Santa Barbara (1984)

Genre: Soap

Cast: Jed Allan, Robin Mattson, Nancy Lee Grahn, Nicolas Coster, Judith McConnell, Gordon Thomson, Jack Wagner, Eileen Davidson, Michael Brainard, Paula Irvine, Sydney Penny, Nina Arvesen, Kim Zimmer, Eric Close, Robert Fontaine, Thaao Penghlis

First aired: Jul 29, 1984

Last air date: Jan 14, 1993

Show status: Ended

Overview: 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.