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fun. Firefly (TV series) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search For other films and television series with this names, see Firefly (disambiguation). Firefly The word "Firefly" against a parchment background written in a golden illuminated flowing cursive script Genre Space Western Drama Created by Joss Whedon Starring Nathan Fillion Gina Torres Alan Tudyk Morena Baccarin Adam Baldwin Jewel Staite Sean Maher Summer Glau Ron Glass Theme music composer Joss Whedon Opening theme "The Ballad of Serenity" performed by Sonny Rhodes Composer Greg Edmonson Country of origin United States Original language English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 14 Production Executive producers Joss Whedon Tim Minear Producer Ben Edlund Cinematography David Boyd Editor Lisa Lassek Camera setup Single-camera Running time 44 minutes Production companies Mutant Enemy Productions 20th Century Fox Television Distributor 20th Television Release Original network Fox Picture format NTSC 480i 16:9 HDTV 1080i 16:9 Blu-ray Disc 1080p Audio format 5.1 Surround Sound Original release September 20 – December 20, 2002 Chronology Followed by Serenity (film) Serenity (comics) Firefly is an American space Western drama television series, created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as an executive producer, along with Tim Minear. The series is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity. Whedon pitched the show as "nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things."[1] The show explores the lives of a group of people, some of whom fought on the losing side of a civil war, who make a living on the fringes of society as part of the pioneer culture of their star system. In this future, the only two surviving superpowers, the United States and China, fused to form the central federal government, called the Alliance, resulting in the fusion of the two cultures. According to Whedon's vision, "nothing will change in the future: technology will advance, but we will still have the same political, moral, and ethical problems as today."[2] Firefly premiered in the U.S. on the Fox network on September 20, 2002. By mid-December, Firefly had averaged 4.7 million viewers per episode and was 98th in Nielsen ratings.[3] It was canceled after 11 of the 14 produced episodes were aired. Despite the relatively short life span of the series, it received strong sales when it was released on DVD and has large fan support campaigns.[4][5] It won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2003 for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series. TV Guide ranked the series at No. 5 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon."[6] The post-airing success of the show led Whedon and Universal Pictures to produce Serenity, a 2005 film which continues from the story of the series,[4] and the Firefly franchise expanded to other media, including comics and a role-playing game.[7][8]