Aaron Spelling wanted to do a similar show in a tropical setting, "Melrose in a marina".
In November 1994 a brainstorming session was held involving Kimberley Costello who had worked on Melrose.
Costello says she wanted to go to a place that wasn't instantly familiar to the TV audience.
[3] "This will probably be the final thing we need to dispel the area's reputation as a tacky spring break place," said Elizabeth Wentworth, head of the film office at the Broward Economic Development Council.
"It will show us as a beautiful, upscale area, the yachting capital of the world.
[6] "The show might be more sizzle than substance, the equivalent of a deliciously trashy beach novel, but at least it's not a rerun," said one review.