Pacific Palisades (TV series)

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Pacific Palisades
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Diane Messina Stanley James Stanley
Written by	Heather Conkie Peter Dunne Joel J. Feigenbaum Carla Kettner Lynn Marie Latham Diane Messina Stanley James Stanley
Directed by	Gabrielle Beaumont Chip Chalmers Mel Danski Richard Denault Les Landau Richard Lang Eleanor Lindo Charles Pratt, Jr. David Semel Les Sheldon James Whitmore, Jr.
Starring	See cast list
Theme music composer	Dan Foliart
Opening theme	"Pacific Palisades"
Composer(s)	Tim Truman
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (1 unaired)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Aaron Spelling Diane Messina Stanley James Stanley E. Duke Vincent
Editor(s)	Derek Berlatsky Bob Bring Mitchell Danton
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	45 min
Production company(s)	Aaron Spelling Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox
Original run	April 9, 1997 (1997-04-09) – July 30, 1997 (1997-07-30)

Pacific Palisades is an American soap opera that aired on Fox during prime time from April to July 1997. Produced by Aaron Spelling, the show was cancelled after just thirteen episodes despite a last-minute attempt to increase ratings by casting Joan Collins.

Plot summary

Set in the Los Angeles suburb of the same name, the series follows the lives of young professionals who have it all, but haven't paid for it yet, on the Southern California fast track to fame, fortune, scandal and ruin. The cast of characters includes Joanna (Michelle Stafford) and Nick Hadley (Jarrod Emick), a young married couple who left their native Midwest for the Pacific Coast where Nick has landed a job as an architect; Joanna's troubled teenage sister Rachel Whittaker (Natalia Cigliuti)- later discovered to be her illegitimate daughter at the end of the series; Rachel's friends Ashley (Jennifer Banko) & Michael (J. Trevor Edmond) who excel in sneakiness; Robert (Greg Evigan) and Kate Russo (Finola Hughes), whose sterling life is beginning to tarnish; Jessica Mitchell (Jocelyn Seagrave), a rising professional whose choice of men leads to trouble; Matt Dunning (Lucky Vanous), a construction businessman with a dark side; Laura Sinclair (Kimberley Davies), a real estate agent who does whatever it takes to close a deal; Cory Robbins (Dylan Neal), a promising but manipulative plastic surgeon; and beautiful Beth Hooper (Brittney Powell), who rents an apartment from Laura and is being romanced by Cory.

Cast list

Actor	Role
Natalia Cigliuti	Rachel Whittaker
Kimberley Davies	Laura Sinclair
J. Trever Edmond	Michael Kerris
Jarrod Emick	Nick Hadley
Michelle Stafford	Joanna Hadley
Greg Evigan	Robert Russo
Finola Hughes	Kate Russo
Brittney Powell	Beth Hooper
Jocelyn Seagrave	Jessica Mitchell
Lucky Vanous	Matt Dunning
Dylan Neal	Cory Robbins
Joan Collins	Christina Hobson
Gianni Russo	Frank Nichols
Paul Satterfield	John Graham
Daphne Ashbrook	Julie Graham

Episodes

Episode #	Episode title	Original airdate
1-1	"Welcome to the Neighborhood"	April 9, 1997
1-2	"The Bet"	April 16, 1997
1-3	"The Other Woman"	April 23, 1997
1-4	"All Hell Breaks Loose"	April 30, 1997
1-5	"Mothers and Other Strangers"	Never aired
1-6	"Runaway"	June 11, 1997
1-7	"Past & Present Danger"	June 18, 1997
1-8	"Desperate Measure"	June 25, 1997
1-9	"Best Laid Plans"	July 2, 1997
1-10	"Private Showing"	July 9, 1997
1-11	"Motherly Love"	July 16, 1997
1-12	"Sweet Revenge"	July 23, 1997
1-13	"End Game"	July 30, 1997

External links

• Pacific Palisades at the Internet Movie Database
• Pacific Palisades at TV.com
• Pacific Palisades at epguides.com