By Jamie Ruby
On March 1, NBC will be premiering its new series,
Awake, which promises to be a unique series, and with the talented people involved in both production and in front of the camera, its easy to see why this show has all the makings of a hit for the network.
Awake was created by Kyle Killen, who also serves as executive producer. He is probably best known for his short-lived series
Lone Star, which was named the best new series on television by multiple publications, and for penning the script
The Beaver, which went on to become a feature film starring Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson.
Howard Gordon, who is also an executive producers of the series as well as one of the writers, is not new to the business. He's served as executive producer on popular series such as
The X-Files, for which he won multiple Golden Globes, and others such as
24 and
Homeland, the latter for which he was responsible for developing for American television. Some of his other credits include the dramas
Strange World and
The Inside, both of which he created, as well as
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and
Angel.
In addition, Gordon also finds time to write. His first novel published in 2011 was entitled
Gideon's War, and its sequel
Hard Target was released last month.