Editing Melrose Place (section)

==Reception==

===Critical reception===
''Melrose Place'' received mixed reviews from critics. As of September 2014, season 1 has a critics' rating of 4.7/10 at [[Metacritic]].<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/melrose-place-1992 |title=Melrose Place (1992) – Season 1 Reviews – Metacritic |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=September 22, 2014 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306080912/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/melrose-place-1992 |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the critics, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'s}} [[Richard Zoglin]], who gave the season a 2.0/10 score, wrote that the soap is "tapping into nothing more than worn plot lines from ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''".<ref name="Time 1992-07-20">{{cite magazine |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976047,00.html |title=Revenge of The Androids |last1=Zoglin |first1=Richard |author-link1=Richard Zoglin |date=July 20, 1992 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=September 22, 2014 |archive-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804132033/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976047,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Conversely, [[Ken Tucker]] of ''Entertainment Weekly'', gave the first season a B− rating, writing: "Hey, I make fun of Melrose Place — but I'm hypnotized by it. As warm-weather escapism, it takes all the issues facing this country, from unemployment to [[sexual harassment]], and turns them into crises that can be solved in an hour."<ref name="Entertainment Weekly 1992-08-07">{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1992/08/07/tv-show-review-melrose-place/ |title=TV Show Review: 'Melrose Place' Review |last1=Tucker |first1=Ken |author-link1=Ken Tucker |date=August 7, 1992 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=September 22, 2014 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218205539/http://www.ew.com/article/1992/08/07/tv-show-review-melrose-place |url-status=live }}</ref> During the second season, David Wild of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote: "After debuting in 1992 with a troubled first season that at times rivaled that of the 1962 New York Mets, ''Melrose Place'' made a few key trades. The show acquired a journeywoman heavy hitter in the lovely form of Locklear and wisely swapped bothersome Issues and Morals for infinitely more palatable Sex and Villains, emerging as a big winner, particularly with that attractive twentysomething demographic."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/melrose-place-is-a-really-good-show-57740/|title=''Melrose Place'' Is a Really Good Show|first=David|last=Wild|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 19, 1994|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108162508/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/melrose-place-is-a-really-good-show-57740/|archive-date=November 8, 2020|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=April 16, 2024}}</ref> The third season received positive reviews from critics: "After a couple lukewarm yet entertaining seasons, ''Melrose Place'' exploded in season three with the over-the-top, addictive storylines. Remember the crazy Kimberly-Michael-Sydney drama? And then Kimberly tried to keep Jo's baby! Really, this is daytime-soap-drama, heated up for primetime."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/01/30/tv-on-dvd-31|title=TV on DVD|first=Michelle|last=Zoromski|date=January 30, 2008|access-date=April 30, 2019|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430173419/https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/01/30/tv-on-dvd-31|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1997, [[Mark Harris (journalist)|Mark Harris]], who gave the soap's sixth season a D rating, stated: "Although the ever-game, deserves-better Heather Locklear still spits out even the worst lines with snappish authority, and the diabolical-doctor duo of Jack Wagner and Thomas Calabro at least try to look interested, they can't sustain a show that has lost its best asset — a twisted joy in its own trashiness."<ref name="Entertainment Weekly 1997-11-14">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/11/14/tv-review-beverly-hills-90210-melrose-place/|title=TV Review: 'Beverly Hills 90210'; 'Melrose Place' Review|last=Harris|first=Mark|author-link1=Mark Harris (journalist)|date=November 14, 1997|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=September 22, 2014|archive-date=February 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218211331/http://www.ew.com/article/1997/11/14/tv-review-beverly-hills-90210-melrose-place|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Accolades===
The series won the [[People's Choice Award]] in 1993 for 'Favorite New TV Dramatic Series'.<ref name="People's Choice Awards 1993">{{cite web |url=http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1993 |title=People's Choice Awards: Fan Favorites in Movies, Music & TV |website=www.peopleschoice.com |publisher=[[People's Choice Awards]] |access-date=September 22, 2014 |archive-date=March 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330233214/http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1993 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Heather Locklear]] was nominated for four [[Golden Globe Awards]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama]] for her role as Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place, in 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996. [[Laura Leighton]] was nominated in 1995 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series for her role as Sydney Andrews.

In May 1994, at the height of the show's popularity, the female stars, [[Heather Locklear]], [[Laura Leighton]], [[Courtney Thorne-Smith]], [[Daphne Zuniga]] and [[Josie Bissett]], were featured on the cover of ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Wild |first1=David |title='Melrose Place' Is a Really Good Show |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/melrose-place-is-a-really-good-show-57740/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=February 25, 2020 |date=May 19, 1994 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426061045/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/melrose-place-is-a-really-good-show-57740/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=TV on the Cover of Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/pictures/tv-on-the-cover-of-rolling-stone-20090318/tv-on-the-cover-682-the-women-of-melrose-place-28443588 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=February 25, 2020 |date=March 18, 2009 |archive-date=July 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727060220/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/pictures/tv-on-the-cover-of-rolling-stone-20090318/tv-on-the-cover-682-the-women-of-melrose-place-28443588 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[TV Guide]] ranked Amanda Woodward at No. 2 in the short list of "The Biggest TV Bitches", only behind [[Joan Collins]]' iconic [[Alexis Colby|Alexis Carrington Colby]], with whom Locklear co-starred on ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/galleries/best-tv-bitches-1083380/photo/48c22ffb-cda6-42ba-a03c-61424698dbfb/ |title=The Biggest TV Bitches: Amanda Woodward, Melrose Place |work=TV Guide |access-date=March 8, 2016 |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308162652/http://www.tvguide.com/galleries/best-tv-bitches-1083380/photo/48c22ffb-cda6-42ba-a03c-61424698dbfb/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In ''Entertainment Weekly'', Heather Locklear said about playing her: "Not trying to be a bitch. Just trying to be strong and do what you are supposed to do".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2009/11/13/salute-tvs-bitchiest|title=A salute to TV's bitchiest|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Lynette|last=Rice|date=November 13, 2009|access-date=February 25, 2020|archive-date=November 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121110239/https://ew.com/article/2009/11/13/salute-tvs-bitchiest/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, ''Entertainment Weekly'' reunited ''Melrose'' favorites Heather Locklear, Marcia Cross, Laura Leighton, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Josie Bissett, Daphne Zuniga, Andrew Shue, Grant Show and Doug Savant, and they appeared on the cover.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2012/10/03/this-weeks-cover-the-reunions-issue-clueless |title=This Week's Cover: The casts of 'Arrested Development', 'Clueless' and more get back together in the Reunions Issue! |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=October 3, 2012 |access-date=March 17, 2016 |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314174903/http://www.ew.com/article/2012/10/03/this-weeks-cover-the-reunions-issue-clueless |url-status=live }}</ref>