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TV series

Early Edition

1996TV-PG4 seasons7.3 / 10

What if you had tomorrow's news... TODAY?

Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?

Availability

Not streaming in United States

Checked Jul 22, 2026

Early Edition premiered September 28, 1996. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.

Synopsis

Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?

Season 2 episodes

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Episode 1

Home

45m8.0 / 10

Gary's hotel room burns in an electrical fire. While wondering where he is going to live, Gary also finds out that a greedy businessman wants to purchase McGinty's and an orphanage in order to demolish them and build a parking lot. Gary and Chuck must save McGinty's and the orphanage, and Gary must find a new place to live.

Episode credits

Directed by Mel DamskiGuest stars Caitlin Wachs, Paul Dooley, Liz Vassey, James Deuter, Alex Rocco, Vincent Berry, Will Zahrn, Sandra Thigpen

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Episode 2

The Medal

45m8.0 / 10

Gary must help a Vietnam vet who has the Congressional Medal of Honor when a ceremony in his honor triggers feelings of guilt because of a mistake he made in Vietnam.

Episode credits

Guest stars Louis Gossett Jr., Gay Thomas Wilson, Mushond Lee, Elaina Erika Davis, William Visteen, Dan Conway

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Episode 3

The Wedding

45m7.7 / 10

McGinty's is asked to cater the wedding of Gary's ex-girlfriend, his high school sweetheart. Her romantic feelings are still somewhat directed at Gary, and what's worse, her father has been under police's witness protection for three weeks and the paper warns of criminal and violent actions at the wedding.

Episode credits

Guest stars Brian McNamara, Cari Shayne, Neil Flynn, James Handy, Tim Grimm, Peter Burns, Kwame Amoaku, Peter Syvertsen

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Episode 4

Jenny Sloane

45m8.0 / 10

Gary must help a young boy who is ill with leukimia, but is refusing treatment. Gary wants him to meet Jenny Sloane, Chicago's sweetheart who is ill with cancer. A Sun-Times columnist writes a column about Jenny Sloane.

Episode credits

Directed by Gary NelsonGuest stars John Spencer, Robyn Lively, Lisa Dodson, Kevin Gudahl, Francine Locke

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Episode 5

Downsized

45m7.7 / 10

Gary and Chuck must stop an old friend of theirs from their former job from having fatal plastic surgery to impress his girlfriend and enhance his career.

Episode credits

Directed by Mel DamskiGuest stars Richard Gilliland, Amy Farrington, John Lordan, Romy Walthall, Barbara Howard, Ron Parady, Greg Noonan

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Episode 6

Angels and Devils

45m7.0 / 10

Sister Mary works with inner-city youths but begins to question her effectiveness and faith after witnessing too many young people ruin their lives through crime and violence. Gary tries to help her keep a young boy named Marcus on the straight and narrow path after his older brother, Kareem, is released from prison. Kareem has plans to tutor Marcus in the ways of crime and he has no patience for Gary's interference.

Episode credits

Guest stars Judy Greer, Nia Peeples, Vicellous Shannon, Nigel Thatch, Lorenzo Clemons, Cynthia Baker, Ira Blumen

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Episode 7

Redfellas

45m8.3 / 10

The newspaper arrives with an article written in Russian. Gary saves a cab driver in a seemingly unrelated article written in English. The cab driver is able to read the Russian article to Gary. Gary then must save a beautiful Russian violinist from being murdered and brings her together to her long lost father.

Episode credits

Directed by John T. KretchmerGuest stars Mike Nussbaum, Stephanie Romanov, Robert Breuler, Patrick Clear, Rick Uecker, Melissa Carlson

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Episode 8

March in Time

45m8.5 / 10

After learning that a leader of a racist movement will be assasinated during a march, Gary begans to debate whether he should save his life or let him die. Marissa manages to convince him to save him, but the dilemma is further compromised when the leader's comrades attack and vandalize McGinty's. Now Gary has to stop the sniper from killing the leader of the movement. The situation is further complicated when the leader's son befriends a young African-American kid.

Episode credits

Directed by Robert GintyGuest stars Emile Hirsch, Nick Searcy, Kevin Dobson, Benjamin LeVert, Michael Skewes, John Cooke, Jennifer Joan Taylor

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Episode 9

A Regular Joe

45m8.3 / 10

Gary is stressed out and just wants a regular life. He is having recurring dreams about a psychiatrist who encourages him to take Sundays off from the paper. Gary decides to take that advice. However, he finds out that he needs to convince a famous quarterback to stop playing in order to avoid a serious injury.

Episode credits

Directed by Mel DamskiGuest stars Pat O'Brien, Scott Adsit, Dick Butkus, Emily Procter, Charles Durning, Charles Grant, Joe Van Slyke, Ed Portoghese

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Episode 10

A Bris is Just a Bris

45m8.3 / 10

Gary comes between his cook and an accident-prone librarian. Chuck turns truthful while dating a Rabbi.

Episode credits

Directed by Scott PaulinGuest stars Jessica Hecht, Stephanie March, Jason Schombing, Karen Fineman, John Mohrlein, Joel Cory

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Episode 11

A Minor Miracle

45m9.0 / 10

Gary's search for a missing child makes him a suspect. When the police won't listen to him, he goes into the flooding underground sewer to try to rescue the little girl before it's too late.

Episode credits

Directed by Jim CharlestonGuest stars Taylor Momsen, Tim Kazurinsky, Bill Nunn, John Beasley, Lee Sellars, Michael Sassone

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Episode 12

Romancing the Throne

45m8.7 / 10

Gary must deal with a stowaway princess who hid in his trunk.

Episode credits

Directed by Gary NelsonGuest stars Paxton Whitehead, Scott Adsit, Hayley DuMond, Nancy Fish, Cedric Young, Ron O.J. Parson, Andrew Guilarte

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Episode 13

Walk, Don't Run

45m8.0 / 10

Gary tries to use his nomination to a public job to get a light put at a dangerous crossroad.

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Directed by Richard HeusGuest stars Carl Wright, Kyle Colerider-Krugh, George Murdock, Don Stark, Mimi Lieber, H. Richard Greene, Sandra Marquez, Laurie Carter Rose

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Episode 14

The Return of Crumb

45m9.0 / 10

Three weeks before he is due to retire, Detective Crumb comes under investigation by the city's District Attorney under suspicion that he may be corrupt.

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Guest stars Ron Dean, James Chisem, Michael Mantell, Geoffrey Rivas, Greg Serano, Robert Mohler, Si Osborne, Michael Shannon

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Episode 15

Mum's the Word

45m8.7 / 10

Gary takes Marissa, who poses as an Egyptian princess, to gain admission to an exclusive museum exhibition so that he can save an archeaologist from being killed by an ancient Egyptian stone artifact. Gary pushes the man out of the way only to see that someone wanted the archeaologist killed. The day after, Gary reads in the newspaper that there'll be a fire in the museum, so he checks up on a journalist who was at the museum the night the archeaologist was almost killed. When the eyes are stolen from a cat mummy, a curse is released, causing everyone involved, including Marissa, to fall seriously ill.

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Directed by John PattersonGuest stars Héctor Elizondo, Karina Lombard, Shaun Toub, Rocky Carroll, Brian George, Jayne Brook, Jack McLaughlin-Gray

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Episode 16

Where or When

45m9.7 / 10

After Gary is injured in a fall, he becomes housebound while his broken leg heals. In a "Rear Window" style plot, he watches people in the apartment building across the street and is attracted to a new neighbor who seems to have been the victim of a murder almost 50 years ago.

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Directed by David GrossmanGuest stars George D. Wallace, Ron Dean, Alexondra Lee, Andrew Rothenberg, Caitlin Hart

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Episode 17

The Fourth Carpathian

45m7.7 / 10

Gary's parents receive the paper when Gary is trapped in an absndoned theater trying to save a monkey. Gary's parents and Crumb accidentally bring together a family of Letonian trapeze artists in Chicago.

Episode credits

Directed by Gary NelsonGuest stars Ron Dean, John Kassir, Sharif Atkins, Tess Harper, William Devane, Steven Hack, Adam Bitterman, Jeff Still

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Episode 18

The Quality of Mercy

45m7.7 / 10

The paper sends Gary to save a man, John Hernandez, from getting killed in a road accident. After doing that, the paper changes and it states that Hernandez is going to kill Rachel Stone, the prosecutor who sent him to prison. Gary can't help but wonder why the paper sent him on such an errand. Gary then goes to the courthouse to stop Hernandez; Hernandez gets away and Gary is arrested and brought to Ms. Stone. When he tries to warn her about Hernandez; she doesn't believe him because Gary won't reveal the source of his information. Hernandez gets away by knocking Chuck out and taking his car. While Gary waits at the hospital, the paper now says that Hernandez is going to try again this time at her home. Gary goes there and gets him and Ms. Stone taken as hostage.

Episode credits

Directed by Fisher StevensGuest stars Ron Dean, Luis Guzmán, Ryan Kelley, John Beasley, Ora Jones, Cindy Katz, Richard Pickren, Laura Schein

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Episode 19

Show Me the Monet

45m9.5 / 10

Gary learns that a British man who assisted him with a mission is actually a forger with many enemies.

Episode credits

Directed by Mel DamskiGuest stars Ian Ogilvy, Sherry Miller, Ken Bradley, Ralph P. Martin, Kristy Nolen

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Episode 20

Don't Walk Away, Renee

45m8.7 / 10

Gary helps Renee, a woman who is being targeted by thieves.

Episode credits

Directed by Gary NelsonGuest stars Lori Heuring, Tess Harper, Frank Miller, William Devane, Sam Derence

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Episode 21

Hot Time in Old Town

45m7.7 / 10

Gary reads in the paper that a pylon at a construction site drops and knocks over a nearby building killing thousands. He goes to try and prevent it from happening only to get knocked out and wakes up 2 days before the Great Chicago Fire. He meets Morris, who looks like Chuck. He also meets Jesse, a young boy who is the brother of a woman, Elanor, who is a singer at a saloon, and looks exactly like Marissa, and is a victim of racism. Gary must help Jessee and Elanor, and try to stop the fire from happening.

Episode credits

Directed by Gary NelsonGuest stars Scott Bryce, Brandon Hammond, Darwin Harris, Molly Glynn, Thomas F. Evans

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Episode 22

Second Sight

45m8.3 / 10finale

Marissa sees a vision and thinks her sight is returning. Chuck witnesses a mob murder, and is in trouble. Gary, Chuck, and Crumb are taken hostage, and Marissa must save them.

Episode credits

Guest stars Ron Dean, Jacqueline Williams, James Andelin

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Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026

More about Early Edition

Cast

Kyle ChandlerGary Hobson
Shanésia DavisMarissa Clark
Billie WorleyPatrick Quinn
Fisher StevensChuck Fishman
Craig ZimmermanAgent Dawson
Myles JeffreyHenry Paget
Kristy SwansonErica Paget
Leslie HopeMeredith Carson

Credits

Created by
Ian Abrams, Patrick Q. Page, Vik Rubenfeld

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
90
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • CBSUnited States
  • TriStar TelevisionUnited States
  • Three Characters
  • Angelica FilmsUnited Kingdom
  • CBS ProductionsUnited States

Themes

animalscatchanging the past or futurechicago, illinoisnewspapersmall townsupernatural power