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Shaun Cassidy inks deal with Touchstone TV to create shows.

The invasion has ended, but its mastermind is hatching more plans.

Shaun Cassidy, who most recently created the canceled ABC sci-fi drama Invasion, has signed a new deal with Touchstone TV. The two-year deal with a third-year option is in the seven-figure range, according to Variety.

"Shaun has continually engaged our attention through the range and breadth of the shows he has created," Touchstone TV executive vice president Julia Franz said in a statement. "He has a way of taking a common theme and twisting it into something that feels innovative and unique."

Invasion premiered last fall on ABC in the time slot after hit Lost. The story of aliens using storms to infiltrate Florida and attempt to take over the world never earned high enough ratings, despite developing a regular fan base.

Once a teen music hearthrob, Cassidy has created or cocreated the shows American Gothic, Players, Roar, and Cover Me. He has also served as executive producer on the CBS shows The Agency and crime drama Cold Case, and The WB's ski-bum drama The Mountain.

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  • member since: Feb 27, 2006

    I still can't get over the fact that they took it off the air. Every so often I keep checking in to see if anything is going on with it. Has anyone heard anything about Sci Fi picking it up? Someone mentioned it and that is the last I heard about it.

    01/17/2008 16:43:44
  • member since: Sep 24, 2007

    Any news from ABC? Or they dont care?

    09/23/2007 21:10:44
  • member since: Sep 24, 2007

    it's al about the ratings, not about creativity, story, quality.......it's a shame......i want this series back on my screeen.

    09/23/2007 13:07:43
  • member since: Dec 31, 2004

    I just finished watching the entire season for Invasion and it makes me wonder why great shows, such as these, are canceled and other shows (which will remain unnamed) are renewed year after year. This was an awesome show with a great cast and I'm shocked that it wasn't picked up for another season. Who decides these things, it's certainly not the fans because from what I read from the shows fans, they enjoyed the show. Who decides these things for us really? He was 110% wrong on this one.

    09/08/2007 02:13:04
  • member since: Jun 17, 2004

    IF RATINGS ARE THE PROBLEM I WILL BUY 10 MILLION TV'S. PLEASE TELL US HOW TO GET IT BACK ON OUR SCREENS AS IT WILL NOT BE SOON FORGOTTEN! EVEN SEASON 2+ ON DVD ONLY WOULD BE SOMETHING!

    05/22/2007 05:17:33
  • member since: Sep 25, 2006

    Come on give us some answers !!!! Bring the show back !!!!

    05/16/2007 16:56:44
  • member since: May 1, 2007

    Bring it back I really would like to have seen how it ended.Come on and finish it so I can watch it I would enjoy it.

    04/30/2007 19:48:13
  • member since: Oct 10, 2006

    I just saw invasion. I think it would be a good idea to bring it back. I'm stationed overseas and it is now just playing. Perhaps other shows took over and it didn't have a chance. But I think it was a great show!

    04/22/2007 03:36:19
  • member since: Mar 27, 2006

    This Show has just started on One of te national TVs in my country. When I saw the comercial I just thought this should be great, and I was right its a great show. But when I've noticed that it was canceled I felt bad. I stopped watching Lost And Prison Breack cause this was more interesting. This show is not boring, and it's sth like descrybing one of the most asked questions "ARE WE ALONE? and if not what the others look like and do they feel abou us. I think that this is the rason that this show is that interesting to so many people, and that's the reason why so many people feel bad about Cancelin' it. This Show has to be back, cause its GREAT!!!

    03/02/2007 09:27:25
  • member since: Mar 1, 2007

    OMG!!! what an amazing show, I thought lost was good, this is pure genius. I cannot believe the way it ended and that there is no more.....What will we do, we need to know what happens, it was a great letdown the way it just ended like that. I know its been over for a while, but i only just found out about this show. I was hooked from the first to the last minute. PLEASE SOMEONE BRING IT BACK, LETS PETITION TO GET A FOLLOW UP SERIES MADE.

    03/01/2007 04:38:36
  • member since: Feb 12, 2007

    I'm slow as it appears all these people found out last year that Invasion wasn't coming back. Well, I just have today and I'm devastated. What on earth?... It was fabulous and I've been waiting for the next season to find out what happens to Larkin, and lust some more after Russell! I find it unbelievable that more people didn't turn on to this piece of TV-genius.

    02/11/2007 11:40:55
  • member since: Jan 21, 2007

    I have been waiting for the new season and I just found out it was canceled! Why? Out of all the shows I found this one to be the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really hope some kind of deal can be made because there are a lot of people that are anxious to see what happens in the new season! I found this show to be just as good as "Lost". Please let it continue!!!

    01/20/2007 20:51:14
  • member since: Jan 7, 2007

    I really got into Invasion. I can't believe they njustm left us hanging like they did. Please do something. I need to know what happened.

    01/06/2007 18:24:40
  • member since: Jan 5, 2007

    I JUST DON'T GET IT. I DON'T WATCH TOO MANY SHOWS SO WHEN A GREAT ONE LIKE INVASION COMES ALONG AND GETS CANCELED I HAVE TO COMMENT BUT FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW ABC KEEPS OTHER SHOWS LIKE LOST AND PRISON BREAK ON THE AIR. LOST HAS BEEN PICKED UP YET AGAIN. BY NOW IT SHOULD BE CALLED GILLIGANS ISLAND. EITHER LET THESE PEOPLE GET RESCUED OR ACCEPT THE FACT THEY WILL BE ON THAT ISLAND FOREVER. THEN THERES PRISON BREAK OR SHOULD I NOW SAY THE FUGITIVE. ONCE AGAIN THIS SHOW CONTINUES ON. INVASION ACHEIVED A RATING OF 8.6 WHICH STARRED A WONDERFUL CAST WHO HAD YOU CONVINCED THAT THE PLOT COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN.THERE WERE MORE TWISTS AND TURNS THEN ON ANY ROLLERCOASTER I HAVE SEEN.THERE WAS ONE EXCELLENT EPISODE AFTER ANOTHER LEAVING YOU WANTING MORE EACH AND EVERY TIME. I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW FAST THE HOUR WAS UP EACH WEEK. THE ENDING LEFT YOU WONDERING;WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO LARKIN AND THE BABY? HOW WILL RUSSELL FEEL? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO HANDLE THOUSANDS MORE WHO WERE TOSSED IN THE WATER DURING MIRANDA? THERE IS SO MUCH MORE STORY TO TELL.HOW ABC LET THIS ONE GO IS A MYSTERY. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?????? BRING BACK INVASION!!!!!!!!!!!!

    01/04/2007 22:35:16
  • member since: Jan 5, 2007

    BRING BACK INVASION!!!!! I still can't believe that is it for Invasion. I was really starting to get into it. I have already bought the fully season on DVD. Why did they just not let it run another season to see if the rating got any better. and how could so many of us want it back, but the rating be low?!! I really don't like The Nine, I starting watching it when it first came on, and watched only 3 weeks and got bored with it. I was REALLY looking forward to seeing Invasion this past fall. It just got started, they need to bring it back. another station needs to pick it up. but I am afraid people, we have lost our Invasion for good. whats next...Lost?

    01/04/2007 12:33:33
  • member since: Dec 30, 2006

    I TOO AM MAD THAT INVASION HAS ENDED. THE LAST EPISODE LEFT YOU HANGING, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPEN TO LARKIN. IS THERE ANY WAY TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS? I ALSO AGREE THAT THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY REALITY SHOWS ON TV , THEY COULD OF KEPT THIS ONE SHOW VERSUS THE REALITY SHOWS.

    12/29/2006 20:58:06
  • member since: Apr 30, 2006

    Hey, I want Invasion back!!! If they cancelled this show must be because they've lost it!! How to cancel a so high rated show! You people ,make me sick!!!

    12/20/2006 13:48:54
  • member since: Apr 30, 2006

    Hey, I want Invasion back!!! If they cancelled this show must be because they've lost it!! How to cancel a so high rated show! You people ,make me sick!!!

    12/20/2006 13:48:10
  • member since: Nov 28, 2006

    I WANT MY INVASION!!! How can a network do this to people? Are you kidding me? I actually started liking TV again. I planed my whole day out so I could be in front of the tube. My kid’s homework, dinner, dishes, laundry you name it all had to be out of the way. Now, now they are telling me it was all for nothing because I will never know what was going to happen next. phssh!! They should have pushed it a little harder to get a bigger audience!

    11/27/2006 19:52:17
  • member since: Nov 28, 2006

    I used to watch ABC to watch Invasion and the Indy 500 now I have that channle blocked!

    11/27/2006 17:58:56
  • member since: Nov 28, 2006

    Please tell me that the sci-fi chanel pick this show up

    11/27/2006 17:33:46
  • member since: Nov 25, 2006

    I knew this would get cancelled....why?...because it was interesting and well-developed. But don't worry, theres enough mindless sitcoms and reality shows to keep the robots in front of their tvs. I mean, who DOESN'T want to watch stars dancing with each other? This show did take awhile to get into but the payoff was worth it by the end..I watched the same thing happen with "Miracles", another great show to never get a chance. I wish Invasion could have made it one more season, but it was hard enough to follow with all the pre-empting and bouncing around. I'll miss it...Shoot me now

    11/25/2006 07:27:46
  • member since: Nov 23, 2006

    Please bring back Invasion! I looked forward to watching it every week. I kept looking for it thinking they may have moved it to a new time or night. So many of the reality TV shows are a waste of time. Why bother watching- I don't. Why can't the networks pay for actors to act, writers to write the story. Let us see what would have happened with Invasion. What did happen?

    11/22/2006 20:14:04
  • member since: Nov 22, 2006

    Please bring back Invasion!!! I love that show! I watched it every week. The show was great and so were the actors. I miss that show!!! I don't understand how some of these really stupid shows stay on t.v. or why people would even watch them. Like Ugly Betty, yuck! Get rid of these silly shows and put something more interesting on like Invasion!

    11/22/2006 01:18:43
  • member since: Nov 14, 2006

    I'm still missing Invasion.......hello......anyone listening?

    11/13/2006 19:28:50
  • member since: Nov 9, 2005

    Someone has to create a network that will allow fine programing to last in TV. I'm SICK AND TIRED of show like "A simple life" going on for years, and quality programming like Invasion and Dead Like Me last a year or two because the networks are pandering to morons and people who vote for George Bush!

    11/11/2006 08:44:13
  • member since: Nov 10, 2006

    I pretty much agree with everyone else. Invasion was one of the better shows that has come our way in a very long time. I can't believe ABC cancelled it. They really messed up. We need to bring back the show...if not ABC, maybe another network can pick it up. I also agree that The Nine sucks. I tried watching the first three shows, and I stopped after the third one. I just couldn't do it anymore. Please bring back Invasion.

    11/09/2006 17:29:24
  • member since: Nov 10, 2006

    I agree, the show Invasion should have never been canceled. It just as good if not better than Lost. I was so excited to see it this season but was let down that it never aired. Very disappointing!!! You should reconsider and have this show back!

    11/09/2006 09:21:09
  • member since: Nov 3, 2006

    Ok, why on earth would you cancel such a great show ? I hate how they get you hooked on a show and then bamb, it's gone ! P-P-P-L-L-L-E-E-E-A-A-A-S-S-S-E-E-E, bring the show back. There is so much more you could have done with it. :)

    11/02/2006 18:01:49
  • member since: Nov 3, 2006

    I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE TAKEN OFF THIS SHOW. IT WAS WAY BETTER THAN LOST. I HAD GOTTEN SO HOOCKED ON IT. I WAS WATCHING LOST AND EVENTUALLY FOUND INVASION TO BE WAY SUPERIOR TO LOST. LOST IS SO DRAGGING. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO START WATCHING IT WITH THE NEW SEASON. BRING IT BACK. SUCH A GOOD SHOW. HATE WHEN STATIONS GETS US HOOCK ON A GOOD SHOW AND THEY CANCELL IT. SO MANY NOW ON NOT WORTH WATCHING. WHAT A SHAME.

    11/02/2006 09:48:41
  • member since: Nov 2, 2006

    I hate Nine. We turn off the TV after LOST and when it goes on hiatus for those ridiculous breaks, we won't tune it at all. So few good shows to watch that offer entertainment and an escape from police shows. The violence and gore are too depressing. Why keep those shows? Bring back Invasion. Shawn's creativity was appreciated. The show left us hanging. Not fair to fans.

    11/01/2006 20:07:19
  • member since: Nov 2, 2006

    I miss Invasion. My husband doesn't like tv. But he would sit and watch Lost and Invasion with me. Neither of us will watch Nine. Never fails, you put on a decent show and you cancell it. No wonder no one watches abc anymore.

    11/01/2006 18:03:34
  • member since: Oct 29, 2006

    Other than Lost, there is no other reason to watch ABC. Invasion was a really good show. Shaun Cassidy did this to me last time with American Gothic. I don't think I'll trust watching another show of his. I can't believe they would cancel Invasion when ABC produces so much other junk shows and yet they continue to come back each year.

    10/28/2006 11:38:24
  • member since: Mar 25, 2006

    When I saw the titel i was totally thrilled. I thought to myself OMG they bringing it back. But after reading the article I was completly pissed that I almosted cried, it was like loosing the show all over again.I truly hope that ABC is reading this so that they can see what total idiots for cancelling the best show since... I can't seem to even think of a better show. From the minunte I started watching this show I was addicted. I loved staying up late just to get freaked out and wonder if the aliens have landed. I'm really gonna miss the characters esp. Russell. I have last thing to say and it's PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BRING THIS SHOW BACK IT'S THE BEST SHOW EVER!!!

    10/27/2006 19:38:00
  • member since: Oct 27, 2006

    INVASION...Please bring this show back...If it shows in a different network, I'll follow it. I love this show! I feel like I been robbed by ABC network. Shaun Cassidy you have our full support! Why can't ABC do what they did for LOST, summer reruns? It was already a hot show and sure will catch more fans. I know all the X-Files junkies already are followers of the show!

    10/26/2006 21:18:00
  • member since: Oct 27, 2006

    INVASION...Please bring this show back...If it shows in a different network, I'll follow it. I love this show! I feel like I been robbed by ABC network. Shaun Cassidy you have our full support! Why can't ABC do what they did for LOST, summer reruns? It was already a hot show and sure will catch more fans. I know all the X-Files junkies already are followers of the show!

    10/26/2006 21:17:57
  • member since: Oct 27, 2006

    I agree. I'm so bummed Invasion is cancelled. I hope someone else is smart enough to pick it up. There are so many stupid shows left on and the good ones go away...why? why? why??? My husband and I were waiting to see what happened next. Now we'll never know :( Wouldn't that be good on Sci-Fi? Just a thought...hint hint!

    10/26/2006 19:46:02
  • member since: Oct 19, 2006

    Great show! But how can we trust to get into the storyline the the next time. I want to know what happened. The producers have to end every season as if it were to be cancelled. Another show that I pain over is "John Doe"

    10/20/2006 18:42:13
  • member since: Oct 20, 2006

    After watching invasion, my co-workers and I would talk about how good it was. We notice that the show didn't come back on. So I looked up the web site only to realize it wasn't coming back on, the show had been cancelled. How disappointing. That was one of the good ones. And it left you hanging, so you will never know what happened. Please do your audience a favor and renew the contract or make another deal. Its not often that you find something good on TV. And if you do, its cancelled.

    10/20/2006 07:29:42
  • member since: Oct 19, 2006

    I was a Miami Florida resident and after Hurricane Katrina and Wilma was forced to move to South Carolina. Watching this show was not only intertaning but an emotional connection to my home town, I knew all the areas where they filmed like the Keys and Homestead. I wish someone would pay attention to the obviously big fan base Invasion has and put the show back on the air. Remember it there have been shows like Seinfeld and Friends that were not an immediate success but then grew. LISTEN TO YOUR VIEWERS BRING BACK INVASION!!!!!!!!!

    10/18/2006 22:22:15
  • member since: May 23, 2006

    The save Invasion petition didn't work then!

    10/17/2006 06:30:28
  • member since: Apr 7, 2006

    Bring Back Invasion that was a wicked show how can they just cancel it. All they seem to be doing is canceling the good shows and leaving us with crap on the TV.

    10/17/2006 03:36:48
  • member since: Oct 15, 2006

    PLEASEEEEEE BRING IT BACKKKKKKKKKKKK

    10/15/2006 09:22:43
  • member since: Oct 13, 2006

    PLEASE BRING INVASION BACK IT IS THE BEST SHOW......WHY DID YOU TAKE IT OFF PLEASEEEEEE BRING IT BACKKKKKKKKKKKK

    10/13/2006 09:00:23
  • member since: Oct 13, 2006

    I can't believe Invasion was taken off the air...it was a great show. I'm not watching Nine. Bring back Invasion so that we have something worthwhile to watch.

    10/12/2006 20:25:04
  • member since: Oct 13, 2006

    Please, bring Invasion back. I am dying to find out what happens. Also, my Mother is dying to spank someones , ummm,... you know. We are both great fans and very disappointed in ABC's choice to cancel.

    10/12/2006 20:24:10
  • member since: Oct 13, 2006

    PLEASE BRING BACK INVASION!!!!! IT WAS A GREAT SHOW I WATCHED EVERY EPISODE.I CANT AND DONT UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS TAKEN OFF THE AIR. PLEASE BRING IT BACK

    10/12/2006 16:42:33
  • member since: Oct 13, 2006

    Please bring back INVASION!!!! I watched every single episode of this show last year and was eagerly awaiting it's return. Now I find out it's been cancelled. I'm really upset. Why would you take this great show off the air? The actors and characters are all wonderful. Please bring it back!!!

    10/12/2006 11:22:19
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