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The Beast

Name: The Beast
Released: 2009
Rating: 51

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51 Metascore
2009-2009
1 Season
A+E Networks
Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama
TV-14

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A veteran F.B.I. agent is assigned a new partner, unaware that the partner was recruited to investigate the veteran's activities.

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Patrick Swayze

Charles Barker

Travis Fimmel

Ellis Dove

Lindsay Pulsipher

Rose Lawrence

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Pilot

Thu, Jan 15, 200948 mins

Maverick FBI agent Charles Barker reluctantly takes on rookie agent Ellis Dove and goes undercover to find out about an illegal weapons ring and bring it down. Ellis is approached by senior agents to prove that Charles is a dirty cop but he refuses.

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The Beast: Crossing The Line

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Exclusive: SVU Books True Blood Alum to Play Rollins' Sister!

For Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's Amanda Rollins, True Blood is thicker than water. Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsThe NBC cop drama has cast former True Blood star Lindsay Pulsipher to play the recurring role of Kim Rollins, the younger sister of Kelli Giddish's detective, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Kim, who was first referenced last season, will arrive in New York unexpectedly and will create all kinds of trouble for her older sister....

Fri, Sep 28, 2012

Exclusive: SVU Books True Blood Alum to Play Rollins' Sister!

A&E Cancels Patrick Swayze's The Beast

A&E has canceled Patrick Swayze's FBI drama The Beast, TVGuide.com confirmed Tuesday."The Beast has truly been a labor of love for everyone associated with the project and we couldn't be more proud of the series and are in absolute awe of Patrick, his passion and tenacity," A&E president Bob DeBitetto said.

Tue, Jun 16, 2009

Despite Flurry of Twitters to Contrary, Patrick Swayze Lives

Tweets of Patrick Swayze's death have been greatly exaggerated.A false report that the Dirty Dancing star had lost his battle with cancer burned quickly through the Twitter-sphere early Tuesday, forcing his publicist to issue a statement confirming that he remains alive.

Tue, May 19, 2009

Despite Flurry of Twitters to Contrary, Patrick Swayze Lives

A&E Releases Programming Slate, But Where's Patrick Swayze's The Beast?

A&E's new slate of original programming doesn't include The Beast, the Patrick Swayze FBI drama imperiled by the health of its star.That doesn't necessarily mean the end of the show — a rep for the cable network says no decision has been made about the its future — but it comes as a disappointment to Swayze fans who hoped The Beast might appear on A&E's schedule, which was released Tuesday. Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early 2008, and shot most of the first season of The Beast while battling the disease.A&E's sole returning scripted series, the Benjamin Bratt-starrer The Cleaner, returns June 23.

Tue, May 12, 2009

A&E Releases Programming Slate, But Where's Patrick Swayze's The Beast?

Beast Ends Season, But is the Show Over as Well?

The Beast's season finale airs Thursday (10 pm/ET, A&E,), but whether it's also the series finale of the Patrick Swayze drama remains to be seen.Nothing has been decided about the fate of the show, in which Swayze plays an undercover FBI agent, a series rep says. Any decision, of course, relies on the more important fate of the show's star, who has battled pancreatic cancer since early last year.

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

Beast Ends Season, But is the Show Over as Well?