F/X: The Series
F/X: The Series is a Canadian television series based on the film F/X, starring Cameron Daddo, Christina Cox, Kevin Dobson, Jacqueline Torres, Carrie-Anne Moss and Jason Blicker. It ran for 40 episodes on CTV from September 9, 1996 through May 25, 1998.
Much or all of the show was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The opening sequence ended with a television crew in the foreground loading trucks, and an enormous advertisement for The Phantom of the Opera, of which a theatrical production was showing in Toronto at the time.
Premise
The show focuses on Rollie Tyler, a special effects man in NYC, who assists NYPD detective Leo McCarthy in capturing criminals. In the second season, Dobson's character was killed and replaced with Mira Sanchez.Cast
- Cameron Daddo as Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert who moonlights as a forensic investigator and expert for the NYPD.
- Kevin Dobson as Detective Leo McCarthy, a veteran NYPD officer and Tyler's handler until his untimely murder.
- Christina Cox as Angie Ramirez, Tyler's Puerto Rican friend and co-worker.
- Jason Blicker as Detective Francis Gatti, McCarthy's partner.
- Richard Waugh as Captain Marvin Van Duren, the NYPD commander overseeing all of Tyler's cases.
- Carrie-Anne Moss as Lucinda "Luce" Scott, a struggling actress brought in by Tyler to act as a ringer or body double when needed.
- Jacqueline Torres as Mira Sanchez, the NYPD officer who replaces McCarthy as Tyler's police handler.
- Sherry Miller as Colleen O'Malley
DVD releases
Alliance Home Entertainment has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1.In Region 2, Cinema Club released the first season on DVD in the UK on March 27, 2006.
| DVD name | Ep# | Region 1 | Region 2 |
| Season 1 | 22 | September 28, 2010 | March 27, 2006 |
| Season 2 | 18 | October 26, 2010 | TBA |