Touched By An Angel

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John Masius

Roma Downey

Della Reese

John Dye

Alexis Cruz

Paul Winfield

United States

David Giella | Luke Schelhaas | Robert Visciglia Jr.

Larry Peerce | Armand Mastroianni | Victor Lobl | Jeff Kanew | Kevin Dowling | Timothy Van Patten | Joel J. Feigenbaum | Ricardo Méndez Matta | Jon Anderson | Bruce Bilson | Timothy Bond | Chuck Bowman | Burt Brinckerhoff | Helaine Head | Victoria Hochberg | Peter H. Hunt | Nancy Malone | Terrence O'Hara | Gene Reynolds | Bethany Rooney | Michael Scott | Sandor Stern | Max Tash | Robert Visciglia Jr.

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September 21, 1994 – April 27, 2003

Promised Land

Promised Land

"Walk With You"
Performed by Della Reese

Randy Travis | Marion Ross | Ossie Davis | Cloris Leachman | Rue McClanahan | John Schneider | Delta Burke | Patty Duke | Wynonna Judd | Phylicia Rashad | Stacy Keach | Greg Evigan | Dick Van Patten | Kathie Lee Gifford | Anthony Michael Hall | Valerie Harper | John Ritter | Barbara Mandrell | Al Jarreau | Stephanie Zimbalist | Bill Cosby | Edward James Olmos | Louis Gossett Jr. | Nell Carter | Faye Dunaway | Joel Grey | Patrick Duffy | William Mapother | David Ogden Stiers | Kenny Rogers | Kathy Ireland | Louie Anderson | Hayden Panettiere | Celine Dion | Gloria Stuart | Justin Timberlake | Carol Burnett | Natalie Cole | Priscilla Presley | America Ferrera | Neil Patrick Harris | Dee Wallace | Liam Neeson | Angela Lansbury | Jennifer Morrison | Kirk Douglas | Margot Kidder | Ernest Borgnine |
Janet Leigh | Debbie Reynolds | Richard Roundtree

American Society of Cinematographers

2001 Nominated ASC Award Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episodic TV Series' Frank E. Johnson For episode "God Bless the Child".

Angel Awards

2001 Nominated Silver Angel Television

BMI Film & TV Awards

2001 Won BMI TV Music Award Marc Lichtman

2000 Won BMI TV Music Award Marc Lichtman

1999 Won BMI TV Music Award Marc Lichtman

1998 Won BMI TV Music Award Marc Lichtman

1997 Won BMI TV Music Award Marc Lichtman

Christopher Awards

1997 Won Special Christopher Award Heavenly messengers help human beings as they grapple with life's problems and promise. Deep respect for personal and spiritual beliefs is a trademark of this quality family series from CBS Television.

Emmy Awards

2000 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Kirk Douglas For playing "Ros".

2000 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Kathy Baker For playing "Ellen Sawyer".

1999 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Patty Duke For playing "Nancy". For episode "I Do".

1999 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Marion Ross For playing "Emma Winowitz". For episode "The Wind Beneath My Wings".

1998 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Bruce Davison For playing "Jake". For episode "Elijah".

1998 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Roma Downey

1998 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Della Reese

1997 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Louis Gossett Jr. For playing "Anderson Walker".

1997 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Diane Ladd For playing "Carolyn Sellers". For episode "An Angel By Any Other Name".

1997 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Roma Downey

1997 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Della Reese

1997 President's Award

Family Television Awards

1999 Won Family Television Award

GLAAD Media Awards

1997 Nominated GLAAD Media Award Outstanding TV - Individual Episode

Golden Globes

1999 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama Roma Downey

1998 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV Della Reese

1998 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama Roma Downey

Image Awards

2002 Won Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Della Reese

2001 Won Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Della Reese

2001 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Marla Gibbs

2000 Won Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series Della Reese

2000 Won Image Award Outstanding Drama Series

2000 Won Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Rosa Parks

1999 Won Image Award Outstanding Drama Series

1999 Won Image Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Della Reese

1998 Won Image Award Outstanding Drama Series

1998 Won Image Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Della Reese

1998 Won Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Louis Gossett Jr.

1998 Won Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Lynn Whitfield

1998 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Ja'net DuBois

1997 Won Image Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Della Reese

1997 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Drama Series

1996 Won Image Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Della Reese

1996 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

2001 Nominated Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Television Episodic - Dialogue & ADR For episode "Finger of God".

PGA Awards

1997 Won Nova Award Most Promising Producer in Television Martha Williamson Also for "Promised Land" (1996).

Screen Actors Guild Awards

1998 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Della Reese

1997 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Della Reese

TV Guide Awards

2000 Nominated TV Guide Award Favorite Actress in a Drama Roma Downey

2000 Nominated TV Guide Award Favorite Drama Series

1999 Won TV Guide Award Favorite Actress in a Drama Roma Downey

1999 Nominated TV Guide Award Favorite Drama Series

Young Artist Awards

2003 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Myles Jeffrey

2002 Won Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor J.B. Gaynor

2002 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Family TV Drama Series

2002 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress Daveigh Chase

2002 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Young Actress Age Ten or Under Skye McCole Bartusiak

2001 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Family TV Drama Series

2001 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Shawn Pyfrom

2000 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Family TV Series - Drama

2000 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Carlo Alban

2000 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Bobby Edner

2000 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Jake Thomas

1999 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Family TV Drama Series

1999 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Jeremy Foley

1999 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Nathan Lawrence

1998 Won Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress Cara Rose

1998 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Family TV Drama Series

1998 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Bradley Pierce

1997 Won Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actress Scarlett Pomers

1997 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Family TV Drama Series

1997 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Drama Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Sam Gifaldi

1996 Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance by a Young Actress - Guest Starring Role TV Series Yunoka Doyle

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Monica (Roma Downey) was an apprentice angel who had just been promoted to case worker, a step up from her former work in search and rescue missions. She had been looking forward to the promotion because, as a caseworker, she could be seen by mortals to help and inspire them to change their lives for the better. Overseeing her work, offering advice and occasionally helping herself was Tess (Della Reese), Monica’s heavenly superior. The two of them traveled around the country in a vintage Cadillac convertible, using their common sense, concern and an occasional minor miracle to help people improve themselves. Monica’s cases included helping a bitter high school baseball coach come to terms with his mortality, keeping a successful writer with a drinking problem from being permanently estranged from her family, preventing a woman being blackmailed from committing suicide and helping two orphaned brothers get through a difficult Christmas season.

At the start of the second season Andres (John Dye), the gentle Angel of Death, became a regular member of the cast, helping Tess and Monica and serving as a liaison from heaven. He could tell them when it was – or was not – someone’s time. In the special episode that aired on September 15, 1996, the Greene family was introduced and two days later, got their own series, ‘Promised Land’. Special Agent Angel Sam (Paul Winfield) showed up periodically and Rafael (Alexis Cruz), a young street-smart angel, was a regular during the 1997 – 1998 season.

In April 2001 a new angel, Gloria (Valerie Bertinelli), was added to the cast. She was adjusting to people on Earth and was sorely in need of the guidance Monica provided. That fall Andrew’s role expanded as he functioned as a caseworker. The two-part series finale opened with Monica being evaluated for promotion to supervisor. She helped a mysterious drifter (who turned out to be Jesus) and passed. After Monica said sad farewells to the others with whom she had been working, Tess, who was moving on to other work for God, gave her the keys to the big red Cadillac convertible and left.

The show was created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson , it ran on CBS for nine seasons, from September 21, 1994 to April 27, 2003, and aired in many countries around the world. Regular production was based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The show's premise was based heavily on non-denominational Christian concepts. During its run, it was one of the highest-rated shows on CBS, and acquired a substantial fan base.

While John Masius is credited with creating "Touched by an Angel," the series as produced was substantially different from the pilot Masius wrote, which never aired. Masius' script emphasized human suffering, and the angel Monica confided that God toys with humans for sport. CBS fired Masius early in the first season when Masius refused to write a more life-affirming story. He was replaced as executive producer by Martha Williamson, a Christian writer and producer who made the show what it eventually became.

The show was cancelled during its first season. It was brought back the next year after the fans staged a letter-writing campaign

In numerous interviews with Roma Downey, her child Reilly is the goddaughter to actress Della Reese.