Fresno (1986)★ 7.9/10
- Comedy
Directed by: Jeff Bleckner
Written by: Mark Ganzel, Barry Kemp, Michael Petryni
In Fresno, California, the once-wealthy Kensington family's raisin-growing empire has fallen on hard times. They are led by widowed matriarch Charlotte, who is locked in a deadly power struggle with rival raisin magnate Tyler Cane.
- Original title
- Fresno
- Storyline
- 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.
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 · 466
- Companies
- MTM Enterprises, ARD TV, CBS, Das Erste, Home Video Hellas (HVH)
- Release dates
- US November 16, 1986
- SE April 4, 1988
- XWG September 1, 1988