Pepper Dennis

Pepper Dennis
Format	Comedy/Drama
Created by	Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts
Starring	Rebecca Romijn Brooke Burns Rider Strong Josh Hopkins Lindsay Price
Opening theme	"Pepper Dennis Theme" by Danny Lux "Better Half" by Chris Trapper
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Aaron Harberts Jason Katims Gretchen J. Berg Shawn Levy J.J. Klein
Running time	60 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	The WB
Original run	April 4 – July 4, 2006

Pepper Dennis is a comedy-drama television series that aired on The WB from April to July 4, 2006. Due to poor ratings, it was quickly announced on May 17, 2006 that Pepper Dennis would not be one of the WB shows transferred to The CW Television Network.

Pepper Dennis was the final show to premiere on the WB before its transition to the CW network.

The series starred Rebecca Romijn as Pepper Dennis, a television reporter for an evening news broadcast at the fictional television station WEiE (specifically with a small i) in Chicago. The series also starred Rider Strong as Chick, Pepper's cameraman and unrequited crush, Brooke Burns as Pepper's sheltered and somewhat flaky sister Kathy Dinkle, Lindsay Price as Kimmy Kim, Pepper's closest friend and WEiE's makeup artist and Josh Hopkins as Charlie Babcock, the station's news anchor. One of the focal points of the show was the love-hate relationship between Pepper and Charlie.

The song used in commercials for the show was "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" by KT Tunstall, and the opening theme song is "Better Half" by Chris Trapper, the former frontman for the Boston pop group Push Stars. Another song that the WB used for advertising "Pepper Dennis" was Morningwood's "Nth Degree" which also appeared in on another WB drama, One Tree Hill.

Regular cast

Recurring characters

Other characters

• Regina Taufen as Summer Waters
• Frank Lloyd as Pete Pulaski
• Lawrence LeJohn as Fire Lt. J.J. O'Hare
• Carol Kiernan as Mrs. Johnston
• M.C. Gainey as Bobo (helicopter pilot)
• French Stewart as Dr. Crimmons (the company shrink)
• Whitney Anderson as Amber
• Dan Byrd as Todd Haskell
• Sarah Rafferty as Callie Meryl
• Linda Gray as Barbara Meryl
• John Bennett Perry as Mr. Meryl
• Eric Winter as Connor Blanchard
• Jason-Shane Scott as Rick Harper
• Sara Paxton as April May Tyler / Chrissy Tyler
• Robert Gant as Benny Gold
• Adam Cardon as the paparazzo
• Ryan McPartlin as Grady Harper
• Jordan Belfi as Sheldon Zorn
• James Read as Wes Brinkman
• Kristin Minter as Bambi
• Mackenzie Astin as Ken Alston
• Meredith Scott Lynn as Nan Chambers
• Yvette Nicole Brown as Angela Howell
• Timilee Romolini as Connie 'Baby' Unamo
• Candace Kita as 'Squeaky'
• Tangelia Rouse as 'Knuckles'
• Dot Jones as McGee

Episode guide

Season 1: 2006

1. "Pilot" April 4, 2006
2. "Poker Clubs And Boob Cams — Film at Eleven" April 11, 2006
3. "Frat Boys May Lose Their Manhood — Film at Eleven" April 18, 2006
4. "Heiress Bridenapped — Film at Eleven" April 25, 2006
5. "Saving Venice — Film at Eleven" May 2, 2006
6. "Celebrity Twin Could Hang — Film at Eleven" May 9, 2006
7. "Curtis Wilson's A Total Nut Job — Film at Eleven" May 16, 2006
8. "Hiroshi Watanabe in Bed with Curtis Wilson — Film at Eleven" May 23, 2006
9. "Charlie Babcock's Homosexual Encounter — Film at Eleven" May 30, 2006
10. "Dennis, Bulgari, Big Losers at Acorns — Film at Eleven" June 6, 2006
11. "Pepper Dennis Behind Bars — Film at Eleven" June 20, 2006
12. "True Love is Dead — Film at Eleven" June 27, 2006
13. "Star Anchor Weds Colleague — Film at Eleven" July 4, 2006 (Series Finale)

References

External links

• Pepper Dennis at the Internet Movie Database
• Pepper Dennis at TV.com
• 'Pepper Dennis,' one full hour too long
• Yawner of a debut for 'Pepper Dennis'
• Metacritic's Review of Pepper Dennis
• This model journalist has too much model and not enough journalist.
• Entertainment Weekly's Pepper Review
• "X-Men" movie star hopes her TV series won't expire