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Dark Shadows
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Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements. It was unprecedented in daytime television when ghosts were introduced about six months after it began. The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins appeared a year into its run. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; indeed, as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. Major writers besides Art Wallace included Malcolm Marmorstein, Sam Hall, Gordon Russell, and Violet Welles.
Where to watch Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows is streaming in the US on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Hoopla, The Roku Channel, Fandango at Home Free, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime Video Free, Xumo Play, Tubi TV and Amazon MX Player.
It is also available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and Fandango At Home.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 124 episodes (June 27, 1966)
- Season 2 — 64 episodes (December 20, 1966)
- Season 3 — 83 episodes (March 21, 1967)
- Season 4 — 90 episodes (July 17, 1967)
- Season 5 — 93 episodes (November 20, 1967)
- Season 6 — 237 episodes (April 1, 1968)
- Season 7 — 182 episodes (March 3, 1969)
- Season 8 — 92 episodes (November 14, 1969)
- Season 9 — 80 episodes (March 30, 1970)
- Season 10 — 49 episodes (July 20, 1970)
- Season 11 — 85 episodes (September 25, 1970)
- Season 12 — 46 episodes (January 28, 1971)
Cast
- Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins / Bramwell Collins
- Grayson Hall as Julia Hoffman
- Nancy Barrett as Carolyn Stoddard
- David Selby as Quentin Collins
- Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
- Lara Parker as Angelique Bouchard Collins
- David Henesy as David Collins
- Kathryn Leigh Scott as Maggie Evans
- Thayer David as Matthew Morgan/Ben Stokes/Dr. Timothy Stokes
- Roger Davis as Jeff Clark / Peter Bradford
- Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins / Joshua Collins
- Jerry Lacy as Reverend Trask/Gregory Trask
Details
- Created by
- Dan Curtis
- First aired
- June 27, 1966
- Episodes
- 1225
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Soap
- Network
- ABC
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 7.3 / 10 from 96 votes
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