Creator Darren Star and executive producer Aaron Spelling followed up on the massive success of their 1990s teen drama BEVERLY HILLS 90210 with a spinoff series that went on to match its parent show's popularity (and made its Monday night timeslot an evening of must-see TV). A grownup, racier version of 90210, MELROSE PLACE harked back to the days of classic nighttime soaps like DYNASTY and DALLAS while adding a decidedly younger, hipper edge with amped-up levels of sex, betrayal, murder, and a multiple personality or two. The backstabbing action centered on a group of fashionable, affluent 20-somethings living in a stylish apartment complex on the L.A. strip of the title: vulnerable ad exec Alison Parker (Courtney Thorne-Smith); her roommate/love interest, Billy Campbell (Andrew Shue); the increasingly conniving doctor, Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro); his sweetly innocent wife, Jane (Josie Bissett); her trashy stripper sister, Sydney (Laura Leighton); nice guy Jake Hanson (Grant Show); openly gay Matt Fielding (Doug Savant); tough New York transplant Jo Reynolds (Daphne Zuniga); the utterly psychotic Kimberly Shaw (Marcia Cross); and, of course, the memorable villainous vixen Amanda Woodward (Heather Locklear). This season adds manipulative rich girl Brooke Armstrong (Kristin Davis) to the volatile mix, ending with one of the greatest cliffhangers in TV history. The ultimate guilty pleasure, MELROSE PLACE's third season is presented in its entirety with this collection of 31 episodes featuring guest appearances by Beverley Mitchell, Traci Lords, Chuck Woolery, and Mackenzie Phillips.

1990s | Love Affairs | Love Triangles | Racy | Relationships | Television / TV Series

Genre:

• Television

Labels:

• Paramount

TV Shows:

• Melrose Place