1992

Picket Fences
CBS pilot
Ron Lagomarsino, director
Ron Mitchell, unit production manager
Jack Philbrick, first assistant director
John Isabeau, second assistant director

Peyton Place for the 1990s turned out to be Rome, WI, where the dramatics came covered in some suds, but also as if they were filtered through the land of Twin Peaks. Anything could happen in small-town America, and Picket Fences was the new standard. Lagomarsino crafted the pilot to Emmy Award-collecting series around the Brock family, where Sheriff Jimmy Brock (Tom Skerritt) is a bit full of himself and his wife, Jill (Kathy Baker) is the town medico. The supporting cast included Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly and Ray Walston.