6.6 /10 1 Votes
Genre Drama Starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar Final episode date 8 March 1999 | 6.5/10 IMDb Created by Joseph Dougherty First episode date 21 September 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Written by Joseph Dougherty
Wendy Goldman
Bernard Lechowick
Frank South
Jeffrey Stepakoff
Ed Strange Directed by Joseph Dougherty
Jefferson Kibbee
Perry Lang
Nick Marck
Sharron Miller
Ellen S. Pressman
Michael Ray Rhodes
Bethany Rooney
Frank South Theme music composer Richie Sambora
Richie Supa Networks The WB, The WB 100+ Station Group Cast Mark‑Paul Gosselaar, Carmen Electra, Dylan Neal, Sydney Penny, Christina Moore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hyperion Bay is an American drama series that ran for one season on The WB Television Network from September 1998 to March 1999.
Contents
Synopsis
The series centers around Dennis Sweeney (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) who, after a successful career in the software business, returns home to open a local division for the company he works for. The series follows the drama when the new meets the old in the little coastal town of Hyperion Bay, California.
Cancellation
According to series writer and co-producer Jeffrey Stepakoff, early into Hyperion Bay's run the network told producers to make the show more hip and with a quicker pace. When series producer and creator Joseph Dougherty refused, he was fired by Warner Bros, and former Melrose Place producer Frank South was brought in to retool the series. Carmen Electra was added to the cast as Sarah Hicks, a character modeled after Heather Locklear's character, Amanda Woodward, on Melrose Place.
The changes did not improve ratings and The WB canceled Hyperion Bay in February 1999, with the last episodes airing in March 1999.