"Sunset Beach" (1997) TV series 1997-1999

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Creators:

Josh Griffith
Robert Guza Jr.
Charles Pratt Jr.

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

6 January 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Having discovered her fiancé Tim Truman kissing another woman, Meg Cummings leaves her home in Kansas...

Plot Keywords:

Beach | Jewel Thief | Mansion | Marble Floor | Internet

Awards:

3 wins & 33 nominations

Cast

Susan Ward	...	Meg Cummings (414 episodes, 1997-1999)
Clive Robertson	...	Ben Evans / ... (398 episodes, 1997-1999)
Sarah Buxton	...	Annie Douglas / ... (372 episodes, 1997-1999)
Eddie Cibrian	...	Cole Deschanel / ... (369 episodes, 1997-1999)
Sam Behrens	...	Gregory Richards (368 episodes, 1997-1999)
Lesley-Anne Down	...	Olivia Richards (348 episodes, 1997-1999)
Hank Cheyne	...	Ricardo Torres (304 episodes, 1997-1999)
Timothy Adams	...	Casey Mitchum (275 episodes, 1997-1999)
Vanessa Dorman	...	Caitlin Richards / ... (266 episodes, 1997-1998)
Randy Spelling	...	Sean Richards (264 episodes, 1997-1999)
Jason Winston George	...	Michael Bourne (263 episodes, 1997-1999)
Priscilla Garita	...	Gabi Martinez / ... (258 episodes, 1997-1999)
Sherri Saum	...	Vanessa Hart (255 episodes, 1997-1999)
Kathleen Noone	...	Bette Katzenkazrahi (234 episodes, 1997-1999)
Dax Griffin	...	Tim Truman (227 episodes, 1997-1999)
Dominique Jennings	...	Virginia Harrison (204 episodes, 1997-1999)

Runtime:

60 min (751 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Trivia:

Lesley-Anne Down's character was originally going to be named Sheila, but Down explained to Aaron Spelling that Sheila is a derogatory Australian slang term for a woman and might cause problems with overseas sales. She suggested Olivia or Stephanie as alternatives, so the character became Olivia Harrow Richards.

Quotes:

Carmen Torres: I have followed the eleventh path and it has brought me to the consummation of truth.
Antonio Torres: ...What?

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 15th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Tide Is High

I loved this soap!!!

Back when I was about 14 (21 now) i used to tape this thing everyday so I could watch it when i went home for lunch and every day a couple of my mates would come watch it too. We loved the Ben / Derek plot sooo much (I may have even made a tape where edited those bits together n cut all the rest- i'm usually quite normal, honest). A funny thing I noticed recently is that on one of my other favourite shows, British sit com Game On they used to mention watching sunset beach like they were taking the mess out of how rubbish it was- but this was 2 years before SB existed so I have my suspicions that someone saw game on and decided to make said crappy soap. Anyway I did prefer the original theme tune (the one used at the end of later episodes written by one Tim Truman, which I notice happens to be the name of one of the characters, in case you forget it was the guy who had a flashback where he shouted noooooo for about 3 months when he was in a coma. For addictive crappy TV SB is far and away the best. Its so bad that its brilliant!!! its also a load of fun when you see the stars in other stuff. Paula was in mulholland drive and the punisher! and Meg was in.. Wild Things 3 or was it 2?- use the search if you are interested. Alas Ben, once tipped as 007 is in general hospital!