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Genre | Soap opera |
Created by | Terry Louise Fisher |
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Directed by | Joel Schumacher |
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Theme music composer | James Newton Howard |
Composer | Marty Davich |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Producer | Darren Frankel |
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Network | CBS |
Release | August 23 – September 9, 1992 |
2000 Malibu Road is an American prime time soap opera television series that aired on CBS from August 23 to September 9, 1992. The series stars Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Beals, Brian Bloom, Scott Bryce, Lisa Hartman, Tuesday Knight and Michael T. Weiss. [1]
The show deals with four women living together at a beach house located at 2000 Malibu Road. Lisa Hartman plays Jade, a former prostitute trying to get out of the profession. Jennifer Beals plays Perry (Jennifer Beals), a young lawyer also escaping from her past (a slain fiancé police officer and a serious drinking problem). Drew Barrymore plays Lindsay, a would-be actress trying to get the right break. Tuesday Knight plays Joy, Lindsay's overweight, overprotective, two-faced, manipulative sister, who also serves as her agent. Jade is the owner of the beach house. In order to leave her profession as a high priced prostitute, she takes in roommates to help her pay the rent.
The series ends with several unresolved cliffhangers. Jade discovers her stepfather Porter was working with her former client Hal (Robert Foxworth), and had been trying to kill her. After arguing with Lindsay upon discovering she was sleeping with Eric (Brian Bloom), Joy is struck by lightning. The final scene shows Perry being raped and beaten by Roger (Michael T. Weiss) in a stairwell. [2]
When the series was screened overseas, two scenes were added to the finale. One with Porter's men shooting Hal dead (and making it look like a suicide) after writing a confession blaming him for the murder of which Jade is accused, and another of Sgt. Muñoz breaking the news to Jade in bed that all charges against her had been dropped. This was followed by a montage of archive footage with a closing narration from Lisa Hartman to provide a perfunctory resolution for the characters. Jade married Muñoz and had a child, and Joy survived being struck by lightning and went back to Chicago to teach astrology at a local college. Lindsay became a world famous actress, while Perry had a breakdown after her rape and ended up institutionalised. [3]
2000 Malibu Road was created by Terry Louise Fisher. [4] The series was executive produced by Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, Fisher, and Joel Schumacher, who also served as director. [5]
Drew Barrymore was initially hesitant to star in the series, being "closed off to the idea of [television]"; however, she changed her mind once Schumacher showed her the scripts for the first two episodes. Impressed with her character's development and the numerous plot twists, Barrymore signed onto the series.
According to executive producer Aaron Spelling, producers could not come to terms on license fees with CBS, [5] though Lisa Hartman Black theorized that the premiere of Melrose Place on Fox two months prior was intentionally placed in the same timeslot as 2000 Malibu Road's timeslot on CBS. Spelling thus saw more upside — and fewer issues with Fox standards and practices — with Melrose Place than Malibu, and chose the former instead going forward. [6]
Joel Schumaker directed at least the first five of the series' episodes.
No. | Title | Original release date | Prod. code [7] |
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1 | "Episode 1" "Pilot" | August 23, 1992 | 2709-001 |
2 | "Episode 2" | August 23, 1992 | 2709-002 |
3 | "Episode 3" | August 26, 1992 | 2709-003 |
4 | "Episode 4" | September 2, 1992 | 2709-004 |
5 | "Episode 5" | September 9, 1992 | 2709-005 |
6 | "Episode 6" | September 9, 1992 | 2709-006 |
"2000 Malibu Road" aired during the summer of 1992. [8] [4] The series' premiere episode earned decent ratings, but ratings fell from there and it was canceled after six episodes.