2000 Malibu Road: Difference between revisions

| show_nameimage = 2000 Malibu Road =

| writer = {{Plainlist|
* Kimberly Costello<br>
* Terry Louise Fisher

| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Drew Barrymore]]<br>
* [[Jennifer Beals]]<br>
* [[Brian Bloom]]<br>
* [[Scott Bryce]]<br>
* [[Lisa Hartman]]<br>
* [[Tuesday Knight]]<br>
* [[Michael T. Weiss]]

| theme_music_composer = John[[James Newton Howard]]

| company = {{Plainlist|
* Fisher Entertainment<br>
* Joel Schumacher Productions<br>
* [[Spelling Television]]

| language = [[English language|English]]

| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
* Terry Louise Fisher<br>
* Joel Schumacher<br>
* [[Aaron Spelling]]<br>
* E. Duke Vincent

| runtime = 22&ndash;24 minutes

'''''2000 Malibu Road''''' is aan American [[prime time]] American [[soap opera]] television series that aired on [[CBS]] induring the summer offrom 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]].<ref name="B&M">{{cite book |author1=Brooks, Tim |author2=Marsh, Earle |year=2003 |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present |edition=8th |section=2000 Malibu Road (Serial Drama) |page=1246 |location=New York |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=978-0-345-45542-0}}</ref>

The show deals with four women living together at a beach house located at 2000 Malibu Road: Jade (Lisa Hartman), a former prostitute trying to get out of the profession; Perry (Jennifer Beals), a young lawyer also escaping from her past (i.e. a slain fiancefiancé police officer and a serious drinking problem); Lindsay (Drew Barrymore), a would-be actress trying to get the right break; and Joy (Tuesday Knight), Lindsay's overweight, overprotective, two-faced, manipulative sister, who also servedserves as her agent. Jade ownedowns the house. In order to leave her profession as a high priced prostitute, she tooktakes in roommates to help her pay for the house.

The series endedends with several unresolved [[cliffhanger]]s: Roger (Michael T. Weiss) wasis seen raping and beating Perry in a stairwell. Meanwhile, Porter's (Mitch Ryan) men shotshoot Hal ([[Robert Foxworth]]) dead, and after arguing with Lindsay upon discovering she was sleeping with Eric (Brian Bloom), Joy wasis struck by lightning.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080303035540/http://rover_wow.tripod.com/clif9095.htm To Be DIScontinued! - The Hall of Unresolved TV Cliffhangers: 1990-95]</ref> Lisa Hartman provided a closing narration to serve asprovide a (perfunctory) tie-upresolution for the characters, though possibly only onfor overseas broadcasts.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.melrose-place/browse_thread/thread/40772ff6e192c51c/1c9ac335de3998e3?q{{Cite book |last=%22tuesday+knight%22+%222000+malibu%22#1c9ac335de3998e3Humphries Usenet|first=Scott post|title=The Age of Melodramatic Miniseries: When Glamour Ruled on 2000Television Malibu|publisher=McFarland Roadand inCompany alt.tv.melrose-place]|year=2023 |isbn=9781476691626 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |pages=172}}</ref>

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|country = U.S.US

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The series premiere earned decent ratings, but ratings fell from there and it was canceled after six episodes. According to executive producer [[Aaron Spelling]], producers could not come to terms on license fees. with CBS,<ref name=spelling>{{cite book|last=Spelling |first=Aaron |author2=Graham, Jefferson |title=Aaron Spelling: A Prime-Time Life|publisher=Macmillan|year=2002|isbn=0-312-31344-6|page=223}}</ref> However,though Lisa Hartman hadBlack another version:theorized asthat ''2000[[Melrose Malibu RoadPlace]]'' wason facing ''[[MelroseFox PlaceBroadcasting Company|Fox]]'' had premiered two months before and was placed in the same timeslot, on CBS. Spelling wasthus competingsaw withmore himselfupside (and didn'tfewer wantissues towith weakenFox the[[Broadcast ratingsStandards ofand Practices|standards and practices]]) with ''Melrose Place'' than ''Malibu'', and chose the former instead going forward.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XuwwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H-AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2719,4213651&dq=2000-malibu-road&hl=en|title=Sing no sad songs for Lisa Hartman Black |date=1993-03-March 21, 1993|work=The Nevada DailyHerald, Mail[[Nevada, Missouri]]}}</ref>

[[Category:1990s American drama television series]]

[[Category:American primetime television soap operas]]

[[Category:CBS networksoap showsoperas]]

[[Category:American English-language television programmingshows]]

[[Category:Television series by CBS Television Studios]]