Pacific Palisades: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in the Los Angeles suburb of the same name, Pacific Palisades follows the lives of young professionals who have it all, but haven't paid for it yet, on the Southern California fast track to fame, fortune, scandal and ruin. The cast of characters includes Joanna and Nick Hadley, a young married couple who left their native Midwest for the Pacific Coast where Nick has landed a job as an architect; Joanna's troubled teenage sister Rachel Whittaker- later discovered to be her illegitimate daughter at the end of the series; Rachel's friends Ashley & Michael who excel in sneakiness; Robert and Kate Russo, whose sterling life is beginning to tarnish; Jessica Mitchell, a rising professional whose choice of men leads to trouble; Matt Dunning, a construction businessman with a dark side; Laura Sinclair, a real estate agent who does whatever it takes to close a deal; Cory Robbins, a promising but manipulative plastic surgeon; and beautiful Beth Hooper, who rents an apartment from Laura and is being romanced by Cory.

Series details

• Title: Pacific Palisades
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1997-04-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1997-07-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: FOX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 5547
• TVDB ID: 73966

Cast and credited roles

• Greg Evigan — Robert Russo
• Finola Hughes — Kate Russo
• Natalia Cigliuti — Rachel Whittaker
• Kimberley Davies — Laura Sinclair
• Brittney Powell — Beth Hooper
• Michelle Stafford — Joanna Hadley
• Lucky Vanous — Matt Dunning
• Dylan Neal — Cory Robbins
• J.H. Wyman — Cory Robbins
• Jarrod Emick — Nick Hadley
• Jocelyn Seagrave — Jessica Mitchell
• J. Trevor Edmond — Michael Kerris

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1997-04-09; final listed air date 1997-07-30.

Source and licence

Adapted from Pacific Palisades on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.