1 9 8 6 (USA)
1 x 120 minute episode
4 x 60 minute episodes
Fresno was a rarity in television programming: a comedy miniseries. The six-hour, $12-million production was a very effective parody of prime-time soap operas like Dallasand Dynasty.
Set in Fresno, California, it told the tale of two warring raisin dynasties.
The once-wealthy Kensington family’s raisin-growing empire had fallen on hard times, and widowed matriarch Charlotte (Carol Burnett) was locked in a deadly power struggle with rival raisin magnate Tyler Cane (Dabney Coleman).
Charles Grodin played Charlotte’s evil JR Ewing-alike son, Cane, with Teri Garr as his sexy nymphomaniac wife Talon, who lusted for the farmhand, Torch (Gregory Harrison), who strode through the entire miniseries without a shirt on.
Peripheral plots included the nefarious presence of the Acme Toxic Waste Dump (run by Mr Acme, of course) and the annual Raisin Festival Masquerade Ball – the setting for the grand finale.
Charlotte Kensington
Carol Burnett Tyler Cane
Dabney Coleman Cane Kensington
Charles Grodin Talon Kensington
Teri Garr Torch
Gregory Harrison Bobbi Jo Bobb
Teresa Ganzel Tiffany Kensington
Valerie Mahaffey Earl Duke
Pat Corley
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Set in Fresno, California, it told the tale of two warring raisin dynasties.
