Strange Luck

Strange Luck is an American television series that aired on Fox, created by Karl Schaefer and starring D. B. Sweeney in the role of Chance Harper who constantly stumbles into unusual situations. The series aired on Fox from 1995 to 1996. A total of seventeen episodes were aired before the show was canceled due to low ratings. Reruns were shown briefly on the Sci Fi Channel in 1997. The series was initially slotted as a lead-in to The X-Files on Friday nights, and was largely shot in Canada like the show which followed it.

Strange Luck
Created by	Karl Schaefer
Starring	D. B. Sweeney Pamela Gidley Cynthia Martells Frances Fisher
Composer	Mark Mothersbaugh
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	17 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	MT2 Services Unreality, Inc. New World Entertainment
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	September 15, 1995 (1995-09-15) – February 23, 1996 (1996-02-23)

Plot

Chance Harper, a freelance photographer, is afflicted with a bizarre tendency to always be in the wrong place at the right time. As Chance himself says, "If I go to a restaurant, somebody chokes. If I walk into a bank, it gets robbed." Harper's strange luck began when, as a small child, he was the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed everyone else aboard, including his mother and sister.

Cast

• D. B. Sweeney as Chance Harper
• Pamela Gidley as Audrey Westin
• Cynthia Martells as Dr. Richter
• Frances Fisher as Angie
• Drew Monroe as Spirit
• Scott Plank as Arthur Vandenberg

Production

Casting

D. B. Sweeney had been primarily a film actor before taking the role of Chance Harper. He did so because he had a series of unsuccessful low-budget films and decided to try his hand at television. He commented that "Fox has spent more time and money and effort promoting me and this show than all of my movies put together"

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Soul Survivor"	David Carson	Karl Schaefer	September 15, 1995 (1995-09-15)
2	"Over Exposure"	David Jackson	John J. Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart	September 22, 1995 (1995-09-22)
3	"Last Chance"	Ralph Hemecker	Michael Cassutt	September 29, 1995 (1995-09-29)
4	"She Was"	Elodie Keene	Karl Schaefer	October 6, 1995 (1995-10-06)
5	"Blind Man's Bluff"	John McPherson	Melinda M. Snodgrass	October 13, 1995 (1995-10-13)
6	"Angie's Turn"	Greg Beeman	Cathryn Michon	October 20, 1995 (1995-10-20)
7	"Hat Trick"	Martha Mitchell	Matt Dearborn	November 3, 1995 (1995-11-03)
8	"The Liver Wild"	David Jackson	John J. Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart	November 10, 1995 (1995-11-10)
9	"Walk Away"	James Whitmore Jr.	Page Turner	November 17, 1995 (1995-11-17)
10	"The Box"	John T. Kretchmer	Michael Cassutt	December 1, 1995 (1995-12-01)
11	"Brothers Grim"	Greg Beeman	John J. Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart	December 8, 1995 (1995-12-08)
12	"Trial Period"	David Jackson	Matt Dearborn	December 15, 1995 (1995-12-15)
13	"Healing Hands"	John T. Kretchmer	Scott Smith Miller	January 5, 1996 (1996-01-05)
14	"Wrong Number"	Mark Sobel	Michael Cassutt	January 19, 1996 (1996-01-19)
15	"In Sickness and in Wealth"	Scott Brazil	Babs Greyhosky	February 2, 1996 (1996-02-02)
16	"Blinded by the Son"	Jim Charleston	Andy Hedden & Rob Hedden	February 9, 1996 (1996-02-09)
17	"Struck by Lighting"	Brad Turner	Eric Overmyer	February 23, 1996 (1996-02-23)

Awards

Year	Association	Category	Nominated artist/work	Result
1996	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series	Andrew Spencer Dawson (supervising editor), Stacey Nakasone (dialogue editor), Rich Cusano (sound effects editor), Richard Webb (sound effects editor) For episode "The Liver Wild".	Nominated

External links

• Strange Luck at IMDb
• TV Guide: Strange Luck