Melrose Place

Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.

Melrose Place (1992-1999) is an American primetime soap opera series created by Darren Star for FOX. Set in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place in Los Angeles, the show follows a group of young adults whose romances, careers and rivalries collide under one roof. Amanda Woodward (Heather Locklear) is the manipulative career woman whose schemes ripple through the building, while Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro), Matt Fielding (Doug Savant), Jane Mancini (Josie Bissett) and Allison Parker (Courtney Thorne-Smith) tangle in love triangles, professional ambitions and secret affairs. Each season is a seven-season serialized soap, built from weekly episodes of romantic reversals, shifting alliances and dramatic confrontations over shared hallways and pool decks. Its tone is glossy, sudsy and sensational, with a steady stream of sex, scheming and betrayal that fans of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Dynasty will recognize. The mood is breezy and melodramatic, capturing the nineties Los Angeles sheen of ambition and status. Fans of glossy young adult soaps will find the appeal lies in its relentless emotional entanglements and the feeling that no one in the building is safe.

Viewers remember the early seasons as addictive, glossy primetime soap, while the later seasons are widely seen as weaker and more over-plotted.

• Beverly Hills, 90210shared soap melodrama tones, serialized romantic entanglements among young adults in one apartment complex
• Dynastyshared ensemble soap structure, serialized sexual rivalry and backstabbing, glossy 1990s Los Angeles setting
• Melrose Place (2009)shared young adult ensemble drama, serialized romance and betrayal among neighbors in a shared living space

Created by

Darren Star

Release Date

1992-07-08

Episode runtime

45 min

Rating

6.0 / 10 (194)

What is Melrose Place about?

A group of young adults in a Los Angeles brownstone apartment complex tangle through romance, rivalry and betrayal.

What is Melrose Place like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Melrose Place as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Melrose Place violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Melrose Place as mild.

What did critics think of Melrose Place?

Viewers remember the early seasons as addictive, glossy primetime soap, while the later seasons are widely seen as weaker and more over-plotted.

Which shows are like Melrose Place?

Shows with a similar feel include Beverly Hills, 90210, Dynasty, and Melrose Place (2009).

How long is Melrose Place?

Melrose Place: 7 seasons, 226 episodes.

Is Melrose Place still running?

No, Melrose Place has ended.

Where can I watch Melrose Place?

In United States, Melrose Place streams on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount Plus Apple TV channel, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel.