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''Grosse Pointe'' is an American television parody series which aired on the WB Network during the 2000–2001 television season. Created by Darren Star, it was a satire depicting the behind-the-scenes drama on the set of a television show, and was inspired in large part by Star's experiences as the creator and producer of the nighttime soap ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. ==Series overview== The series takes place in Los Angeles, on the set of a fictitious WB nighttime soap, also called ''Grosse Pointe'', and several characters were based on real-life actors. The fictitious ''Grosse Pointe'' ("a misguided ''90210'' rip-off", as Star describes it) is set in the wealthy Michigan suburb, and was very much a parody of teenage nighttime soaps. Reportedly, ''Beverly Hills 90210'' producer Aaron Spelling called WB executive Jamie Kellner to complain about Lindsay Sloane's character Marcy Sternfeld, who in the original pilot was a thinly veiled parody of Spelling's daughter, actress Tori Spelling.〔("Makeover Mania", E! Online )〕〔("Pointe, Counterpoint", ''TIME'' Magazine, September 25, 2000 )〕 Darren Star asked several actors from Spelling-produced shows to appear on the series. Jason Priestley and Joe E. Tata from ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' appeared in separate episodes, with Priestley directing the episode in which he appeared. Kristin Davis from ''Melrose Place'' and ''Sex in the City'' also appeared in an episode. Katie Wagner, who hosted a ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' special in 1993, also appeared on the show as herself for one episode. Former ''Saved by the Bell'' teen star Elizabeth Berkley appeared in the series finale. In addition, several actors from other WB series appeared as themselves on ''Grosse Pointe'', such as Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope of ''Popular'' and Sarah Michelle Gellar of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. ''Grosse Pointe'' was on the WB's Friday line-up in between ''Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'' and ''Popular''. The show lost much of the lead-in audience, and was moved to Sundays (a joke in the episode "The Opposite of Sex" references this, as the fictional show garners its highest ratings ever but fails to "beat ''Sabrina''"). ''Grosse Pointe'' was canceled in March 2001 after 17 episodes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grosse Pointe (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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