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''Melrose Place'' is an American television drama series broadcast on The CW from September 8, 2009 to April 13, 2010. The series is a sequel/continuation of the 1992 FOX TV series of the same name and part of the ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' franchise. The show follows the lives of a group of young adults living at the fictitious Melrose Place apartment complex in West Hollywood, California 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Melrose Place'' promotional poster )〕 ''Smallville'' producers Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer were show runners of the series.〔〔 The series was met with mixed reviews from critics and, due to low ratings, was cancelled after one season. ==Development== After successfully relaunching the franchise with ''90210'' in 2008, there was considerable speculation as to whether The CW planned to create a new version of ''Melrose Place'' in a similar vein. An article in E! Online reported the possibility of a new version of ''Melrose'' in September 2008, though The CW declined to confirm any such project at that time.〔 Some weeks later, The CW and CBS Paramount Network Television (successor-in-interest of Spelling Television and therefore the legal rights holders to ''Melrose Place'') said they were "exploring the possibility" of creating a new version of the series, to potentially debut in the 2009–2010 TV season and targeting their "prized demographic: young women." Original series creator Darren Star also confirmed that discussions had taken place, but nothing was official. On October 31, 2008, ''Entertainment Weekly'' writer Michael Ausiello reported that ''One Tree Hill'' creator Mark Schwahn had been approached about running what was being called ''"Melrose Place 2.0"''. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' confirmed on December 14, 2008 that Schwahn was in negotiations to write the initial script for the potential series. In January 2009, The CW's head of entertainment, Dawn Ostroff, discussed the network's plans to develop a ''Melrose Place'' update, stating that she had yet to identify a writer, and that the proposed project would include both returning and new characters. She noted that the original ''Melrose Place'' series which began in 1992 started "at a time not unlike what we're going through now ... they talked about the building being foreclosed on, people not having jobs. It took place in a very similar time, a time when the economy was in a downturn."〔 Ostroff also told reporters that unlike the original series, the new version would try to capture life in the Los Angeles Melrose neighborhood.〔 When asked whether the new series would be the "earnest ''Melrose'' of season one or the nutty Kimberly-blowing-up-the-apartment-complex of later years," Ostroff explained, "In the beginning you've got to get invested in the characters, but I also think it can't be so dramatic and sleepy that not enough is going on. Our fans really love that heightened drama as you can see when you watch ''One Tree Hill'' and ''Gossip Girl''. So the job is to get them emotionally invested in the people and then do storytelling and have twists and turns and surprises you wouldn't have expected."〔 On January 19, 2009, with Mark Schwahn now officially off the project, Ausiello reported that The CW were talking with Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin (showrunners of The CW's ''Smallville'') about helming the new ''Melrose Place''.〔 〕 On February 6, 2009 Ausiello confirmed that Swimmer and Slavkin were officially hired as the show runners of the spin-off, and discussed some of the new show's characters that were yet to be cast. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' reported on February 23, 2009 that The CW had officially greenlit a pilot episode for the new ''Melrose Place'' written by Swimmer and Slavkin, which would "follow the original formula and chronicle a new group of twenty-somethings dwelling in Los Angeles' perpetually trendy Melrose neighborhood."〔〔 Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim (''An Inconvenient Truth'') was announced as the director and executive producer of the pilot.〔〔〔 The new series, ultimately just titled ''Melrose Place'' like its 1990s predecessor, premiered on The CW on September 8, 2009. 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「Melrose Place (2009 TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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