wished it would have been given a new chance in the era of social media.
Early Edition is one of those once in a lifetime tv shows that comes together so well, with a great cast and even better writing.
What would you change?Every episode has great stories, and there are even a few flashback stories that reveal background on the newspaper and who receives it.
Kyle Chandler was perfect in the role of Gary, his narration was a great voice for the show.As for CBS, I wish they'd release the last two seasons on dvd, as it's been 9 years as of 2018 since season two was released..
Missed Early Edition on first run.
Wish we had more of this available, today.Kyle Chandler's Gary Hobson is a modest, unassuming, reluctant hero who gets tomorrow's news today in the form of the Chicago Sun Times and is played to honest perfection.
Co-stars Fisher Stevens and Shanesia Davis (both seasoned performers), as Gary's friends Chuck and Marissa, have excellent chemistry with Chandler.
Each episode (for the most part, as there are a couple of two-parter episodes in the series), is a stand-alone adventure where Gary is warned in the paper that something bad is about to happen in the Windy City, and he has less than 24 hours to change the outcome.Early Edition can be dramatic or heart-warming, but it can also be light and campy, giving these actors a full palette upon which to draw in performing their craft.
They would occasionally make it so that Gary wouldn't save the day, but those episodes were so rare, you could count them on one hand.
They were even missing in 'Everybody Goes to Rick's,' an episode from the fourth season that took place in 1929, long before Gary bought the place.4.
It had been established that the headlines in the newspaper changed when Gary altered the timeline, but in 'Time,' when Gary found Luscious Snow's old papers, the headlines telling of Gary's death were still present, despite the fact that Luscious had saved Gary.
If you want a quality drama with a character that puts right what once went wrong, then watch 'Quantum Leap.' And Oh....
The idea is pretty neat and innovative but it's based on a movie from the 1940's...It Happened Tomorrow http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036962/An ambitious newspaper reporter (Dick Powell), eager to scoop the competition, wishes he could know the news before it happens.
Our hero's problem: How can he keep the future from happening?I have yet to see Early Edition in the UK but I look forward to it..
Given the limited nature of Iranian TV -strict sex restriction, very limited allowance of gore and/or disturbing themes, and strong censorship of anything...well, they don't like-, Early Edition, renamed "Against Future" was one of the few shows that was kept intact, dubbed, and aired completely.
It was nothing as sophisticated as Harold's machine, and was constantly facing cancellation, but it too predicted and tried to prevent future crimes.Gary Hobson (Kyle Chandler) is an ordinary guy who is down on his luck, when he mysteriously starts receiving a copy of tomorrows newspaper at his door.
His best friend, Chuck (Fisher Stevens), wants to use the information to get rich, but Gary has other plans.
Kyle Chandler play a pretty interesting guy, but he's the only believable character.
Not to mention there is some weird angle with the stray cat Gary adopts, that doesn't make much sense.The whole stopping crimes before they happen came about in Minority Report and garnered major success for shows like Person of Interest, but it may have gotten it's start with Early Edition, a show with a terrific premise, that was unfortunately barely watchable..
Early Edition/"It happened tomorrow"!.
Kyle Chandler is Gary Hobson, a mistreated stockbroker who gets an unusual gift.His wife dumps him on their wedding anniversary and he moves to a run down hotel where he starts getting tomorrow's newspaper today delivered by a cat.Oh it's funny,it serious, Gary has two friends who can steal the show since they're both excellent too.
S*P*O*I*L*E*R for movie "It Happened Tomorrow"Having said that I had read a post saying this show was based on the movie "It Happened Tomorrow" (1944)starring Dick Powell.I bought the DVD and the poster is right.I don't why isn't mentioned in the background of the show but it's more than just a similar idea.In the movie the old man brings the newspaper instead of a cat.He appears mysteriously like the cat at a unusual time and he's dead just as Snow is.
Larry also does what Gary did in the pilot.Used the paper for quick money by playing the winning race results at the track to get a large sum of money quick.Only Gary's motive was different.Larry was a combination of Gary and Chuck.He also saved someone after he asked Pops to read him the story.One other thing in the movie and done on the show-A want ad is read for a job.When the party inquires he is told no job exist,then a person is fired right on the spot and the boss says put an ad in tomorrow's paper!Oh, and Pops worked at the paper just like Snow,only he kept the obituary records.Little things that go on in the movie have been used in the show.Like the episode when Gary reads his own obituary.That happens in the movie too but it's done better.Much more lighthearted and clever.There's also a connection between Larry and a hotel in town.The movie also had the trio-Larry(Gary),a lovable con man,the Prof(Chuck)and a romantic interest who knew about Larry special paper,Sylvia(Marissa).I have always said Marissa was Gary's love interest and I think had she not been African-American the show would have gone that way.
The other thing that's great about the show is how much of a nice guy the main character is.
There has been episodes where Gary was not able to save someone.
In fact, I remember one episode where Gary felt guilty because he didn't save someone in time, and some mystical character had to show up and tell Gary that he should "count the living" and not to count the dead (i.e. he saved much more people than the ones he couldn't save).
It's too bad the show never evolved to a stage where Gary took the "taskforce" route (like maybe Gary injures himself and is stuck in a wheelchair for 6 months, but the paper still comes)...that would have been a good twist..
Breaking News: Read this, and then watch Early Edition.
Aired on CBS from 1996 to 2000, the show follows the adventures of Gary Hobson (Kyle Chandler) who mysteriously receives a newspaper before it is actually published and with this knowledge tries to prevent terrible future events in Chicago, IL.
The first one is the Season 1, Episode 2, "The Choice", where Gary faces a difficult decision of choosing between stopping a fatal plane crash or saving the life of a young girl.
This movie shows the funny side of the show, with the newspaper telling Chuck that we will delivered twins on the L and him trying to avoid any pregnant women throughout the whole day.
The addition of Kristy Swanson was add to Season 3, to add a love interest to Gary Hobson.
At less, Early Edition was able to wrap the show up with the final episode unlike other shows, explaining the backstory of the newspaper and why Gary gets it.
The show was canceled to make room for reality shows that CBS is coming out.
With canceling Early Edition, Survivor (2000) became the hit show that year.