, ▁prompt ing ▁William son ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁ 2 0 - page ▁outline ▁for ▁Daw son ' s ▁Creek ▁that ▁night . ▁William son ▁pitch ed ▁the ▁show ▁" as ▁Some ▁Kind ▁of ▁Wonder ful , ▁meets ▁P ump ▁Up ▁the ▁Volume , ▁meets ▁James ▁at ▁ 1 5 , ▁meets ▁My ▁So - C alled ▁Life , ▁meets ▁Little ▁House ▁on ▁the ▁Pra irie ", ▁also ▁taking ▁insp iration ▁from ▁te en ▁drama ▁B ever ly ▁Hills , ▁ 9 0 2 1 0 ▁as ▁he ▁" w anted ▁it ▁to ▁speak ▁to ▁the ▁te en age ▁audience ▁of ▁the ▁day ." ▁ ▁When ▁Columbia ▁requested ▁him ▁to ▁re loc ate ▁the ▁show ▁to ▁Boston , ▁Massachusetts , ▁he ▁settled ▁with ▁fict ional ▁Cap es ide , ▁and ▁pitch ed ▁it ▁to ▁Fox . ▁However , ▁commission ed ▁amid ▁the ▁struggling ▁of ▁Party ▁of ▁Five , ▁Fox ▁wonder ed ▁if ▁they ▁needed ▁another ▁te en ▁drama , ▁and ▁while ▁they ▁were ▁support ive ▁of ▁William son ' s ▁scripts , ▁they ▁eventually ▁passed ▁on ▁it . ▁Left ▁un used , ▁Columbia ▁Tri Star ▁sent ▁his ▁scripts ▁to ▁newly ▁founded ▁The ▁W B ▁network ▁who ▁was ▁looking ▁for ▁fresh ▁ideas ▁for ▁their ▁programme ▁after ▁launch ing ▁super natural ▁drama ▁series ▁Buff y ▁the ▁V amp ire ▁S layer . ▁William son ▁went ▁for ▁a ▁meeting ▁with ▁then - ch ief ▁programmer ▁Gar th ▁An cier ▁and ▁entertain ment ▁president ▁Sus anne ▁Daniel s ▁who ▁loved ▁his ▁script ▁and ▁picked ▁it ▁up ▁for