''Four Corners'' is an American prime time television drama that ran from February 24, 1998, to March 3, 1998, on

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. It was produced by David Jacobs.

Synopsis

Following the death of her husband in a plane crash, Amanda Wyatt (

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) struggles to keep her sprawling Homestead Ranch out of the hands of property developers. Working against her is her devious son Alex (Douglas Wert) who wants to sell the land to developers and leave with her cash. Her friend Carlotta (

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) is also fighting to keep the land out of the developers' hands as she represents the migrant workers of the area who depend on the land for their income. Other characters included Carlotta's son Tomas (

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) who had been in love with Amanda's flighty daughter Kate (

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) but had given her up for a life in the church but is now fighting his feelings for her; Sam ( Raymond J. Barry), the ranch foreman and potential love interest for Amanda, caring school teacher Eva (Dahlia Waingort) and Caleb (

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), the wayward son of Sam who has just been released from jail.

Cast

as Amanda "Maggie" Wyatt * Douglas Wert as Alex Wyatt *

as Kate Wyatt *

as Carlotta Alvarez *

as Tomas Alvarez * Dahlia Waingort as Eva Alvarez * Raymond J. Barry as Sam Haskell *

as Caleb Haskell * Tim Carhart as Sheriff

Production

The series was produced by Michael Filerman and David Jacobs, who both worked on ''

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'', '' Knots Landing'' and '' Falcon Crest''. The show went through a number of name changes before going on air with the series being called ''Ventanas'', ''Santa Fe'' and ''Homestead'' before they settled on ''Four Corners''. The show was supposed to be co-produced by

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, but CTT sold its interest in the show to Rysher Entertainment. Location filming for the show took place in the San Gabriel Mountains in California. The first episode was shown as a two-hour movie on CBS in the 9.00-11.00 slot on Tuesday February 24, 1998, with the next episode shown in what was supposed to be its regular one-hour slot at 10.00 on March 3, 1998. It was the first drama on US network TV to be simulcast in both English and Spanish. The show was one of the highly touted shows of the 1997–98 season but quickly became one of its biggest disasters as it was taken off air after only two episodes. It was subsequently rebroadcast on

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as a two-part TV movie under the new title of ''Homestead'', a title also used in other countries. It has been aired sporadically on UK digital TV channel

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since the channel launched in 2009.

Episodes

Awards and nominations

Christopher Klatman was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in 1998 but lost to ''

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''.

References

External links

* * {{Epguides, FourCorners, Four Corners 1998 American television series debuts 1998 American television series endings CBS original programming English-language television shows Television shows set in California