The Sentinel

1996 · 4 seasons · Drama
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The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice. Anthropologist Blair Sandburg works side by side with Jim, helping him develop these senses.

Country of origin
🇨🇦 Canada · 🇺🇸 United States
Year
1996
Created by
Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo
Channel
UPN
Studio
Pet Fly Productions · Paramount Television

Trivia & behind the scenes

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Reception

The Sentinel was cancelled by UPN after only three seasons, with the finale of season three leaving Blair's life hanging in the balance.

Reception

An intense fan campaign convinced UPN to renew the show for a fourth season of eight episodes so the story could be properly concluded.

Trivia

The show ran for 65 episodes over four seasons, airing on UPN from March 20, 1996 to May 24, 1999, and later re-aired on Syfy.

References

Blair Sandburg's dissertation topic, the Sentinel, was inspired in-universe by a monograph written by explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton describing sentinels and their tribal partners.

Trivia

Blair's companions at the police department gave him various nicknames, including 'Chief' from Jim, 'Hairboy' from detectives Rafe and Henri, and 'Sandy' from Megan Connor.

Trivia

When Jim first meets Blair at the hospital, Blair is disguised in a stolen lab coat reading 'Doctor McCoy,' which Jim mishears as 'Doctor McKay.'

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