Grosse Pointe (TV series)

Grosse Pointe
Grosse Pointe Complete Series DVD Cover.
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Darren Star
Starring	Irene Molloy William Ragsdale Al Santos Lindsay Sloane Bonnie Somerville Kohl Sudduth Kyle Howard
Opening theme	"Sex Bomb (Peppermint Disco Mix)" by Tom Jones and Mousse T.
Composer(s)	Mark Mothersbaugh
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	17 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Darren Star Productions Artists Television Group Columbia TriStar Television
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	The WB
Original release	September 22, 2000 – February 18, 2001

Grosse Pointe is an American sitcom series which aired on the WB Network during the 2000–2001 television season. Created by Darren Star, it was a satire depicting the behind-the-scenes drama on the set of a television show, and was inspired in large part by Star's experiences as the creator and producer of the nighttime soap Beverly Hills, 90210.

The series takes place in Los Angeles, on the set of a fictitious WB nighttime soap, also called Grosse Pointe, and several characters were based on real-life actors. The fictitious Grosse Pointe ("a misguided 90210 rip-off", as Star describes it) is set in the wealthy Michigan suburb, and was very much a parody of teenage nighttime soaps.

Reportedly, Beverly Hills 90210 producer Aaron Spelling called WB executive Jamie Kellner to complain about Lindsay Sloane's character Marcy Sternfeld, who in the original pilot was a thinly veiled parody of Spelling's daughter, actress Tori Spelling.

Darren Star asked several actors from Spelling-produced shows to appear on the series. Jason Priestley and Joe E. Tata from Beverly Hills, 90210 appeared in separate episodes, with Priestley directing the episode in which he appeared. Kristin Davis from Melrose Place and Sex in the City also appeared in an episode. Katie Wagner, who hosted a Beverly Hills, 90210 special in 1993, also appeared on the show as herself for one episode. Former Saved by the Bell teen star Elizabeth Berkley appeared in the series finale.