TV News: Demand a Sneak Screening of NBC’s ‘The Event’ Premiere in Your Hometown

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CHICAGO – “The Event,” which is one of the fall’s most highly anticipated TV shows, last week was named HollywoodChicago.com’s most promising new TV show of fall 2010 beating nine other worthy rivals.

Footage from the show was presented at last month’s Comic-Con in San Diego. People can now log onto http://www.eventful.com/theevent to demand a sneak screening of the premiere episode of “The Event” in your hometown! You can also do so by watching and clicking on the widget below.

In “The Event,” Laura Innes plays Sophia Gavras, Ian Anthony Dale is Simon Lee, Jason Ritter is Sean Walker, Bill Smitrovich is Winston Jarvis, Blair Underwood is President Martinez, Lisa Vidal is Christina Martinez and Zeljko Ivanek is Blake Sterling.

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“The Event” is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker (Jason Ritter, “The Class”). He’s an everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his fiancée, Leila (Sarah Roemer, “Disturbia”), and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history.

Sean’s quest will send ripples through the lives of an eclectic band of strangers including newly elected U.S. President Martinez (Blair Underwood, “Dirty Sexy Money”); Sophia (Emmy Award nominee Laura Innes, “ER”), who is the leader of a mysterious group of detainees; and Sean’s shadowy father-in-law (Scott Patterson, “Gilmore Girls”). Their futures are on a collision course in a global conspiracy that could ultimately change the fate of mankind.

Ian Anthony Dale (“Daybreak”) and Emmy winner Željko Ivanek (“Damages”) also star in the ensemble drama. “The Event” is a production of Universal Media Studios and Steve Stark Productions. Stark (“Medium,” “Facing Kate”) serves as executive producer, Nick Wauters (“The 4400,” “Eureka”) is the creator and co-executive producer and Jeffrey Reiner (“Friday Night Lights,” “Trauma”) is the director and executive producer.

By ADAM FENDELMAN Editor-in-Chief/Publisher HollywoodChicago.com adam@hollywoodchicago.com