City Life was a New Zealand soap opera that screened on TV 2 from 1996-–98.
[1] 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 first episode began with a controversial first scene, featuring a drunken Damon (Kevin Smith) 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.
The show was not brought back until late 1997, and the remaining episodes were screened until the beginning of 1998. http://www.tv.com/city-life/show/2481/summary.html