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The Chronicle

Summary A down-on-his-luck journalist takes a job at a disreputable tabloid newspaper, where he discovers that all of the weird, unbelievable, fantastical stories it prints are actually true. Based on Mark Sumner's "News From the Edge" novels, The Chronicle ran for one season on the Sci Fi Channel and starred Rena Sofer, Chad Willett, Reno Wilso...

Created By: Silvio Horta

  • 2001
  • SyFy
  • 2001
  • SyFy

The Chronicle

Season 1 Premiere: Jul 14, 2001
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary A down-on-his-luck journalist takes a job at a disreputable tabloid newspaper, where he discovers that all of the weird, unbelievable, fantastical stories it prints are actually true. Based on Mark Sumner's "News From the Edge" novels, The Chronicle ran for one season on the Sci Fi Channel and starred Rena Sofer, Chad Willett, Reno Wilso...

Created By: Silvio Horta

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Aug 6, 2014
Everything is seriously tongue-in-cheek. The scares satisfy, and the laughs are earned. [8 Jul 2001]
By Mike McDaniel FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 6, 2014
Cheerfully oddball ... The Chronicle is like a big summer movie, but without the bombast.
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 6, 2014
Sci Fi has done once more what the networks seem very often to have forgotten how to do: make watching TV really, really fun again. ... It's fun in the way that "Ghostbusters" was fun - funny, silly, scary. [13 Jul 2001]
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 6, 2014
"The Chronicle" seems to want to have as much fun with its stories as its viewers. [12 Jul 2001]
By Mark A. Perigard FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 6, 2014
A basic-cable homage to "Men in Black."
By John Levesque FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 6, 2014
The hybrid style of comedy and drama in "The Chronicle" doesn't quite jell. There's potential, but it hasn't been realized.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 6, 2014
"The Chronicle" is more a goof than a scare. [12 Jul 2001]
By Scott D. Pierce FULL REVIEW

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    Initial Release Date: Jul 14, 2001
    Number of seasons: 1 Season
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    Awards

    Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
    • 1 Nomination
    Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra
    • 1 Nomination

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