Awake (TV series)

Awake
Genre	Police procedural Fantasy Thriller
Created by	Kyle Killen
Starring	Jason Isaacs Laura Allen Steve Harris Dylan Minnette B.D. Wong Michaela McManus Wilmer Valderrama Cherry Jones
Composers	Reinhold Heil Johnny Klimek
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Howard Gordon Kyle Killen Jeffrey Reiner David Slade
Producers	Jason Isaacs Keith Redmon Ed Milkovich Michael Klick
Cinematography	Feliks Parnell Jo Willems
Editors	Paul Trejo Todd Desrosiers Rick Tuber Nick Berrisford Jordan Goldman
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	43 minutes
Production companies	Letter Eleven Teakwood Lane Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 1 (2012-03-01) – May 24, 2012 (2012-05-24)
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Awake is an American police procedural fantasy drama television series that originally aired on NBC for one season from March 1 to May 24, 2012. The pilot episode had an early release on Hulu on February 16, 2012, two weeks before the series' premiere on television. Kyle Killen, the series' creator, was primarily responsible for the program's concept. Killen and David Slade served as executive producers of the pilot episode, and Killen continued producing the series along with Jeffrey Reiner and Howard Gordon.

The show's central character is Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs), a detective who works for the Los Angeles Police Department. In the first episode, Michael, his wife Hannah (Laura Allen), and their son Rex (Dylan Minnette) get into a serious car accident. After the accident, he finds himself switching between two "realities" whenever he goes to bed—one in which Hannah was killed in the accident and one in which Rex died instead—and is unable to determine which reality is true. He uses details from each reality to solve cases in the other.

Awake garnered critical praise, particularly for Isaacs' performance. However, its ratings were low, averaging 4.8 million viewers per episode and sitting in 125th place in viewership for the 2011–12 season. The series was canceled after one season.