The Heights (American TV series)

For other uses, see The Heights (disambiguation).

The Heights is an American musical drama series that aired Thursday at 9:00 pm on Fox from August 27 to November 26, 1992.

The Heights
Genre	Musical drama
Created by	Eric Roth Tony Spiridakis
Starring	Jamie Walters Camille Saviola Alex Désert Charlotte Ross Zachary Throne
Theme music composer	Barry Coffing Steve Tyrell Stephanie Tyrell
Opening theme	"How Do You Talk to an Angel" performed by the Heights
Composers	Shawn David Thompson, Zachary Throne, Jamie Walters
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (1 unaired)
Production
Executive producer	Tony Spiridakis
Producers	Aaron Spelling E. Duke Vincent
Editor	Michael B. Hoggan
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	45–48 minutes
Production company	Spelling Television
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	August 27 (1992-08-27) – November 26, 1992 (1992-11-26)

Synopsis

The Heights centered on a fictional band (also called the Heights) made up of mostly working-class young adults. Episodes regularly featured one of their songs.

The eventual theme song for the show, "How Do You Talk to an Angel" (sung by cast member Jamie Walters), went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was the first song from a television show to top the Hot 100 since 1985, as well as the first song by a fictional band to top the Hot 100 since 1969. The Heights premiered on August 27, 1992, to low ratings, and never gained a substantial audience. Fox canceled the series less than a week after the theme song fell from the number one spot.

Cast

• Ray Aranha as Mr. Mike Lee, Stan's father
• Alex Désert as Stan Lee, bass player
• Ken Garito as Arthur "Dizzy" Mazelli, drummer
• Cheryl Pollak as Rita MacDougal, sax player
• Donnelly Rhodes as Harry Abramowitz, Jodie's father
• Charlotte Ross as Hope Linden, guitarist
• Shawn David Thompson as J.T. Banks, lead singer
• Zachary Throne as Lenny Wieckowski, keyboardist
• Tasia Valenza as Jodie Abramowitz, Dizzy's girlfriend
• Jamie Walters as Alex O'Brien, singer-songwriter

On the soundtrack album, session musicians played most of the backing tracks, although the cast sang their own vocals. On the single "How Do You Talk To An Angel", the instrumentation was entirely performed by session musicians, while the vocals were entirely performed by all seven "Heights" members (with Jamie Walters on lead). However, some of the actors were actually also musicians, and on a few album tracks, Jamie Walters played guitar, Zachary Throne guitars, keyboards and bass, Cheryl Pollak saxophone and Ken Garito drums, percussion and guitar.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Talk to an Angel"	Donald Petrie	Tony Spiridakis	August 27, 1992 (1992-08-27)
2	"Children of the Night"	Sandy Smolan	Tony Spiridakis	September 3, 1992 (1992-09-03)
3	"Decisions"	John Nicolella	Matt Dearborn	September 10, 1992 (1992-09-10)
4	"Natalie"	Donald Petrie	Tony Spiridakis	September 17, 1992 (1992-09-17)
5	"Shooting Stars"	John Nicolella	Paris Qualles	September 24, 1992 (1992-09-24)
6	"Flashback"	Unknown	James Kramer	October 1, 1992 (1992-10-01)
7	"So Hot"	James Hayman	James Kramer & Matt Dearborn	October 22, 1992 (1992-10-22)
8	"On the Road"	Jefferson Kibbee	Story by : Janna King Teleplay by : Tony Spiridakis	October 29, 1992 (1992-10-29)
9	"The Big Day"	Jefferson Kibbee	Tony Spiridakis	November 5, 1992 (1992-11-05)
10	"Honeymoon"	Steven Robman	Paris Qualles	November 12, 1992 (1992-11-12)
11	"Strains"	Jefferson Kibbee	Tony Spiridakis & Matt Dearborn	November 19, 1992 (1992-11-19)
12	"Nightmares"	John Nicolella	Story by : James Kramer Teleplay by : James Kramer & Paris Qualles	November 26, 1992 (1992-11-26)
13	"The Big Chance"	Steven Robman	Story by : Matt Dearborn Teleplay by : Tony Spiridakis & Matt Dearborn	N/A

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
1993	BMI Film & TV Awards	Special Recognition	Barry Coffing, Stephanie Tyrell, and Steve Tyrell For the song "How Do You Talk to an Angel"	Won
1993	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics		Nominated

See also

• Catwalk, a 1992–94 TV series about a fictional band, with several of the same songwriters called the Heights.
• The Monkees, a 1966–68 comedy television series about a band who achieved huge success in real life.
• California Dreams, a 1992-96 Saturday morning series about a fictional band which also had music by Steve Tyrell and which used Heights theme co-writer Barry Coffing and cast member Zachary Thorne as singing voices for two of the characters.

External links

• The Heights at IMDb