7 DEC 2023 · Knots Landing is an American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera that aired on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. A spin-off of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series), it was set in a fictitious coastal suburb of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles and initially centered on the lives of four married couples living on a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_end_(street), Seaview Circle. Throughout its fourteen-year run, storylines included marital strife, rape, murder, kidnapping, assassinations, drug smuggling, politics, environmental issues, corporate intrigue, and criminal investigations. By the time of its conclusion, it had become the third-longest-running primetime drama on U.S. television after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunsmoke and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonanzaand the last scripted primetime drama show that debuted in the 1970s to leave the air.
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