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Santa Barbara (1984)

Santa Barbara poster
Genre
soap opera
Country
United States
Length
10 seasons, 2137 episodes
Rated
6+
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 44 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The series follows the wealthy Capwell family and their rivals in Santa Barbara, California. It shows their romantic entanglements, business conflicts, and personal dramas against a backdrop of luxury and scandal.

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What happens

Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from July 30, 1984, to January 15, 1993. The show revolves around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California. Other prominent families featured on the soap were the rival Lockridge family, and the more modest Andrade and Perkins families. The serial was produced by Dobson Productions and New World Television, which also served as distributor for the show in international markets. Santa Barbara was the first series for New World Television. Santa Barbara aired in the United States at 3:00 p.m. Eastern (2:00 p.m. Central) on NBC in the same time slot as General Hospital on ABC and Guiding Light on CBS and right after Another World. Santa Barbara aired in over 40 countries around the world. It became the longest-running television series in Russia, airing there from 1992 to 2002. Santa Barbara won 24 Daytime Emmy Awards and was nominated 30 times for the same award. The show also won 18 Soap Opera Digest Awards and various other awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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