Early Edition (1996)

Adventure · Comedy · Drama

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?

IMDb rating: 7.6 (13,995 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1996)

7.48 avg 23 episodes 7.9 → 7.5 41 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.9	253
2	The Choice	8.1	200
3	Baby	7.3	158
4	The Paper	7.5	155
5	Thief Swipes Mayor's Dog	7.1	150
6	Hoops	7.0	143
7	After Midnight	7.2	134
8	Gun	7.1	128
9	His Girl Thursday	7.2	124
10	The Wrong Man	7.3	124
11	Christmas	7.4	131
12	Frostbit	7.3	131
13	Mob Wife	7.1	123
14	The Wall: Part 1	7.9	119
15	The Wall: Part 2	7.8	119
16	Bat Masterson	7.4	111
17	The Jury	7.5	111
18	Psychic	7.6	119
19	The Cat	7.7	114
20	Phantom at the Opera	7.9	123
21	Faith	7.7	117
22	Dad	7.5	99
23	Love Is Blind	7.5	101

Season 2 (1997)

7.63 avg 22 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 60 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Home	7.4	98
2	The Medal	7.6	100
3	The Wedding	7.5	90
4	Jenny Sloane	7.4	95
5	Downsized	7.4	91
6	Angels and Devils	7.4	95
7	Redfellas	7.1	93
8	March in Time	7.2	97
9	A Regular Joe	7.4	85
10	A Bris Is Just a Bris	7.6	86
11	A Minor Miracle	7.7	91
12	Romancing the Throne	7.9	100
13	Walk, Don't Run	7.7	84
14	Return of Crumb	7.8	84
15	Mum's the Word	7.7	87
16	Where or When	7.9	90
17	The Fourth Carpathian	8.0	93
18	The Quality of Mercy	8.3	96
19	Show Me the Monet	7.6	84
20	Don't Walk Away, Renee	7.8	83
21	Hot Time in the Old Town	7.8	84
22	Second Sight	7.6	80

Season 3 (1998)

7.53 avg 23 episodes 7.7 → 7.5 60 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Blackout	7.7	81
2	Collision	7.8	79
3	A Horse Is a Horse	7.4	74
4	Lt. Hobson, U.S.N.	7.3	77
5	Saint Nick	7.4	73
6	Halloween	7.2	81
7	Up Chuck	7.1	74
8	Deadline	7.7	70
9	In Gary We Trust	7.5	76
10	Nest Egg	7.8	72
11	Teen Angels	7.5	74
12	Slippity-Doo-Dah	7.3	70
13	The Last Untouchable	7.5	75
14	Just One of Those Things	7.9	78
15	Funny Valentine	7.5	75
16	Number One with a Bullet	7.3	73
17	Two to Tangle	7.0	71
18	Fate	8.4	87
19	Crumb Again	7.7	71
20	Pinch Hitters	7.4	72
21	Home Groan	7.7	73
22	Play It Again, Sammo	7.7	79
23	Blowing Up Is Hard to Do	7.5	75

Season 4 (1999)

7.85 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 7.4 60 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Out-of-Towner	7.9	81
2	Duck Day Afternoon	7.6	73
3	Take Me Out to the Ballgame	7.5	79
4	The Iceman Taketh	7.9	75
5	Camera Shy	7.6	67
6	Wild Card	7.6	73
7	Fatal Edition: Part 1	8.5	91
8	Fatal Edition: Part 2	8.4	91
9	Weather Girl	7.9	77
10	Run Gary Run	8.1	85
11	Rose	7.5	76
12	Snow Angels	8.4	79
13	Gifted	8.2	76
14	Performance Anxiety	7.8	75
15	False Witness	7.5	69
16	The Play's the Thing	7.4	68
17	Blind Faith	7.9	73
18	Occasionally Amber	7.4	75
19	Mel Schwartz, Bounty Hunter	7.4	72
20	Time	9.0	115
21	Everybody Goes to Rick's	7.7	79
22	Luck o' the Irish	7.4	92

Early Edition (1996)

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