Beauty and the Beast.1987

Beauty and the Beast is a 1980s CBS TV series produced by Republic Pictures, loosely inspired by the fairy tale of the same name but set in modern-day New York City. The series lasted from September, 1987 to August, 1990. A total of 56 episodes in three seasons.

The premise was simple. Catherine Chandler (Linda Hamilton - Terminator Series), a lawyer, is abducted, beaten, slashed and left to die in Central Park. She is then rescued by Vincent (Ron Perlman - Hellboy Series), a leonine member of a secret community of outcasts living in tunnels under the city ("The World Below"). The series then focused partly on the attraction between the two characters, and partly on the cases Catherine encountered in her new career as an assistant district attorney, facing crime drama situations that affect both her world and his.

Many of the episodes were penned by none other than George R.R. Martin, who later became famous for his A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels.

A remake/reinterpretation of this series, starring Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan, premiered Fall 2012 on The CW.


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