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7.5/10 TV Created by Mike White Final episode date 2 November 2001 Language English | 8/10 IMDb Genre Soap opera Composer(s) Mark Snow Network FOX | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Dana Baratta
Christy Callahan
Alexandra Cunningham
Hilly Hicks, Jr.
Kim Newton
Mark B. Perry
Mike White Directed by Sanford Bookstaver
R. W. Goodwin
Mary Harron
Diane Keaton
Michael Lange
Michael Lehmann
Bill L. Norton
David Petrarca
Ellen S. Pressman
Steve Robman
Tim Van Patten
Roy H. Wagner Starring Dana Delany
Martin Donovan
Balthazar Getty
Alison Lohman
Chris Marquette
Nicole Paggi
Alan Simpson
Derek Cecil
Mark Valley
Natasha Gregson Wagner
Barbara Babcock
Philip Baker Hall Cast Dana Delany, Mark Valley, Alison Lohman, Martin Donovan, Balthazar Getty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pasadena is an American primetime soap opera that originally aired on Fox from September to November 2001.
Contents
Pasadena opening credits
Summary
The series starred Alison Lohman as Lily McAllister, an initially naïve young woman who witnesses a stranger's suicide and begins to investigate the secrets being hidden by her own very wealthy California family, the Greeleys. Other cast members included Dana Delany and Martin Donovan as Lily's parents, Will and Catherine McAllister, and Chris Marquette as Lily's brother Mason. Mark Valley, Balthazar Getty, and Natasha Gregson Wagner portrayed Catherine's siblings Robert, Nate, and Beth Greeley, while Philip Baker Hall and Barbara Babcock played Greeley patriarch and matriarch George and Lillian. Alan Simpson was cast as Lily's love interest Henry Bellow, with Derek Cecil as Henry's brother Tom.
Pasadena was created by Mike White, who attended elementary and high school in Pasadena, California. Actress/director Diane Keaton directed the pilot episode and was among the show's executive producers, and other producers included Mark B. Perry, Dana Baratta, R. W. Goodwin, and Bill Robinson. The pilot was edited by Tatiana S. Riegel.
Cast
Initial cancellation
The show was critically acclaimed but ignored by audiences upon its debut. The general speculation at the time being was that with the series airing two weeks after the September 11, 2001 attacks, U.S. audiences were not willing to watch a show like Pasadena, with its dark atmosphere and cynical storylines.
Mill Creek Entertainment announced the series on DVD.
Syndication and international airings
Only four episodes were originally aired in the U.S. in 2001, though thirteen were filmed, with the last episode seemingly resolving the primary mystery plotline of the series. In 2003 and 2004, all thirteen episodes were aired in various countries such as Romania (by the public television TVR 1), Bulgaria (BTV Channel), Colombia, Croatia, México, Serbia, Slovakia, New Zealand, Finland, Denmark, Russia, South Africa (on the pay channel M-Net), Israel (on cable Channel 3) and China.
In late 2005, the series was shown in its entirety for the first time in the U.S. on the cable channel SOAPnet. It began airing in Belgium on June 27, 2010 on Club RTL.