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BACKGROUNDER It’s April 1964; two years have passed since viewers were introduced to the seemingly idyllic fictional town of Granite Flats, Colorado. Mysterious behavior still abounds, THIRD SEASON OF BYUtv’S ORIGINAL SCRIPTED loyalties continue to be tested, and nothing is what it seems to be. Battle lines have been SERIES GRANITE FLATS CONTINUES TO INTRIGUE drawn between the FBI, local law enforcement, AUDIENCES WITH SURPRISING PLOT TWISTS, NEW the CIA, and the KGB. Following a highly successful premiere ENIGMATIC CHARACTERS, AND A FINAL REVEAL in April 2013, Granite Flats, BYUtv’s first original scripted series, returned for a second season in April 2014 with more Cold War suspense to entertain the entire family. Now entering its third season, this ensemble show, which was inspired by actual military events (a CIA initiative called Project MKUltra), continues to entertain audiences with mid- 20th century intrigue and a plot packed with secrets while offering a primetime television option for families. Notable cast members include award-winning Produced, written, and created by a team of top Hollywood and New York actors Christopher Lloyd, Parker Posey, George talent who have made some of the industry’s most successful and long-running family Newbern, Finola Hughes, and Ivan Sergei entertainment offerings, the series was filmed entirely in Utah at a variety of authentic 1960s-era locations. Under the direction of BYUtv’s creative director, prolific IMAX film producer Scott Swofford, the Granite Flats

Media Contact: Michelle Prince Thatcher+Co. • email: [email protected] • Telephone: 914.523.8937 team has captured the look and feel of the period, conveying the distinctive national mood of shifting social mores and general anxiety. Based on Project MKUltra, the story reveals the then-ubiquitous fear of nuclear attack and offers a view into the era through a complex range of nuanced and intriguing characters. Granite Flats has added a new genre to BYUtv’s already diverse roster of original “see the good in the world” programming (including original feature and documentary films, music performances and artist profiles, scripted comedy, unscripted reality, live sports, and an American history show) and represents the bold expansion that the groundbreaking cable network continues to stake out in the family market. The High Definition cable television network’s programs (13 of which won Emmy® awards in 2014) are carried in more than 55 million homes on Dish Network, DirecTV, and over 800 cable systems.

THE STORY

In the small, quintessentially American town of Granite Flats, Colorado, the Cold War rumbles underneath the lives of the locals. Three unlikely young heroes form their own private detective agency, but the implications of what they’re investigating are actually bigger and more serious than anyone realizes. In season one, an unidentified object In season three, friendships and (later known to be a Soviet spy satellite) fell loyalties continue to be challenged, everyone from the sky in a fiery blaze, turning the has a secret, and nothing is what it seems town into a place of secrets and fear. The to be. The trio of kid sleuths has disbanded chief of police and a special agent from the their detective agency as they mature and their FBI ferreted out a KGB spy hiding in their relationships begin to evolve. The chief of midst. A nurse at the VA Hospital learned that police and the FBI are still working together her boss oversaw mysterious testing done as to expose covert government operations and part of the CIA’s top secret Project MKUltra spies. Long-lost family members re-surface in to develop mind-control as a weapon against Granite Flats, further disrupting the lives the Soviets. In the middle of it all, the kid of the residents of the town and forcing many detectives gained insight into the complicated to face up to past indiscretions. Similar political world that became the backdrop to to season two, themes from two pieces of their own coming-of-age experiences. classic literature, Walt Whitman’s Leaves of The second season followed the three Grass and Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking kid sleuths as they uncovered dangerous Glass, surprisingly mirror the lives of the evidence, while the chief of police and the FBI characters. continued to investigate the fallen satellite. As the Cold War escalates and the An eccentric new English teacher, Professor country confronts enormous national and global Stanfield Hargraves, captivated the kids’ challenges – including the assassination attention as he taught William Shakespeare’s of President Kennedy – the tale of Granite Hamlet from an Oxfordian perspective, Flats unfolds through the perspectives of an emphasizing the themes of a secret murder, ensemble of diverse and multi-generational false identities, and a divided heart — all of characters. which resonated not only with the students, but Like the first two seasons, season three with their parents as well. The arrival of the consists of eight new one-hour episodes. The head of the CIA’s counterintelligence program cast features top Hollywood and New York in Granite Flats rattled some residents, tested actors who have made some of television and old friendships, and created new alliances. film’s most successful programs.

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Season three has attracted a steady ﬂow of top Hollywood guest directors and acting talent, including Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominee Parker Posey (Waiting for Guffman, The House of Yes, Superman Returns) and Scandal star George Newbern (Father of the Bride I & II, Adventures in Babysitting). Posey, who is often referred to as the “Queen of the Indies,” plays Alice White, the aunt of 14-year-old main character Arthur Milligan. In a world of secrets and spies, Alice will unmask some truths that will not gain her favor in small town Colorado. Newbern plays Scottie Andrews, a left-wing civil liberties attorney from New York City who is the uncle of 14-year-old main character Madeline Andrews. Scottie’s fondness for his niece, as well as his boisterous and outgoing personality, helps him ﬁnd his place in Granite Flats. Last season’s guest stars included three-time Emmy® Award-winning actor Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future I-III, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Taxi), Ivan Sergei (The Break-Up, Jack & Jill), and Daytime Emmy®-winner Finola Hughes (General Hospital). Lloyd, Hughes, and Sergei are returning for season three.

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THE SET: TOWNS THAT TIME FORGOT

The Granite Flats production team brings a vast collective knowledge of historical recreation and a familiarity with the look and feel of 1960s Mountain West America, having worked on hundreds of Hollywood period films and television programs. The show’s creative direction, set design, dialogue, and wardrobe pay great attention to both minute physical details – such as lipstick colors, the model of the police chief’s gun, street and store signage, the look of distant landscapes, cultural references, and colloquial speech – as well as the overall demeanor of the characters. This focus results in a production quality that transports viewers in time. The series is filmed entirely on location in Utah, spread over 40 square miles, in towns and buildings that retain the ambiance of the show’s era and have seemingly remained impervious to the passage of time. The fictional Main Street of Granite Flats is actually the old copper town of Magna, located on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley. Additional locations include the Olmsted hydroelectric power plant and a sequestered complex of turn- of-the-century buildings (located just minutes away from Robert Redford’s Sundance Ski Resort) that serve as the show’s military base.

— 4 — NAME OF INVESTIGATED NOTES Executive Producer and Director Scott Swofford is a television Scott Swofford production veteran best known for his work on over 30 IMAX films in 50 countries, including Mysteries of Egypt which grossed $80,000,000 worldwide and Amazon, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1996. After graduating from the film program at Brigham Young University, Swofford worked for advertising firm Bonneville POSITION Productions and collaborated with directors of popular television series such as Hill Street Blues and M*A*S*H. Executive Producer He became the director of production after four years at Bonneville. Then, deciding to branch out, Swofford discovered the world of IMAX films. In 1998, Swofford co-produced Olympic Glory, the official film of the Nagano Olympics, with renowned producer and director Frank Marshall (The Bourne Series, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Sixth Sense). The two teamed up again in 2006 to create Roving Mars, an IMAX documentary about the Mars Exploration Rovers, for Disney. He also produced films for National Geographic and WGBH in Boston and served as the Director of Media for the “I’m a Mormon” campaign. Swofford came to BYUtv, the country’s only nationwide university-affiliated TV network, in November 2010 to create intelligent, inspiring programming available to an audience of more than 55 million households nationwide. In an effort to provide BYUtv viewers with what they say is missing from today’s television programming – an original, scripted, family friendly series – Swofford reached out to his colleagues in the IMAX world and assembled a world-class team of production experts, writers, producers, art directors, cinematographers, and editors who are also well-versed in period films and historic recreations. This venerable team includes:

NAME OF INVESTIGATED NOTES Miller has 23 ﬁlm and television credits, including the Jeff Miller National Geographic documentary Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West, and Redemption Road, as well as BYUtv’s Emmy® Award- winning history series American Ride.

POSITION Producer

NAME OF INVESTIGATED NOTES Brian McNamara is a character actor, director, and producer who Brian McNamara has made more than 100 TV and film appearances. His first major role was in The Flamingo Kid. He then went on to star in Short Circuit and played the lead in Billionaire Boys Club, for which he received a Golden Globe® Award nomination. Additional film acting roles included Caddyshack II, Arachnophobia, Mystery Date, and The Legend of Tillamook’s Gold. His TV appearances POSITION include The O.C., Monk, Ghost Whisperer, Manhattan, AZ, and recently, Army Wives. Brian made his directorial debut with the Guest Director thriller Lost Signal, in which he also had a starring role.

— 5 — NAME OF INVESTIGATED NOTES Treu directed Little Secrets, Wish Upon a Star, Meet the Blair Treu Mormons, a feature-length documentary produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Called to Serve, a ﬁlm about LDS Missionaries. He teamed up with Brigham Young University professor Stephen F. Duncan, KBYU-TV, and BYUtv to create Real Families, Real Answers, a family-oriented reality POSITION series that demonstrates families managing real-life situations with commentary from scholarly experts. Guest Director

NAME OF INVESTIGATED NOTES John Plummer Plummer is a genre-spanning writer who has worked in television, ﬁlm, new media, and theater. His television credits include productions for NBC, TBS, Comedy Central, Bravo, Discovery, IFC, National Geographic, and PBS. He is known for his production of Twelfth Night, which was the subject of the PBS documentary Shakespeare on the Hudson, and his work on the POSITION IFC series, The Whitest Kids U’ Know. Writer

NAME OF INVESTIGATED NOTES Reed Smoot, ASC A venerable cinematographer, Smoot’s director of photography credits include dozens of feature ﬁlms for television and theatrical release such as Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, and Walt Disney Pictures classic Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey. Smoot was cameraman on the Academy Award- POSITION winning documentary feature The Great American Cowboy. Cinematographer

NAME OF INVESTIGATED NOTES Christopher DeMuri Amongst his many credits, DeMuri was Art Director for all 212 episodes (9 seasons) of the CBS series Touched by an Angel and for the 2011 Academy Award-winning FOX Searchlight feature 127 Hours.

POSITION Art Director

NAME OF INVESTIGATED NOTES Harry B. Miller III Miller is a picture and sound editor with 40 ﬁlm and television credits, including work for Back to the Future, Bones, Hawaii Five-O, and the documentary Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man. His works have been recognized in the form of a Primetime Emmy® Award, an award for outstanding achievement in editing at the 2012 Williamsburg International Film Festival, and other honors POSITION over the last few decades. Editor

NAME OF INVESTIGATED NOTES Carolyn Leone Leone’s 22 television and ﬁlm credits for her costume design work include Waiting for Forever, Daddy Day Camp, Everwood, and Silk Stalkings.

POSITION

Costume Designer

— 6 — NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Professor Stanﬁeld Hargraves Christopher Lloyd

NOTES An eccentric junior high English teacher with a smart, teasing sense of humor, Professor Hargraves captivates the attention of the kids with his quick wit. While teaching Hamlet from an Oxfordian perspective, emphasizing the themes of secret murder, false identities, and a divided heart, Hargraves becomes an increasingly mysterious character. As Timmy and Madeline grow closer to him, they begin to question his deeper purpose.

Three-time Emmy® Award-winning actor Christopher Lloyd is well known for his roles in the Back to the Future trilogy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and the television series Taxi.

— 7 — NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Alice White Parker Posey

NOTES Aunt of Arthur Milligan, she is Beth’s older, never-married, eccentric and mysterious half-sister. She is a truth-teller, a visionary, and an un-masker thrown into a world of secret- keepers and spies.

Golden Globe® and Independent Spirit Award nominee Parker Posey has appeared in nearly 90 ﬁlm and television productions, including Waiting for Guffman, The House of Yes, A Mighty Wind, The Battle of Mary Kay, Broken English, and Superman Returns.

— 8 — NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Scottie Andrews George Newbern

NOTES A left-wing New York City civil liberties attorney. The polar opposite of his brother Dr. Ronald Andrews, Scottie is a boisterous, quick-witted, brilliant force of life whose looks and boundless conﬁdence helped him win cases and hearts once upon a time. A dark past and family secrets bring him to Granite Flats to reconnect with his family.

George Newbern, a regular on Scandal, has had a proliﬁc TV and ﬁlm career with credits like Justice League, Father of the Bride, Saw VI, Chicago Hope, and Designing Women.

— 9 — NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Roy Milligan Ivan Sergei

NOTES The assumed-to-be deceased Air Force Lieutenant who is the father of Arthur and husband of Beth. At the end of season two, it is revealed that Roy is not dead, but is in fact running a covert operation in Moscow.

Ivan Sergei is best known for his roles in The Break-Up with Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston and Jack & Jill opposite Amanda Peet. He also had recurring roles on Charmed and Gravity.

NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Zelda/The Avon Lady Finola Hughes

NOTES Successful Avon lady with a bright, cheery exterior demeanor who is, in fact, a KGB operative working in America.

Daytime Emmy®-winner Finola Hughes is best known as General Hospital staple Anna Devane. Her other credits include the ﬁlm Like Crazy and recurring roles on Charmed, Paciﬁc Palisades, and All My Children.

NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Chief of Police John Sanders Richard Gunn

NOTES The vigilant chief of police of Granite Flats. Works closely with the FBI to track suspicious spy activity and the missing Soviet satellite. Very protective of his family and his town, he is the father of Timmy Sanders and husband of June Sanders.

Richard Gunn was a series regular on James Cameron’s TV hit Dark Angel, playing the role of Sketchy. He has appeared in TV series such as Dexter, CSI, and The Mentalist. Gunn starred opposite James Caan and Paul Sorvino to critical acclaim in the Lionsgate feature ﬁlm For the Love of Money and most recently appeared in the psychological thriller Hidden in the Woods.

NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Dr. Millard Whittison David Naughton

NOTES Head doctor of Granite Flats’ military hospital. He is at the center of mysterious CIA experiments taking place on unwitting soldiers and citizens and works closely with Doctors Susan and Ronald Andrews.

David Naughton is best known for his starring role in the feature ﬁlm An American Werewolf in London, which won the ﬁrst Academy Award® for special effects makeup, as well as for his role as the lead in the “Be a Pepper” ad campaign for Dr. Pepper, which made television history. He has recently worked on the series’ Grey’s Anatomy, Psych, The Mentalist, and Major Crimes.

— 10 — NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Hershel Jenkins Peter Murnik

NOTES Former military sergeant and single father of Wallace, who went to live with nurse Regina Clark when Hershel took the blame for an explosion at the base. After his acquittal, Hershel lived in the church basement working as a handyman until he secured a spot on the police force by proving himself to Chief Sanders. His next task is to prove himself to Wallace and Regina.

Peter Murnik has appeared in nearly 100 television shows and movies, including Justiﬁed, ER, Northern Exposure, Quantum Leap, and Desperate Housewives, and he has a recurring role on JAG. Murnik also appeared on the big screen in Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy.

NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Ezekiel Scott Tom Wright

NOTES An African American FBI agent investigating the suspicious events taking place in Granite Flats. The character is part of what was an actual groundbreaking initiative by J. Edgar Hoover to train “negro” agents, connecting the ﬁght for civil rights in the U.S. and the struggle against communist oppression.

Tom Wright has spent nearly four decades as a professional actor and has appeared in over 90 feature ﬁlms (including Barbershop, Barbershop 2, Sunshine State, and six John Sayles ﬁlms), 60 television shows (including Grimm, The Mentalist, Modern Family, Rizzoli & Isles, 24, The Pentagon Wars, and CSI) and over 40 stage productions, including on Broadway (Taste of Honey) and Off-Broadway.

NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Arthur Milligan Jonathan Morgan Heit

NOTES After the death of his father, Arthur moved to Granite Flats. With new friends Timmy and Madeline, he started a successful detective agency. Arthur becomes obsessed with a cipher the sleuths found and decoded, and seeks help from Dr. Whittison, who leads him even further into the world of espionage.

Jonathan Morgan Heit was most recently in the ﬁlm Escape from Planet Earth and Disney’s animated series, Jake and the Never Land Pirates. Heit also starred in Date Night, Valentine’s Day, and Bedtime Stories, and his television credits include Monk, How I Met Your Mother, ER, General Hospital, and 18 Family Guy episodes.

NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Timmy Sanders Charlie Plummer

NOTES

Son of the local chief of police, Timmy is an excitable and endearing youth and one of the founding members of “The Case Crackers,” a trio of kid sleuths in town. He is best friends with Arthur and Madeline and a potential love interest of Madeline’s.

Charlie Plummer has a recurring role on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, and he appeared in the feature ﬁlm by The Sopranos’ creator David Chase, Not Fade Away. He has also appeared in Person of Interest and Nick at Nite’s Wendell and Vinnie.

— 11 — NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Madeline Andrews Malia Tyler

NOTES Adoptive daughter of Doctors Susan and Ronald Andrews. She is a founding member of “The Case Crackers,” a trio of kid sleuths, and is an intellectually precocious girl whose curiosity fuels her love of detective work. When Madeline questions her parentage, Timmy and Madeline break into her parents’ safe deposit box. Instead of adoption papers, they ﬁnd ﬁles about project MKUltra, stunning and upsetting them both, but binding their hearts even more to each other.

Malia Tyler has appeared in many national commercials, as well as made appearances on television shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live and Make It or Break It.

NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Wallace Jenkins Ethan Ross Wills

NOTES The only son of Hershel Jenkins. He lives with his foster mother, Regina Clark. He is a classmate of the sleuth trio, “The Case Crackers,” whose bullying behavior masks his insecurities, loneliness, and pain. As Wallace begins to mature and become closer to his father, he also forms a close friendship with Timmy Sanders.

Ethan Ross Wills has appeared in numerous national commercials and acted in many short ﬁlms, including playing the lead role of Arrow in Eddie & Arrow. His voice-over credits include the lead in the ﬁlm What It Is.

NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Frank Quincy Scott Christopher

NOTES A former soldier, Frank volunteered to be a subject of government mind control testing. Frank and Beth grew close as they worked to gather intelligence on the operation, but under drug-induced hypnosis Frank revealed he was the training ofﬁcer of Beth’s husband, Roy, complicating the budding romance.

Scott Christopher starred in ﬁve episodes of Greg Berlanti’s Everwood. He has also held roles in Touched by an Angel and Promised Land and starred in the ﬁlms The Last Eagle Scout and My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend alongside Alyssa Milano and Beau Bridges.

NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Dr. Susan Andrews Maia Guest

NOTES A psychiatrist, married to Dr. Ronald Andrews and the adoptive mother to Madeline. Dr. Andrews and her husband are highly involved in a secret drug-testing program run by hospital head Dr. Whittison.

Maia Guest voiced various characters on VH1’s animated series ILL-ustrated and appeared in the sci-ﬁ romantic comedy Astronomy of Errors. Her voice can be heard in episodes from season two of Granite Flats singing “All Through the Night.”

— 12 — NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS June Sanders Taryn O’Neill

NOTES Supportive but suspicious wife of the chief of police, she is a stay-at-home mother of ﬁve children, including Timmy.

Taryn O’Neill is not only a successful actor, but also counts producing, directing, and writing among her many talents. O’Neill produced the sci-ﬁ comedy series Hurtling Through Space at an Alarming Rate, as well as After Judgement, both of which she also starred in. She also appeared in Compulsions and as a voice in Continuum.

NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Dr. Ronald Andrews Jim Turner

NOTES

Doctor of Science. Married to Dr. Susan Andrews and adoptive father to Madeline, and along with his wife is highly involved in Dr. Whittison’s secret plans.

Jim Turner is best known for his long running role on the HBO hit series Arli$$. With more than 30 years of experience, he has also appeared in the ﬁlms St. Elmo’s Fire, The Lost Boys, The Ref, Kicking & Screaming, and Bewitched. He has guest starred in numerous TV programs including That ‘70s Show, Dharma & Greg, Yes, Dear, Boston Legal, Brothers & Sisters, The Big Bang Theory, Grey’s Anatomy, and Parenthood.

NAME OF INVESTIGATED ALIAS Nurse Regina Clark Jessica Wright

NOTES Nurse at the Granite Flats military hospital, caretaker of Wallace Jenkins and former girlfriend of Slim Kirkpatrick.

Jessica Wright has appeared as a guest star on numerous TV shows including Boston Public, Scrubs, Bones, My Boys, and Without a Trace. She also starred in the short ﬁlm Collision.

— 13 — ABOUT BYUtv

Owned by Brigham Young University and based in Provo, Utah, BYUtv is a groundbreaking high definition cable television network, which has actively and strategically built its roster of original “see the good in the world” programming to fill a void in the primetime market. Amidst the proliferation of TV programming, the cable network’s offerings stand out for their thoughtful examination of redeeming elements in our fast-paced, multifaceted world. The topics are varied, hard-hitting, and nuanced. Whether through its unrivaled live college sports coverage, documentary and feature films, scripted comedy, scripted dramas, or unscripted reality programs, BYUtv is filling a void as a vital presence in the contemporary television landscape. Currently, BYUtv is available in High Definition and carried to more than 55 million homes in every state of the country via cable, satellite, and multiple digital media platforms including byutv.org and the BYUtv app for Roku, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, and iOS, Android, and Windows mobile devices. The non-commercial station’s reach is unprecedented for any university in the world and offers approximately 1,000 hours of original programming annually, including 500 hours of live HD collegiate sports.

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