Melrose Place

Melrose Place è una serie televisiva creata da Darren Star e prodotta da Aaron Spelling. Fu trasmessa negli Stati Uniti dall'emittente Fox dall'8 luglio 1992 al 24 maggio 1999. In Italia debuttò su Italia 1 il 7 ottobre 1993 e si concluse il 16 luglio 2000. Melrose Place è la seconda serie del franchise di Beverly Hills 90210. Le riprese della serie sono state realizzate in teatri di posa a Santa Clarita, in California. Lo show ha affrontato diversi cambiamenti nel cast; Thomas Calabro è stato l'unico attore a essere presente dal primo episodio, per tutta la durata dello show, sino alla sua conclusione. Negli Stati Uniti Melrose Place è stato nominato più volte agli Emmy e si è piazzato 51º nella classifica degli show New Classic Tv stilata da Entertainment Weekly In Italia è apparsa un paio di volte tra le serie finaliste nominate per ricevere il Telegatto, senza mai vincere. Per lanciare il telefilm fu creato un crossover tramite una storia d'amore tra Kelly Taylor (Jennie Garth), personaggio di Beverly Hills, 90210, e Jake Hanson (Grant Show), un affascinante operaio che la ragazza ingaggiò per la realizzazione di alcuni lavori (appare negli ultimi due episodi della seconda stagione della serie madre); il rapporto tra i due fu di breve durata e si svolse nei primi tre episodi di Melrose Place, avendo il solo scopo di introdurre gli altri personaggi del serial e presentare la nuova location. Insieme a Jennie Garth, nei primi tre episodi appaiono altre tre personaggi di Beverly Hills, 90210: Brian Austin Green e Ian Ziering nei ruoli di David Silver e Steve Sanders; Tori Spelling invece appare solo nei primi due episodi nel ruolo di Donna Martin. Inizialmente presentata come una versione "adulta", che si proponeva di raccontare la vita dei ragazzi dopo il college, Melrose non riuscì ad incontrare i favori del pubblico, risultando nella sua prima stagione non troppo apprezzata; per questo motivo, Aaron Spelling e gli autori decisero un drastico cambio di rotta. Lo show è ambientato in un piccolo complesso di appartamenti situato a West Hollywood, un distretto di Los Angeles, dove risiedono diversi ragazzi, ognuno con le proprie peculiarità, problematiche esistenziali, sogni e aspirazioni. Il piano originale, nella mente del creatore dello show, prevedeva l'alternarsi di mini storie che si concludessero nell'arco di un solo episodio; quando però la formula si rivelò poco appetibile per il pubblico, gli sceneggiatori iniziarono a sviluppare storie a lungo termine che si evolvevano durante l'intera stagione, trasformando la serie in una soap opera di prima serata, sul modello di precedenti serie di successo prodotte da Aaron Spelling come Dynasty. A partire dalla seconda stagione iniziano ad essere proposti al pubblico archi di storie più incredibili del normale (come quella di Jo accusata di un omicidio a causa di difesa personale o quella di Sydney che sposa Michael, ex marito di sua sorella, ricattandolo) e, visto il gradimento crescente degli spettatori, si spinse l'acceleratore su questa strada riportando in vita il personaggio di Kimberly Shaw (interpretato da Marcia Cross) che torna come una psicopatica creando situazioni sempre più assurde e spettacolari. Da questo momento in avanti, la follia di Kimberly "contagerà" un po' tutti gli abitanti del 4616 di Melrose e ognuno attraverserà delle fasi di follia rendendo la serie una vera e propria soap opera.
Creato da: Darren Star |
Genere: Dramma | Soap |

Numero di stagioni: 7
Numero di episodi: 226
Data prima messa in onda: 1992-07-08
Data ultima messa in onda: 1999-05-24

Approfondimenti

Producers regularly cast newcomers from daytime soap opera such as General Hospital (1963): (Ja [...]	D
Several married couples in life at the time played in the series. The most famous is Josie Biss [...]	D
The first pivotal character to die on the show is Keith via suicide in season 2. The first majo [...]	D
Series producer Darren Star plucked Kristin Davis from the Melrose Place cast and put her in hi [...]	D
Doug Savant avoided discussing his sexual orientation with journalists during the broadcast of [...]	D
While Jane is Sydney's older sister in the series, Josie Bissett (born in 1970) is two years yo [...]	D
At the start of the first season the episodes were thematic, until the producers decided it sho [...]	D
Ronda Blair's (played by Vanessa Williams) name is change to "Wanda" in the Hungarian dub. It i [...]	D
Costars Laura Leighton and Grant Show three-years relationship finally ended amicably in 1996, [...]	D
When the series ended, people who worked on the show sold bottles of the swimming pool water on [...]	D
Laura Leighton left "Melrose Place (1992)" and appears on "Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)" as Soph [...]	D
Tracy Nelson, who plays Courtney Thorne-Smith's sister in four episodes, is the niece of actor [...]	D
Actress Hunter Tylo was originally cast in the role of Taylor McBride, but became pregnant soon [...]	D
When Daphne Zuniga joined the series as Jo Reynolds and arrived on the set, her co-stars greete [...]	D
Both Linden Ashby and Rob Estes had guest appearances in the first season and second season and [...]	D
Supervising producer Charles Pratt Jr. leaves the series after Season Two to create another TV [...]	D
Thomas Calabro appear in more episodes than any other cast member. He appear in 219 of 226 epis [...]	D
Courteney Cox, Dean Cain, Calista Flockhart, Julianna Margulies, Paul Rudd, Robert Sean Leonard [...]	D
The third season was originally going to end with Kimberly blowing up the apartment complex, bu [...]	D
"The whole Burns-Mancini thing with Sydney as receptionist" is Thomas Calabro's favorite storyl [...]	D
The episode Melrose Place: Till Death Do Us Part (1994) originally featured Matt kissing Rob, B [...]	D
By early 1999, FOX decided that the ratings erosion as well as the extremely high production co [...]	D
The real Melrose Place apartment building used mostly for exterior and establishing shots still [...]	D
Heather Locklear was credited as a "special guest star" for six seasons.	D
The Season 7 villain "Alex Bastian" was named partly after then Script Coordinator Jon Bastian [...]	D
Vanessa Williams and Amy Locane were both fired after season 1.	D
Josie Bissett and Thomas Calabro are the only two cast members to appear in both the Pilot and [...]	D
Though she was clearly the star of the show Heather Locklear never appeared in the iconic phala [...]	D
The first two seasons of Melrose Place where scheduled for Wednesday (9-10 p.m.), after Beverly [...]	D
In a recent interview (the 2019 Good Morning America Melrose Place Cast Reunion which aired on [...]	D
Stephen Fanning was originally cast in the role of Billy Campbell, but was fired when filming f [...]	D
Jack Wagner (Peter) and Josie Bissett (Jane) returned to the screen together in the Hallmark Mo [...]	D
This is one of the last nighttime network soap operas. After the demise of Melrose most new sho [...]	D
Both Brooke and her father, Hayley, die by accidental drowning in season 4 just three months ap [...]	D
Thomas Calabro (Michael Mancini) was the only cast member to remain on the series throughout it [...]	D
Jo had a baby boy with Reed that she named Austin. Austin Reed was the name of a character on I [...]	D
Grant Show beat out 700 actors for the role of Jake Hanson on Melrose Place, according to Peopl [...]	D
Heather Locklear initially joined Melrose Place for four episodes in 1993.	D
Laura Leighton and Doug Savant worked together for four years before becoming involved in 1997. [...]	D
Throughout season 4, the picture above Sydney's mantle is actually the album cover for the alte [...]	D
None of cast members appear in all episodes.	D
Creator Darren Star left the series after season three to create TV Series Central Park West (1 [...]	D
Veteran producers Frank South and Chip Hayes leave the series after Season Six.	D
From the fifth season on, "St. George Industries" became a running gag in the show, popping up [...]	D
The character, Billy Campbell, was named after actor Billy Campbell. According to the Season 1 [...]	D
In season one, it's mentioned that Alison Parker and Jane Mancini are 23, and Billy Campbell is [...]	D
From season four, the end of nearly each episode is shown in slow motion. This should accentuat [...]	D
Patrick Muldoon (Richard Hart) and Lisa Rinna (Taylor McBride) played brother and sister as Aus [...]	D
Heather Locklear's favorite love scene as Amanda is on the desk with Grant Show (Melrose Place: [...]	D
Melrose Place is a so-called "branch" of "Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)" since part of the Melros [...]	D
Although Alyssa Milano and Heather Locklear were on-screen enemies, they actually got along rea [...]	D
It was reported in February 2018 that actress Jamie Luner had been accused of performing a sex [...]	D
Heather Locklear and Lisa Rinna were both pregnant near the end of the series. Rinna's pregnanc [...]	D
The fifth season has the biggest main cast in the life of the series with 13 actors credited. T [...]	D
Heather Locklear starred in the original Dynasty (1981) and Grant Show starred in the reboot se [...]	D
Thomas Calabro, Heather Locklear, Josie Bissett, Laura Leighton and Daphne Zuniga are the only [...]	D
The network did a special called "A Day in the Life of the Melrose Place Cast" which showed the [...]	D
No one told Stephen Fanning that he was fired from the Billy role. He just showed up one Monday [...]	D