Profit

Synopsis

Jim Profit works for a multinational company, and isn't above using any means necessary to get ahead, and that includes bribery, blackmail, intimidation, extortion, and even murder. Now everyone at the company, including the president, Charles Gracen are oblivious to his dark side, as a matter of fact, Gracen thinks of him as a golden boy. But when Joanne Meltzer, the company's security chief looks into his eyes, she sees something sinister.

First Air Date: 1996-04-08

Last Air Date: 2002-12-09

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 8

Created By: John McNamara, David Greenwalt

Networks: FOX

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Top Cast

Adrian Pasdar as Jim Profit
Lisa Darr as Gail Koner
Lisa Blount as Bobbi Stakowski
Jack Gwaltney as Pete Gracen
Allison Hossack as Nora Gracen
Keith Szarabajka as Chaz Gracen
Lisa Zane as Joanne Meltzer
Sherman Augustus as Jeffrey Sykes
Teryl Rothery as Connie Gracen
Scott Paulin as Jack Walters

Seasons

Specials (2005)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Greed Kills (2005-08-09)

A mix of show clips, archival materials, and interviews with Greenwalt, McNamara, Pasdar, executive producer Stephen J. Cannell, and actors Lisa Blount and Lisa Zane. This documentary covers the development of the McNamara\/Greenwalt partnership as well as the origins of Profit, its path to the screen, shooting the “Pilot” and attached controversies, casting, character issues and the approaches taken by the actors, the use of voiceovers, inspirations and related concepts, storylines, stretching boundaries and censorship, reactions to the show and its legacy.