Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara

1984 · 10 seasons · 2137 eps · ★ 4.9 · Soap

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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.

Created by Bridget Dobson, Jerome Dobson

Network: NBC

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

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