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"Northern Exposure" (1990) More at IMDbPro »

• The series is set in the imaginary town of Cicely in Alaska, and it was shot in Roslyn, Washington. Characters named Roslyn and Cicely appear on the show as the founders of the town.
  
  
• Elaine Miles won the part of Marilyn Whirlwind by accident. She accompanied her mother, who was auditioning for the part of Marilyn, and they cast Elaine instead.
  
  
• Marilyn Whirlwind's mother on the show is played by her real-life mother.
  
  
• Darren Burrows is a natural blonde. He had to dye his hair black every two weeks during the show's run.
  
  
• Paul Provenza was originally hired to take over the role of Dr. Joel Fleischman after 'Rob Morrow' left the show. The difference in his appearance was to be attributed to Fleischman getting a new haircut, which according to Janine Turner's character, Maggie O'Connell, "suited him". This idea was decided against, as not to alienate Morrow's fans. So Paul Provenza became a new doctor, Phillip Capra. The series only lasted one more season after their Morrow's departure.
  
  
• A calendar for "Clicquot Club" ginger ale can be seen hanging in Dr. Fleischman's office in some of the episodes. The calendar features a caricature of a woman with a bundled baby on a bicycle, and the slogan "Refreshment Coming Your Way" appears next to it. The page of the calendar is stuck on January 1942. The ginger ale was sold from the 1920s until the 1960s when it went out of business.
  
  
• Jo Anderson, the woman who plays Roslyn in the Season 3 finale also makes an appearance as the traveling school teacher Jane Harris in Season 4 Episode 15.
  
  
• The fictional town of Cicely is based on Talkeetna, a small town 80 miles north of Anchorage by the Alaska rail.
  
  
• The mural for Roslyn's Cafe' in the opening credits is an actual café'. The apostrophe and an S was added in since the show is supposed to take place in Cicely, Alaska. After the show was completed the apostrophe and the S was removed from the mural.
  
  

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