''Key West'' is an American

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series set and filmed in

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. Thirteen episodes aired on Fox from January to June 1993. It was created by David Beaird. The show was produced by

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(now

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Plot

The main character is Seamus O'Neill, played by

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, a factory worker from New Jersey who dreams of being a writer. When he wins the lottery, he uses his newfound wealth to move to Key West to pursue his writing career, where his idol

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had lived. Seamus finds the island inhabited by eccentrics. He tries to get a job for ''The Meteor'', a local newspaper, wishing to relive the life of its most famous employee,

. This brings him into conflict with the paper's editor, Roosevelt Cole (Ivory Ocean), who remarks "You want to report on the

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?" Eventually Seamus is hired on a probationary period. In a later episode it was revealed Seamus is once again poor as his lottery winnings were seized due to taxation and multiple unpaid debts, and it will be several years before his next annuity check resumes. Seamus then decides to put everything into writing, money worries or not. In addition to Stevens,

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, and

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led the large ensemble cast as the town's high-class prostitute, conservative mayor and eccentric sheriff, respectively.

Characters

* Seamus O'Neill (

) * Chaucy Caldwell (

) * Sheriff Cody Jeremiah Jefferson (

) * Dr. Reilly Clarke (

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) * Abednigo "JoJo" Nabuli ( Terrence 'T.C.' Carson) * Savannah Sumner (

) * Hector Allegria ( Geno Silva) * Roosevelt "King" Cole (Ivory Ocean) * Paul "Gumbo" Beausoleil ( Leland Crooke) * Rikki (Lara Piper) * Hunter Farmer (Michael Covert) * Flame (Jennifer Barlow)

Episodes

External links

*
Mile 0: The KEY WEST Compendium
{{DEFAULTSORT:Key West (Tv Series) 1990s American comedy-drama television series Fox Broadcasting Company original programming English-language television shows 1993 American television series debuts 1993 American television series endings Television shows set in Florida Television series by CBS Studios