Falcon Crest (1981)

Genre

soap opera

Country

United States

Length

9 seasons, 227 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series follows the Gioberti and Channing families in California's wine country as they fight for control of the Falcon Crest Winery. It centers on the ruthless matriarch Angela Channing and her battles with her nephew and other relatives over power and wealth.

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What happens

Falcon Crest is an American prime time television soap opera created by Earl Hamner Jr. that aired for nine seasons on CBS from December 4, 1981, to May 17, 1990. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the California wine industry set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley, located northeast of San Francisco and modeled after the real Napa Valley. Jane Wyman stars as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, opposite Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew, and later David Selby as Richard Channing, the illegitimate son of Angela's ex-husband. Other notable series regulars include Abby Dalton and Margaret Ladd as Angela's daughters Julia and Emma, Lorenzo Lamas as Angela's grandson Lance, Susan Sullivan as Chase's wife Maggie, William R. Moses as their son Cole, and Ana Alicia as heiress Melissa Agretti. Jane Wyman won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role as Angela Channing out of two nominations. Series regular Lorenzo Lamas and guest star Gina Lollobrigida were also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor/Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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