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Northern Exposure

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TV Series

The Resume

    (July 1, 1990-July 26, 1995)
    CBS
    1990 - Thursday (10-11 PM)
    1991-1995 - Monday (10-11 PM)
    Based in Cicely, Alaska (Population 839)
    Filmed in Roslyn, Washington
    Rob Morrow as Dr. Joel Fleischman
    Janine Turner as Maggie O'Connell
    Barry Corbin as Maurice Minnifield
    John Corbett as Chris Stevens Darren E. Burrows as Ed Chigliak
    John Cullum as Holling Vincoeur
    Cynthia Geary as Shelly Tambo
    Elaine Miles as Marilyn Whirlwind
    Peg Phillips as Ruth-Anne Miller
    Paul Provenza as Dr. Phillip Capra (1994-1995)
    Teri Polo as Michelle Schowdoski Capra (1994-1995)
    Adam Arkin as Adam
    Valerie Mahaffey as Eve
    Diane Delano as Officer Barbara Semanski
    Anthony Edwards as Mike Monroe
    Premise: A New Yorker graduates medical school on a State of Alaska scholarship that required him to practice in Anchorage for four years - however, the fine print allows them to send him to a small Alaskan town.

Why Northern Exposure might be annoying:

    It premiered during the summer of 1990, a weird time to premiere a TV series on network TV.
    The radio station DJ Chris was an ex-prisoner and by answering an ad became an ordained minister in the Worldwide Church of Truth and Beauty.
    Shelly, who was not yet 21, was in love with post sixty year old Holling and they eventually married.
    Due to continuity errors, the population has varied from 215 to 849. They eventually settled on 839 because the budget was $839,000 per episode.
    To keep the show going after Joel's 4 year contract ended, Alaska pulled a move that because of the devaluation of the US dollar, his contract was extended an extra year.
    The star, Rob Morrow, grew tired of the series and quit, so they wrote in that a contract could not be expanded since it was already being executed, so they gave Joel back his year and $1200.
    The writers purposely never gave a real location to Cicely.
    Joel and Maggie were always at odds but eventually got engaged, yet continued to refer to each other by their surnames.
    Maggie was literally the kiss of death, five of her boyfriends (Harry, Bruce, Glenn, Dave and Rick) died after sleeping with her.

Why Northern Exposure might not be annoying:

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 82 Votes: 43.90% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 33 Votes: 42.42% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 50 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 102 Votes: 44.12% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 123 Votes: 58.54% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 62 Votes: 43.55% Annoying