Pan Am Prepares to Hit the Airwaves

September - a month of new beginnings.  It's back to school, fashion week, the autumnal equinox, harvest month, and the premiers of many long awaited TV seasons.  One in particular that caught my eye, was ABC's new period drama - Pan Am.

2011 ABC Inc.

Set in the glamorous "Jet Age" of the 1960s, the show centers on the lives and relationships of a group of young Pan Am airline stewardesses, with the exception of one, played by Kelli Garner...who is actually a US spy working undercover?!  Sounds like there will be a lot of storyline to cover, and I question whether the concept has lasting value, but I trust director Thomas Schlamme, former director of The West Wing and Sports Night, knows where to fly this plane.


Truthfully, I'm more excited about the overall look of the show.  Judging from the trailer below, it will be a welcome accompaniment, at least sartorially and atmospherically, to other similar period pieces i.e. Mad Men.  With a cast of uniform clad sirens including Christina Ricci, Kelli Garner, and Margot Robbie, and scenes set around the globe, there will certainly be plenty to please the eye.  


I also have a vested interest in watching the show, as my grandmother was one of the first airline stewardesses on the DC 3 by United Airlines back in the 40s, and I remember hearing stories and seeing pictures from her travels.  I'm looking forward to see this fresh take on 60s Americana, which hopefully won't disappoint!  Check it out on September 25th at 10pm.

"Passion, jealousy and espionage... They do it all—and they do it at 30,000 feet. The style of the 1960s, the energy and excitement of the Jet Age and a drama full of sexy entanglements deliciously mesh in this thrilling and highly-original new series."