Quantum Leap

Raymond Lee is Dr. Ben Song in "Quantum Leap," stepping into time travel and a new series for Scott Bakula's Dr.Sam Beckett. And there's a big twist.

"I got my sleeve caught on the lock-knob thing, It's one of those things you can't prepare for. "Each week is like a whole new movie." "With this show, you really have to be on your toes." "This is about evolution. It's just a question of when and if he wants to engage. Beckett even appears briefly in hologram form in the new series' first episode. We're continuing in the same world, but we're telling our own story that will absolutely brush up against the previous show." In the first season, Song will time vault into a jewel heist getaway driver in 1985, a space shuttle astronaut in the 1980s and into a woman's body (in next month's fourth episode). (or Al, for that matter.) Well,I guess we're about to find out." He doesn't inherit the skills of the body he inhabits. Sam Beckett, who involuntarily vaulted through space and time, taking the place of seemingly random people to correct past mistakes. Ben Song is not your normal physicist,” Lee explains on a filming break.

Building off the original show, the concept features a group of scientists and military personnel working on the project that Dr. Sam Beckett (originally played ...

But the clock is already ticking, and in the current TV environment, time might not be on its side. At home, the team is headed by a career military man (Ernie Hudson), while Addison struggles with Ben’s lost memories and what to tell him about their relationship. (It also happens to be the year before the Fox network made its debut, so for NBC in terms of its place in a less-competitive TV landscape, happier times.) Situated after “The Voice,” the series seems destined to get a look from viewers, but despite a serialized mystery, that won’t prevent some from jumping out just as quickly. [a tried-and-true method](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/entertainment/upfront-analysis/index.html) of slicing through the programming clutter, and by that measure “Quantum Leap” starts with a certain advantage. [“Top Gun: Maverick,”](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/12/entertainment/top-gun-maverick-review/index.html) Lee makes for a solid lead, and oscillating between past and present does add a bit more dimension to the framework, which still boasts the procedural component of Ben helping a different person each week before leaping into a new setting.

Addison (Caitlin Bassett) and Ben (Raymond Lee) brace for impact. Photo: Ron Batzdorff/NBC. It's been nearly 30 years since Scott Bakula's Dr. Sam Beckett ...

It remains to be seen if Quantum Leap will put its emphasis on Ben’s do-gooding travels through time, like the original series did, or if it will continue to divide its attention between past and present—though given the ensemble cast, especially with a star like Ernie Hudson in a key role, that does seem likely. With Ziggy’s help, Ben and Addison are able to piece together what’s going down; it involves a big explosion and the Hope Diamond, but—like the intricacies of the time-travel tech that got Ben there in the first place—the crime is really a MacGuffin. While there’s already a lot going on with Ben’s problem-solving plotline, Quantum Leap makes it obvious that the reason why he jumped before the machine was ready is going to become an important mystery. It’s not yet apparent if Ben’s own journey will be quite so surprising, or whether it will pinball wildly between personas that offer the show a chance to dabble in both social commentary and outright goofballery. Taken as a whole, it would be a lot to absorb, especially if you weren’t already familiar with the classic series. We won’t spoil Ben’s first mission, but we will note that as far as leaps go, it’s a pretty easy one for him: Nick is around Ben’s age and seems to be a bit of a lone wolf, and a city circa 1985 isn’t too jarring of a setting. Going by this first episode, the new series will keep to the original show’s general take that fixing a wrong in the past can actually improve the future. He wasn’t totally alone—he had Al, a hologram who only Sam could see and hear, and who’d show up with his handheld gizmo that connected them to Ziggy’s vast repositories of historical knowledge—but he didn’t know how he was ever going to make it back home. Naturally, this seemingly idiotic decision freaks everyone out, including Ben himself, who pops up in July 1985 with amnesia (a side effect of leaping), something that Addison—who’s able to follow him through time as a hologram, just like Al followed Sam—helps him cope with, though she doesn’t explain her personal relationship with him (she does, however, inform him that she was supposed to be the one doing the time-traveling). [the late Dean Stockwell](https://gizmodo.com/rip-dean-stockwell-quantum-leaps-beloved-al-1848022924), to whom the premiere episode is dedicated), both get referenced by the new characters, and the reliably unreliable supercomputer that powers the show’s sci-fi tech is still named Ziggy. Fans of the original series will recall episodes opened with a spoken intro explaining its concept as well as a title sequence showing scenes from Sam’s adventures—plus, Sam was given voice-overs to further explain how he was feeling (usually perplexed) as he tried to figure out a) who he had “leaped” into, b) where and when he was, and c) who he was supposed to help in that particular time period, which would trigger his next jaunt through space and time. Sam Beckett vanished into time (and from the airwaves), but Quantum Leap—a popular show during its five-season run—has since maintained a cult following.

Actor Raymond Lee says that he's 'checking off a bucket list [item] with every episode.' He's talking about his work on the new series Quantum Leap.

The humor was a big part of the original Quantum Leap and It’s a really important part of this one. “Deborah Pratt, one of the original creators and executive producers of the show [is] with us every day. In modernizing the series, Gero notes that it felt like the right time to add a serialized element to the narrative. But, there's an enormous amount of people [who] are [only] vaguely familiar with the title and are just going to check the show out clean, and we didn't want to weigh the show down with a lot of mythology immediately that would make it feel like, ‘oh, I need to watch 90‑plus episodes of [the original] before I can start this.’” Expanding on this, he adds, “We want all of the rabid fans of Quantum Leap to watch the show and have it feel like Quantum Leap. Lee plays Song, and with the series time-traveling, location hopping narrative, he says, “It's an actor's dream to not only be in different periods with different projects but to do it all in one.

Since the announcement of the Quantum Leap reboot, fans of the original TV series have been eagerly waiting to hear whether Scott Bakula and his character ...

Everything changes, however, when Ben makes an unauthorized leap into the past, leaving the team behind to solve the mystery of why he did it.” It’s not his body that moves through time, but rather his consciousness as he inhabits the body of another person [the Quantum Leap reboot](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/quantum-leap-future-sam-beckett/). Beckett, it’s nice to know that he wants the series to succeed on its own, and that there aren’t any negative feelings about the series moving on without his involvement. [Quantum Leap](https://www.denofgeek.com/quantum-leap/) reboot, fans of the original TV series have been eagerly waiting to hear whether Scott Bakula and his character Dr. According to Bakula, he was shown a script for the reboot back in January, but for unspecified reasons made the “difficult decision” to pass on the project.

'Quantum Leap' showrunner Martin Gero discusses the new show's nod to Dean Stockwell's Al in the premiere.

Gero on including Easter eggs throughout the series: “We’re trying to have a couple every [episode], and there’s some iconic props that eventually will make its way back into the canon of this show as well. He’d find himself in these situations, but it was hard not to feel for him, and I think Raymond has a lot of that as well.” It’s a really cool story, and it’s going to some really awesome places, and I can’t wait for you all to see some more of Georgina as Janice Calavicci.” “The dream was always to potentially have Dean play a small role on the show,” Gero shares. “The Calaviccis play a huge part of Season 1,” he tells TVLine. On the night of Ben’s jump, Janice sent Ben urgent messages to do so now since they were “running out of time.”

Raymond Lee leads the Quantum Leap cast as Dr. Ben Song, a brilliant quantum physicist, who, like Scott Bakula's Dr. Sam Beckett, finds himself leaping from ...

Unlike the rest of the Quantum Leap cast who have appeared in a variety of film and TV projects over the years, the NBC reboot is Bassett’s first professional acting gig. Hudson has also had a ton of success on TV throughout his career, with some of his standout roles being on shows like the HBO prison drama Oz, St. [The Sandman cast](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/the-sandman-cast-where-youve-seen-the-stars-of-netflixs-dc-tv-show) as Desire, their second major role in a Netflix original series in as many years. Though he is in no need of an introduction, it’s not going to hurt anyone if we just spend some time going over Hudson’s impressive list of accomplishments on the small screen and silver screen. In the years following that, Lee has appeared on everything from The Morning Show to American Housewife and Star Trek: Picard to Promised Land, as well as a couple dozen other TV roles on shows like Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, CSI: Vegas, Good Girls, and Impeachment: American Crime Story, to name a few. When he's not writing about movies or television, Philip can be found being chased by his three kids, telling his dogs to stop yelling at the mailman, or yelling about professional wrestling to his wife. He was also a member of the And, as the show’s first trailer suggests, before she was Ben’s hologram companion, the two shared a romantic bond of some kind. [crushed at the box office](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/top-gun-maverick-cant-stop-wont-stop-making-money-at-the-box-office) upon its May 2022 release, should recognize Lee from his portrayal of fighter pilot LT Logan “Yale” Lee. If you watched or plan to watch Quantum Leap following its NBC debut on Monday, September 19th, you may be wondering where you’ve seen the actors who make up the new cast before. The classic ‘80s sci-fi series, Quantum Leap, is one those shows that was cancelled before it could get a proper ending, much to the detriment of its loyal fans. Though the original version starring Scott Bakula as quantum physicist Dr.

Raymond Lee and Caitlin Bassett headline the "Quantum Leap" reboot, which continues the story of Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell's hit sci-fi series.

[Did I mention the originals are on Peacock?(opens in a new tab)](https://zdcs.link/RbodO?cd36=Standard&t=article&m=content_body&e=offer&i=text-link&el=Did%20I%20mention%20the%20originals%20are%20on%20Peacock%3F&cd62=article&cd63=04sQ049FJJ1hyHvrLH4IUUk&short_url=RbodO&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle%2Fquantum-leap-reboot-comparison) [Quantum Leap airs on NBC Mondays at 10 pm EST. In the original series, "the waiting room" is where the souls (for lack of a more specific scientific term) of those leapt into landed. In the new show, they keep this device, plopping a victorious Ben down in a space shuttle. In this memorable arc, Sam was tempted to go beyond the parameters of Ziggy's mission to try to save the life of his brother Tom, who was in Magic's unit. As for Bakula, he was informed of the reboot, but according to a thread on Twitter, decided to pass on it. Plus, it made the appearances of Al almost magical in their abruptness, and in the color his outfits and attitude brought to each episode, which made him stand out whatever the setting. It's a vibe that feels more crime procedural, bringing in a team that can be quirky so the leads can be steely. There's little room in that for the sparring camaraderie of Al and Sam. Bakula was willing to play the clown in this fish-out-of-water series, mugging for the camera and thereby bringing a verve to life-and-death stakes. Worse yet, this switcheroo puts Addison far from the field of play whereas Al got to crack jokes and pop up in [Sam had a wife](https://quantumleap.fandom.com/wiki/Donna_Eleese-Beckett) he couldn't remember, and that she accepted that, because falling for a woman or getting the girl was often part of his missions. ["in the form of hologram only Sam can see and hear."

A 2022 NBC reboot of “Quantum Leap” was never going to be in that first category. From an expectation-setting/self-preservation standpoint, Dr. Ben Song ( ...

Before any of that can happen, NBC is banking on this “Quantum Leap” scratching the same tonal itch as its predecessor. At least at its start, this show is built on a more comforting kind of diet danger that ensures Ben makes it through to the next week relatively unscathed. A “Quantum Leap” reboot for broadcast was never going to be a darker, grittier take on this concept. [NBC](https://www.indiewire.com/t/nbc/) reboot of “ [Quantum Leap](https://www.indiewire.com/t/quantum-leap/)” was never going to be in that first category. And not just the premise, but the version of “Quantum Leap” that existed in its own specific point in TV time. Even if he doesn’t, the idea of “Quantum Leap” is going to be the engine here.

Spoiler Alert. Ron Batzdorff/NBC; Universal Television / Courtesy: Everett Collection. Raymond Lee and Scott Bakula. [Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers ...

So, what did you think of the new series which is a follow-up to the late 90s favorite? [Quantum Leap](https://www.tvinsider.com/show/quantum-leap/) which followed the adventures of [Scott Bakula](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/scott-bakula/)‘s Sam Beckett? Although she remains offscreen for now, her role would be the show’s direct tie-in to the original run as the closest relative of Al. Utilizing the help of supercomputer Ziggy, once more, Ben is able to avoid death and manages to help a man who is down on his luck, escape a fatal ending. Not dissimilar to Sam’s adventures, Ben believes helping the individuals he comes into contact with could bring him back home, even if he can’t quite remember what it includes. In the premiere episode, “July 13th, 1985,” Ben finds himself being lured away from his and fiance Addison Augustine’s ( [Caitlin Bassett](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/caitlin-bassett/)) engagement party by some urgent texts from an unidentified individual.

The new NBC show 'Quantum Leap' premieres on Monday, Sept. 19, and the first episode will feature scenes from the Live Aid concert held in Philadelphia 37.

Magid and longtime WMMR-FM disc jockey Pierre Robert talked with NBC10 in new interviews about their memories of that crazy Saturday in the middle of the summer of 1985. "Many of you won’t remember, but at the time, Philly had the biggest stadium in America: JFK (Stadium) was a big horseshoe that could hold over 90,000 fans. "Somehow I convinced them to do it in Philadelphia," Magid told NBC10 in an interview last week of his efforts to convince the concert organizers to have it here.

In its first exposition-heavy episode, the Quantum Leap continuation lacks the charm of the original.

Somehow Janice has convinced Ben that his jump is imperative and world-saving, even though he is not the team member who is slated to do the jumping. What was in the crate? Magic reports that Janice desperately wanted to be a part of the Quantum Leap project revival but was prevented from doing so because her connection was too emotional. Her face can’t be seen, but a ring on her finger is clear enough that team leader Herbert “Magic” Williams (Ernie Hudson) recognizes it as a military service ring and quickly deduces that it must be Janice. The scene is set with a love story. The much-awaited sequel to the three-decades-old original series spent much of its first hour acclimating newbies to the time-traveling world of “putting right once went wrong” while keeping viewers hooked with a few fast-paced surprises and more than a few curiosities.

In the latest TV show ratings, ABC's share of Monday Night Football coverage dominated the night with 9.6 million total viewers and a 2.6 demo rating.

The Cleaning Lady (2.6 mil/0.4, [reader grade “A-“](https://tvline.com/2022/09/19/the-cleaning-lady-recap-season-2-premiere-marco-death-explained/)) was also down a smidgen from its previous averages. [reader grade “A-“](https://tvline.com/2022/09/19/911-recap-season-6-episode-1-premiere-ending-car-accident/)) was down a tick from last season’s averages — That’s gonna be a theme this week, folks! Quantum Leap debuted to 3.5 mil and a 0.5 (and a [reader grade of “B+”](https://tvline.com/2022/09/19/quantum-leap-episode-1-recap-al-dean-stockwell-tribute-nbc-reboot/)), which is on par with Ill-Fated Ordinary Joe‘s year-ago launch — but keep in mind that The Voice was down 11 and 33 percent YOY as a lead-in. This is only an exhibition, this is not a competition. The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our ratings column do not reflect a show’s overall performance, given the increased use of delayed playback via DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. [reader grade “B”](https://tvline.com/2022/09/19/ncis-recap-season-20-premiere-recap-hunt-for-the-raven/)) and NCIS: Hawaii (5.2 mil/0.4, [reader grade “B+”](https://tvline.com/2022/09/19/ncis-recap-season-20-premiere-recap-hunt-for-the-raven/)) were all down from their previous averages.

Quantum Leap star Raymond Lee has teased tie-ins and Easter eggs galore in the revival.

As the show has always been near and dear to my heart, it was a very difficult decision to pass on the project, a decision that has upset and confused so many fans of the original series.” While original star Scott Bakula will not appear in the new Quantum Leap, Lee has revealed that the series will be brimming with tie-ins and Easter eggs. “Our showrunners and creators were massive fans of the original, so it was incumbent upon them to make sure that they do the original show justice. I wish them good luck and happy leaping!” Sam Beckett was able to do. [Quantum Leap](https://movieweb.com/tv/quantum-leap/) revival begins on NBC.

With the highly anticipated 'Quantum Leap' sequel series on NBC, it got us remembering how influential Dean Stockwell was to the original series.

“The dream was always to potentially have Dean play a small role on the show,” he said. Sam Beckett's Project Quantum Leap coworker who appears to him as an informative, smart-aleck hologram throughout the series. Bellisario's new Quantum Leap is set about three decades after its predecessor, late actor Dean Stockwell's influence on the franchise is still current. Something about traversing time and space and ending up stuck in a foreign era — ready to mess with the natural timeline of life, might we add — speaks volumes to viewers who imagine a world where time travel is possible. Now, in 2022, Quantum Leap got the remake treatment, putting Asian American actor Raymond Lee at the forefront as Dr. The series followed a scientist named Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) who, during a government time-travel experiment, found himself stuck in the past, consistently "leaping" into the flesh vessels of others and helping them solve their personal problems.

'This Is Us' vet Justin Hartley guest-stars in an upcoming episode of NBC's 'Quantum Leap' revival — watch promo.

According to sources, Hartley’s character, Jake, is a bounty hunter who’s partnered — personally and professionally — with Eva (the person into which Ben has leapt). 19 series debut an average grade of “B+.” New episodes of Quantum Leap air Mondays at 10/9c on NBC.

In the NBC series Quantum Leap, the time travel project has been restarted with a new team, led by physicist Ben Song (Raymond Lee), that is hoping to find ...

I just have my brain and feelings, so if I leap into the body of a woman, I have to imbue the person with that, and imbue Ben Song as well. You wanna shade them with the person, but you don’t wanna play a version of them that feels fake or big, or also tips away to somebody that I might not be this person, although they would never assume that somebody else is possessing them. I have to trust that what we’re creating something completely new, but that has enough there, tonally and spiritually, to honor the original. I’ve taken from them, and I’ve put that and infused that into the way that I like to work and the kind of set that I like to set the environment for, to create. How has this experience affected your own approach and your own process for finding a character, when it’s a character that is also someone else and somewhere else all the time? If anything, I’m the new person in their world, and I like to treat it like that. We have really taken it upon ourselves, individually, everyone in the cast and crew, to welcome them with open arms, so that they can do their best work in creating the atmosphere that we need to be in. I like to tease and say that I am the perpetual guest star in their episodes. I like to treat them like they’ve always been there because it is a whole new cast of actors that are stepping in and creating this world. I’m so glad you asked that because it’s something that I, and the rest of our cast and the crew, have started to take a lot of pride in. Leading a series is a big responsibility, but this is a reboot of a series that fans loved and remember fondly. It’s one thing to have a show click for you, but then the next step is clicking with the ensemble that gets put together.

On the second episode of Quantum Leap, Ben finds himself headed into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1995, while Addison confides to Ian about a ...

"At the helm of the highly confidential operation is Herbert “Magic” Williams (Ernie Hudson), a no-nonsense career military man who has to answer to his bosses who won’t be happy once they learn about the breach of protocol." "Now, a new team, led by physicist Ben Song (Raymond Lee), has been assembled to restart the project in hope of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it." "It’s been nearly 30 years since Dr.

Justin Hartley is leaping back into NBC's TV lineup with a guest role in the network's new Quantum Leap series. In a promo for the show following the ...

[This Is Us](https://www.tvinsider.com/show/this-is-us/) role will see him take on the character Jake, according to [TV Line](https://tvline.com/2022/09/20/justin-hartley-quantum-leap-cast-season-1-episode-release-date/). Stay tuned for more on Hartley’s appearance and other fun surprises as the season continues on NBC. [Raymond Lee](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/raymond-lee/)), the physicist who is leaping in and out of time through different bodies. Make it official?” Hartley’s character asks with a ring in hand, held up promisingly towards Ben who isn’t fully able to process that he’s trapped in the body of Jake’s love. As NBC viewers will recall, Hartley played Pearson sibling Kevin in their beloved family dramedy This Is Us for six seasons. And Jake is a bounty hunter who has partnered with real-life love Eva, the woman Ben has leaped into.

The 2022-23 broadcast season kicked off Monday with modest returns for NBC's 'Quantum Leap' and a slower than usual start for CBS' 'NCIS.'

CNN averaged 1.52 million over the same span, and BBC America, carrying coverage from its parent network in the U.K., brought in 334,000. Fox’s 911 (4.82 million viewers, 0.69 in adults 18-49) had the smallest declines among returning shows, dipping by 5 percent in viewers and 9 percent in the key ad demo vs. ESPN and ESPN2 combined for 7.92 million viewers for the Buffalo Bills’ blowout of the Tennessee Titans, which kicked off at 7:15 p.m. ABC’s Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings led all of primetime with 12.86 million viewers and a 3.81 in the key ad demo. [Quantum Leap](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/quantum-leap/) didn’t jump out in the ratings Monday, instead pulling in so-so numbers for its debut. Fox News led cable news coverage of the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, averaging 1.97 million viewers from 6 a.m.-1 p.m. NCIS drew 5.82 million viewers for its season premiere, down 31 percent from a year ago for the show’s smallest same-day audience in its long history. The Cleaning Lady followed with 2.4 million viewers and a 0.35 in adults 18-49, off 24 percent from its 2021-22 average. Quantum Leap did a better job, however, of holding The Voice’s audience, retaining about 72 percent of the 18-49 rating for its lead-in vs. Its 0.42 rating in the 18-49 demographic is also a series low. [The Voice](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/voice/) (6.12 million, 0.67). A double bill of

Welcome back, leapers! If you're new to Multiversity's Quantum Leap coverage, know that for the past two summers we've been revisiting the original series, ...

Again, the charm of this show is the leaping back and forth in time, into different bodies. But while I get the desire for a more stable supporting cast, the show’s charm is the leaps, not the behind the scenes, and there is way that this reboot forgets that and goes too big on the other end. While there are a fair amount of original series episodes that take place in my 1982 and on lifetime, most of the series takes place between the early 50s and the late 70s, in part because it allowed the series to get cute with references and allusions that the adults watching the series on NBC in its original run would recognize and do the Leo pointing at the TV gif at. The show also adds in the mystery of Al’s daughter’s involvement to give a more overarching structure, which later seasons of the original run did as well, often times to diminishing returns.Continued below While the rest of the episode does a pretty good job honoring the original series, through making Sam and Al pieces of the story, this feels like the easiest way to incorporate some of that initial series magic into this show, and it fell flat. That is a perfect theme song and, while I recognize that there is likely no way they could do the 90-second intro for a series in 2022, even just referencing it throughout the score would’ve been enough.