Peaceable Kingdom (TV series)

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Peaceable Kingdom
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Genre Family drama
Created byArt Monterastelli
Based onThe Peaceable Kingdom: A Year In the Life of America's Oldest Zoo by John Sedgwick
Developed byMark Waxman
Starring
Composers
  • David McHugh
  • Jack Smalley
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12 (5 unaired)
Production
Executive producerMark Waxman
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseSeptember 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).

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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

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Pilot"UnknownUnknownSeptember 20, 1989 (1989-09-20)
2"Snakebite"UnknownUnknownSeptember 27, 1989 (1989-09-27)
3"Bison"UnknownUnknownOctober 4, 1989 (1989-10-04)
4"Aardvark"UnknownUnknownOctober 11, 1989 (1989-10-11)
5"Reunion"UnknownUnknownNovember 1, 1989 (1989-11-01)
6"Elephant"UnknownUnknownNovember 8, 1989 (1989-11-08)
7"Symphony"UnknownUnknownNovember 15, 1989 (1989-11-15)
8"Jaguar"TBDTBDUNAIRED
9"Kitty"TBDTBDUNAIRED
10"Lone Wolf"TBDTBDUNAIRED
11"Chimp"Jerry JamesonMisty Stewart-TaggartUNAIRED
12"Moonstruck"TBDTBDUNAIRED

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References

  1. "IN THE EYE OF RATINGS STORM - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune . 4 December 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 . 13 September 1989.