Watch Over Me

– Watch Over Me is an American Television series that debuted on December 6, 2006 on the television ne..

Type:
TVSeries
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour
Release Year:
2006
Watch Over Me (2006)

Watch Over Me is an American Television series that debuted on December 6, 2006 on the television network MyNetworkTV. Twentieth Television produced 66 episodes to air weekdays. The limited-run serial is an adaptation of Argentine series Resistiré.

Torres, a former Miss Universe, played a woman torn between her bioterrorist fiance and her bodyguard, played by Todd Cahoon. Catherine Oxenberg and Casper Van Dien also appeared as villains. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has not announced plans to release this series on DVD and/or Blu-ray.

Telefe, which produced the original version, syndicates a 64-episode run of the series in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It promotes the show as mixing a classic Latin genre with Hollywood aesthetics. From July 2009 it was aired in Slovakia on TV Markíza taking the slot of Latin American telenovelas, but the show was not very successful.

Producing Country:
USA
Genre:
Release Date:

06 Dec 2006

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
TV-14 – For Age 14 and Above

This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age. Programs rated TV-14 contains material that parents or adult guardians may find unsuitable for children under the age of 14. The FCC warns that "Parents are cautioned to exercise some care in monitoring this program and are cautioned against letting children under the age of 14 watch unattended." Programs with this rating contain crude humor, drug/alcohol use, inappropriate language, strong violence (may include some amounts of blood and gore), and moderate suggestive themes or dialogue.

Main Actors:

Dan Wells, Todd Cahoon, Dayanara Torres, Marc Menard

Plot:

Julia Rivera is a beautiful psychology student engaged to be married to Michael Krieger, a wealthy but ruthless man, who loves Julia despite his philandering nature. Unbeknownst to Julia, Michael's business enterprise is involved in nefarious activities. Because of this, Michael hires a bodyguard named Jack Porter, an ex-Special Forces soldier, to protect himself and his one true love, while Julia has no idea that the very person she must ultimately be shielded from is her own fiancée. Jack tries not to let his growing feelings for Julia cloud his judgment on the job, but he is torn between duty and desire. As the lovers struggle with their feelings for each other, they begin to uncover the web of deceit and murder that Michael has woven around their lives. Other characters involved is Andre, Michael's "business associate" and personal assassin with some dark secrets of his own. Leandra Thames is Michael's loyal, but deadly, personal assistant also willing to commit murder to protect Michael and set her own agenda. Caroline Krieger is Michael's teenage daughter who's haunted by personal nightmares of her past. Sasha Hansu is a criminal mastermind and rival of Michael's who has powerful connections to the Japanese yakuza. Christina Baden is a conflicted doctor who runs Michael's bio-tech lab and is torn between her loyalty to Michael and her desire to work within the bounds of ethics. Steve Hughes is Michael's shady accountant with his own personal issues. Also, Julia's family includes her gay brother Ryan and their conflicted father Alfred both of whom become embroiled with the lives and business ventures involving Julia, Michael, and Jack which becomes more volatile.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10