Many Years ago...
.. a little CBS summer experiment premiered. Was
supposed to be 8 shows and done. It ended up to be 110 episodes;
1990-1995. Wow.
After visiting Moosefest in the summer of 2015, I
can tell you Northern Exposure fans are still the most gracious and
wonderful honorary Cicelians I have even known. We had a book
signing event and the line went around the block of Dr. Fleischman's
office (now Cicely Gifts). It was July of 1990 that our pilot
episode aired on CBS and I know my life hasn't been the same since.
Many of those same fans helped our effort to
reboot the show.
In May of 2013 we invited everyone to participate in
the creation of my book, Northern Exposed with an Indiegogo
crowdfunding campaign. The response was, in a word, stunning.
We took a camera to Roslyn and revisited all the iconic locations from the
show, and then I sat down with all the surviving cast members (Peg left us
too soon and we dedicated the DVD set to her memory) and we talked about
our memories. The result of all this was a book and DVD set that
thousands of good folks really seem to enjoy! In 2020 we discovered that
Kindle would be the best way to continue offering the book and
Vimeo Video on
Demand would be best for people to watch the DVD instantly.
Northern Exposure was an extraordinarily peculiar network television show
and no one had any expectations for it. Tossed into the CBS
 lineup in the
middle of the summer of 1990, it was expected to fill eight hours of
primetime television programming and then go its merry way into oblivion.
What CBS didn't count on was an addictive combination of quirkiness and
adventure that would rivet millions of fans, creating a cult-like
following that would drive them back to the box to watch their Northern
Exposure friends on a regular basis.
My character, Ed Chigliak (whose last name I didn't learn until the sixth
episode) was perhaps the most peculiar of them all. Ed bridged the world of
the wilderness with that of modern America. He was wise in the ways of his
native forefathers and could effortlessly quote Woody Allen and Steven
Spielberg.
Northern Exposed gives those millions of Northern Exposure fans the
opportunity to enjoy an inside look at the interaction and daily lives of
that cast and those producers.
The book is no longer in print, but available
electronically on
Kindle. Save a Tree! Click the photo below!
The VIDEOS
Return to Cicely
and Extended Cast
Interviews (plus
bonus video) are now available on
Vimeo Video on
Demand. Preview below.
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