Prime Time Network Serials
Episode Guides, Casts and Credits for 37 Continuing Television Dramas, 1964–1993
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About the Book
On September 15, 1964, ABC launched a programming experiment—a prime time series similar to the daytime soap operas that were so successful. Peyton Place became a fixture on the network’s schedule for the next five years. The success of Dallas in the early 1980s made the prime time soap opera a staple of television programming.
From Bare Essence through The Yellow Rose, this reference work details the successes and failures of 37 prime time serials through 1993. For each show, a lengthy history covers the character development and provides production details, and season-by-season data provide start and end of the season, time slot, comprehensive cast and credits, and an episode guide.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Bruce B. Morris
Foreword by Michele Lee
Format: softcover (6 x 9 in 2 vols.)
Pages: 847
Bibliographic Info: 53 photos, index
Copyright Date: 2009 [1997]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4241-6
eISBN: 978-1-4766-0988-1
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Volume 1
Acknowledgments v
Foreword by Michele Lee 1
Introduction 3
How to Use This Book 9
The Series
BARE ESSENCE 11
BEACON HILL 16
BEHIND THE SCREEN 20
BERRENGER’S 23
CLIFFHANGERS 30
THE COLBYS 35
DALLAS 55
DARK SHADOWS 189
DYNASTY 195
EMERALD POINT, N.A.S. 284
EXECUTIVE SUITE 293
FALCON CREST 299
FILTHY RICH 382
FLAMINGO ROAD 386
FOR LOVE AND HONOR 398
FRESNO 402
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 406
GOOD & EVIL 412
GRAND 416
Volume 2
HAIL TO THE CHIEF 425
THE HAMPTONS 428
HOMEFRONT 431
HUSBANDS, WIVES & LOVERS 444
KING’S CROSSING 448
KNOTS LANDING 452
L.A. LAW 584
THE LONG HOT SUMMER 649
NUMBER 96 656
OUR FAMILY HONOR 658
OUR PRIVATE WORLD 664
PAPER DOLLS 668
PEYTON PLACE 675
THE SECRETS OF MIDLAND HEIGHTS 713
SOAP 718
THE SURVIVORS 736
TWIN PEAKS 740
THE YELLOW ROSE 756
Index 765
Book Reviews & Awards
“belongs in any library collection that serves a devoted television public”—Booklist; “a piece of good fortune for collectors of video trivia…a wealth of valuable facts. It’s the most complete work on this topic we’ve encountered and a must for every savvy serial connoisseur’s shelf”—Radiogram; “television reference collections need this”—Rettig on Reference; “the most impressive collection of documentation on a non-cult genre yet compiled…. Provides essential documentation on a variety of landmark TV series”—Television Chronicles; “exhaustive…exceptionally well produced”—Reference Reviews; “a well made and complete guide”—ARBA; “in-depth”—Reference & User Services Quarterly.
