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''Second Chances'' is an American drama television series created and written by producers
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, and Michelle Phillips. The series premiered December 2, 1993, on CBS, and aired its final episode on February 19, 1994. '' Hotel Malibu'', which was touted as a spinoff of this series, debuted in August 1994. This series marked a reunion between actors Ronny Cox and Frances Lee McCain who had worked together two decades before on another CBS series called '' Apple's Way''.


Cast

* Connie Sellecca as Dianne Benedict * Matt Salinger as Mike Chulack * Ronny Cox as George Cook * Megan Porter Follows as Kate Benedict * Justin Lazard as Kevin Cook *
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as Melinda Lopez *
Francis Lee McCain Frances Lee McCain (born July 28, 1943) is an American actress. Early life and education McCain was born in York, Pennsylvania and grew up in New York, Illinois and Colorado in addition to California. She graduated from Ripon College with a ...
as Felicity Cook * Michelle Phillips as Joanna Russel * Pepe Serna as Salvador Lopez *
Ray Wise Raymond Herbert Wise (born August 20, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Leland Palmer in ''Twin Peaks'' (1990ā€“1991, 2017) and its prequel film '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' (1992), Vice President Hal Gardner i ...
as Judge Jim Stinson * Ramy Zada as Det. Jerry Kuntz


Episodes


Production

On January 17, 1994, the Northridge earthquake damaged the show's sets, and CBS decided to cancel the series instead of investing money to repair them ā€“ in addition to the cost of rebuilding, both Connie Sellecca and Megan Follows were pregnant and would have been far along by the time the sets were rebuilt. The series' last episode ran on February 10, 1994, as part of CBS's " Crimetime After Primetime" lineup. Part of the cast and characters were moved to the summertime replacement show '' Hotel Malibu'' in August 1994, which was touted as a spinoff of the series.


Reception

Ken Tucker of '' Entertainment Weekly'' rated the pilot episode a Cāˆ’ saying that it "relies on too many verbal cliches and pat coincidences to promise much in the way of engrossing escapism". Tony Scott of '' Variety'' stated that the series "needs more riveting material" as the pilot episode "suffers from blatant, uninvolving characters, low-caliber plotting and subcommercial appeal".


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External links

* *{{Epguides, SecondChances, Second Chances 1990s American drama television series 1993 American television series debuts 1994 American television series endings CBS original programming Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Television shows set in Los Angeles