Hotel (American TV series)
Hotel is an American primetime soap opera series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983, to May 5, 1988, in the timeslot following Dynasty.
| Hotel | |
|---|---|
Season 1 DVD cover | |
| Created by | Aaron Spelling |
| Developed by | John Furia Jr. Barry Oringer |
| Starring | Anne Baxter James Brolin Connie Sellecca Shea Farrell Nathan Cook Michael Spound Heidi Bohay Shari Belafonte |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 114 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 48–49 minutes |
| Production company | Aaron Spelling Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 21, 1983 – May 5, 1988 |
Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name (which had also inspired a 1967 feature film), the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco (changed from the New Orleans setting of the novel and film). Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of the Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.
The distribution rights to the series were originally owned by Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution, until 2006 when CBS Paramount Network Television bought the television libraries and properties of Spelling Entertainment Inc. from Paramount Pictures Domestic Distribution and Viacom Enterprises.