Flipper (1995 TV series)

Flipper
Season 1 title card
Starring	Brian Wimmer Colleen Flynn Payton Haas Jessica Alba Whip Hubley Elizabeth Morehead Wren T. Brown Scott Michaelson Anja Coleby Gus Mercurio Tiffany Lamb Craig Marriott Laura Donaldson Darrin Klimek Skye Patch
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	88 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	43-44 minutes
Production company(s)	Samuel Goldwyn Television Roadshow Television MGM Television Coote-Hayes Productions Tribune Entertainment
Distributor	MGM Domestic Television Distribution
Release
Original network	Syndication (seasons 1–2) PAX (seasons 3–4)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	October 2, 1995 – July 1, 2000
Chronology
Preceded by	Flipper

Flipper (also known as Flipper – The New Adventures) is an American revival television series of the original 1964 Flipper television series. The first two seasons aired in first-run syndication; Seasons 3 and 4 aired on the PAX network.

Although the series was set in Bal Harbour, Florida, it was largely filmed in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. However three episodes during the first season, including the pilot, were filmed in Pigeon Key, Florida and at the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Florida.

Season 1 opens with the adult Dr. Keith "Bud" Ricks (Brian Wimmer) from the original 1964 Flipper series leading dolphin research at the Bal Harbour Marine Institute in the Florida Keys. Dr. Pam Blondell (Colleen Flynn) is a naval officer, relocated to the Florida Keys to join Dr. Ricks at the institute to perform dolphin research. Dr. Blondell is accompanied by her son Mike (Payton Haas), a rebellious teen. Mike is unhappy about the move until he meets Maya Graham (Jessica Alba), a free-spirited 14-year-old girl who has a special connection with Flipper and the ocean.

At the beginning of Season 2, Dr. Ricks, Dr. Blondell, and her son Mike are written out of the series by leaving Bal Harbour. Dr. Jennifer Daulton takes over as the institute's director. Maya becomes an intern at the institute, while two new interns, Dean Gregson (Scott Michaelson) and Holly Myers (Anja Coleby), are introduced. Next door to the institute, a new substation for Air Sea Rescue opens, introducing Deputies Tom Hampton (Whip Hubley) and Quinn Garnett (Wren T. Brown). The deputies are responsible for rescuing people in trouble at sea, and perform numerous rescues through the season. Hampton and Dr. Daulton have an on-again, off-again romance during the season. Edward 'Cap' Daulton (Gus Mercurio), Dr. Daulton's estranged father, also moves to Bal Harbour to try and re-establish a relationship with his daughter. Cap is a charter boat captain and owns his own boat, the Maria D, named after his late wife.