Pacific Palisades

This and Malibu Shores, were the two most noticeable series that failed to spawn Spelling's lucrative signature. It was trying to be Melrose Place, Beverly Hills 90210, and even older shows, like Knots Landing all at once, but was not able to pull it off. Just by watching the opening credits, it was clear the show had too many leads to have focus, and that the script would go different directions at once. Which it did, so much, I'm still unable to recall its common thread. I would put this show in the daytime soap category, personally. Everything about it looked cheap, even the direction and cinematography did. And after Joan Collins came to the rescue, to save it from impending cancellation, it shortly was. Fortunately for most of the actors involved, they landed gigs on other Spelling's productions, and popular daytime soaps even. And almost a decade later, Marc Cherry pulled off the same formula with Desperate Housewives...