Drama 60-Minutes Action Adventure Hopeful Tone Melancholic Tone Tense Tone Earnest Tone Serialized Character Study Plot Driven Mythology Arc Visually Driven Single Lead Mainstream Appeal Contemporary Urban Moral Ambiguity Identity Grief Class Warfare Redemption Arc War and Conflict Network Drama

The Philanthropist

Created by Tom Fontana

NBC2009 61 pages

The title character, Teddy Rist (portrayed by James Purefoy), is a billionaire playboy haunted by the death of his only child. His life changes when he rescues a young boy during a hurricane in Nigeria. As a result, Rist begins using his fortune to personally change the lives of others.[4] The Philanthropist is based loosely on the life of Bobby Sager.[5] The Philanthropist is an American action drama series that premiered on NBC on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. The program was a limited summer series, principally filmed in South Africa. It opened to strong ratings, but saw a drop in viewers in subsequent weeks. The Philanthropist is a Carnival Films production in association with The Levinson/Fontana Company and Original Media. Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson, Peter Horton, Charlie Corwin, Gareth Neame, and Teri Weinberg served as executive producers.

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