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Final episode date 8 March 1999 | 6.5/10 IMDb First episode date 21 September 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Joseph DoughertyWendy GoldmanBernard LechowickFrank SouthJeffrey StepakoffEd Strange Directed by Joseph DoughertyJefferson KibbeePerry LangNick MarckSharron MillerEllen S. PressmanMichael Ray RhodesBethany RooneyFrank South Theme music composer Richie SamboraRichie Supa Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hyperion Bay is an American drama series that ran for one season on The WB Television Network from September 1998 to March 1999.
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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.