Melrose Place

[JackPeyton]

loved jane.

HATED alison. like TOTAL HATE.

[Cheap21]

same here. Jane was probably my favorite

[KateW]

Sorry to bump up an old thread, but I'm surprised the 90210 thread has more activity than the Melrose thread.

The best years of Melrose were 1993-1995. While the show started slow (basically a twentysomething 90210), it really picked up midway through the 1st season when Heather Locklear joined the cast, and the jump the shark moment was when Kimberly blew up the building at the end of the 3rd season, which reminded me alot of Dynasty's JTS moment 10 years earlier, the Moldavian Massacre. Seasons 4 and 5 were the decline and after a good chunk of the original cast left after the 5th season, the show became unwatchable.

[Sylph]

Does anyone have an EP breakdown over the years?

[YRBB]

To the best of my knowledge:

Seasons 1-3: Darren Star

Season 4: Frank South

Season 5: Charles Pratt, Jr.

Wikipedia lists Carol Mendelsohn also but I know up to Season 5

Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent where there throughout.

Edited April 3, 2010 by YRBB

[Sylph]

She ran the show together with Chuckie in the last season. You can find a nice interview with her here:

http://cornellsun.com/node/26350

She says she watches soaps. I wonder which ones.

[YRBB]

That was a good interview. She comes off really nice and smart. I liked what she said about not putting her name on other people's scripts and her love for soap operas.

[detroitpiston]

I'm pretty sure South was still the EP in season 5.

[YRBB]

Ooops, my bad. Checked the Season 5 DVDs and, you are right, South did exec produce Season 5.

So I assume Pratt handled the much-hated Season 6?

And with Mendelsohn for season 7?

So

Seasons 1-3: Darren Star

Seasons 4-5: Frank South

Season 6: Chuck Pratt, Jr.

Season 7: Chuck Pratt & Carol Mendesohn.

(I like making these lists lol )

[EricMontreal22]

So Pratt created/Show Ran Models Inc before he was EP at Melrose, right?

[quartermainefan]

http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/28/amy-locane-melrose-place-drunk-driving-death/

[Cheap21]

People like her make me sick

[All My Shadows]

Well, bitch, looks like your career is over.

[detroitpiston]

Wow. Hope she rots in jail.

[dm.]

I don't think she ever had a real career to begin with. But damn, that's horrible.

But not to get OT - I'm currently in the middle of season two and I like the show. I'll stick with it until the end of season five and then decide if it is worth losing my nerves to watch the remaining two seasons. But I still have a long way to go until then - all seasons are just soooo long.

Edited June 29, 2010 by dmarex