Beacon Hill (web series)

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Beacon Hill
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Season 1 main title
Created byLinda Hill
Jessica Hill
Written byLinda Hill
Jessica Hill
Skip Shea
Directed by Albert Alarr
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes18
Production
Executive producerCrystal Chappell
Producers
CinematographyKevin Perry
Production companiesBella Productions
Open Book Productions
Original release
Network Beaconhilltheseries.com
ReleaseMarch 5, 2014 (2014-03-05) 
present

Beacon Hill (sometimes stylized Beacon Hill the Series) is a soap opera web series that premiered on March 5, 2014 at Beaconhilltheseries.com. Created by Linda Hill and Jessica Hill and executive produced by Crystal Chappell, season one stars Alicia Minshew and Sarah Brown as ex-lovers caught up in political and family drama in the affluent Boston neighborhood of Beacon Hill. Both roles were recast for season two with Nadia Bjorlin and Marem Hessler respectively.

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The series was nominated for a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series, and both Minshew and Brown were nominated for Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series the same year. Brown won a 2015 Indie Series Award for Best Lead Actress (Drama) for her role, and Chappell was nominated for an Indie Series Award for Best Supporting Actress (Drama).

Season 2 aired in 2020 for 6 episodes.

Plot

New York City reporter Sara Preston returns home to Beacon Hill to find her senator grandfather ailing, the rest of her family in shambles and her ex-girlfriend Kate Wesley caught up in political drama.

Cast

Production

Created by Linda Hill and Jessica Hill, Beacon Hill is executive produced by veteran actress and producer Chappell, with Co-Executive Producer Christa Morris, Supervising Producer Hillary B. Smith and producers Goldin, Hill and Hill. [1] [2] Albert Alarr directed season 1, with Kevin Perry as director of photography and Paul F. Antonelli as music supervisor. [2]

Awards

Beacon Hill was nominated for a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series, and both Minshew and Brown were nominated for Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series the same year. [1] [3] Brown won a 2015 Indie Series Award for Best Lead Actress (Drama) for her role, [4] [5] and Chappell was nominated for an Indie Series Award for Best Supporting Actress (Drama). [6]

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