Knots Landing

Knots Landing is an American dramaseries that between 27 december 1979 and 13 May 1993 was broadcast by CBS. The series revolved around four married couples who lived together in a district on the cul-de-sac in California. As in many other series it turned in Knots Landing to kidnappings, murders, intrigues and drug smuggling.Knots Landing will go down in history as one of the longest-running series ever seen on American television. Only Gunsmoke and Bonanza were longer to see.

Knots Landing was created by David Jacobs, writer of many series. He did this in collaboration with producer Michael Filerman, who later would go on to produce Falcon Crest . The show was created in 1977. CBS bought J ' series to Dallas . The series was a great success. Knots Landing in 1979 went from start, when Dallas was busy with its third season. Despite that the series was a spin-off of Dallas, was not so successful as ''the series Dallas. Knots Landing'' got in that time also a lot of criticism.

In terms of viewing figures won the series in the seasons 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 his greatest successes. In the season 1983-1984 earned the series the eleventh place in the list of bestbekeken series in America. A season later, the series even the ninth place. By bad story lines more and more Knots Landing began on a soap opera to look like. In the season 1988-1989 Knots Landing rose with the ratings above from Dallas . The Dallas In 1991 to 14 seasons. Knots Landing ran two season longer by and stopped in May 1993.

In 1997, some cast members still the miniseries Knots Landing: Back to the cul-de-sac .



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[hide] *1 origin of the story  ==Development of the story[ Edit] == Gary Ewing (Ted Shackelford) was the middle son and the black sheep of the Ewing family in the popular drama series Dallas. His father Jock (Jim Davis) and JR. (Larry Hagman) Gary never saw as one of their. At the age of 17 was hot man in love with the younger Gary Clements (Joan van Ark), whom he married. Gary left the Southfork Ranch and later hot man too. Hot man was driven away after the birth of daughter Lucy by Jr. had come after years of no contact to have Lucy and hot man again with each other.
 * 2 Cast
 * 2.1 original cast
 * 3 behind the scenes
 * 4 viewing figures
 * 5 see also

Hot man and Lucy lay contact Gary, who would like to build a new life with their will. Jr. is not happy with Lucy's relationship with her parents. Raphael offers to a house inCalifornia and Gary Gary gasps because he dislikes the Southfork Ranch, because of his father and his brother. ==Cast[ Edit] == Alec Baldwin played the role of Joshua Rush (1984-1985)The cast during the final season, season fourteen (1992-1993) ===Original cast<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The cast during the first season (1979-1980) ==Behind the scenes<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Michelle Phil lips played the role of Anne Matheson (1987-1993)<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The actors of Knots Landing if there are many more interfere with the story lines than actors in other television series. In 1987 the writers a violent affair between Patrick MacKenzie (Kevin Dobson) and Anne Matheson (Michelle Phil lips). Actress Michele Lee, who played the role of Patrick's wife Karen, protested against this. Lee found that there is one stable couple in the series was supposed to be. The writers gave Lee right, making the actress behind Anne, Michelle Phil Lambert, had to leave the series. She returned in the series in 1990. Actor William Devane, the man behind Gregory Summer, often gave its own spin on his lyrics. Michele Lee has ever indicated that many people were able to fight with him if they would like.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The storylines around hot man, Gary and Abby were partly created by actor Ted Shackelford and Joan van Ark actress. they came up with the idea in 1980. The writers picked their idea only in 1982 on. one of the most famous story lines around this triad is Valenes baby kidnapping in 1984. The writers were going to Abby for the kidnapping on to make it run, but actress Donna Mills refused. Mills accepted that many things of her character were strange, but this found them go too far for her character. The writers decided to give Mills her sentence; on the screen to see that Abby was the baby accidentally kidnapped.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The head writers of the series were in the period 1986-1991 Bernard Lechowick and Lynn Marie Latham. The two were controversial with both actors as the fans. Their funny way of writing made them popular with actress Michele Lee, while actor John Pleshette found that they were terrible people. Pleshette was not only against their. Also actress Joan van Ark, who played the role of Valene, couldn't handle the story lines that there were written. In the twelfth season, the writers run hot man all the way through. Valdez had the idea that they are an idiot played. The favorite writer of actresses Joan van Ark and Donna Mills was Peter Dunne, who ensured that Knots Landing won in 1984.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1987 CBS made known that the series too much cost and found that there had to be cut back. This meant the dismissal of actresses Constance McCashin and Julie Harris.During the thirteenth season (1991-1992) obtained the series worse results than before. The health of creator David Jacobs fell back. J knew the series had come in difficulty. By the end of 1991 took J an important measure. He sacked writer John Desert and replaced him for Ann Marcus. By that there was less to spend, this was financially good for the viewers. The last season had below very to suffer. The number of episodes was reduced to only 19, while in earlier times there 30 were made. Interestingly, not all main characters in the episodes discussed, culminating in the episode My Kingdom for a Horse, where only three of the eight main cast members were. ==Viewing Figures<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="73" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Fourteen seasons, the series was broadcast on Tuesday at ten o'clock.