Fresno (TV miniseries)

Infobox Film
name = Fresno


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director = Jeff Bleckner
producer = R.W. Goodwin
Barry Kemp
writer = Mark Ganzel
Barry Kemp
starring = Carol Burnett
Dabney Coleman
Teri Garr
Charles Grodin
Gregory Harrison
Valerie Mahaffey
music = John Morris
cinematography = Robert Steadman
editing = Andrew Chulack
distributor = CBS Television
released = 16 November 1986
runtime = 360 min
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0090435

"Fresno" is a 1986 television miniseries parodying popular prime time soap operas of the day. Set in Fresno, California, the storyline featured a family matriarch (played by Carol Burnett) and her battles with an evil raisin magnate (Dabney Coleman). Unlike the skits in the "Carol Burnett Show" (e.g., "As the Stomach Turns"), the comedy was based more on the plot, rather than on one liners, such as the revelation that Charlotte's son Cane was actually her rival Tyler's son, and not her husband's.

Cast

Carol Burnett - Charlotte Kensington
Dabney Coleman - Tyler Cane
Gregory Harrison - Torch
Teri Garr - Talon Kensington
Charles Grodin - Cane Kensington
Luis Avalos - Juan
Pat Corley - Earl Duke
Valerie Mahaffey - Tiffany Kensington
Anthony Heald - Kevin Kensington
Teresa Ganzel - Bobbi Jo Bobb
Bill Paxton - Billy Joe Bobb
Jerry Van Dyke - Tucker Agajanian
Charles Keating - Charles