Series synopsis
Level 9 is an American action & adventure drama television series that premiered on UPN on October 27, 2000. It ended on February 20, 2008. It was created by John Sacret Young. It stars Fab Filippo, Kate Hodge, Michael Kelly and Romany Malco.
Level 9 is an American television program broadcast on UPN, first aired in 2000. The plot revolved around a secret agency within the government, staffed by government agents, tech-savvy geeks, and former criminal hackers, which is tasked with solving or preventing cyber crimes.
Thirteen episodes were produced, ten of which were aired on UPN, before the program was canceled in January 2001 due to low ratings. In August 2006, the Sci-Fi Channel acquired rerun rights to the series which was added ...
Premise
Level 9 is an American television program broadcast on UPN, first aired in 2000. The plot revolved around a secret agency within the government, staffed by government agents, tech-savvy geeks, and former criminal hackers, which is tasked with solving or preventing cyber crimes.
Thirteen episodes were produced, ten of which were aired on UPN, before the program was canceled in January 2001 due to low ratings. In August 2006, the Sci-Fi Channel acquired rerun rights to the series which was added to their schedule in June 2007. Sci-Fi aired the episodes never shown by UPN in February 2008.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Fab Filippo
- Kate Hodge
- Michael Kelly as Wilbert 'Tibbs' Thibodeaux
- Romany Malco
- Kim Murphy as Margaret 'Sosh' Perkins
- Esteban Powell
- Max Martini
- Susie Park
Guest cast
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | October 27, 2000 | February 20, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mail Call Witnesses relocated and given new identities by the US Marshalls are being found and killed. As the Marshalls seem to be unable to find out why this is happening or to stop the assassin Level 9 are activated. They are an ultra secret, cyber ops rapid response unit, designed to fight high tech crimes and to use top range technology to hunt down criminals. Their assignment is to find out who the assassin is and stop him. |
October 27, 2000 |
| 2 |
DefCon Level 9 is given the job of stopping a hacker called Thrillseeker from destroying a communication satellite system that would severely affect America's security. Annie sends Travis undercover at a hacker convention in Las Vegas called 'Defcon' to try and see if he can find out who 'Thrillseeker' is. |
November 3, 2000 |
| 3 |
Through The Looking Glass From a tip supplied by a snitch Jack Wiley enlists the aid of Level 9 to raid a group of hackers who ar ein the process of selling a list of top secret NATO safehouses, in Iraq, to Saddam Hussain. The hackers wipe their computers and while Level 9 try to find the information they come across some stolen plane codes, used for controlling a new super-computer controlled plane. Later, while undergoing evaluation tests, the computer piloted passenger jet is electronically hijacked and crashed. It's only passengers, two supervising pilots, are killed. The hijacker soon makes his demands known and threatens to take down an airliner fully loaded with passengers if they are not met. Level 9 must capture this cyber-jacker and locate and de-program his digital bomb before it sends a plane full of passengers plummeting to their deaths. |
November 10, 2000 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | UPN |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 27, 2000 |
| Last aired | February 20, 2008 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 21:00:00 |