The residents of Knots Landing, a coastal suburb of Los Angeles, deal with various issues such as infidelity, health scares, rape, murder, kidnapping, assassinations, drug smuggling, corporate intrigue and criminal investigations.
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- Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 40 wins & 45 nominations.
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Series Cast Summary
| Michele Lee | ... |
Karen MacKenzie
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(344 episodes, 1979-1993)
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| Ted Shackelford | ... |
Gary Ewing
(344 episodes, 1979-1993)
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| Joan Van Ark | ... |
Valene Ewing
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(327 episodes, 1979-1993)
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| Kevin Dobson | ... |
M. 'Mack' Patrick MacKenzie
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(291 episodes, 1982-1993)
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| William Devane | ... |
Gregory Sumner
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(266 episodes, 1983-1993)
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| Donna Mills | ... |
Abby Ewing
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(236 episodes, 1980-1993)
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Pat Petersen | ... |
Michael Fairgate
(210 episodes, 1979-1991)
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| Constance McCashin | ... |
Laura Avery
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(201 episodes, 1979-1992)
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| Nicollette Sheridan | ... |
Paige Matheson
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(182 episodes, 1986-1993)
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| Julie Harris | ... |
Lilimae Clements
(165 episodes, 1980-1987)
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| Tonya Crowe | ... |
Olivia Cunningham
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(153 episodes, 1980-1990)
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| Doug Sheehan | ... |
Ben Gibson
(119 episodes, 1983-1988)
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Steve Shaw | ... |
Eric Fairgate
(107 episodes, 1979-1991)
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| Teri Austin | ... |
Jill Bennett
(99 episodes, 1985-1989)
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| Larry Riley | ... |
Frank Williams
(99 episodes, 1988-1992)
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| Lisa Hartman | ... |
Cathy Geary
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(96 episodes, 1982-1986)
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Victoria Ann Lewis | ... |
Peggy
(92 episodes, 1984-1993)
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| Michelle Phillips | ... |
Anne Matheson
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(90 episodes, 1987-1993)
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| Joseph Cousins | ... |
Bobby Gibson Ewing
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(88 episodes, 1987-1993)
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| Claudia Lonow | ... |
Diana Fairgate
(81 episodes, 1979-1993)
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| John Pleshette | ... |
Richard Avery
(78 episodes, 1979-1992)
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| James Houghton | ... |
Kenny Ward
(75 episodes, 1979-1983)
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| Kim Lankford | ... |
Ginger Ward
(75 episodes, 1979-1983)
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| Stacy Galina | ... |
Kate Whittaker
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(71 episodes, 1990-1993)
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| Kathleen Noone | ... |
Claudia Whittaker
(67 episodes, 1990-1993)
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| Christian Cousins | ... |
Bobby Gibson Ewing
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(57 episodes, 1987-1992)
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| Kent King | ... |
Julie Williams
(56 episodes, 1988-1991)
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Hunt Block | ... |
Peter Hollister
(55 episodes, 1985-1987)
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Mark Haining | ... |
Mort Tubor
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(54 episodes, 1989-1993)
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Carlos Cantú | ... |
Carlos
(54 episodes, 1987-1993)
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| Lar Park-Lincoln | ... |
Linda Fairgate
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(48 episodes, 1987-1991)
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Kathryn Lubran | ... |
Betsy Gibson Ewing
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(47 episodes, 1987-1990)
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| Lynne Moody | ... |
Patricia Williams
(46 episodes, 1988-1990)
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Tiffany Lubran | ... |
Betsy Gibson Ewing
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(46 episodes, 1987-1990)
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| Joseph Gian | ... |
Det. Tom Ryan
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(43 episodes, 1989-1993)
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Emily Ann Lloyd | ... |
Betsy Ewing
(43 episodes, 1990-1993)
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| Alec Baldwin | ... |
Joshua Rush
(41 episodes, 1984-1986)
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| Paul Carafotes | ... |
Harold Dyer
(40 episodes, 1988-1990)
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Rhianna Janette | ... |
Meg MacKenzie
(39 episodes, 1991-1993)
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Sam Behrens | ... |
Danny Waleska
(36 episodes, 1989-1990)
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| Zane Lasky | ... |
Bob
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(35 episodes, 1989-1991)
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| Don Murray | ... |
Sid Fairgate
(34 episodes, 1979-1982)
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| Peter Reckell | ... |
Johnny Rourke
(31 episodes, 1988-1989)
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| Lorenzo Caccialanza | ... |
Nick Shillace
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(30 episodes, 1990-1993)
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| Betsy Palmer | ... |
Virginia Bullock
(29 episodes, 1989-1990)
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| Melinda Culea | ... |
Paula Vertosick
(28 episodes, 1989-1990)
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Michael Sabatino | ... |
Chip Roberts
(28 episodes, 1982-1983)
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Marcia Solomon | ... |
Marsha
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(28 episodes, 1981-1991)
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Bobby Jacoby | ... |
Brian Cunningham
(28 episodes, 1980-1985)
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| Brian Austin Green | ... |
Brian Cunningham
(27 episodes, 1986-1989)
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Production Companies
Distributors
- BBC One (1980) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- CBS (1979) (United States) (tv)
- FOX Life (2006) (France) (tv)
- Warner Bros. Television (United States) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (Germany) (DVD) (season one)
- Warner Home Video (2009) (Germany) (DVD) (season two)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Castle/Bryant/Johnsen (main title design)
- Central Casting (extras casting)
- Ediflex Systems (edited on)
- LaserPacific (electronic laboratory services by)
- Pacific Film Laboratories (color)
- Pacific Sound Services (digital sound editing and re-recording)
Storyline
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A popular night-time soap opera that followed the adventures of five families living in a coastal suburb of Los Angeles, California: Gary and Valene Ewing, relatives of the popular Ewing clan of Dallas; Sid and Karen Fairgate, their all-American neighbors; the troubled Richard and Laura Avery; young newlyweds Kenny and Ginger Ward; and divorcee Abby Cunningham, Sid's scheming sister. Written by Phil Fernando |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Michele Lee divorced her real-life husband James Farentino during the show's early days. In the scene where her character Karen Fairgate took off her wedding ring at her husband Sid's grave, she was actually taking off her real wedding ring from her marriage to Farentino for the last time, in order to make the scene appear more real. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Derrick contre Superman (1992). See more » |
| Quotes |
M. "Mack" Patrick MacKenzie:
Your dad hit you. Jason Lochner: You wouldn't understand. M. "Mack" Patrick MacKenzie: When I was six years old, I was running through the house and I knocked over a lamp and it broke. And my dad beat the hell out of me. He just didn't spank me, he hit me with his fist... Gave me two black eyes, Jason. I was six years old! And I told my friends that I fell off my bike. When I was ten, I came home and he started kicking me in the stomach and I didn't know why. I never found out. But I told myself that, well, he's just blowing off steam. Jason, when I was thirteen, my dad hit me so hard, he knocked out a molar. At first, I blamed myself. It had to me. This was my dad and your dad just doesn't beat you without good reason. If I was a better kid, maybe he wouldn't get so mad. When I got older and realised that it wasn't normal to be beaten up by your old man, I felt ashamed... because I didn't want anyone to know what my dad was like and I sure as hell didn't want pity. I made up lies to strangers, friends and excuse to myself. I was hoping and praying that it would stop. That just once he'd say that he loved me and he was proud of me... And now, y'know, uh, it's hard for me to say out loud that that he abused me and that it was wrong! And he was wrong! And not to say it at all makes it even worse. Jason, you don't have to live the rest of your life denying it the way I have. All you got to do is tell me that you don't want to go in there. Tell me to take you someplace else, kid. Just tell me to take you someplace else. Jason Lochner: [Jason looks at Mack for a moment] Take me someplace else. See more » |