Pasadena (TV series)

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Pasadena
Pasadena Cast Photo
Genre	Drama
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	United States
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	42 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	FOX
Original run	September 29, 2001 – November 2, 2001
Links
IMDb profile

Pasadena was an American television program which was originally broadcast in the U.S. from September to November 2001 on FOX.

1 Summary
2 Creator
3 Broadcast History
- 3.1 Initial cancellation
- 3.2 "Second wind"
4 Trivia
5 External links

[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.

[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.