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{{Infobox Television
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| show_name = Drive
| image = [[Image: Drive tv logo.png|250px]]
| caption = ''Drive'' logo.
| format = [[Television drama series|Drama]]
| camera =
| picture_format = [[480i]] ([[SDTV]]),<br />[[720p]] ([[HDTV]])
| audio_format =
| runtime = approx. 43 min.
| creator = [[Tim Minear]]<br />Ben Queen
| developer =
| executive_producer = [[Tim Minear]]<br />Ben Queen<br />[[Greg Yaitanes]]
| starring = ''See [[#Cast and characters|Cast and characters]] below''
| narrated =
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
| country = {{USA}}
| network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]
| first_run =
| first_aired = [[April 13]], [[2007]]
| last_aired = present
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 3 <!--(as of April 17, 2007)-->
| list_episodes = List of Drive episodes
| website = http://www.fox.com/Drive
| imdb_id = 0770521
| tv_com_id = 58334
}}
'''''Drive''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[television series]] created by [[Tim Minear]] and [[Ben Queen]] and is executive produced by Minear, Queen, and [[Greg Yaitanes]]. It airs on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] network in the United States, and on [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] in Canada.
The series is set across the backdrop of an illegal automobile [[road racing|road race]] with the central focus being on the competitors and eventually on the puppet masters behind the race. Regarding the tone of the show, Minear has described it as "a secret, illegal, underground road race can be anything from ''[[Cannonball Run (film)|Cannonball Run]]'' to ''[[The Game (film)|The Game]]'' to ''[[North by Northwest]]'' to ''[[Magnolia (film)|Magnolia]]''-on-wheels. Ours is all those things."<ref name="The Drive News Blog"> [http://drive-tv.blogspot.com/2006/07/tim-minear-interview.html The Drive News Blog - Interview with Tim Minear]</ref>
Fox [[greenlit]] series production on ''Drive'' in October 2006. In addition to the series pilot, another twelve episodes were ordered as a [[midseason replacement]] for spring 2007 .<ref name="greenlight">{{cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117952974.html?categoryid=1300&cs=1&p=0 |title=Fox springs into 'Drive' |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |last=Adalian |first=Josef |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2006-10-30 |year= |month= |format= |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' and ''[[Serenity (film)|Serenity]]'' star [[Nathan Fillion]], a longtime friend of ''Drive'' creator [[Tim Minear]], plays the lead role of Alex Tully in the series. [[Ivan Sergei]] played Tully in the pilot. <ref>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i0123c6f82e9d75a960daf0920816a410</ref>
The show premiered on [[April 13]], [[2007]] on CTV in Canada.<ref>http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20070404/Home-Drive/20070404/</ref> It debuted in the United States on [[April 15]], [[2007]] on FOX.
== The program ==
=== Synopsis ===
A diverse group of contestants have been invited to participate in a cross -country automobile race. First prize is $32 million. The common trait within the group appears to be that each person is experiencing an upheaval in their personal lives.
<ref name="WashPo">{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/13/AR2007041302277.html |title=Fox's 'Drive': It Can't Get There From Here |accessmonthday= |accessyear=2007 |last=Shales |first=Tom |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2007-04-14 |year= |month= |format=html |work=newspaper |publisher=[[Washington Post]] |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>
=== Production ===
Instead of the traditional linear narrative, the program makes extensive use of time-shifting. Captions are used to help viewers follow the timeline (i.e., "One Week Ago, "Five Days Ago").
== Cast and characters ==
{{mergefrom|Alex Tully|Talk:Drive (TV series)#Merging of the Character Pages?|date=April 2007}}
{{main|List of Drive characters}}
{| class="wikitable"
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! Actor !! Role
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| [[Nathan Fillion]] || [[List of Drive characters#Alex Tully|Alex Tully]]
|-
| [[Kristin Lehman]] || [[List of Drive characters#Corinna Wiles|Corinna Wiles]]
|-
| [[Melanie Lynskey]] || [[List of Drive characters#Wendy Patrakas|Wendy Patrakas]]
|-
| [[Dylan Baker]] || [[List of Drive characters#John Trimble|John Trimble]]
|-
| [[Emma Stone]] || [[List of Drive characters#Violet Trimble|Violet Trimble]]
|-
| [[Kevin Alejandro]] || [[List of Drive characters#Winston Salazar|Winston Salazar]]
|-
| [[J.D. Pardo]] || [[List of Drive characters#Sean Salazar|Sean Salazar]]
|-
| [[Riley Smith]] || [[List of Drive characters#Rob Laird|Rob Laird]]
|-
| [[Mircea Monroe]] || [[List of Drive characters#Ellie Laird|Ellie Laird]]
|-
| [[Taryn Manning]] || [[List of Drive characters#Ivy Chitty|Ivy Chitty]]
|-
| [[Michael Hyatt]] || [[List of Drive characters#Susan Chamblee|Susan Chamblee]]
|-
| [[Rochelle Aytes]] || [[List of Drive characters#Leigh Barnthouse|Leigh Barnthouse]]
|-
| [[Charles Martin Smith]] || [[List of Drive characters#Mr. Bright|Mr. Bright]]
|-
| [[Brian Bloom]] || [[List of Drive characters#Allan James|Allan James]]
|-
| [[Richard Brooks (actor)|Richard Brooks]] || [[List of Drive characters#Detective Erhle|Detective Ehrle]]
|-
| [[Wayne Grace]] || [[List of Drive characters#Jimmy Cousins|Jimmy Cousins]]
|-
| [[K Callan]]|| [[List of Drive characters#Ceal Cousins|Ceal Cousins]]
|-
| [[Amy Acker]] || [[List of Drive characters#Kathryn Tully|Kathryn Tully]]
|}
==Route==
The following are the checkpoints past, clues (if one is given), and the references to those clues.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Checkpoint !! Clue !! Reference
|-
| [[Key West, Florida]]
|colspan="2" align="center"| Start
|-
| [[Jupiter, Florida]]
| "Fly to Jupiter and find the red eye."
| The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse.
|-
| [[Cape Canaveral, Florida]]
| "Kennedy killed in 73."
| Cape Kennedy was [[Cape_kennedy#Name_changes|renamed]] to Cape Canaveral, thus "killing" the name "Kennedy", in 1973. Drivers met at the Kennedy Space Center.
|-
| [[Rome, Georgia]]
|colspan="2" align="center"| Explicitly explained by Mr. Bright
|}
==Episodes==
{{Main|List of Drive episodes}}
==Production notes==
===Filming locations===
[[Interstate 210 (California)|Interstate 210]] in [[Rialto, California]] on the finished but unopened portion between Alder Ave. and Linden Ave. The exit for Alder Ave can be seen as the exit in most of the freeway scenes. In the first episode, the Alder Ave. sign for the exit is clearly legible. Also, scenes at the "Kennedy Space Center" were filmed at The [[Ambassador Auditorium]] in [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], [[California]].
===Music===
* Title Theme - [[Gavin Rossdale]]
* Roadhouse Blues - [[The Doors]]/[[Crystal Method]] Remix
* Kreuzberg - [[Bloc Party]]
* Radar Love - [[Nine Pound Hammer]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
*[http://www.fox.com/Drive Official FOX Site]
*[http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20070404/Home-Drive/20070404/| Drive on CTV]
*[http://www.myspace.com/driveonfox Official MySpace Profile]
*{{imdb title|id=0770521|title=Drive}}
*{{tvtome show|id=58334|title=Drive}}
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