Third Watch Series on DVD

Third Watch is a fundamentally groundbreaking television program. Few people are aware that Third Watch was the first show to ever write a main character out of the central plot, without their dying. It is unprecedented for an actor (in a main role) to leave a television show and their character not die.

Eddie Cibrian spent the beginning of his television career acting in The Young and the Restless. He was considered to be a "pretty boy". He eventually advanced from soap operas to Baywatch. He was even voted #2 "Sexiest Soap Hunk of All Time". With this rather auspicious beginning there was no way he could know that he would make television history.

During the initial casting of Third Watch, the character of Jimmy Doherty needed to be cast. Jimmy Doherty was a pretty boy, Jimmy Doherty was a fire fighter, and Jimmy Doherty was Eddie Cibrian. The jump from soap star to dramatic actor was a hard one for Eddie. He began taking acting lessons and focusing on his craft rather than his appearance. You should buy Third Watch Series on DVD because it will be a great series to have in your collection.

Jimmy Doherty was immature, undisciplined, and totally unprepared for the harsh realities Third Watch writers would throw at him. From a mother dying to almost being burned alive in a collapsing inferno, Third Watch made Jimmy Doherty earn every bit of swagger he had. But he fought. He fought life, he fought disaster, and he fought through the storm to find the sun.

Jimmy Doherty left Third Watch right after its 100th episode, only returning for the series finale. His character was not killed in some random accident. It is all too common for a television character to leave a show and be killed by a stray bullet, crushed by a meteor, or suffer a massive fatal heart attack. Jimmy Doherty learned how to be a good person. He left the Third Watch purgatory for the simple pleasure of a normal life. He survived the crucible.

Eddie Cibrian left Third Watch to advance his acting career. Since leaving Third Watch, he starred in Tilt and has had bit part roles on 8 dramatic action shows. Eddie Cibrian made history as Jimmy Doherty realized his humanity.