Beauty and the Beast (1987 - 1990)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 25 September 1987
Number of Seasons: 3
Total Number of Episodes: 56
Average Episode Running Times: 50 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: mono

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PLOT SUMMARY

New York Assistant DA Catherine Chandler discovers a hidden underground community of social outcasts and develops a bond with the monstrous looking but kind-hearted Vincent. Vincent becomes telepathically linked to Catherine and acts as her protector.

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SEASON ONE
Once Upon a Time in New York (25 September 1987)
Terrible Savior (2 October 1987)
Siege (9 October 1987)
No Way Down (16 October 1987)
Masques (30 October 1987)
Beast Within (6 November 1987)
Nor Iron Bars a Cage (13 November 1987)
Song of Orpheus (20 November 1987)
Dark Spirit (27 November 1987)
A Children's Story (4 December 1987)
An Impossible Silence (18 December 1987)
Shades of Grey (8 January 1988)
China Moon (15 January 1988)
The Alchemist (22 January 1988)
Temptation (5 February 1988)
Promises of Someday (12 February 1988)
Down to a Sunless Sea (19 February 1988)
Fever (26 February 1988)
Everything Is Everything (4 March 1988)
To Reign in Hell (18 March 1988)
Ozymandias (1 April 1988)
A Happy Life (8 April 1988)

SEASON TWO
Chamber Music (18 November 1988)
Remember Love (25 November 1988)
Ashes, Ashes (2 December 1988)
Dead of Winter (9 December 1988)
God Bless the Child (16 December 1988)
Sticks and Stones (6 January 1989)
A Fair and Perfect Knight (13 January 1989)
Labyrinths (20 January 1989)
Brothers (3 February 1989)
A Gentle Rain (17 February 1989)
The Outsiders (24 February 1989)
Orphans (6 March 1989)
Arabesque (13 March 1989)
When the Blue Bird Sings (31 March 1989)
The Watcher (7 April 1989)
A Distant Shore (14 April 1989)
Trial (21 April 1989)
A Kingdom By the Sea (28 April 1989)
The Hollow Men (5 May 1989)
What Rough Beast (12 May 1989)
In a Ceremony of Innocence (19 May 1989)
The Rest is Silence... (26 May 1989)

SEASON THREE
Though Lovers Be Lost (12 December 1989)
Walk Slowly (13 December 1989)
Nevermore (20 December 1989)
Snow (27 December 1989)
Beggar's Comet (3 January 1990)
Time To Heal (10 January 1990)
The Chimes At Midnight (17 January 1990)
Invictus (24 January 1990)
In the Forests of the Night (21 July 1990)
The Reckoning (28 July 1990)
Legacies (4 August 1990)

USA
Television Distributor: CBS Television
Video Distributor: Columbia House

Once upon a time is now...

La bella e la bestia - Italian title
La bella y la bestia - Venezuelan title
La belle et la bête – French title
Die Schöne und das Biest - West German title
Skønheden og udyret - Danish title
A szépség és a szörnyeteg - Hungarian title

1988
Casting Society of America, USA
Artios Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic (Vicki Rosenberg (pilot), Joyce Robinson (series), Penny Ellers (series)) - nominated

Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series: Dramatic Underscore (Lee Holdridge) – winner (for the pilot episode)
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Roy H. Wagner) – winner (for the pilot episode)
Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music (Lee Holdridge) - nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series: Dramatic Underscore (Don Davis) – nominated (for To Reign In Hell)
Outstanding Drama Series (Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas, Ron Koslow, Stephen Kurzfeld, David E. Peckinpah, Kenneth R. Koch, George R.R. Martin, Harvey Frand, Andrew Laskos, John David, Lynn Guthrie) - nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Ron Perlman) - nominated

Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series: Drama (Linda Hamilton) - nominated
Best TV-Series: Drama - nominated

Viewers for Quality Television Awards, USA
Q Award Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series (Ron Perlman) - winner

1989
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series' (Stevan Larner) - nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series' (Roy H. Wagner) - nominated

Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics (Lee Holdridge (composer), Melanie (lyricist)) – winner (for the song The First Time I Loved Forever from A Distant Shore)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Ron Perlman) - nominated

Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Drama (Ron Perlman) - winner
Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series – Drama (Linda Hamilton) - nominated
Best TV-Series – Drama - nominated

Viewers for Quality Television Awards, USA
Q Award Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series (Ron Perlman) - winner

Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Young Actor in a Nighttime Drama Series (John Frandlin) - nominated
Best Young Actor in a Nighttime Drama Series (Garland Spencer) - nominated
Best Young Actor, Featured, Co-starring, Supporting, Recurring Role in a Comedy or Drama Series or Special (Cory Danziger) - nominated

1990
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series' (Stevan Larner) - nominated

Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series: Dramatic Underscore (Don Davis) – winner (for A Time To Heal)

1991
Emmy Awards, USA
Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Make Up for a Series (Margaret Beserra, Fred C. Blau Jr) - nominated (for In The Forests Of The Night)

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