California Heaven
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California Heaven is the first scripted TV series produced for online audiences, making its debut on Monday, August 1 2005. It subsequently moved to Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. Pacific Time
, launching a new episode each week. The series was originally put into production while discussions with AOL acquiring the series were in process. Internal issues within AOL prevented the company from acquiring the show, but St. John-Fisher, the production company behind the series, continued shooting episodes on their own with a skeleton crew and not much budget. Production continued with most footage never aired.
California Heaven was created by Todd Fisher and Stewart St. John
, a writer of such television shows as Disney Channel's
Seventeen Again, The Incredible Hulk
, The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
, and Sabrina, the Animated Series. St. John and Fisher were also the Executive Producers of the internet series The Spot, which their broadband production company relaunched in 2003 with a brand new cast and the first mobile soap for SPRINT.
In 2011, St. John-Fisher announced a new and completed version of California Heaven would launch as part of their entertainment network web site The SFN
- The Online Network, beginning summer 2011.
series revolving around the wealthy and mysterious Corrigan family of Malibu Beach, owners of California Heaven & Surf, the largest swimwear and surf
shop chain in the nation. The series also reflects a murder mystery when the main character (Heaven) comes to Malibu to investigate her mother's death and becomes the target of her eccentric family as they plot against her. In particular, brother and sister Dominic and KC scheme to drive Heaven out of Malibu, while their older brother James, blacksheep of the family, sides with his cousin while dealing with his alcoholic girlfriend who is secretly sleeping with his younger brother.
Pacific Time Zone
The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. During daylight saving time, its time offset is UTC-7.In the United States...
, launching a new episode each week. The series was originally put into production while discussions with AOL acquiring the series were in process. Internal issues within AOL prevented the company from acquiring the show, but St. John-Fisher, the production company behind the series, continued shooting episodes on their own with a skeleton crew and not much budget. Production continued with most footage never aired.
California Heaven was created by Todd Fisher and Stewart St. John
Stewart St. John
Stewart St. John is an American filmmaker, writer, author, composer, director, producer of television, feature, online and mobile entertainment.-Television and film:...
, a writer of such television shows as Disney Channel's
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
Seventeen Again, The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk (1977 TV series)
The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel comic book character of the same name created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The pilot episodes were a pair of TV movies on the CBS network beginning on November 4, 1977; the series soon followed, airing from March 10, 1978 to...
, The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Power Rangers
Power Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes...
, and Sabrina, the Animated Series. St. John and Fisher were also the Executive Producers of the internet series The Spot, which their broadband production company relaunched in 2003 with a brand new cast and the first mobile soap for SPRINT.
In 2011, St. John-Fisher announced a new and completed version of California Heaven would launch as part of their entertainment network web site The SFN
The SFN
The SFN - The Online Network, also known as SFNTV, is an online television network launched in May 2011 by The St. John-Fisher Company...
- The Online Network, beginning summer 2011.
Premise
California Heaven is a continuing supernatural dramaDrama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
series revolving around the wealthy and mysterious Corrigan family of Malibu Beach, owners of California Heaven & Surf, the largest swimwear and surf
Surfing
Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...
shop chain in the nation. The series also reflects a murder mystery when the main character (Heaven) comes to Malibu to investigate her mother's death and becomes the target of her eccentric family as they plot against her. In particular, brother and sister Dominic and KC scheme to drive Heaven out of Malibu, while their older brother James, blacksheep of the family, sides with his cousin while dealing with his alcoholic girlfriend who is secretly sleeping with his younger brother.
Original Main Cast
- Ciera Rose Allen as Alicia Gabaldon
- Bruce Blauer as James Corrigan
- Jacqueline Bradley as Heaven Corrigan
- Kali Cook as KC Corrigan
- Tanya Gorlow as Nicolette Tibbets
- Bram Hoover as Dominic Corrigan
- Ashley Keene as Brooke Kinkaid
- Brianna Rose as Lexy Corrigan
- Michael Myracle as Virginia Corrigan
- Will Stanfill as Christian Hutton
- John Stanfill as Walt Hutton
- Jan Stewart as Dottie Hutton
- Maya Waterman as Rebecca Corrigan
With
- Pamela Clay as Ruth Taylor
- Brendan Gill as Fr. Michael Ramirez
- Seher Awan as Raven Malick
- Angelique Mermet as Olivia Hutton
- Rick Hansen as Smiling Man
- Porter Hansen as Angela Philastre
- Original music by Stewart St. John
- Executive Producers Stewart St. John & Todd Fisher
- Written and Directed by Stewart St. John