''2000 Malibu Road'' is an American prime time

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television series that aired on

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during the summer from August 23 to September 9, 1992. The series stars

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, Brian Bloom,

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and

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Plot

The show deals with four women living together at a beach house located at 2000 Malibu Road: Jade (Lisa Hartman), a former prostitute trying to get out of the profession; Perry (Jennifer Beals), a young lawyer also escaping from her past (i.e. a slain fiancé police officer and a serious drinking problem); Lindsay (Drew Barrymore), a would-be actress trying to get the right break; and Joy (Tuesday Knight), Lindsay's overweight, overprotective, two-faced, manipulative sister, who also served as her agent. Jade owned the house. In order to leave her profession as a high priced prostitute, she took in roommates to help her pay for the house. The series ended with several unresolved

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s: Roger (Michael T. Weiss) was seen raping and beating Perry in a stairwell. Meanwhile, Porter's (Mitch Ryan) men shot Hal ( Robert Foxworth) dead, and after arguing with Lindsay upon discovering she was sleeping with Eric (Brian Bloom), Joy was struck by lightning. Lisa Hartman provided a closing narration to serve as a (perfunctory) tie-up for the characters, though possibly only on overseas broadcasts.

Cast

as Jade O'Keefe *

as Lindsay Rule *

as Perry Quinn *

as Joy Rule * Brian Bloom as Eric Adler *

as Scott Sterling *

as Roger Tabor *Ron Marquette as Sgt. Joe Munoz * Robert Foxworth as Hal Lanford *

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as Camilla * Mitch Ryan as Porter

Production

The series was executive produced by Aaron Spelling,

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, series creator Terry Louise Fisher, and

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, who also served as director.

Episodes

Joel Schumaker directed at least the first five of the series' episodes.

Reception

The series premiere earned decent ratings, but ratings fell from there and it was canceled after six episodes. According to executive producer Aaron Spelling, producers could not come to terms on license fees. However, Lisa Hartman had another version: as ''2000 Malibu Road'' was facing '' Melrose Place'' in the same timeslot, Spelling was competing with himself and didn't want to weaken the ratings of ''Melrose Place''.

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* * {{Aaron Spelling, state=collapsed 1992 American television series debuts 1992 American television series endings 1990s American drama television series American primetime television soap operas CBS original programming English-language television shows Television series by CBS Studios Television series by Spelling Television Television shows set in Malibu, California