Peaceable Kingdom (TV series)

Peaceable Kingdom
Genre	Family drama
Created by	Art Monterastelli
Based on	The Peaceable Kingdom: A Year In the Life of America's Oldest Zoo by John Sedgwick
Developed by	Mark Waxman
Starring	Lindsay Wagner Tom Wopat David Ackroyd
Composers	David McHugh Jack Smalley
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12 (5 unaired)
Production
Executive producer	Mark Waxman
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Victoria Productions Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 20 (1989-09-20) – November 15, 1989 (1989-11-15)

Peaceable Kingdom is an American family drama television series that aired on CBS from September 20 until November 15, 1989. The series was cancelled after only seven episodes (though twelve episodes were produced).

Overview

Peaceable Kingdom stars Lindsay Wagner as the recently hired managing director of the Los Angeles County Zoo, who was also recently widowed with three children. Her zoologist colleagues included Tom Wopat and David Ackroyd.

Perhaps due to scheduling competition from other networks (NBC's Top 20 hit Unsolved Mysteries and ABC's Top 30 hits Growing Pains and Head of the Class ), Peaceable Kingdom was a ratings failure and CBS cancelled the series after seven episodes. ^[1] The remaining episodes aired some years later in syndication.

Some scenes of the series was shot on location at the San Diego Zoo and the Los Angeles Zoo. ^[2]

Cast

• Lindsay Wagner as Rebecca Cafferty
• Melissa Clayton as Courtney Cafferty
• Michael Manasseri as Dean Cafferty
• Victor Di Mattia as Sam Cafferty
• David Ackroyd as Dr. Bartholomew Langley
• Tom Wopat as Dr. Jed McFadden
• Conchata Ferrell as Kate Galindo
• David Renan as Sequoya Ridge
• Kathryn Spitz as Robin

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Pilot"	Paul Krasny	Art Monterasellli	September 20, 1989 (1989-09-20)
2	"Snakebite"	Robert Becker	Sharon Doyle	September 27, 1989 (1989-09-27)
3	"Bison"	Beth Hillshafer	Mark Waxman	October 4, 1989 (1989-10-04)
4	"Aardvark"	Jerry Jameson	Story by : Michael Vittes & Karen Harris Teleplay by : Karen Harris	October 11, 1989 (1989-10-11)
5	"Reunion"	Betty Thomas	Parke Perine	November 1, 1989 (1989-11-01)
6	"Elephant"	Tommy Lee Wallace	Bryce Zabel	November 8, 1989 (1989-11-08)
7	"Symphony"	Robert Becker	Steve Wasserman & Jessica Klein	November 15, 1989 (1989-11-15)
8	"Jaguar"	Michael Vittes	Story by : Michael Vittes & Karen Harris Teleplay by : Karen Harris	UNAIRED
9	"Kitty"	Mike Fresco	Larry Barber & Paul Barber	UNAIRED
10	"Lone Wolf"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED
11	"Chimp"	Jerry Jameson	Misty Stewart-Taggart	UNAIRED
12	"Moonstruck"	TBD	TBD	UNAIRED

References

1. "IN THE EYE OF RATINGS STORM - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune . December 4, 1989.
2. "The New TV Season : CBS' Animal Park : Network Spends Millions of Dollars on a Zoo for Lindsay Wagner's 'Peaceable Kingdom'". Los Angeles Times . September 13, 1989.

• Brooks, Tim, and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

External links

• Peaceable Kingdom at IMDb