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The Will (2005)

The Will

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Reality Television

January 8th, 2005

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Synopsis

The Will is an American reality television series on CBS that lasted only one episode, shown on Saturday, January 8, 2005. It centered on the "Benefactor", a multi-millionaire from Arizona named Bill Long. Ten of his friends and relatives competed in a series of challenges to win the right to inherit his "prized possession", a huge Kansas ranch.

The show was created by Mike Fleiss, who produced The Bachelor for ABC. The Will is one of only a handful of series in American history to be pulled after one episode.

In the case of The Will, cancellation was due to very low ratings. Despite receiving a heavy promotional push from CBS, the program averaged only 4.2 million viewers during its 8:00-9:30PM ET/PT time slot, which made it CBS's lowest-ranked show of the week. The following Saturday, the network replaced it with a re-run of Cold Case, a crime drama.

The quick cancellation of The Will was lampooned on an episode of the ABC late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! with a montage of clips from the show, and the message "Will Miss You--January 8, 2005 - January 8, 2005."

Although it was initially reported that the five remaining episodes could appear on an American cable network, they eventually did air on the Fox Reality Channel not long afterwards, and all six episodes aired in New Zealand beginning in December 2005. In the final episode, Long's wife Penny became the overall winner.

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Cast

Tony Noakes
Self
Ashley Mutrux
Self
William Long Jr.
Self
Penny Long
Self
Danielle Pino
Self
Bette Miller
Self
Mickey Nelson
Self
Crystal Salas
Self
Scott Miller
Self
Josh Magee
Self
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Directors

Brad Kreisberg
(unknown episodes)
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Producers

Jon Cooper
development producer
(1 episode, 2005)
Scott Einziger
co-executive producer (1 episode, 2005)
Brian Gibson
supervising story producer
(1 episode, 2005)
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Writers

Matt Short
writer
(1 episode, 2005)
Todd Sharp
(unknown episodes)
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Taglines

Where there's a will there's a war.

Keywords

family relationships
non fiction
family

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

January 8th, 2005 (United States of America)

Alternative Titles

The Will (original title)
The Will (United States of America)

Running Times

60 min ((USA))

Distribution Companies

CBS (United States of America)

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