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Sunset Beach

  • TV Series
  • 1997–1999
  • TV-14
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,989
4,327
Sunset Beach (1997)
Soap OperaDramaRomance

After discovering her fiancé Tim Truman kissing another woman, Meg Cummings leaves her home in Kansas on their wedding day to start a new life in Sunset Beach, California.After discovering her fiancé Tim Truman kissing another woman, Meg Cummings leaves her home in Kansas on their wedding day to start a new life in Sunset Beach, California.After discovering her fiancé Tim Truman kissing another woman, Meg Cummings leaves her home in Kansas on their wedding day to start a new life in Sunset Beach, California.

  • Creators
    • Charles Pratt Jr.
    • Josh Griffith
    • Robert Guza Jr.
  • Stars
    • Lesley-Anne Down
    • Sam Behrens
    • Susan Ward
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    2.8K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,989
    4,327
    • Creators
      • Charles Pratt Jr.
      • Josh Griffith
      • Robert Guza Jr.
    • Stars
      • Lesley-Anne Down
      • Sam Behrens
      • Susan Ward
    • 76User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 35 nominations total

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    • Olivia Richards
    • 1997–1999
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    • Gregory Richards
    • 1997–1999
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    • Meg Cummings
    • 1997–1999
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    • 1997–1999
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    • Ricardo Torres
    • 1997–1999
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    • 1997–1999
    Randy Spelling
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    • Sean Richards
    • 1997–1999
    Kathleen Noone
    Kathleen Noone
    • Bette Katzenkazrahi
    • 1997–1999
    Jason George
    Jason George
    • Michael Bourne
    • 1997–1999
    Sherri Saum
    Sherri Saum
    • Vanessa Hart
    • 1997–1999
    Dax Griffin
    Dax Griffin
    • Tim Truman
    • 1997–1999
    Nick Kiriazis
    Nick Kiriazis
    • Father Antonio Torres…
    • 1998–1999
    Vanessa Dorman
    Vanessa Dorman
    • Caitlin Richards…
    • 1997–1998
    Christina Chambers
    Christina Chambers
    • Maria Torres Evans…
    • 1998–1999
    Shawn Batten
    Shawn Batten
    • Sara Cummings
    • 1998–1999
    • Creators
      • Charles Pratt Jr.
      • Josh Griffith
      • Robert Guza Jr.
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    laura_j_morton

    Ironic goodness

    Hi I loved Sunset beach, and I am really enjoying the reruns on UK TV at the moment.

    If you like your soaps gritty and realistic then don't even bother watching, but if you want to laugh till your sides split, and get taken away from your humdrum life, then tune in to SB.

    It has everything that normal soaps try their best to disguise, for example; sets that shake every time a door is slammed, recurring scenery, and best of all absolutely ridiculous plots.

    It points the finger at so many soaps out there, and takes the mickey out of them, if you like ironic and sarcastic humour then this is definitely the soap for you.

    From the masked killer on Terror Island to the earthquake and simultaneous tidal wave, (that put all the cast in jeopardy), it is the best and funniest soap to ever be made.

    You may think that the story lines covered in the three years that the show ran are so ridiculous that they would not appear on other soaps, but most seem to be loosely based on story lines from other, trying to be serious, ones.

    It is plain and simply a take on all the soaps ever aired, and I'm so glad that it was made. Thank you Aaron Spelling, you made the best daytime soap ever.
    Sarah-60

    Essential viewing

    Wobbly scenery, hysterical acting, unbelievable plotlines - someone tell me how TV could possibly get any better?

    Please please - don't let it get cancelled. If the rest of the world (judging from the comments here) doesn't want it, we in Britain certainly do!!

    And I want to be an Assumpta Fitzgerald to Antonio's Father Peter!

    Simply the best soap ever. Someone gave it 0 out of 4 - I can only assume they meant 10 out of 4!
    Nevaeh_Rain_Marks

    The Sun Should Never Set!

    Sunset Beach was, and is, the best thing ever on TV. There's never been anything like it and to be honest I don't believe for a minute that there ever again will be either. It is SO full of hopes and dreams. And very much like in real life, some of them come true and some of them don't. But it does give the viewer some hope of a better tomorrow. Just enough excitement, romance, action, humor, and bizarre things to suit even the pickiest viewer. GREAT acting! Really makes you sometimes confuse it with reality, but you notice the difference when you look around yourself and don't see such hunks around you :(. The worst mistake ever made by the human race was axing the show. Now so many people will be missing that little escape from reality and it's really sad :(.
    9Angel-Marie

    I can't forget it!!!

    Sunset Beach was the best show on NBC. I even prefer that over the Passions. They're storylines were great and they didn't spend a whole month on one night. I hope the US has the nerve to put it on syndication because I miss this soap.
    sharbaug-1

    Still weeping over the demise of "Sunset Beach"...

    This was a great soap opera. Although sometimes the acting left a bit to be desired (and I'll admit that despite being a huge fan), it was one of the most creative and interesting soaps on TV. Many of the stars of this show went on to really bright careers (Eddie Cibrian and Jason Winston George among them), but some have faded into Hollywood nothingness. Sometimes the show was cheesy, but that was what made it so great. It wasn't old and tired like some of the other soaps. It was completely fresh, new, vibrant and colorful. It needs to be put back on the air so other soaps stop rehashing the same ideas. This soap was funny, entertaining and really great. Terror Island was one of the greatest soap angles of all time. Aaron Spelling's finest achievement ever.

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Mila Kunis was offered a role in the show but she declined it.
    • Quotes

      Caitlin Richards Deschanel: Annie this isn't Melrose Place!

      Annie Douglas: No, it's Sunset Beach.

    • Connections
      Edited into Sunset Beach: Shockwave (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Winterblue
      by Heather Nova

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    • Release date
      • January 6, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • 日落河灘
    • Filming locations
      • Seal Beach Pier, Main Street, Seal Beach, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
      • Spelling Television
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    • Runtime
      • 1h(60 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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