| Peaceable Kingdom | |
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| Genre | Family drama |
| Created by | Art Monterastelli |
| Based on | The Peaceable Kingdom: A Year In the Life of America's Oldest Zoo by John Sedgwick |
| Developed by | Mark Waxman |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (5 unaired) |
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| Executive producer | Mark Waxman |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 20 (1989-09-20) – November 15, 1989 (1989-11-15) |
Peaceable Kingdom is an American family drama television series that aired on CBS from September 20 until November 15, 1989. The series was cancelled after only seven episodes (though twelve episodes were produced).
Overview
Peaceable Kingdom stars Lindsay Wagner as the recently hired managing director of the Los Angeles County Zoo, who was also recently widowed with three children. Her zoologist colleagues included Tom Wopat and David Ackroyd.
Perhaps due to scheduling competition from other networks (NBC's Top 20 hit Unsolved Mysteries and ABC's Top 30 hits Growing Pains and Head of the Class), Peaceable Kingdom was a ratings failure and CBS cancelled the series after seven episodes. The remaining episodes aired some years later in syndication.
Some scenes of the series was shot on location at the San Diego Zoo and the Los Angeles Zoo.
Cast
- Lindsay Wagner as Rebecca Cafferty
- Melissa Clayton as Courtney Cafferty
- Michael Manasseri as Dean Cafferty
- Victor Di Mattia as Sam Cafferty
- David Ackroyd as Dr. Bartholomew Langley
- Tom Wopat as Dr. Jed McFadden
- Conchata Ferrell as Kate Galindo
- David Renan as Sequoya Ridge
- Kathryn Spitz as Robin
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Unknown | Unknown | September 20, 1989 (1989-09-20) |
| 2 | "Snakebite" | Unknown | Unknown | September 27, 1989 (1989-09-27) |
| 3 | "Bison" | Unknown | Unknown | October 4, 1989 (1989-10-04) |
| 4 | "Aardvark" | Unknown | Unknown | October 11, 1989 (1989-10-11) |
| 5 | "Reunion" | Unknown | Unknown | November 1, 1989 (1989-11-01) |
| 6 | "Elephant" | Unknown | Unknown | November 8, 1989 (1989-11-08) |
| 7 | "Symphony" | Unknown | Unknown | November 15, 1989 (1989-11-15) |
| 8 | "Jaguar" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED |
| 9 | "Kitty" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED |
| 10 | "Lone Wolf" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED |
| 11 | "Chimp" | Jerry Jameson | Misty Stewart-Taggart | UNAIRED |
| 12 | "Moonstruck" | TBD | TBD | UNAIRED |
References
- "IN THE EYE OF RATINGS STORM - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune. 4 December 1989.
- "The New TV Season : CBS' Animal Park : Network Spends Millions of Dollars on a Zoo for Lindsay Wagner's 'Peaceable Kingdom'". Los Angeles Times. 13 September 1989.
- Brooks, Tim, and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows