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CBS
Sep 28, 1996

CBS
Sep 28, 1996

Early Edition

Summary Gary Hobson was a regular Chicago stockbroker. One day his wife dumped him and he was forced to move into a hotel room. The next morning, at 6:30 am, a mysterious yellow cat showed up at his front door with tomorrow's edition of the Chicago Sun-Times. From that day on his life was never the same. At first skeptical, Gary started to try s...

CBS
Sep 28, 1996

CBS
Sep 28, 1996

Season 1

Season Premiere: Sep 28, 1996

Metascore Available after 4 critic reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings

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Summary Gary Hobson was a regular Chicago stockbroker. One day his wife dumped him and he was forced to move into a hotel room. The next morning, at 6:30 am, a mysterious yellow cat showed up at his front door with tomorrow's edition of the Chicago Sun-Times. From that day on his life was never the same. At first skeptical, Gary started to try s...

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Episode 1 • Sep 28, 1996 • 43 m

A stockbroker recently evicted by his wife starts receiving tomorrow's edition of the Chicago Sun-Times. This offers the opportunity to win at gambling, or to use the foreknowledge to help people.

Episode 2 • Oct 5, 1996 • 41 m

Gary must choose between stopping a fatal plane crash or saving the life of one girl.

Episode 3 • Oct 12, 1996 • 41 m

After the newspaper shows Chuck delivering a baby on the L, Gary and Marissa try to convince him to go through with it.

Episode 4 • Oct 19, 1996 • 41 m

While searching for answers about the paper, Gary becomes involved with a reporter who is suspicious of his apparent knowledge of a certain story.

Episode 5 • Oct 26, 1996 • 41 m

Thief Swipes Mayor's Dog

Lottery fever grips Chicago with the jackpot climbing every night. Meanwhile, Gary tries to understand why someone would want to steal the Mayor's dog.

Episode 6 • Nov 2, 1996 • 41 m

Gary tries to stop a popular basket-baller with a medical condition from risking his life on the court.

Episode 7 • Nov 9, 1996 • 41 m

A woman plans to abandon her baby and take her own life. Gary's attempts to reunite her with her parents fail while he runs out of time to help her.

Episode 8 • Nov 16, 1996 • 41 m

Episode 9 • Nov 23, 1996 • 41 m

His Girl Thursday

Episode 10 • Dec 7, 1996 • 41 m

Episode 11 • Dec 21, 1996 • 41 m

Episode 12 • Jan 11, 1997 • 41 m

Episode 13 • Jan 25, 1997 • 41 m

Episode 14 • Feb 1, 1997 • 41 m

The Wall: Part 1

Episode 15 • Feb 8, 1997 • 41 m

The Wall: Part 2

Gary continues to try to stop the assassination of the President while eluding the FBI, which is convinced Gary is the assassin. His friends try to protect Gary from exposure.

Episode 16 • Feb 22, 1997 • 41 m

An ex-cop dresses as Bat Masterson and solves crime as the fame old west US Marshall. He seems to step in to solve wrong-doings at places where Gary shows up.

Episode 17 • Mar 8, 1997 • 41 m

Episode 18 • Apr 12, 1997 • 41 m

Gary saves a psychic from a building with a gas leak. She thinks he is a psychic and admits she is a fake. When a young child is kidnapped, they are forced to work together to save the child.

Episode 19 • Apr 13, 1997 • 41 m

Gary is concerned when his paper arrives and he finds the cat is sick. An opportune ad in the paper leads him to a particular veterinarian. Gary forms a friendship with the vet's mother who needs help.

Episode 20 • Apr 19, 1997 • 41 m

Phantom at the Opera

Gary saves an museum art restorer from being killed by a burglar, and then must decide whether to allow matters to take their course and let her reunite with her long-lost love.

Episode 21 • Apr 26, 1997 • 41 m

Gary has to decide whether to help a young girl who needs a heart transplant or a troubled teen-aged boy who is due to be killed in a botched robbery.

Episode 22 • May 3, 1997 • 41 m

After getting tossed out of the house by his wife, Gary's dad comes to Chicago to visit Gary and discovers the secret of the paper.

Episode 23 • May 10, 1997 • 41 m

Gary seems to constantly have to save a college professor from harm as she is scheduled to testify for the prosecution in a criminal case. The professor thinks Gary is stalking her. A college student is interested in Marissa.

Top Cast

Kyle Chandler

Gary Hobson

Shanesia Davis

Marissa Clark

Fisher Stevens

Chuck Fishman

Billie Worley

Patrick Quinn

Kristy Swanson

Erica Paget

Myles Jeffrey

Henry Paget

Ron Dean

Det. Marion Zeke Crumb, Det. Marion Zeke Crumb, Ret., Marion Zeke Crumb, P.I.

James Deuter

Boswell

Tess Harper

Lois Hobson

Michael Whaley

Detective Paul Armstrong

Constance Marie

Police Detective Toni Brigatti

Stephen Cinabro

Assistant Detective, Cop, Uniform Cop

Mark Morettini

Desk Sergeant, Sergeant

Ed Cray

Biker, Glass Worker, Lottery Player, Man - Playing Jukebox, Suspect, White Supremacist

Samantha Goldberg

Sam-Newspaper Employee, #2.3 Wedding Guest Office Employee, Employee at Newspaper

Luis Antonio Ramos

Miguel Diaz

William Devane

Bernie Hobson

John M. Watson Sr.

Morris Sanford

Ellen Mills

Robin

Shayna Ferm

Cathy Ventano

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Jun 26, 2013

Like most programs involving clairvoyance or time travel, this idea gets tired fast.

By Joe Queenan FULL REVIEW

Entertainment Weekly

Jun 12, 2013

Kyle Chandler ... is such a likable sweetie that he almost makes Early Edition watchable.

By Ken Tucker FULL REVIEW

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