Fresno
– A long-format spoof of 1980s prime-time soap operas, set in raisin town Fresno, California...
A long-format spoof of 1980s prime-time soap operas, set in raisin town Fresno, California.
16 Nov 1986
English
Charles Grodin, Luis Avalos, Pat Corley, Valerie Mahaffey
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.
Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 nominations.