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Santa Barbara

1984 · 10 seasons · 1h per episode · Soap

Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on 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. Santa Barbara aired in over 40 countries around the world and is best remembered for its witty dialogue and sometimes tongue-in-cheek situations that often seemed like an affectionate parody of the genre. The show won 24 Daytime Emmy Awards and 18 Soap Opera Digest Awards among various other awards.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 110 episodes (July 30, 1984)
• Season 2 — 253 episodes (January 2, 1985)
• Season 3 — 254 episodes (January 2, 1986)
• Season 4 — 242 episodes (January 2, 1987)
• Season 5 — 256 episodes (January 4, 1988)
• Season 6 — 251 episodes (January 3, 1989)
• Season 7 — 255 episodes (January 2, 1990)
• Season 8 — 250 episodes (January 2, 1991)
• Season 9 — 256 episodes (January 2, 1992)
• Season 10 — 10 episodes (January 4, 1993)

Cast

• Jed Allan as C.C. Capwell
• Robin Mattson as Gina Capwell
• Nancy Lee Grahn as Julia Wainwright
• Nicolas Coster as Lionel Lockridge
• Judith McConnell as Sophia Capwell
• Gordon Thomson as Mason Capwell
• Jack Wagner as Warren Lockridge
• Eileen Davidson as Kelly Capwell
• Michael Brainard as Ted Capwell
• Paula Irvine as Lily Blake
• Nina Arvesen as Angela Cassidy
• Sydney Penny as B.J. Walker

Details

Created by

Bridget Dobson and Jerome Dobson

First aired

July 30, 1984

Episodes

2137

Genres

Soap

Network

NBC

Status

Ended

TMDB score

5.0 / 10 from 45 votes