Emerald Point N.A.S is an American primetime soap opera created by Dynasty's Richard and Esther Shapiro which premiered on CBS on Monday, September 26, 1983. The series revolved around the lives of personnel stationed on a naval air station somewhere in the Southern California, and combined military and espionage-based storylines with romance and family intrigue.[1]
| Emerald Point N.A.S. | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Richard and Esther Shapiro |
| Theme music composer | Bill Conti |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Richard & Esther Shapiro Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 26, 1983 – March 12, 1984 |
Its theme song was composed by Bill Conti, who had previously written the music for other primetime soaps such as Dynasty and Falcon Crest. Emerald Point N.A.S was cancelled after 22 weeks, with its final episode airing March 12, 1984.[2]
Cast and characters
edit- Dennis Weaver as Rear Admiral Thomas Mallory
- Maud Adams as Maggie Farrell
- Jill St. John as Deanna Kincaid (ep. 4+)
- Andrew Stevens as Lt. Glenn Matthews
- Charles Frank as Lt. Cmdr. Jack Warren
- Richard Dean Anderson as Lt. Simon Adams
- Sela Ward as Hilary Adams
- Doran Clark as Ensign Leslie Mallory
- Stephanie Dunnam as Kay Mallory Matthews
- Susan Dey as Celia Mallory Warren
- Jack Scalia as Danny Krucek
- Patrick O'Neal (eps. 1–9) & Robert Vaughn (ep. 10+) as Harlan Adams
Rear Admiral Thomas Mallory, a military hero and the commanding officer of the Emerald Point N.A.S., is the show's central character. He is a widower and father to three daughters, Celia Warren (Susan Dey), who is unhappy married to JAG lawyer Jack Warren (Charles Frank), Kay (Stephanie Dunnam), who is involved in a love triangle with Lieutenant Glenn Matthews (Andrew Stevens) and his scheming fiancée Hilary Adams (Sela Ward), and Leslie (Doran Clark),[3] a recent graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis and the first female of the family to serve in the U.S. Navy.
Thomas enters a relationship with Maggie Farrell (Maud Adams), a representative on the Military Affairs Council of the Chamber of Commerce, and a Navy wife whose husband has been missing in action for over ten years. Other main characters include Lieutenant Simon Adams (Richard Dean Anderson), Hilary's brother, who eventually marries Celia after her divorce from Jack, villainous industrialist Harlan Adams (Patrick O'Neal, then Robert Vaughn), Tom's rival and father of Hilary and Simon, and Deanna Kincaid (Jill St. John), Thomas' unscrupulous former sister-in-law, who becomes involved with Russian KGB agent Yuri Bukharin (Robert Loggia).
The show ended with an unresolved cliffhanger, with the revelation that Leslie is the possible daughter of Harlan, due to his rape of her mother (as witnessed by Celia), and with Maggie being kidnapped on her wedding day to Tom by maniac David Marquette (Michael Brandon).
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | Harry Falk | Esther & Richard Shapiro | September 26, 1983 | 2-K01/02 | 19.2[4] |
| 2 | ||||||
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Larry Elikann | Story by : Bridget and Jerome Dobson Teleplay by : Charles & Patti Dizenzo | October 3, 1983 | TBA | 15.8 |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Bill Duke | Story by : Bridget & Jerome Dobson Teleplay by : Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | October 17, 1983 | TBA | 12.7 |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | Robert Becker | Joyce Armor & Judie Neer | October 24, 1983 | TBA | 14.8 |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | Nick Havinga | Robert Schlitt | October 31, 1983 | TBA | 15.3 |
| 7 | "Episode 7" | Nicholas Sgarro | Robert Schlitt | November 7, 1983 | TBA | 14.5 |
| 8 | "Episode 8" | Alexander Singer | Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman | November 14, 1983 | TBA | 14.7 |
| 9 | "Episode 9" | Robert Becker | Margaret Armen | November 21, 1983 | TBA | 13.7 |
| 10 | "Episode 10" | Jeffrey Hayden | Joyce Keener | December 5, 1983 | TBA | 14.3 |
| 11 | "Episode 11" | Sheldon Larry | Kathleen A. Shelley | December 12, 1983 | TBA | 14.5 |
| 12 | "The Rescue" | Peter Levin | Stephen Black & Henry Stern | December 19, 1983 | TBA | 13.8 |
| 13 | "Hide and Seek" | Karen Arthur | Eugene Price | January 2, 1984 | TBA | 17.2 |
| 14 | "The Assignment" | John Patterson | Stephen Black & Henry Stern | January 9, 1984 | TBA | 9.7 |
| 15 | "Secrets" | Ernest Pintoff | Michael Russnow | January 16, 1984 | TBA | 9.7 |
| 16 | "Disguises" | Don Medford | Story by : Rita Lakin Teleplay by : Stephen Black & Henry Stern | January 30, 1984 | TBA | 12.3 |
| 17 | "Lost and Found" | Robert Becker | Story by : Rita Lakin Teleplay by : Diana Kopald Marcus | February 6, 1984 | TBA | 10.5 |
| 18 | "The Climax" | Ernest Pintoff | Story by : Rita Lakin Teleplay by : Stephen Black & Henry Stern | February 13, 1984 | TBA | 10.3 |
| 19 | "The Best Laid Plans" | Bill Duke | Story by : Rita Lakin Teleplay by : Michael Russnow | February 27, 1984 | TBA | 9.2 |
| 20 | "Friends and Lovers" | Larry Elikann | Story by : Rita Lakin Teleplay by : Stephen Black & Henry Stern | March 2, 1984 | TBA | 13.8 |
| 21 | "Pandora's Box" | Lorraine Senna Ferrara | Story by : Rita Lakin Teleplay by : Diana Kopald Marcus | March 5, 1984 | TBA | 11.1 |
| 22 | "The Wedding" | Larry Elikann | Story by : Rita Lakin Teleplay by : Stephen Black & Henry Stern | March 12, 1984 | TBA | 10.6 |
Ratings
edit| Season | Episodes | Start Date | End Date | Nielsen Rank | Nielsen Rating[5] | Tied With |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983–84 | 22 | September 6, 1983 | March 12, 1984 | 65 | 13.7 | N/A |
References
edit- ^ Copeland, Mary Ann (1991). Soap Opera History. Publications International. p. 265. ISBN 0-88176-933-9.
- ^ Schemering, Christopher (1987). The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (2nd ed.). Ballantine Books. pp. 98–99. ISBN 0-345-35344-7.
- ^ Handler, David (June 1, 1999). "Relevancy tarnishes 'Emerald's' glitter". Pennsylvania, Indiana. The Indiana Gazette. p. 10. Retrieved March 25, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bruce B. Morris, Prime Time Network Serials: Episode Guides, Casts and Credits for 37 Continuing Television Dramas, 1964-1993, McFarland and Company, 1997.
- ^ "1983-84 Ratings History -- The Networks Are Awash in a Bubble Bath of Soaps".
