- Network: NBC
- Series Premiere Date: Jul 30, 1984
Summary:
Santa Barbara was a long-running soap opera centered on the lives of a wealthy Capwell family, living in Santa Barbara, California, and the other families such as the Lockridges, Andrandes and Perkins'. The show was created by Bridget and Jerome Dobson, the two writers that gave the show dramatic stories combined with comedy and romance. After the Dobsons were forced to leave the show in 1987, the soap changed, started focusing on different characters and the show was never the same. In 1991, the Dobsons returned to the show, but were unable to save the show, and then got fired again. In 1992, Pamela K. Long was hired as the new Head Writer and, in an attempt to save the show, she introduced a bunch of new characters and left out many original, which only buried the show deeper. During it's stay on television, the soap was at the bottom of ratings, although it was very popular. The show won numerous awards. In 1993, the show was canceled. 2137 episodes were aired. Although the show didn't have good ratings in America, the popularity of the show in Europe was amazing.
Details
| Network: | NBC |
|---|---|
| Genre(s): | Drama, Soap |
| Seasons: | 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Marcy Walker | Eden Capwell |
| Linda Gibboney | Gina Blake Capwell |
| Nicolas Coster | Lionel Lockridge |
| Robin Mattson | Gina Blake DeMott |
| Louise Sorel | Augusta Wainwright Lockridge |
| Tricia Cast | Christy DuVall |
| Melissa Reeves | Jade Perkins |
| Rosemary Forsyth | Dominic |
| John Allen Nelson | Warren Lockridge |
| Peter Mark Richman | C.C. Capwell |
| Paul Burke | C.C. Capwell |
| Judith McConnell | Sophia Wayne Capwell |
| Martina Deignan | Jackie Baldwin Parks |
| A Martinez | Cruz Castillo |
| Lane Davies | Mason Capwell |
| Nancy Lee Grahn | Julia Wainwright |
| Stephen Meadows | Peter Flint |
| Mark Arnold | Joe Perkins |
| Harley Jane Kozak | Mary DuVall |
| Todd McKee | Ted Capwell |
| Valorie Armstrong | Marisa Perkins |
| Robert Alan Browne | John Perkins |
| Julie Ronnie | Laken Lockridge |
| Kerry Sherman | Amy Perkins |
| Richard Eden | Brick Wallace |
| Lauren Chase | Elizabeth Peale |
| Dane Witherspoon | Joe Perkins |
| Andrea Howard | Veronica Gayley |
| Ava Lazar | Santana Andrade |
| Ismael 'East' Carlo | Ruben Andrade |
| Margaret Michaels | Santana Andrade |
| Suzanne Marshall | Maggie Gillis |
| Charles Bateman | C.C. Capwell |
| Janis Paige | Minx Lockridge |
| Judith Anderson | Minx Lockridge |
| Rupert Ravens | Danny Andrade |
| Jonna Leigh Stack | Summer Blake |
| Margarita Cordova | Rosa Andrade |
| David Haskell | Nick Hartley |
| Robin Wright Penn | Kelly Capwell Perkins |
| Wolf Muser | Marcello Armonti |
| Joel Crothers | Jack Lee / Jerry Cooper |
