"Generations" (1989) TV series 1989-1991

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Creator:

Sally Sussman Morina

Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown

Release Date:

6 March 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

1 win & 13 nominations

Cast

Kelly Rutherford	...	Sam Whitmore (5 episodes, 1989-1990)
Josef Rainer	...	Mitchell Taylor (4 episodes, 1989-1991)
Marla Adams	...	Helen Mullin (2 episodes, 1989-1990)
Vivica A. Fox	...	Maya Reubens (2 episodes, 1989-1990)
Patrick Gorman	...	Claude Montreau (2 episodes, 1989-1990)
Douglas Maida	...	Bellman (2 episodes, 1989-1990)
Antony Ponzini	...	Capt. Correlli / ... (2 episodes, 1989-1990)
David Anthony Smith	...	Graham (2 episodes, 1989-1990)
Robert Torti	...	Lt. Kyle Masters (2 episodes, 1989-1990)
Joseph Whipp	...	Charles Mullin (2 episodes, 1989-1990)

Runtime:

USA:30 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Stage 1, NBC Studios - 3000 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

The First and Foremost

First of all,"Generations" ran on NBC-TV from 1989-1991. Second,this soap opera was the first daytime serial to feature an all multiracial cast which centered mainly on the African-American characters and the first to do so on any major network. It was also to featured not only the first interracial relationships,but the first to show an interracial marriage. The whole storyline of Generations chronicles the sequences of the proud African-American family The Marshalls who owned one of the Chicago's exclusive Ice Cream empire and had the luxury house on Chicago's lakeshore resort. It was like any other soap,and it had the same twist and turns within the complexity of the characters. However,the show had several actors who went big after this show went off the air like Vivica Fox,Kristoff St. John,Kelly Rutherford,Joanelle Allen,and Christopher Duncan(basically all of the actors mention were making a name from themselves before they went big time)and not to mention a very young looking Halle Berry who only came on in the first season of the series.

After it was cancelled after 22 months,but it clearly excelled over its competition,but the sad thing was it was on the lowest-rated network(in daytime ratings anyway)since the network put it on a sorry time slot. However,after it was cancelled in 1991 it reappear on cable's BET network in all new episodes but it was yank off the airwaves again in 1993. Since it was seen only in prime time. After all,the show was making in the history by bringing African-Americans into the light.

The first and foremost show that made soap opera history.