Scripted series · CBS

Early Edition

What if you had tomorrow's news... TODAY?

7.3IMDb169 votesWorth your time
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1996 – 20004 seasons · 90 episodes~45 min per episodeTV-PGEnded
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TV DNA

How Early Edition actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Early Edition reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Humour.

Character DepthVery strong8.1

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

World BuildingVery strong7.0

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

HumourStrong6.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

SpectacleStrong6.0

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

Emotional WeightStrong5.6

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SerializedStrong5.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

BingeabilityPresent5.3

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

The story

What it's about

Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?

The run

Seasons

4 seasons · 90 episodes.

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    199623 episodes

    7.8IMDb

    Best episode · S01E15 The Wall (2)

  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    199722 episodes

    8.3IMDb

    Best episode · S02E16 Where or When

  • Official poster for Season 3

    Season 3 · Complete

    Season 3

    199823 episodes

    8.0IMDb

    Best episode · S03E14 Just one of Those Things

  • Official poster for Season 4

    Season 4 · Complete

    Season 4

    199922 episodes

    8.2IMDb

    Best episode · S04E14 Performance Anxiety

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from His Girl Thursday

S01E09

His Girl Thursday

8.0IMDb5 votes

Meredith is back. She wants to pick things up with Gary where they left last time they met. But the paper seems to be in the way of Gary developing anything deeper with her, since he doesn't want her to have access to it. She promises not to read it, but Chuck walks in on her reading the paper. They make a deal, and Chuck wins over 15 million in the stock market. He gets in trouble and steals the paper to lose the 15 million, but Gary thinks Meredith stole it. After reconciliation, Meredith leaves for Washington.

23 Nov 199645 min
Still from After Midnight

S01E07

After Midnight

7.8IMDb6 votes

Gary has to stop a 17 year-old single mother from abandoning her child. But as always, Gary gets more involved with her than he should, and finds out she left home pregnant and now works for a drug dealer. Meanwhile, Chuck uses the paper to get a date with an attractive woman he had to share a cab with.

9 Nov 199645 min
Still from The Choice

S01E02

The Choice

7.7IMDb8 votes

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

5 Oct 199645 min
Still from Pilot

S01E01

Pilot

7.6IMDb9 votes

After being kicked out of his house by his wife, Gary Hobson is forced to move into a hotel room. It's a regular Monday morning - apart from a mysterious newspaper that is delivered to his door by an even more mysterious orange cat. At first, Gary doesn't pay much attention to the newspaper but, after a while, he realises that it isn't a regular newspaper, it's tomorrow's.

28 Sept 199645 min
Still from The Paper

S01E04

The Paper

7.6IMDb7 votes

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

19 Oct 199645 min
Still from The Wrong Man

S01E10

The Wrong Man

7.6IMDb5 votes

Gary has to stop a man from his old office from killing himself. Marcia visits him with the news that she's getting married. She won't reveal the identity of her soon-to-be husband, but Gary finds out it's Phil Pritchard, his old jerky boss. Gary is not happy about it and a series of accidents make it look like he's trying to purposely hurt Pritchard and get in the way of their wedding. When the paper brings the headline that Pritchard is going to be murdered, Gary refuses to help him, but Chuck convinces him to do so. He also must stop Sam (the office mailboy for the past 9 years) from killing Pritchard.

7 Dec 199645 min

Recently aired

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8.3IMDb3 votes
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8.7IMDb3 votes
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8.0IMDb3 votes
6 May 200045 min
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S04E17

Blind Faith

7.7IMDb3 votes
22 Apr 200045 min

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Executive production

Direction

Recognition

Awards

1 win

Saturn Awards

1 win · latest 1997

  • WinnerSaturn Award for Best Actor on Television1997

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