Crystal Town

About
Crystal Town is an British SimTV drama series, created by Sam, who also serves as show runner, and produced by SimTV and S.P Productions.

The setting of the show is set in the beautiful town of Crystal Town which follows the lives and drama of the residents displaying all the romance, hate, conflict, love and darkness of their lives. The show began production Christmas Day 2006 with the first episode airing in April 2007. The fifth season of Crystal Town will air midway through 2010.

Production
Production began on Christmas day 2006 where the shows creator Sam created the well known Wellington family when he first got the Sims 2. Sam then created more charecters and decided to write about them and make it into a show calling it "Crystal Town". The first season aired from April to May 2007. The second season began in October 2007 and finished airing late December of the same year. The third season aired two months later in Febuary 2008 to April 2008, the third season aired seven episodes before going on hiatus due to production problems with the show. The fourth current season began airing in November 2008 and will finish in late December 2009. A fifth and sixth season has been confirmed and will be produced back to back, the fifth season will air in June 2010 and the sixth will air in 2011.

Characters
The main cast confirmed for the upcoming fifth season are:


 * Kacey Wellington
 * Eddie Montredge
 * Madeline Baker
 * Megan Harding
 * Chris Kim
 * Kayleigh Kim Porter
 * Ross Johnson
 * Hannah Johnson
 * Marie Peacock
 * Louise Wellington
 * William Porter
 * Aaron Watson
 * Erik Davies
 * Barry Morant
 * Mina Johnson
 * Karina Adams

It's also been confirmed that either Tina Stripe or Keria Harding will die due to their injuries in season five (Tina attempted to hang herself and Keria was stabbed) and both will make only one apperance in season five giving no clue as to who will live and who will die. Former regulars Ross and Hannah Johnson are back in the main cast and will be the focus of the seasons mystery. Lennie and Amelia Appleton have also left the main cast and will depart from the show early in season five. Mrs. Diane Daniels, Toby Morant, Harry Langford, Elliot Appleton and Alice Peacock will return as the main recurring characters.

Episodes
List of Crystal Town episodes

Reception
The show itself has had mixed reviews, mostly positive. Whilst the first two seasons were not as popular as the recent two the first season finale did recieve a fair amount of praise. The show however has been critised for having too much going on at the same time and having too much cast which makes the plot and storylines hard to follow for some viewers.

Ratings
Crystal Town is popular with SimTV viewers and is amongst one of the highest rated shows.