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07-20-2026, 06:27 PM
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Our latest episode looks at The Sentinel (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/sentinel.htm), the mid-90s action series that mixed police cases, explosive action, science fiction, and ancient mysticism around a detective whose five heightened senses could either save his life or completely overwhelm him.
Created by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, the show followed Richard Burgi as former Army Ranger and police detective Jim Ellison, alongside Garett Maggart as anthropology student Blair Sandburg. Bruce A. Young played Captain Simon Banks, Kelly Curtis appeared as Jim’s ex-wife Carolyn Plummer, while Anna Galvin later joined as Australian exchange officer Megan Connor across its four-season run.
For fans of 90s action television, Richard Burgi, Garett Maggart, UPN, The Flash, Viper, science-fiction police shows, and practical television action, this episode looks at how The Sentinel (https://web.archive.org/web/20140330081353/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/2161474-the-sentinel/?view=getnewpost) was created, how it became UPN’s most successful new drama, the violence complaints and production problems behind it, and how a worldwide fan campaign brought the series back from cancellation for one final season.
Our latest episode looks at The Sentinel (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/sentinel.htm), the mid-90s action series that mixed police cases, explosive action, science fiction, and ancient mysticism around a detective whose five heightened senses could either save his life or completely overwhelm him.
Created by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, the show followed Richard Burgi as former Army Ranger and police detective Jim Ellison, alongside Garett Maggart as anthropology student Blair Sandburg. Bruce A. Young played Captain Simon Banks, Kelly Curtis appeared as Jim’s ex-wife Carolyn Plummer, while Anna Galvin later joined as Australian exchange officer Megan Connor across its four-season run.
For fans of 90s action television, Richard Burgi, Garett Maggart, UPN, The Flash, Viper, science-fiction police shows, and practical television action, this episode looks at how The Sentinel (https://web.archive.org/web/20140330081353/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/2161474-the-sentinel/?view=getnewpost) was created, how it became UPN’s most successful new drama, the violence complaints and production problems behind it, and how a worldwide fan campaign brought the series back from cancellation for one final season.