Fresno
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.
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"I was a year out of high school when this aired. I was addicted to Prime Time Soaps, and I was addicted to Carol Burnett, so there was no way I was going to miss it! And I'm glad I didn't! I remember that it spoofed virtually every PT soap on the air at the time as well as the entire miniseries genre. I've forgotten most of the specifics, other than it being a battle between two California raisin growing families. Two images etched in my mind forever are the initial shot of Carol Burnett--it was a spoof on "Falcon Crest's" Angela in her establishing shot duri..."
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In his 2002 autobiography "I Like it Better when You're Funny", Charles Grodin recalls that during filming, Jerry Van Dyke asked him several times if he thought the show felt like it was going to be a hit. Around the third time, Grodin countered with "Well, what do you think?", to which Van Dyke replied "It doesn't matter what I think, because I've never been in a hit."
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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.