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Hotel
Format	Drama
Created by	Aaron Spelling
Starring	Anne Baxter James Brolin Connie Sellecca Shea Farrell Nathan Cook Michael Spound Heidi Bohay Shari Belafonte
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	114
Production
Running time	1 hour
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 21, 1983 – May 5, 1988
External links
IMDb profile

Hotel was based on the book of the same name by Arthur Hailey, which was also adapted into a 1967 movie, aired as a weekly prime-time soap opera on ABC from September 21st, 1983 to May 5th, 1988, in a timeslot that was aired immediately following, the immensely-popular soap opera, Dynasty. The series was set in the elegant and fictictious St. Gregory's Hotel in San Francisco and episodes were partly self-contained, contained some humor, often dealing with the dramas of the guests, and partly concerned with ongoing storylines amongst the hotel staff.

The series was created by Emmy Award-winning producer Aaron Spelling, whose megahit programs contained the following, Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Family, TJ Hooker, Dynasty, The Mod Squad, The Rookies, Starsky & Hutch, among many others. In 1983, Spelling produced the pilot and later sold it to ABC.

Compared to series like: Dallas, Dynasty, and Knots Landing, this serial also creates the perfect blend of both corporate intrigue and glamour, among other 1980s soap operas.

Hotel was cancelled in 1988, after a combination of low ratings and because of Nathan Cook's illness, which led him to his death. After the show cancelation, the show became popular in reruns in syndication and on SoapNet.

In San Francisco's St. Gregory Hotel, the show centered around Peter McDermott (James Brolin), a handsome General Manager who replaced rich aristocrat, Victoria Cabot (Anne Baxter) after her death and had inherited half of her interest to her loyal assistant. In turn, she previously watched herself during the operation on behalf of her sister-in-law, Laura Trent (Bette Davis). Among many of McDermott's staff, he is assisted by an attractive promotions manager, Christine Francis (Connie Sellecca), who not only fell in love with him instantly, but was also appointed as General Manager of Hotel. Other characters include a charismatic and a popular PR director, Mark Danning (Shea Farrell), a black ex-con man, Billy Griffin (Nathan Cook), who became McDermott's straightman before promoting as a security director, the lovely Julie Gillette (Shari Belafonte) was the receptionist at the information center and encouraging newlyweds, Dave & Megan Kendall (Michael Spound & Heidi Bohay) had opposite jobs as a bellhop and a desk clerk.

During its five-year-run on Hotel, many familiar and/or unfamiliar actors went on and/or have achieved greater fame:

• Scott Baio
• Peggy Cass
• Cathy Lee Crosby
• Bette Davis
• Patrick Duffy
• Nanette Fabray
• Morgan Fairchild
• Estelle Getty
• Shirley Jones
• Lorenzo Lamas
• Heather Locklear
• Peter Marshall
• Erin Moran
• Tracy Nelson
• Alan Oppenheimer
• Dick Van Patten
• Donna Pescow
• Michelle Phillips
• Lynn Redgrave
• Ted Shackelford
• Jan Smithers
• Stella Stevens
• Dee Wallace Stone
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Leigh Taylor-Young

Bette Davis appeared in the pilot episode as Laura Trent, and publicity for the series indicated that Davis was to be a regular on the program, however the onset of ill health forced her to withdraw from the series (although she continued to act in movies before her death several years later).

• James Brolin, Connie Sellecca, Shari Belafonte-Harper and Nathan Cook are the only actors to appear in every episode of the series.

• Hotel at the Internet Movie Database.