Witchblade (2001 TV series)
Following a pilot film in August 2000, the cable network TNT premiered a Witchblade television series based on the Witchblade comic book series in 2001. The series was directed by Ralph Hemecker and written by Marc Silvestri (who also wrote the comic book) and J.D. Zeik. Yancy Butler starred as Sara Pezzini, Anthony Cistaro as Kenneth Irons, David Chokachi as Jake McCartey, Eric Etebari as Ian Nottingham, Will Yun Lee as Danny Woo, Conrad Dunn as Gallo, Kenneth Walsh as Joe Siri, and John Hensley as Gabriel Bowman, among others. Although critically acclaimed and popular with audiences, it was cancelled in September 2002 after Butler was ordered to enter rehab for alcoholism.
The series ran for two seasons on TNT, each with 12 episodes. The first episode aired on June 12, 2001, and the last episode aired on August 26, 2002. A movie version is said to be released in 2007 and is in production. [1]