Emerald Point N.A.S.

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Emerald Point N.A.S.
Genre Soap opera
Created by Richard and Esther Shapiro
Theme music composer Bill Conti
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes22
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesRichard & Esther Shapiro Productions
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseSeptember 26, 1983 (1983-09-26) 
March 12, 1984 (1984-03-12)

Emerald Point N.A.S is an American primetime soap opera created by Dynasty 's Richard and Esther Shapiro which premiered on CBS on Monday, September 26, 1983. The series revolved around the lives of personnel stationed on a naval air station somewhere in the Southern California, and combined military and espionage-based storylines with romance and family intrigue. [1]

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Its theme song was composed by Bill Conti, who had previously written the music for other primetime soaps such as Dynasty and Falcon Crest . Emerald Point N.A.S was cancelled after 22 weeks, with its final episode airing March 12, 1984. [2]

Cast and characters

Rear Admiral Thomas Mallory, a military hero and the commanding officer of the Emerald Point N.A.S., is the show's central character. He is a widower and father to three daughters, Celia Warren (Susan Dey), who is unhappy married to JAG lawyer Jack Warren (Charles Frank), Kay (Stephanie Dunnam), who is involved in a love triangle with Lieutenant Glenn Matthews (Andrew Stevens) and his scheming fiancée Hilary Adams (Sela Ward), and Leslie (Doran Clark), [3] a recent graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis and the first female of the family to serve in the U.S. Navy.

Thomas enters a relationship with Maggie Farrell (Maud Adams), a representative on the Military Affairs Council of the Chamber of Commerce, and a Navy wife whose husband has been missing in action for over ten years. Other main characters include Lieutenant Simon Adams (Richard Dean Anderson), Hilary's brother, who eventually marries Celia after her divorce from Jack, villainous industrialist Harlan Adams (Patrick O'Neal, then Robert Vaughn), Tom's rival and father of Hilary and Simon, and Deanna Kincaid (Jill St. John), Thomas' unscrupulous former sister-in-law, who becomes involved with Russian KGB agent Yuri Bukharin (Robert Loggia).

The show ended with an unresolved cliffhanger, with the revelation that Leslie is the possible daughter of Harlan, due to his rape of her mother (as witnessed by Celia), and with Maggie being kidnapped on her wedding day to Tom by maniac David Marquette (Michael Brandon).

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
Viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"Harry Falk Esther & Richard Shapiro September 26, 1983 (1983-09-26)2-K01/0219.2 [4]
2
3"Episode 3"Larry ElikannStory by: Bridget and Jerome Dobson
Teleplay by: Charles & Patti Dizenzo
October 3, 1983 (1983-10-03)TBA15.8
4"Episode 4" Bill Duke Story by: Bridget & Jerome Dobson
Teleplay by: Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman
October 17, 1983 (1983-10-17)TBA12.7
5"Episode 5"Robert BeckerJoyce Armor & Judie NeerOctober 24, 1983 (1983-10-24)TBA14.8
6"Episode 6"Nick HavingaRobert SchlittOctober 31, 1983 (1983-10-31)TBA15.3
7"Episode 7"Nicholas SgarroRobert SchlittNovember 7, 1983 (1983-11-07)TBA14.5
8"Episode 8" Alexander Singer Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman November 14, 1983 (1983-11-14)TBA14.7
9"Episode 9"Robert Becker Margaret Armen November 21, 1983 (1983-11-21)TBA13.7
10"Episode 10" Jeffrey Hayden Joyce KeenerDecember 5, 1983 (1983-12-05)TBA14.3
11"Episode 11"Sheldon LarryKathleen A. ShelleyDecember 12, 1983 (1983-12-12)TBA14.5
12"The Rescue" Peter Levin Stephen Black & Henry SternDecember 19, 1983 (1983-12-19)TBA13.8
13"Hide and Seek" Karen Arthur Eugene PriceJanuary 2, 1984 (1984-01-02)TBA17.2
14"The Assignment" John Patterson Stephen Black & Henry SternJanuary 9, 1984 (1984-01-09)TBA9.7
15"Secrets" Ernest Pintoff Michael RussnowJanuary 16, 1984 (1984-01-16)TBA9.7
16"Disguises" Don Medford Story by: Rita Lakin
Teleplay by: Stephen Black & Henry Stern
January 30, 1984 (1984-01-30)TBA12.3
17"Lost and Found"Robert BeckerStory by: Rita Lakin
Teleplay by: Diana Kopald Marcus
February 6, 1984 (1984-02-06)TBA10.5
18"The Climax" Ernest Pintoff Story by: Rita Lakin
Teleplay by: Stephen Black & Henry Stern
February 13, 1984 (1984-02-13)TBA10.3
19"The Best Laid Plans"Bill DukeStory by: Rita Lakin
Teleplay by: Michael Russnow
February 27, 1984 (1984-02-27)TBA9.2
20"Friends and Lovers"Larry ElikannStory by: Rita Lakin
Teleplay by: Stephen Black & Henry Stern
March 2, 1984 (1984-03-02)TBA13.8
21"Pandora's Box" Lorraine Senna Ferrara Story by: Rita Lakin
Teleplay by: Diana Kopald Marcus
March 5, 1984 (1984-03-05)TBA11.1
22"The Wedding"Larry ElikannStory by: Rita Lakin
Teleplay by: Stephen Black & Henry Stern
March 12, 1984 (1984-03-12)TBA10.6

Ratings

SeasonEpisodesStart DateEnd DateNielsen RankNielsen Rating [5] Tied With
1983–8422September 6, 1983March 12, 19846513.7N/A

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