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8.6/10 TV Country of origin Canada No. of episodes 26 Writers Shannon Farr, John Murray | 6.5/10 IMDb No. of seasons 2 Final episode date 30 March 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Shannon FarrJohn Murray Starring Steve ByersJennifer KyddDevon WeigelEphraim EllisMelissa EliasMorgan Kelly Running time 60 minutes (approx. 45 min) Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Falcon Beach is a Canadian television show, filmed at Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, Canada, and produced for the Canadian and American markets. It originally aired in 2005 as a movie on Global in Canada. It was produced as a TV series for Global and ABC Family in 2006. It is also currently in first run showings internationally in several languages.
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Fans organized an effort to save the show during mid-2007 that did not succeed.
It was unique among Canadian TV series in that the producers filmed two versions of each episode. The first was for Canada and uses Canadian geographic references and terminology. The second version was done for the United States and uses American geographic references and terminology.
Set in the fictional resort town of Falcon Beach, Manitoba (New England for U.S. viewers), the program is a teen drama similar in style to The O.C.
After a stellar ratings debut, numbers for the program slipped after Global moved the program around its schedule multiple times. Despite the declining ratings, Global renewed the series for an additional 13 episodes.
Season 2 aired on Fridays at 8pm. The season premiere aired January 5, 2007 on Global.
Falcon Beach (Season 1) aired first run episodes in the U.S. on ABC Family throughout the summer of 2006. The second season on ABC Family aired in the summer of 2007.
Global TV announced on April 20, 2007 that it was cancelling the series after ABC Family announced they would not be renewing the series for summer of 2008.
The final episode aired on March 30, 2007; it was broadcast on July 3, 2007 in the U.S
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Music
The music on Falcon Beach is composed by Ari Wise and the music supervisor Sarah Webster. In the movie pilot in 2005, the music was supplied by many Canadian indie acts as well major label Canadian artists.
The title theme song Beautiful Blue is sung by Winnipeg-born Holly McNarland.
DVD release
BCI Eclipse released Falcon Beach - The Complete First Season on DVD in the US on September 4, 2007. As of 2009, this release has been discontinued and is out of print as BCI Eclipse ceased operations.
Cancellation
The cancellation comes as a result of ABC Family’s decision to pass on a third season of Beach. Without the financial support of the cable channel, continued production is not possible. Todd says that Global offered to pick it up for a third season but at a significantly lower cost than before.
Beach was cancelled despite being quite popular. The show’s audience is made up of predominantly 12- to 17-year-old girls. However, the series failed to attract many outside that age group and ABC Family wanted a broader demographic; i.e. 18 to 49 viewers.