Wildfire | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Michael Piller Christopher Teague |
Starring | Genevieve Cortese Nicole Tubiola Nana Visitor Greg Serano Micah Alberti James Read Ryan Sypek Andrew Hoeft Charlotte Salt |
Composers | Jay Gruska Shawn Pierce Patric Caird |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 52(list of episodes) |
Production | |
Production location | New Mexico, United States |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | Piller² (2005–2006) (seasons 1–2) The Segan Company (2005–2006) (seasons 1–2) The Piller/Segan Company (2007–2008) (seasons 3–4) Lionsgate Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC Family |
Release | June 20, 2005 (2005-06-20) – May 26, 2008 (2008-05-26) |
Wildfire is an American television series that aired on ABC Family from June 2005 to May 2008. The show was produced by Lionsgate Television, Piller², and The Segan Company (which would later merge into Piller/Segan to produce Greek). The show premiered on June 20, 2005; its fourth and final season ended on May 16, 2008, due to low ratings. Season one averaged just over a million weekly viewers and season two increased to 1.56 million, an increase of over 50%. Season three dropped back to the first year's numbers.[1] The theme song is "Morning Light" sung by Truman.
Wildfire follows troubled Kris Furillo who, after serving time at a teen detention center, is given the opportunity to start a new life. Her talent with horses is recognized by a volunteer and local trainer Pablo, who arranges a job for her at the Ritter's family-run ranch, Raintree. Thrown into a completely new environment, Kris must learn to deal with the challenges of fitting in, and forming fiery relationships, while trying not to disappoint the one family willing to give her a chance. The Ritters are facing challenges of their own even as they reach out to help Kris. Patriarch Henry Ritter and his daughter Jean are in a critical stage of their battle to save the ranch from financial ruin. Kris and Wildfire must help them get back on the map in the world of horse racing.
Name | Character name | # of Appearances | |||
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Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | ||
Joe Lando | Pete Ritter | 2 | 4 | ||
Josh Berry | Bart Blitzer | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
Shanna Collins | Amber | 5 | |||
Debrah Farentino | Isabelle Matia-Faris | 1 | 3 | ||
Maurizo Farhad | Sheik Omar | 4 | |||
Arye Gross | Charlie Hewitt | 6 | 5 | ||
Jude Herrera | Leanne Diaz | 1 | |||
Ross Kelly | Wayne | 2 | |||
Jason London | Bobby | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
Scarlett McAlister | Wendy Levy | 2 | 2 | ||
Jonathan Murphy | Calvin Handley | 6 | |||
David Ramsey | Dr. Noah Gleason | 5 | |||
Ignacio Serricchio | Jace Furillo | 1 | |||
Amanda Seyfried | Rebecca | 5 | |||
Gary Stevens | Augie French | 1 | |||
John Terry | Uncle Jesse | 2 | 3 | ||
Kristy Vaughan | Molly Blitzer | 1 | 1 | ||
Robbie Washington | Evan Garvey | 3 | |||
Dennis Weaver | Henry | 5 | |||
Eric Winter | R.J. Blake | 5 | |||
Alicia Ziegler | Laura Nichols | 5 |
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has released all four seasons on DVD in Region 1. The 4th season is available on Amazon on Build-on-demand DVD-R.
DVD Title | Release date | Number of discs |
Number of episodes |
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Wildfire: Season One | February 7, 2006 | 4 | 13 |
Wildfire: Season Two | November 6, 2007 | 3 | 13 |
Wildfire: Season Three | March 3, 2008 | 3 | 13 |
Wildfire: Season Four | July 11, 2012 | 4 | 13 |