Faded Dreams

Faded Dreams
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Day Sommerville
Written by	Day Sommerville Livio Lenmore
Directed by	Ambrose Montas III Marsden Sashia
Production
Producer(s)	Day Sommerville
External links
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Faded Dreams is an Vitosian television sitcom starring Barrett Highmore, Felicia Varelas, Nadia Famara and Nico Sampos as wacky neighbours turned friends who hope to discover their purposes in life. The show was created by Day Sommerville and premiered on March 15th, 2006 on Noble. The series is also syndicated internationally. The episodes are broadcast on Wednesdays. The final episode aired on October 20th, 2021.

Characters

Main Characters

• Barrett Highmore as Nathan Baymore. He is an entomologist who struggles with his love life due to his huge obsession with bugs. He lives with 3A and is the on and off boyfriend of Toni.
• Felicia Varelas as Antonia "Toni" Matas. She is a high school teacher who also lives a double life as a punk rock vocalist. She is determined to have her own way. She lives in 3D and is the on and off girlfriend of Nathan.
• Nadia Famara as Enrica Salisio. She is a waitress with a nihilistic outlook on life and an urge to namedrop product placements whenever she can. She also has a tendency to waste money on toys. From Season 10 onwards, she is an entrepreneur. She lives in 3B.
• Nico Sampos as David Caligaro. He is a very pretentious and optimistic aspiring actor whose horrible acting barely lands him any gigs. His rivalry with Nick causes him to be a better person as he does a lot of self-reflecting. He lives in 3C.

Supporting Characters

• Abello de Moa as Will Morgan. He is Enrica's boyfriend from Season 3 to Season 5.
• Alessandro Sashia as Callum Botas. He is David's cousin, introduced in Season 12.
• Alonzo Galvez as Nick Torres. He is David's rival from Seasons 4 to 8. He shows up again in Season 11 as the new neighbour in 2D where he and David become rivals once more. He moves out at the end of Season 15, being best friends with David.
• Amber Dias-Ivanov as Kaitlin Abril. She is a fellow high school teacher that works alongside Toni from Seasons 4 to 11. At the end of Season 11, she quits her teaching career to pursue becoming an attorney. Her last appearance is in Season 13 where she moves out of the province to further her career as an attorney.
• Arthur Toba as Donovan Baymore. He is Nathan's abrasive father and shows up from Season 2 to Season 15, where he passes away during a tragic episode.
• Bibiana Li Voti as Maria Baymore. She is Nathan's kindhearted and pure mother who first showed up in Season 4. In the Season 9 finale, it is revealed that she was connected to a smuggling ring and is arrested, not to be seen for the rest of the series.
• Juan Esteban Mastache as Armando Salisio. He is Enrica's twin brother, as well as a very crafty con artist. He appears in Seasons 2, 6-8, 11-12, and 15-18. During Season 15, he makes an effort to be a better person.
• Lisandras Venancias as Chad Tonielli. He is Enrica's boss until midway through Season 9 when she quits her job as a waitress.
• Miriam Morandi as Audrey Mata, a friend of Enrica's who first appears in Season 7, later pitching a business idea for the two to work on, which causes her to quit her job as a waitress. In Season 10, she acts as the main antagonist towards the four main characters as she tries to take over the business her and Enrica have been working on. From Season 11 onwards, she acts as Enrica's rival until Audrey moves to a different province in Season 15.

Episodes

Faded Dreams episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	10	March 15th, 2006	May 17th, 2006
	2	22	March 14th, 2007	August 8th, 2007
	3	22	February 6th, 2008	July 2nd, 2008
	4	15	October 1st, 2008	January 7th, 2009
	5	22	May 6th, 2009	September 30th, 2009
	6	22	March 10th, 2010	August 4th, 2010
	7	24	March 2nd, 2011	August 10th, 2011
	8	24	December 7th, 2011	May 16th, 2012
	9	22	September 12th, 2012	February 22nd, 2013
	10	24	September 25th, 2013	March 5th, 2014
	11	24	September 24th, 2014	March 4th, 2015
	12	24	October 14th, 2015	March 23rd, 2016
	13	24	October 12th, 2016	March 29th, 2017
	14	24	September 27th, 2017	March 7th, 2018
	15	24	September 19th, 2018	May 22nd, 2019
	16	24	September 25th, 2019	March 25th, 2020
	17	27	August 5th, 2020	February 7th, 2021
	18	14	July 21st, 2021	October 20th, 2021

Behind the Scenes

When the show started to air in 2006, Barrett Highmore was 25, Felicia Varelas was 22, Nadia Famara was 35, and Nico Sampos was 26.