Pioneers of Television

Primetime Soaps (3x2)

: 22, 2013

Recalling the prime-time soaps of the 1970s and '80s, including ‘Dallas’, ‘Dynasty’, and ‘Knots Landing’, as well as their antecedent ‘Peyton Place’ (1964–69). Included: details about the "Who Shot J.R.?" episode of ‘Dallas’; stories about the personalities who helped shape the shows. Among the notables interviewed: Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray and Larry Hagman of ‘Dallas’; Diahann Carroll, Joan Collins, Linda Evans of ‘Dynasty’; Michele Lee, Donna Mills and Joan Van Ark of ‘Knots Landing’.