Knots Landing is an American prime time 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. By the time of its conclusion, storylines
had included rape, murder, kidnapping, assassinations, drug smuggling,
corporate intrigue, and criminal investigations; and it had become the
longest-running primetime drama on U.S. television after Gunsmoke and
Bonanza and the last scripted sitcom or drama show that debuted in the
1970s to leave the air.Knots Landing was created by David Jacobs
(one-time writer of Family and later producer of Lois & Clark: The New
Adventures of Superman) in conjunction with producer Michael Filerman
(who would also later co-produce Falcon Crest). Although a spin-off of
Dallas, the concept predates that series, and was rebuffed by CBS in
1977, as the network wanted something more "saga-like". Jacobs then
created Dallas, which the network accepted and premiered in 1978.
After Dallas became a hit, Jacobs was then able to adapt Knots Landing
as a spin-off series by way of incorporating characters introduced in
the parent series. The series was largely inspired by a 1957 movie No
Down Payment but also by the 1973 Ingmar Bergman television miniseries
Scenes from a Marriage.Though not as popular in the ratings as Dallas,
Knots Landing eventually outlasted it and garnered much critical
acclaim. The series peaked during the 1983â€"84 season with a 20.8
rating (when it finished in 11th place) and a 20.0 rating for the
1984â€"85 season (finishing 9th). This can be attributed, in part, to
more dramatic storylines as the series became more soap opera-like,
and the gradual inclusion of newer characters to interact with the
original cast. By the 1988â€"89 season, Knots Landing was ahead of
Dallas in the ratings, though audiences for both shows by this time
were less than their earlier years. Knots Landing was cancelled in
1993.There were 344 episodes spanning 14 seasons of Knots Landing from
1979 to 1993. In 1997, much of the cast reunited for a two-part
mini-series entitled Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac. In 2005,
they reunited again for the non-fiction special Knots Landing Reunion:
Together Again in which the cast reminisced about their time on the
show. Dallas itself was revived in 2012, with characters from Knots
Landing appearing in its second season. During nearly the entire run
of the original series, Knots Landing occupied the same timeslot:
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