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Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. A spin-off of Dallas, it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles and initially centered on the lives of four married couples living on a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle.
We brought that onto the set. There was the real-life person andthe character. I remember a quote from TV Guide Magazinefrom 1985 that read, “In Dallasand Dynasty, the writers are writing the story for the characters. On Knots Landing, the writers are letting the characters write their own stories.”.
Sep 22, 2024 · Tonya Crowe played Olivia Cunningham Dyer for ten years on Knots Landing. As the daughter of Abby Ewing (Donna Mills), Olivia transformed from a freckly youngster with a handful of lines to a sultry adolescent, enmeshed in a borderline-scandalous love triangle with her mother and the rising State Senator Peter Hollister (Hunt Block).
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- Michele Lee (Karen MacKenzie) Karen MacKenzie is a mother of three and a community activist. After her husband, Sid has the most literal cliffhanger in television history after careening off a cliff, MacKenzie takes over Knots Landing Motors.
- Ted Shackelford (Gary Ewing) Gary Ewing was first introduced to fans in the show Dallas. The second son of oil baron Jock Ewing and always left in J.R.’
- Joan Van Ark (Valene Ewing) Valene Ewing, aka Val, had our sympathy for sure. For example, she was met with hardship after hardship, like having her firstborn daughter stolen.
- Kevin Dobson (Mackensie) Mackensie, or Mack, is Karen’s second husband and works as an attorney. The two meet after Sid’s killers’ charges were dropped.
Sep 18, 2024 · Storylines veered from a demented televangelist (aren’t they always?) to a spurned lover who committed suicide and framed her ex for her ‘murder’ to newborns kidnapped from the hospital delivery...
Dec 26, 2019 · The 1983 Gary and Valene breakup, along with the departures of co-stars Pleshette, Lankford and Houghton that same year, resulted in soapy plots that included pregnancy, revenge, affairs, arrests...
May 9, 1993 · Focus : End of the Cul-de-Sac : AFTER 14 YEARS, ‘KNOTS LANDING’ IS LEAVING THE BLOCK. Fourteen years ago, David Jacobs thought a series set in a suburban California cul-de-sac about fairly ...
