time slot to its affiliates.ĭuring its run, "Sunset Beach" won two Daytime Emmy Awards and nominated another 11 times. John Reilly (Del Douglas) has passed away. Interview with Kelly Hu (ex-Rae) 9/14/21. If you would like to volunteer to write trivia quizzes, puzzles, fan fiction, or anything for our soap pages, or to write updates (at least two-three days a week) for some of our other soaps. In the markets that did air the show at the regular time, its second half-hour went up against the first half-hour of "The Young and the Restless" and "Port Charles."Īfter "Sunset Beach" ended, Syndication returned the 12:00 p.m. Stay tuned here for news of Sunset Beach.
Major news Selling Sunset fans: Not only are we getting a Newport Beach. In some media markets (especially in Detroit, Michigan and Houston, Texas), the show aired on affiliates of other networks or independent stations. Embeth Davidtz had already starred in several films and TV shows when she was. Some of Syndication affiliates did not air "Sunset Beach" at its scheduled time due to the affiliates' longstanding practice of airing local newscasts or other syndicated programming in the noon hour this resulted in some affiliates airing the show in a different spot on their schedule while others did not air it at all. "Sunset Beach" became the last Syndication network program to air at 12:00 p.m. However, during the "Shockwave" storyline, it received its best ratings and showed signs that it might move off the bottom this spike proved to be brief and was not sustained. Through its short existence, the show remained in the daytime ratings basement. The show was renewed again for another year, and then picked up in six-month intervals for its final year in 1999.īefore getting cancelled, "Sunset Beach" was renewed twice, but it failed to grab the show's audience. At first, the show was given a one-year deal, with 255 episodes to produce. Upon its premiere, "Sunset Beach" was made part of the Syndication Daytime programming block. In the process of making the show, Spelling liked the idea of naming it Never Say Goodbye, as suggested by Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone during a dinner with Spelling, but later tests proved that the viewers were more drawn to the title Sunset Beach. That's one of the reasons we’re targeting young viewers - they’re the most available and the most flexible in their viewing habits." Jonathan Levin, one of the show's consulting producers, commented on the change that a new soap opera brings to the lineup, and the tough process of a viewer getting to know a new soap: " It is very difficult to change the loyalty of the daytime viewer, and we’re talking about shows that have been on for 30 years. It was the first daytime soap opera produced by Aaron Spelling, the chief of Spelling Television (Spelling had also produced several primetime soap operas, and was the executive producer of the 1991 film "Soapdish", a satirical look at daytime soap operas). "Sunset Beach" was created in 1996, in an attempt to rebuild the Syndication Daytime lineup and target the younger audience.