Pacific Palisades is an American soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 that aired on Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 during prime time

Prime time

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 from April to July 1997. Produced by Aaron Spelling

Aaron Spelling

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, the show was cancelled after just thirteen episodes despite a last-minute attempt to increase ratings by casting Joan Collins

Joan Collins

Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE , is an English actress, author, and columnist. Born in Paddington and raised in Maida Vale, Collins grew up during the Second World War. At the age of nine, she made her stage debut in A Doll's House and after attending school, she was classically trained as an actress...

.

Plot summary

Set in the Los Angeles suburb of the same name

Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California

Pacific Palisades is an affluent neighborhood and district within the U.S. city of Los Angeles, California, located among Brentwood to the east, Malibu and Topanga to the west, Santa Monica to the southeast, the Santa Monica Bay to the southwest, and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north. The...

, the series follows the lives of young professionals who have it all, but haven't paid for it yet, on the Southern California fast track to fame, fortune, scandal and ruin. The cast of characters includes Joanna (Michelle Stafford

Michelle Stafford

Michelle Stafford is an American actress, best known for her role as Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless.-Career:...

) and Nick Hadley (Jarrod Emick

Jarrod Emick

Jarrod Emick is an American musical theatre actor best known for his performance as Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees.-Biography:...

), a young married couple who left their native Midwest for the Pacific Coast where Nick has landed a job as an architect; Joanna's troubled teenage sister Rachel Whittaker (Natalia Cigliuti

Natalia Cigliuti

Natalia Cigliuti is an American actress. She best known for her role as Lindsay Warner on Saved by the Bell: The New Class and as Anita Santos Warner on the soap opera All My Children.-Career:...

)- later discovered to be her illegitimate daughter at the end of the series; Rachel's friends Ashley (Jennifer Banko) & Michael (J. Trevor Edmond) who excel in sneakiness; Robert (Greg Evigan

Greg Evigan

Gregory Ralph "Greg" Evigan is an American actor best known for the TV series B.J. and the Bear, My Two Dads, P.S. I Luv U and TekWar.-Personal life:...

) and Kate Russo (Finola Hughes

Finola Hughes

Finola Hughes is an English actress, television host, author and former dancer, best known for role as Anna Devane on the General Hospital, All My Children and General Hospital: Night Shift , and her role as Anna Devane's identical twin sister, Doctor Alexandra Devane Marick, on All My Children...

), whose sterling life is beginning to tarnish; Jessica Mitchell (Jocelyn Seagrave), a rising professional whose choice of men leads to trouble; Matt Dunning (Lucky Vanous), a construction businessman with a dark side; Laura Sinclair (Kimberley Davies

Kimberley Davies

Kimberley Davies is an Australian actress most famous for playing Annalise Hartman on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 1993 to 1996...

), a real estate agent who does whatever it takes to close a deal; Cory Robbins (Dylan Neal

Dylan Neal

Dylan J. Neal is a Canadian actor who has appeared in a large number of television shows and in feature films. He is best known for role as Dylan Shaw on The Bold and The Beautiful from 1994 to 1997 and his supporting role as Pacey Witter's older brother, Doug on the American television drama...

), a promising but manipulative plastic surgeon; and beautiful Beth Hooper (Brittney Powell

Brittney Powell

Brittney Powell is a German-American actress. She was the star of the series Safety Geeks: SVI. She represented the show at Comic-Con in San Diego, California during 2009 and modeled for the Safety Geeks 2010, 2011, and 2012 Safety Pin-Up Calendars.-Television:* Safety Geeks:SVI - Dr...

), who rents an apartment from Laura and is being romanced by Cory.

Cast list

Actor	Role
Natalia Cigliuti Natalia Cigliuti Natalia Cigliuti is an American actress. She best known for her role as Lindsay Warner on Saved by the Bell: The New Class and as Anita Santos Warner on the soap opera All My Children.-Career:...	Rachel Whittaker
Kimberley Davies Kimberley Davies Kimberley Davies is an Australian actress most famous for playing Annalise Hartman on the Australian soap opera Neighbours from 1993 to 1996...	Laura Sinclair
J. Trever Edmond	Michael Kerris
Jarrod Emick Jarrod Emick Jarrod Emick is an American musical theatre actor best known for his performance as Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees.-Biography:...	Nick Hadley
Michelle Stafford Michelle Stafford Michelle Stafford is an American actress, best known for her role as Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless.-Career:...	Joanna Hadley
Greg Evigan Greg Evigan Gregory Ralph "Greg" Evigan is an American actor best known for the TV series B.J. and the Bear, My Two Dads, P.S. I Luv U and TekWar.-Personal life:...	Robert Russo
Finola Hughes Finola Hughes Finola Hughes is an English actress, television host, author and former dancer, best known for role as Anna Devane on the General Hospital, All My Children and General Hospital: Night Shift , and her role as Anna Devane's identical twin sister, Doctor Alexandra Devane Marick, on All My Children...	Kate Russo
Brittney Powell Brittney Powell Brittney Powell is a German-American actress. She was the star of the series Safety Geeks: SVI. She represented the show at Comic-Con in San Diego, California during 2009 and modeled for the Safety Geeks 2010, 2011, and 2012 Safety Pin-Up Calendars.-Television:* Safety Geeks:SVI - Dr...	Beth Hooper
Jocelyn Seagrave Jocelyn Seagrave Jocelyn Seagrave is an American film and television actress, best known for playing Julia Camaletti on Guilding Light and Jessica Mitchell on Fox's Pacific Palisades.-Early life:...	Jessica Mitchell
Lucky Vanous Lucky Vanous Lucky Joseph Vanous is an American model and actor. He became nationally known in 1994 after appearing in a series of commercials for Diet Coke.-Life and career:...	Matt Dunning
Dylan Neal Dylan Neal Dylan J. Neal is a Canadian actor who has appeared in a large number of television shows and in feature films. He is best known for role as Dylan Shaw on The Bold and The Beautiful from 1994 to 1997 and his supporting role as Pacey Witter's older brother, Doug on the American television drama...	Cory Robbins
Joan Collins Joan Collins Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE , is an English actress, author, and columnist. Born in Paddington and raised in Maida Vale, Collins grew up during the Second World War. At the age of nine, she made her stage debut in A Doll's House and after attending school, she was classically trained as an actress...	Christina Hobson
Gianni Russo Gianni Russo Louis Giovanni "Gianni" Russo is an American actor, singer and alleged possible member of organized crime, or Cosa Nostra....	Frank Nichols
Paul Satterfield Paul Satterfield Paul Satterfield, Jr. is an American actor.Satterfield was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of Paul Satterfield a Nashville firefighter who was killed in the line of duty and Singer Songwriter Priscilla Coolidge...	John Graham
Daphne Ashbrook Daphne Ashbrook Daphne Lee Ashbrook is an American actress.-Personal life:Daphne Ashbrook was raised in the San Diego, CA area. Her parents are San Diego theatre actress D'Ann Paton and late actor/Director Buddy Ashbrook...	Julie Graham

Episodes

Episode #	Episode title	Original airdate
1-1	"Welcome to the Neighborhood"	April 9, 1997
1-2	"The Bet"	April 16, 1997
1-3	"The Other Woman"	April 23, 1997
1-4	"All Hell Breaks Loose"	April 30, 1997
1-5	"Mothers and Other Strangers"	Never aired
1-6	"Runaway"	June 11, 1997
1-7	"Past & Present Danger"	June 18, 1997
1-8	"Desperate Measure"	June 25, 1997
1-9	"Best Laid Plans"	July 2, 1997
1-10	"Private Showing"	July 9, 1997
1-11	"Motherly Love"	July 16, 1997
1-12	"Sweet Revenge"	July 23, 1997
1-13	"End Game"	July 30, 1997