| Point Pleasant | |
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| Created by | John McLaughlin Marti Noxon |
| Starring | Elisabeth Harnois Grant Show Samuel Page Aubrey Dollar Dina Meyer Cameron Richardson Clare Carey Brent Weber Susan Walters Richard Burgi |
| Theme music composer | Danny Elfman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (3 unaired, 2 released on DVD) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Marti Noxon Neal H. Moritz Marty Adelstein Dawn Parouse |
| Production companies | Original Film 20th Century Fox Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox |
| Release | January 19 – March 17, 2005 |
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Point Pleasant is a television series that aired on the Fox Network from January 19 to March 17, 2005.
Point Pleasant boasted many of the same crew behind the scenes as Fox's other then-recently withdrawn series, Tru Calling. Point Pleasant received the green light three days after production of Tru Calling ceased. Thirteen episodes were filmed, but due to low ratings, Fox only aired the first eight episodes in the United States.[1] Episodes 9 to 11 aired in Sweden; all episodes aired in New Zealand on back-to-back weekdays in mid-2007; all episodes aired in the Netherlands in 2008 and the last two episodes are included in the DVD release.
The show's executive producer was Marti Noxon, who worked closely with Joss Whedon for several seasons on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. For this reason, Point Pleasant initially drew in many of the show's fans, but Point Pleasant had a distinct "soapy" flavor, more in the vein of shows like Melrose Place or The O.C. than Buffy. The resulting drop in viewership eventually led to the show's cancellation. However, advocates of the show point to its gothic tone, its tempered, surprisingly, subtle use of special effects, and the potential of the overall plotline as some of the solid reasons the show should have stayed on air. The plots emphasized humanity's self-centeredness and cruelty to one another as primal reasons for evil.
In 2009, episodes of the series were shown on the Chiller network, including the episodes never shown on Fox.
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (June 24, 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1090. ISBN 978-0307483201.