Touch (TV series)

This article is about the television series. For other uses, see Touch (disambiguation).

Touch
Genre	Supernatural Serial drama Drama Mystery Action Thriller
Format	Television series Live-action
Created by	Tim Kring
Written by	Tim Kring
Starring	Kiefer Sutherland David Mazouz Gugu Mbatha-Raw Danny Glover Roxana Brusso Karen David
Composer(s)	Wendy Melvoin Lisa Coleman
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	15 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Carol Barbee Suzan Bymel Peter Chernin Tim Kring Francis Lawrence Katherine Pope Kiefer Sutherland
Location(s)	Los Angeles, California, United States
Running time	43 minutes (without commercials) 60 minutes (with commercials)
Production company(s)	20th Century Fox Television Chernin Entertainment
Distributor	20th Television
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) (Fox HD) 1080i (HDTV) (Sky1)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original run	January 25, 2012 (2012-01-25) – present (present)
Status	New series
Age rating	TV-PG TV-14
Other websites
Official website

Touch is an American supernatural drama television series, written and created by Tim Kring for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It was first aired on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 as a preview and on Thursday, March 22, 2012 as a series. 13 episodes have been ordered for the first season by Fox. The series was scheduled to begin on Monday, March 19, 2012, but was moved to Thursday, March 22, 2012, and on Thursday, March 15, 2012, a rerun of the first episode was broadcast. The show has a TV-PG and a TV-14 age rating in the United States. In Canada, the show is simultaneously broadcast on the Global Television Network, and premiered on the same day at the same time as the U.S. broadcast. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Chernin Entertainment. In the United States, the second season began airing on Fridays at 9:00 p.m.

Plot

The newspaper reporter Martin Bohm was once successful, to his wife in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in one of the towers of the World Trade Center was killed. Since then his life is no longer the same. Its mission is to since, about his autistic son to take care of Jake. Martin fails not only from communicating with his son, but can not cope with his behavioral problems. Soon the youth protection authority is turned on. Clea Hopkins believes that it would be best if Jake would come into a home. Martin sees it differently, because he noticed that his son is three times cut off at the same time from school to access a transmitting tower to climb. May be it soon becomes clear that Jake can predict the future. He gets information and support from Arthur DeWitt, a specialist in children with unusual talents.

Production

Development

On January 19, 2011, Fox announced that there was going to be a new pilot by Tim Kring. On January 26, 2011, Fox announced that the new pilot was going to air in the 2011–2012 television season.

Cast

On February 22, 2011, Fox said that Kiefer Sutherland would be the main actor in the show. On June 10, 2011, Danny Glover got a part in the series. On June 16, 2011, Gugu Mbatha-Raw got a part in the show. In July 2011, Titus Welliver got a part in the new show as a social worker.

Cast

Main cast

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  Kiefer Sutherland (2008)

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  Danny Glover (2008)

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  Karen David (2011)

Cast member	Character name
Kiefer Sutherland	Martin Bohm
Gugu Mbatha-Raw	Clea Hopkins
David Mazouz	Jacob "Jake" Bohm
Danny Glover	Professor Arthur Teller
Karen David	Kayla Graham
Roxana Brusso	Sheri

Characters

Main page: List of Touch characters

Main characters

• Kiefer Sutherland as Martin Bohm – a former journalist and luggage handler, whose wife was killed in the September 11 attacks.
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Clea Hopkins – a social worker
• David Mazouz as Jacob "Jake" Bohm – a mute boy who is obsessed with numbers and can predict future events.
• Danny Glover as Professor Arthur Teller, an expert on children who possess special gifts when it comes to numbers.
• Karen David as Kayla Graham– a woman who works at a call center and whose dream is to become a singer.
• Roxana Brusso as Sheri – the director of the facility that Jake attends.

Post-production

"Three Little Birds", a song by Kayla Graham (Karen David) was released on iTunes by 20th Century Fox TV Records on February 28, 2012.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release date
			Season premiere	Season finale	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	13	January 25, 2012 (2012-01-25)	2012 (2012)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
1	"Pilot"	Francis Lawrence	Tim Kring	January 25, 2012 (2012-01-25)	1ATG79	12.01
2	"1+1=3"	Ian Toynton	Tim Kring	March 22, 2012 (2012-03-22)	1ATG01	11.81
3	"Safety in Numbers"	Stephen Williams	Carol Barbee	March 29, 2012 (2012-03-29)	103	8.92
4	"Kite Strings"			April 5, 2012 (2012-04-05)	105
5	"Entanglement"			April 12, 2012 (2012-04-12)
6	"Lost and Found"			April 19, 2012 (2012-04-19)

Reception

Critical reception

The show mainly has positive reviews with PopMatters said the show was "stunningly effective" and praised "its mix of spirituality and science, familial and global struggles." They also noted that "The boy’s narration, unnervingly matter-of-fact about the nature of the universe, takes on more power when he reveals that in 11 years, he has never spoken a word."

The New York Post said "If you can’t get enough of number sequences and universal cylindrical patterns that constantly repeat, then for sure you’ll repeat the pattern of watching Fox’s new show....It is intriguing, and it’s great to have Sutherland back on TV" but felt "frankly, it’s awfully complicated."

The Chicago Sun Times said the show "operates on the mind-blowing premise that people around the world are linked to one another and their lives intersect — with potentially major repercussions." They finished the review saying it "delivers a suspenseful ride around the world, peppered with some tear-jerking moments. The bar has been set high. Here’s hoping “Touch” continues to reach it."

Kiefer Sutherland's performance has good reviews, with many critics saying "He plays the part with such a combination of intensity and subtlety that we are drawn deep into Martin’s suffering, and rather than judging him, we feel with him. Every trial is etched in his face. He imbued Jack Bauer with similar stoicism, but Martin seems less resilient, more distressed."

The Los Angeles Times gave the show a 40 of 100, which was the lowest review along with Philadelphia Daily News which was also 40 of 100.

On Metacrtic, the Metascore is 63 of 100 based on 27 critic reviews. The average score for users is 8.2 of 10.

The show has a 8.9 out of 10 ("great") score on TV.com.

Ratings

U.S. ratings

No.	Title	Air date	18–49 rating	Viewers (millions)	Weekly rank
1	"Pilot"	January 25, 2012 (2012-01-25)	3.9/10	12.01	#9
2	"1+1=3"	March 22, 2012 (2012-03-22)	3.3/9	11.81	#8
3	"Safety in Numbers"	March 29, 2012 (2012-03-29)		8.92
4	"Kite Strings"	April 5, 2012 (2012-04-05)
5	"Entanglement"	April 12, 2012 (2012-04-12)

Canadian ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Viewers (millions)	Weekly rank
1	"Pilot"	January 25, 2012	1.520	#10
2	"1+1=3"	March 22, 2012 (2012-03-22)
3	"Safety in Numbers"	March 29, 2012 (2012-03-29)
4	"Kite Strings"	April 5, 2012 (2012-04-05)
5	"Entanglement"	April 12, 2012 (2012-04-12)

UK ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Viewers	Notes
1	"Pilot"	March 20, 2012	760,000	The first episode was the highest-rated non-soap multichannel show of the night. It was ranked No. 1 in its time period among all basic cable and satellite channels.

Other countries

The show has, for the first time in history, was one of the highest-rated individual channel airing of the season, ranking #1 or #2 in its time period and outperforming the primetime average of the broadcaster by double- or triple-digit percentage increases.

In Italy, it started as the channel's second highest-rated television premiere ever. In Spain, Touch ranked #1 for the first episode in the timeslot. In Latin American countries, outperformed the channels' primetime average by double- and triple-digit percentage increases in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico. Other countries had good starts, like Germany, Norway and Russia.

International broadcast

The show has started in over 100 countries including:

Country	Channel	Premiere date
Austria	ORF eins	February 27, 2012 (Pilot only) March 26, 2012 (regular)
Australia	Network Ten	2012
Brazil	FOX Brazil	March 19, 2012
Chile	Fox Latin America	March 19, 2012
Canada	Global	March 22, 2012
China South East Asia	FOX Asia	March 25,2012
Croatia	FOX Life	March 22, 2012
Denmark	TV 2	TBA
Germany	Pro 7	February 27, 2012 (Pilot only) March 26, 2012 (regular)
Greece	FX	March 22, 2012
India	STAR World India	March 24, 2012
Israel	Yes Action	March 28, 2012
Italy	Fox	March 20, 2012
Latin America	Canal FOX	March 19, 2012 (2-hour premiere)
Macedonia	Fox Life	March 27, 2012
New Zealand	TV3	March 25,2012
Norway	TV 2	March 19, 2012
Philippines	Jack TV/CHASE on BEAM 31	March 18, 2012
Poland	FOX	March 26,2012 (2-hour premiere)
Portugal	FOX	March 20, 2012 (2-hour premiere)
Russia	Channel One	March 25, 2012
Spain	Fox España	March 22, 2012
Turkey	Foxlife	March 20, 2012
United Kingdom Ireland	Sky1	March 20, 2012
Hong Kong Indonesia Malaysia Singapore Thailand	FOX Asia	March 25, 2012

Online media

Most recent episodes can be viewed on Fox.com in the United States, it can also be viewed on many other sites. In Canada, recently aired full episodes air on Global Video at GlobalTV.com.

Related pages

• James Burke—a television documentarian whose works (Connections and its sequels) show how seemingly unrelated people and events in science history are actually connected
• Fox Broadcasting Company
• Television program

Other websites

• Official website
• Touch at the Internet Movie Database
• Touch at TV.com
• Touch-"Three Little Birds" at YouTube