Starring Zooey Deschanel, Neal McDonough, Alan Cumming, Raoul Trujillo, Kathleen Robertson, and Richard Dreyfuss, the mini-series is a reimagining and continuation of the L. Frank Baum classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. With science fiction and additional fantasy elements added, it focuses on the adventures of a small-town waitress named DG who is pulled into a magical realm called the O.Z., ruled by the tyrannical sorceress Azkadellia.
Together with her companions Glitch, Raw, and Cain, DG journeys to uncover her lost memories, find her true parents, and foil Azkadellia’s plot to trap the O.Z. in eternal darkness. It became the highest rated mini-series of 2007 and was nominated for nine Emmy Awards.