| Sunset Beach |
This is the title sequence of Sunset Beach |
| Genre |
Soap opera |
| Running time |
1 Hour |
| Creator(s) |
Josh Griffith, sunsetbeach Robert Guza Jr. & Charles Pratt Jr. |
| Starring |
Lesley-Anne Down
Sam beach sunset Behrens
Clive Robertson
Susan Ward
Eddie sunset beach Cibrian
Sarah Buxton
Jason Winston George
Kathleen Noone
Sherri Saum
Shawn Batten
Randy sunset beach north carolina Spelling
Kelly Hu
Timothy Adams
Tracy Melchior
Laura Harring
Priscilla Garita
Dominique Jennings
Hank Cheyne
Christina Chambers
Margarita Cordova
Gordon Thompson |
| Country of origin |
USA |
| Original channel |
NBC |
| Original run |
January 7, sunset beach nc 1997–December 31, 1999 |
| No. of episodes |
751
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| IMDb profile |
| TV.com summary |
The US soap opera Sunset Beach aired on NBC from January 6, sunset beach north carolina attractions 1997 to December 31, sunset beach resort 1999. It was coproduced by NBC and Aaron Spelling Productions. It aired in over sunset beaches 70 countries around the world, and was especially popular in the sunset beach nc kayak UK, Finland, Australia, Sweden, New Zealand, Israel, Germany, Croatia, Russia, Slovenia, Venezuela and Bulgaria.
Sunset Beach starred Lesley-Anne Down, Laura Harring, pueblo bonito sunset beach Kelly Hu, Barbara Mandrell, Kathleen Noone, Susan Ward, Tracy sunset on beach Melchior, Shawn Batten and Christina Chambers. Cast members who were nominated for various soap opera awards sunset beach california included Hank Cheyne, Margarita Cordova, Priscilla Garita, Jason Winston George, sunset beach resort montego bay jamaica Sherri Saum, Clive Robertson, Eddie Cibrian, Sam Behrens, Dominique Jennings and Sarah sunset beach pictures Buxton.
The soap opera was named after the small beach community located at the northwest corner of Huntington sunset at the beach Beach, California just south of Seal Beach, California and the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station.
Sunset Beach remains highly popular sunset beach bar in many sunset beach florida countries years after its cancellation. It frequently referenced other television shows: many episodes featured characters fantasizing about their lives sunset beach north carolina oceanfront cottages and dreams in sequences that show the cast dressed as Charlie's Angels or performing the opening tropical beach sunset from "Friends". Fantasies involving the character Annie Douglas included take offs of sunset beach bridge the Leeza Gibbons Show and sunset beach jamaica the Jerry Springer Show, guest starring the talk show hosts. What made Sunset Beach truly innovative was its satirizing of itself and the soap all inclusive deals sunset beach montego bay jamaica opera genre. Advice was hawaii sunset beach sometimes given to characters by the show's dog and on one occasion, by God himself.
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Contents
- 1 Storylines
- 2 Trivia
- 3 Notable pediatric conference sunset beach nc Guest royal gardens sunset beach club Appearances
- 4 Connections To Other Soaps
- 4.1 The Bold and sunset beach and wedding and florida the Beautiful
- 4.2 Passions
- 4.3 General sunset beach hawii Hospital
- 4.4 The Young And sunset beach soap opera The Restless
- 5 Ratings history
- 6 See also
- 7 External links
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Storylines
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Storylines in its nearly three year run ranged from the traditional bay beach jamaica montego resort spa sunset to the supernatural. One of the first storylines concerned an Internet romance. Kansas farm girl Meg Cummings, played by Susan sunset beach camping Ward, discovered her fiance, Tim sunset beach condos Truman, cheating on her on their wedding day. Meg had been talking online sunset beach rentals with SB, a man who lived in Sunset Beach, California, and after catching sunset beach wallpaper Tim with her maid of honor, Meg fled to Sunset bay beach jamaica montego sunset Beach in search of SB, who turned out to be wealthy, widowed businessman Ben Evans, played by Clive beach at sunset Robertson. The first year of the show revolved around Meg's pursuit of Ben (including beach sunset photo her briefly breaking into his house, stealing a beach sunset wallpapers journal she found there and dressing up in his late wife's clothes), best western sunset beach who was initially not interested in her, and the gradual development of a romance between them. A side plot showed the antagonistic relationship between harbour inn at sunset beach huntington beach Meg and Annie Douglas, Ben's longtime best friend. Meg hated sunset beach photos Annie for being close to Ben and wanted to cut sunset beach resort and spa in montego bay jamaica her out of his life; Annie hated Meg out sunset beach resort jamaica of jealousy for her developing romance with Ben. Their problems reached a head with sunset beach resort montego bay a physical fight in a hottub. Meg's ex-fiance Tim Truman followed her to Sunset Beach sunset beach sc to win her back, and ended up becoming Annie's ally and almost bay beach in jamaica montego resort spa sunset love interest. Once Meg and Annie had overcome their differences, Meg soon had a new problem when she began to suspect beach sunset photos Ben was a murderer, jamaica montego bay sunset beach and spa resort although this plotline was developed to lead up to the Terror shell beach sunset Island storyline, and contained some continuity errors. After the Terror Island/Derek storyline (see sunset bay beach club below) none of the things raised were ever mentioned again.
Meg and Ben became one of sunset beach mp3 the show's first couples, along with reformed jewel thief Cole Deschanel and local heiress Caitlin sunset beach oregon Richards. Cole slept with and impregnated both Caitlin and Caitlin's unhappily married, alcoholic mother Olivia. Olivia and her fiendish husband, Gregory, sunset beach resort & spa planned to steal Caitlin's baby and pass it off as Olivia's (telling Caitlin sunset beach resort and spa montego bay jamaica her baby had sunset beach resort spa montego bay jamaica died), in order to break up Caitlin's relationship with Cole, who her parents disapproved of sunset beach shelter island because of his criminal past. Caitlin lost the child apartments on sunset beach california in a car accident when she found out about her parents' horrible plan, and planned to fake the rest of her pregnancy and adopt bay beach in jamaica montego sunset a baby beach view restaurant sunset beach california to pass off as her own, as she was worried her inability to beach wedding sunset beach florida have children (caused by the accident) would cause problems in her marriage to Cole. She best western sunset beach eastern s enlisted Annie Douglas -- secretly trying to break up Olivia and Gregory, due to a term in her father's will stating she best western, sunset beach resort, melfa, va would only get her inheritance if cheap motel by the sunset beach santa ana california she wed Gregory (her father's way of breaking up his marriage to Olivia, who costa del sol sunset beach club he had been having an affair with). Annie mole homes for sale by owner be beach near sunset drugged Olivia and stole her baby, telling her the baby had been stillborn. Caitlin unknowingly raised her montego bay jamaica sunset beach hotel resort baby half-brother (who was also her stepson, having been fathered by her husband), until a grief-stricken Olivia discovered the truth. newspaper in sunset beach Olivia was eventually reunited with her son.
When the show sunset beach hotel virignia began it was the only soap on the air featuring Asian American sunset beach montego bay jamaica characters, though they were written off before the end of the first year. The show also had daytime sunset beach motel television's only African American villainess, Virginia Harrison, sunset beach nc pictures who plotted and schemed to break up lifeguard Michael sunset beach park and reporter Vanessa so she could have Michael for herself. In one of the sunset beach separates most outrageous storylines on the show, Virginia drugged Vanessa and, using a turkey baster and some stolen sunset on a beach sperm, impregnated her with the child of Dr. Tyus Robinson, to bay beach in jamaica montego resort sunset make it appear Vanessa had been unfaithful to Michael, who was sterile.
The show was known for other outrageous storylines, such 'Terror Island' montego bay jamaica all inclusive trips sunset beach resort in which several of the north carolina + sunset beach show's main characters were stranded on an island with a masked serial killer intent on killing them, especially Meg. A handful official time of sunset at long beach wa on august of characters were killed by the maniac, mostly minor characters introduced as serial killer-fodder, romantic sunset beach but also one lead siesta key sunset beach photos character, young runaway made good Mark Wolper. In his dying moments Mark pulled off the killer's mask and audiences were stunned to see sunset beach luxury real estate Ben's face sunset beach oahu behind it. As it turned out, Ben had an evil twin, Derek, who sunset beach real estate plagued Ben and Meg's lives off and on for the rest of the run of the show. Derek was killed after being shot sunset beach resort and spa in a struggle with Ben during sunset beach the soap the show's final weeks, following a long storyline where Derek kidnapped and impersonated his twin sunset beach wallpapers for months, sleeping with Ben's wife Maria (having previously also slept with Meg).
Maria Torres Evans, who had wed Ben sunset inn panama city beach fl when she sunset of beach was still a teenager and he was barely in his twenties, had disappeared and been presumed drowned after sunset on the beach honolulu a boating accident that took place some years prior to the start of the show. Ben was haunted by the turtles at sunset beach terrible secret that www sunset beach resort montego bay jamaica he had caught her in bed with Derek (it was later revealed that Derek beach palm trees at sunset -- who had impersonated Ben to Maria, who was unaware Ben had beach sunset pics a twin -- and not slept with Maria, as she had stabbed him with scissors when he tried beach sunset picture bathroom to rape her). Ben's guilt and grief over Maria beach sunset pictures caused a shadow over his relationship with Meg from the beginning, which worsened when an amnesiac Maria beach sunset portrait came back from the dead at Ben and Meg's October beach sunset wallpaper 1998 wedding. Ben and Maria grew closer while he helped her to regain her memory, and once he did, Ben california beach sunset flip flopped between the two women for much of the rest of the show's run. golden sunset beach resort in calatagan batangas During the look for rihanna in front of sunset on beach show's last year a strange woman, Tess, turned up on his doorstep with mundy sunset beach a son she claimed was Ben and Maria's. After a positive paternity recipes mixed drink sunset at the beach test they raised the child, Benjy, together, causing even more problems for Meg, who left Ben and rentals in sunset beach north carolina briefly started dating her sister's boyfriend, Casey. Derek (who was also wrongfully presumed dead) returned to sunset beach california vintage photos kidnap Ben again, and it was revealed he and Tess sunset beach campground were Benjy's parents.
Another outrageous storyline was the earthquake/tsunami story, in which Sunset Beach was struck by a massive earthquake, trapping sunset beach christian church, hawaii many characters - most of sunset beach house pre-fab home them each other's rival - together in life and death situations. While half the cast battled sunset beach nc house rentals the disaster on land, the rest of the cast was on a pleasure cruise sunset beach north carolina luxury real estate aboard a ship that was sunset beach north carolinia overturned - a la The Poseidon Adventure - by a tsunami created by the earthquake. This storyline was nearly a carbon sunset beach park map copy of the Poseidon Adventure.
The show took a supernatural turn for sunset beach rental a while with some cursed jewels, stolen from sunset beach resort and spa jamaica a religious icon, that turned those who'd touched them into shriveled mummies. The story culminated on Christmas Eve with the return sunset beach resort spa montego bay jamaica reviews of the jewels to the Madonna just sunset beach scenes in time to prevent the deaths of several key characters.
The show also featured two sunset beach shark sightings murder mysteries in its run, the murder of Annie's sunset cottage rental in indian rocks beach father Del Douglas (by Cole's mother, Elaine - Del had kidnapped Cole as sunset on the beach in honolulu hawaii a baby and convinced Elaine the child was dead), and the murder of seductress Francesca Vargas, who sunset on the beach waikiki movie just about everyone in town wanted dead. The surprise twist in the Who Shot sunset ranches newport beach Francesca storyline was that it was main character Gregory Richards.
The show went in for stunt casting guest appearances - Jerry sunset shores beach hotel in st. vincent Springer played talk show host Jerry Feller, sunset state beach Marla Maples played socialite Barbara Birch, Judge Wapner played himself - and featured a ripped beach + sunset from the headline story about beach hawaii kauai poipu shipwreck sunset a Washington intern, Meg's sister Sara, who'd had an affair with a married beach sunset jpg politician. Her affair was exposed by her supposed friend - Melinda Fall, a take off on Linda Tripp. Sara went on to develop a relationship beach volleyball at sunset with local lifeguard Casey Mitchum, and their relationship beaches sunset and her sibling rivalry with her sister (who at one point calm beach sunset started an affair with Casey) made up the bulk of Sara's storylines, although she was also famous for canal depth at sunset beach island, nc her TV show-inspired fantasy sequences.
The show was cancelled just before cast and crew of sunset beach the 3rd anniversary of its original air date. Most of the main characters were free beach sunset pics given happy endings. Ben and Meg and Michael and Vanessa married in a double wedding. Casey and hawaii beach sunset Sara got engaged, Cole and Caitlin were happy in hawaii sunset beach pictures their marriage, and Olivia was happily raising her children alone. Maria gave Ben a divorce so he could info on sunset beach marry Meg and met a new man, kathy van zeeland sunset beach Ross English. Maria also adopted Benjy, kathy van zeeland sunset beach italian mesh slouch hobo the little boy she had regarded as her own, and she and Ben planned to raise him together. The 'baddies' all got their just deserts. myrtle beach sunset tours Derek was accidentally shot and killed by Ben, his accomplice Tess went north myrtle sunset beach golf course condos to jail, as did Gregory Richards. Tim Truman, who pink beach sunset though not a villain spent most of the three years causing problems pueblo bonita sunset beach for Ben and Meg, was murdered by Derek. Virginia remained languishing in a mental hospital, while reformed bad girl sandra bullock sunset beach Annie also got sea trail sunset beach a happy ending, finding love with relatively new character Jude.
In a twist ending, Meg appeared to wake up in Kansas and realize that the soap opera sunset beach entire three years in Sunset Beach had been a dream - and the sunset and beach characters from the show were actually her friends and family in sunset at the beach pictures Kansas (an obvious reference sunset bay beach to The Wizard of Oz). However, at the last minute, Meg woke up from her sunset beach + art + north carolina dream-within-a-dream and was in bed with Ben, the day after their wedding.
Trivia
- Tim Truman was named for the show's musical sunset beach backgrounds director.
- The tsunami storyline sunset beach campground in the state of oregon proved so popular that two weeks' worth of episodes were compiled and turned into an hour-long show that was sunset beach club benalmadina included on NBC's lineup for one night in sunset beach cottages August 1998.
- One of the show's lighthearted traits would be to sunset beach florida house rentals incorporate pop-up trivia occasionally, taking a cue from the VH1 show. A few of sunset beach golf courses the characters were also known for breaking the fourth wall.
- One of Bette Katzenkazrahi's (Kathleen Noone) seven ex-husbands was a man named Vincent Duke (named sunset beach home equity loan after the sunset beach hotel - seychelles show producer), portrayed by the late Aaron Spelling.
Notable Guest Appearances
Finola Hughes, Marla sunset beach hotel in the eastern s Maples, Christopher Darden, Howie Mandel, Jerry Springer, John O'Hurley, Kim Alexis, Jack Wagner, Barbara Mandrell.
Connections To Other Soaps
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- Sarah Buxton (Annie) went on to play sunset beach layouts Morgan DeWitt on B&B from 2000-2001 and again briefly in 2005.
- Lesley-Anne Down sunset beach mls (Olivia) plays Jacqueline Payne Marone on B&B since 2003.
- Sean Kanan (Jude) played Deacon sunset beach montego bay, jamaica Sharpe on B&B from 2000-2005.
- Tracy Lindsey Melchior sunset beach nc land for sale (Tess) plays the 2nd Kristen Forrester on B&B from 2001-2003 on contract and is sunset beach north carolina one bedroom oceanfront cottages still on recurring status.
- Adrienne Frantz(Tiffany #1) played Amber Moore on B&B from 1997-2005.
- Sydney Penny, who substituted sunset beach pony hunter for Susan Ward as Meg Cummings, played Samantha Kelly on B&B 2004-2005.
- Sandra Ferguson(Jade, who was killed on Terror sunset beach pool Island) substituted for Katherine sunset beach rental north carolina Kelly Lang as Brooke in 1997.
- Jack Wagner, who plays Nick Marone on B&B, appeared in 1997 on Sunset Beach as a jewel thief friend of sunset beach separates swim suits Cole's.
- Dax Griffin(Tim) plays Shane.
Passions
- John Reilly (Del Douglas) plays Alistair sunset beach wedding in st mary's georgia Crane on Passions since 2005.
- Kathleen Noone (Bette) plays Edna Wallace since 2002.
- Leigh Taylor-Young (Elaine) plays sunset beaches california Katherine Crane since 2004. Note: Elaine shot Del on Sunset Beach, and sunset cruise at redondo beach Katherine shot Alistair on Passions, though sunset jamaica beach resort he was then played by David Bailey.
- Tracy Lindsey Melchior (Tess) appeared as a woman sunset pavilion beach south beach ave. cape may, nj Luis meets on a plane to Paris on Passions.
- Cristi Ellen Harris (Emily) was Alistair's assistant sunset pier condo panama city beach on Passions in early 2005.
- Priscilla Garita(Gabi) substituted for Lindsay Korman as Teresa.
- Kam Heskin(Kaitlyn sunset point beach hawaii #2) is currently substituting for McKenzie Westmore as Sheridan.
- Nick Stabile(Mark) the beach during a sunset substituted for Justin Hartley as Fox.
- Gordon Thomson(A. J.) played a Federal Agent who helped fake Sheridan's 409 dolphin street, sunset beach death in 2000 to bring down the drug cartel from antonio sunset beach Paris.
General Hospital
- Jack Wagner played Frisco Jones on General Hospital from 1983 - 1987, beach cottage florida fort sunset walton 1989 - 1991 and made guest appearances in 1994 and 1995.
- John Reilly (Del Douglas) played Sean on General beach sunset surf Hospital from 1984 - best of sunset beach ,nc 1995.
- Finola Hughes who made a guest appearance on Sunset Beach played the role of Anna Devane on General Hospital from best western sunset beach resort 1985 - 1992.
- Clive Robertson (Ben Evans) played Simon the record best western sunset beach sanibel island producer in 2004.
- Sandra Ferguson (Jade) has played the recurring role of Felicia cast of sunset beach Jones Scorpio since 2005.
The Young And The Restless
- Eddie Cibrian(Cole) previously played Matt Clark 1994-1996.
- John Martin(Hank cast of sunset beach soap opera Cummings) plays the recurring character of Frederick Hodges on Y&R.
- Lauren Woodland(Sarah cheap motel by the sunset beach santa and california Cummings #1) played Brittany Hodges from 1999-2005. Note: John Martin cheap motels at sunset beach and Lauren Woodland ironically played Father and Daughter on both Sunset Beach and Y&R, though they never actually shared colby stephens sunset beach justin any scenes together on Sunset Beach as Lauren departed the role before John continental condo sunset beach nc Martin was made a cozumel sunset beach snorkeling contract player on the show.
- Sam Behrens(Gregory) appeared on Y&R as an associate of Victor's First Wife, Julia, downtown hotels sunset beach california whom Victor met with.
- Meg Bennett, who was a producer on Sunset Beach, dream come true sunset beach played Julia on Y&R.
Ratings history
Through its short existence, Sunset Beach remained in the daytime ratings basement. eight annual pediatric conference sunset beach nc However, during the "Shockwave" storyline of 1998 it received its best free pictures of lovers walking the beach at sunset ratings and showed signs that it might move off the bottom. However, golf course condos in sunset beach south carolina this proved to be a brief spike and golf lessons in sunset beach north carolina was not sustained.
See also
- Sunset Beach: for other articles on other Sunset Beach topics
- Benjy Did golf retail store sunset beach north carolina It Humorous Fansite dedicated to the show.
External links
- Sunset Beach at the Internet Movie Database
- The Sunset homes for sale on sunset beach island Beach Thread on Digital Spy hotel coupons sunset beach california Forums
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