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Capitol (1982)

Capitol poster
Genre
soap opera
Country
United States
Length
5 seasons, 260 episodes
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a soap opera set in Washington D.C. that follows a group of characters whose personal and professional lives are tangled up in political power struggles. The show focuses on their romantic relationships, family secrets, and career ambitions.

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What happens

Capitol is an American soap opera which aired on CBS from March 29, 1982, to March 20, 1987, for 1,270 episodes. As its name suggests, the storyline usually revolved around the political intrigues of people whose lives are intertwined in Washington, D.C. Prior to its March 29th daytime debut on the CBS schedule, a one-hour pilot episode aired on Friday night (March 26th) immediately following an episode of Dallas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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