City Life(1996)
Overview
City Life was a New Zealand soap opera that screened on TVNZ from 1996-1998. It was portrayed the lives and loves of ten singles who lived in an upmarket apartment building in Auckland, New Zealand. The show was touted as New Zealand's answer to Melrose Place. The show starred Claudia Black, Lisa Chappell, Laurie Foell and Oliver Driver and featured a guest appearance by well known New Zealand actor, Kevin Smith. The show had a long development period, and the original treatment for the show had it set in Wellington with the working title 96 Oriental Parade. However, it was decided to produce the show in Auckland instead, and as such, the shows setting was changed along with the name to City Life. The first episode began with a controversial first scene, featuring a drunken Damon who owned the apartment building, in a homosexual kiss with his former lover Ryan on the night before his wedding. Damon was later killed off in the same episode after being hit by a car on the way to his wedding, and he left his apartment building to all of his friends. However, Damon's fianceè vowed to fight for her share of Damon's estate, leading to a storyline that would span the show's first five episodes.
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No imageSeason 1
10 episodes • 1996
Season 1
10 episodes • 1996
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | Jul 15, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Jul 22, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Jul 29, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Aug 5, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Aug 12, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Aug 19, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | Aug 26, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Sep 3, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | Sep 10, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Sep 17, 1996 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 2
16 episodes • 1997
Season 2
16 episodes • 1997
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 11 | Dec 4, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 12 | Dec 11, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 13 | Dec 18, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 14 | Jan 8, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 15 | Jan 15, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 16 | Jan 15, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 17 | Jan 22, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 18 | Jan 22, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 19 | Jan 29, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 20 | Jan 29, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 21 | Feb 5, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Episode 22 | Feb 5, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Episode 23 | Feb 12, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Episode 24 | Feb 12, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Episode 25 | Feb 19, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Episode 26 | Feb 19, 1998 | 0.0 |
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