Savannah (TV series)

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Savannah
Cast of Savannah
Format	Soap opera/Drama
Created by	Constance M. Burge
Starring	Shannon Sturges Robyn Lively Jamie Luner Paul Satterfield David Gail Beth Toussaint Ray Wise
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	34
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	The WB
Original run	21 January 1996 – 24 February 1997
External links
IMDb profile

Savannah is an American prime time television soap opera that ran from 21 January 1996 to 24 February 1997 on The WB. It was created by Constance M. Burge (who subsequently created the hit series Charmed) and was produced by Aaron Spelling.

1 Plot
2 Behind the scenes
3 Main cast (in alphabetical order)
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Set in the southern city of Savannah, Georgia, the series revolves around three female friends: rich girl Reese, noble Lane and scheming bad girl Peyton. Lane McKenzie had left Savannah after graduating from college to become a successful journalist in New York City; she returns for the wedding of her childhood best friend, Reese Burton, who is marrying Travis Peterson. Finding out that her apartment in New York has been robbed, Lane tries to collect on an inheritance — only to find out that Travis has stolen every last penny of it. Peyton, , had an affair with Travis. Reese finds out that Travis has been having an affair with a girl he calls "Bunny" and is devastated; the other woman is secretly Peyton, daughter of the Burton family maid and Reese's friend. Travis is soon found dead, and the first season revolves around the whodunit murder mystery and subsequent court case. There is also considerable intrigue surrounding the identity of Peyton's father (who turns out to be Reese's father, Edward, making Peyton and Reese sisters) as well as the machinations of Tom Massick, a stranger in town with a score to settle.

[edit] Behind the scenes

Reese was played by blonde daytime soap actress Shannon Sturges, brunette Robyn Lively played Lane and Peyton was portrayed by auburn-haired Jamie Luner, who would later appear as a vixen on Spelling's hit 1990s soap opera, Melrose Place. Savannah also starred a pre-CSI George Eads; though Eads' character, Travis, dies in the pilot episode, the show's producers recognized Eads' appeal and brought him back as Nick, Travis' identical twin. ^[1]

Savannah was very popular at first, but was moved opposite Monday Night Football and soon fell in the ratings, later being cancelled.^{[citation needed]} The series was replaced by the mid-season series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which ended up a much larger ratings-winner for The WB at the time.^{[citation needed]}

Savannah was also shown in the United Kingdom in the summer of 1996 on ITV, where it became the highest-rated new American series of that year.^{[citation needed]}