Fresno

Name: Fresno
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1986-11-16
Duration: 6 h
Rating: 7.80
Cast: Pat Corley, Luis Avalos, Valerie Mahaffey, Charles Grodin

– A long-format spoof of 1980s prime-time soap operas, set in raisin town Fresno, California...

Type:

TVSeries

Rating:

7.80 / 10

Duration:

6 Hours

Release Year:

1986

A long-format spoof of 1980s prime-time soap operas, set in raisin town Fresno, California.

Producing Country:

USA

Filming Locations:

California

Genre:

Comedy

Release Date:

16 Nov 1986

Language:

English

Main Actors:

Pat Corley, Luis Avalos, Valerie Mahaffey, Charles Grodin

Plot:

A mini-series spoof of various TV primetime sopa operas set in Fresno, America's 64th largest city and showing the raisin production family of the Kensingtons centering on the matriarch Charlotte's feud with the family's arch rival Tyler Cane, the head of a powerful raisin conglomerate. Among the players are Charlotte's son, the vile, power-mad Cane Kensington; his voluptious nympho wife Talon; and a shirtless stranger, named Torch, who gets hired as a Kensington ranch hand and captures the attentions of all women he comes into contact with.

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 nominations.

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.9/10

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