Pasadena (TV series)
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| Pasadena | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Creator(s) | Mike White |
| Starring | Top Row Martin Donovan Mark Valley Balthazar Getty Chris Marquette Bottom Row Dana Delany Alison Lohman Natasha Gregson Wagner |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original channel | FOX |
| Original run | September 29, 2001–November 2, 2001 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| IMDb profile | |
Pasadena was an American television program which was originally broadcast in the U.S. from September to November 2001 on FOX.
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[edit] Summary
The series starred Alison Lohman as Lily McAllister, an initially naïve young woman who witnesses a stranger's suicide and begins to investigate the secrets being hidden by her own very wealthy California family, the Greeleys. Other cast members included Dana Delany and Martin Donovan as Lily's parents, Will and Catherine McAllister. Mark Valley and Balthazar Getty were cast as Lily's uncles Robert and Nate Greeley, and Natasha Gregson Wagner portrayed Lily's aunt, Beth Greely.
[edit] Creator
Mike White, screenwriter of the films School of Rock and The Good Girl, was the creator of Pasadena. He attended elementary and high school in Pasadena, California. Actor/director Diane Keaton was among the show's executive producers.
[edit] Broadcast History
[edit] Initial cancellation
The show was critically acclaimed but ignored by audiences upon its debut. The general speculation at the time being was that with the series airing two weeks after 9/11, U.S. audiences were not willing to watch a show like Pasadena, with its dark atmosphere and cynical storylines. This was proven incorrect by the popularity of another new FOX Network series, 24, which ran multiple times a week, occasionally preempting Pasadena. The stronger theory was that the show's Friday night timeslot was the cause of the show's failure. For a long time networks have found it difficult to breed hits on Friday nights but none more so than FOX. Other casualties of FOX's Friday night lineup have included critically acclaimed fair such as Firefly (TV series) and Wonderfalls.
[edit] "Second wind"
Only four episodes were originally aired in the U.S. in 2001, but thirteen were completed, the thirteenth episode being used to wrap up the storyline. In 2003 and 2004, all thirteen episodes were aired in various countries such as Romania (by the public television TVR 2), Colombia, New Zealand, and China, with Pasadena gaining a cult following. In late 2005, Pasadena was completely shown for the first time in the U.S. by the cable channel SOAPnet.
[edit] Trivia
When the show premiered, many critics noted the similarities between the character of Nate Greeley, a drug addict and scion of an extremely wealthy, powerful, and famous family, and Balthazar Getty, the actor who played him. Getty, the great grandson of Getty Oil founder J. Paul Getty, had given up what by several accounts [1] was a nearly-suicidal heroin habit only a few years before landing the role on Pasadena.
[edit] External links
- Pasadena at the Internet Movie Database
