''That Was Then'' is an American

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television series that was broadcast on ABC September 27 to October 4, 2002. It was cancelled after only two episodes had aired.

Synopsis

The series starred James Bulliard as Travis Glass, a 30-year-old who finds his life in a rut. Still living at home with his mother ( Bess Armstrong) he works as a door-to-door salesman. The girl of his dreams, played by Kiele Sanchez, is married to his older brother, Gregg, played by Brad Raider. Travis is able to trace his life's downward spiral to a single week in high school in 1988. After telling his best friend, played by

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, that he wished for a second chance to make everything right, he lies in bed listening to the song " Do It Again" by

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, when a bolt of lightning hits his house, and an electrical jolt sends him back to that week in 1988. Glass tries to correct things that originally went wrong, but finds his new life isn't quite to his expectations, and must return from the past. It was compared to

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series with a similar premise, '' Do Over''.

Cast

* James Bulliard as Travis Glass * Bess Armstrong as Mickey Glass * Brad Raider as Gregg "Quad G" Glass * Kiele Sanchez as Claudia Wills *

as Donnie Pinkus * Tricia O'Kelley as Sophie Frisch * Andrea Bowen as Zooey * Logan O'Brien as Ethan Glass *

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as Gary "Double G" Glass

Episodes

External links

* * {{Epguides, ThatWasThen, That Was Then 2002 American television series debuts 2002 American television series endings 2000s American drama television series 2000s American time travel television series American Broadcasting Company original programming English-language television shows Television series by ABC Studios American time travel television series