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Melrose Place

Melrose Place Dates : 1992 - 1999
226 episodes of 44 min
First broadcasting : 1993
Creator(s) : Darren Star
Producer(s) : Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, Darren Star, Frank South..
Music : Tim Truman
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Synopsis

This prime time serial recounts the life of thirty -something in a trendy district of Los Angeles, on Melrose Avenue. Melrose Place is a small building of eight apartments with swimming pool, first managed in Jane and Michael Mancini then bought by Amanda Woodward and finally sold in Lexi Sterling.

First of all an attempt at observation, reflection and criticism of American society, the series becomes in the middle of its first season a real dramatic soap opera. This will allow him to avoid the cancellation which hung him greatly around the neck.

It is the introduction to the twenty-first episode of the character of Amanda Woodward (Heather Locklear) which will largely draw the new face of the show. The conspiratorial and mantle blonde spins the lives of melrosians and above all complicates the sentimental relationships of Alison and Billy then of Jo and Jake (seasons 1 to 3). Then it is his alchemy with Dr. Peter Burns (and with Kyle) who will feed the second part of the series (seasons 4 to 7).

Another radical (and original) turn of the series, its completely crazy part devoid of all realism and all reason. An aspect fueled by Kimberly Shaw's reign of terror (Marcia Cross) and her hatred towards the Trio Mancini (Michael, Sydney and Jane). Her relentlessness to eliminate them (especially Michael who after a car accident made her sterile and stamped) reaches her paroxysm when she exploded Melrose Place (final of season 3).

Melrose Place is an American television series which was broadcast for the first time in 1992. The series features a group of friends who live in a building called Melrose Place, located in Los Angeles in California. The series was created by Darren Star and became one of the most popular shows in the 1990s.

The series focuses on romantic relationships, financial problems and the professional intrigues of the characters. The original cast included Heather Locklear as Amanda Woodward, the ambitious and manipulative real estate agent who directs the building Melrose Place, as well as Courtney Thorne-Smith as Alison Parker, the young and pretty publicist who comes to settle in the building. Other important characters in the series included Michael Mancini, an architect played by Thomas Calabro, and Billy Campbell, interpreted by Andrew Shue, a journalist who falls in love with Alison.

Over the seasons, new characters have appeared in the series, notably Sydney Andrews, a strong and independent woman played by Laura Leighton, and Jake Hanson, an attractive mechanic interpreted by Grant Show. The series was also known for its twists and turns, its passionate love stories and its many love triangles.

Despite a strong audience at the start of its broadcast, Melrose Place has dropped in popularity over the years and was canceled in 1999 after seven seasons. However, the series was returned to production in 2009 for an eighth season, which was broadcast in 2010 and was well received by fans of the original series. In all, Melrose Place produced 246 episodes during his eight seasons.

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Trivia

Heather Locklear was credited as a "special guest star" for six seasons.

Thomas Calabro,(Michael Mancini) was the only original cast member to remain on Melrose Place throughout the entire run.

Melrose Place is a so-called "branch" of "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) since part of the Melrose Place story begins there. Grant Show had appeared on two episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990)_ (as Jake Hanson), to introduce this spin-off, to viewers. Also in the pilot the cast of "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) which included Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green, and Tori Spelling. Garth appeared on the first three episodes of Melrose to continue their characters' story lines, with brief appearances by Ziering and Green in each show. Spelling appeared in only the first two shows because her character then left to study in France for the rest of the summer.

Actress Hunter Tylo was originally cast in the role of Taylor McBride, but became pregnant soon after being hired, and was fired. Producers said the pregnancy violated the change-in-her-appearance clause in her contract, and she sued them. Tylo won the suit against Aaron Spelling and the other producers, and was rewarded $4.9 million.

Stephen Fanning was originally cast in the role of Billy Campbell, but was fired when filming first began because he had gained too much weight. He was replaced by Andrew Shue, who re-shot the "Billy" scenes in the pilot two days after getting the role.

The third season was originally going to end with Kimberly blowing up the apartment complex, but that was scrapped since the Oklahoma City bombing occurred a month earlier. Not wanting to be insensitive to the national tragedy of the Oklahoma City bombing, the producers had the final shot of the season being Kimberly hitting the detonator, then showed the explosion in the season premiere in the fall of 1995.

When the series ended, people who worked on the show sold bottles of the swimming pool water on EBay.

Courteney Cox, Dean Cain, Calista Flockhart, Julianna Margulies, Paul Rudd, Robert Sean Leonard, Sherry Stringfield, Pamela Anderson, Noah Wyle, and Kathy Ireland all auditioned for roles when the show was first being cast in 1992.

Both Linden Ashby and Rob Estes had guest appearances in the first season and second season and then became prominent members in the cast later in the series as completely different characters. Ashby played Jo's ex-husband and then became Dr. Brett "Coop" Cooper and Estes played Sam and then became Kyle McBride.

By early 1999, FOX decided that the ratings erosion as well as the extremely high production costs (it was said that they could have filmed an entire pilot just on Heather Locklear's salary) warranted cancellation.

In Season One, it's mentioned that both Allsion Parker and Jane Mancini are 23; and Billy Campbell is 22.

From the fifth season on, "St. George Industries" became a running gag in the show, popping up as a random company name as needed; it was named after Chris St. George, a writers’ assistant for the show.

The Season 7 villain "Alex Bastian" was named partly after then Script Coordinator Jon Bastian.

The character, Billy Campbell, was named after actor Bill Campbell. According to the Season 1 DVD feature: "Beginnings", Billy was intended to be the main character and they looked to cast his role first.

Filming

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Authors of the card

  • Creation date: 2008/09/08 by karljoe

. Source(s) : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melrose_Place#

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