Santa Barbara (TV series)

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Santa Barbara
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Genre Soap opera
Created by Bridget and Jerome Dobson
Starring Series cast
Theme music composer Joe Harnell
Country of originUnited States of America
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons9
No. of episodes2,137 [1]
Production
Executive producerSee here
Production locations NBC Studios
Burbank, California
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesDobson Productions
New World Television
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseJuly 30, 1984 (1984-07-30) 
January 15, 1993 (1993-01-15)

Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from July 30, 1984, to January 15, 1993. [2] 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.

Contents

The serial was produced by Dobson Productions and New World Television, which also served as distributor for the show in international markets. Santa Barbara was the first series for New World Television. [3]

Santa Barbara aired in the United States at 3:00 PM Eastern (2:00 PM Central) on NBC in the same time slot as General Hospital on ABC and Guiding Light on CBS and right after Another World . [4] Santa Barbara aired in over 40 countries around the world. [5] It became the longest-running television series in Russia, airing there from 1992 to 2002. [6] Santa Barbara won 24 Daytime Emmy Awards and was nominated 30 times for the same award. The show also won 18 Soap Opera Digest Awards and various other awards. [7]

Plot

The original plotline surrounded conflicts between the wealthy Capwell and Lockridge families. Stage legend and Oscar nominee Dame Judith Anderson received a great deal of publicity for headlining the cast as Lockridge matriarch, Minx. [8] John Cory of the New York Times wrote “a good soap opera has plot, plot and more plot” describing the myriad of “dramatic possibilities”, “ideological/societal warfare” and predicting “bitterness along the blue collar versus country club divide.” [8]

A central plot around which many of the others revolve: the murder of Channing Capwell, Jr. [9] which takes place five years before the series begins. Joe Perkins has been jailed for the murder, paroled and returns to Santa Barbara determined to prove his innocence and renew his relationship with Kelly Capwell, sister of the victim. [10]

One controversial storyline involved Eden being brutally raped, and later discovering that her assailant was her gynecologist Zack Kelton, who had examined her after her rape. [11] Zack's portrayer, former Dallas cast member Leigh McCloskey, stated that he was uncomfortable with the storyline as he felt that women had enough concerns about visiting gynecologists.

In 1988, Libby Slate for the LA Times wrote “Clearly, this is a show that is not afraid to take chances: Roles for deaf performers are a television rarity day or night” [12]

Over the course of the soap, almost every major character would be accused of the murder of Channing Capwell, Jr. or find his or her life involved in the incident in one way or another: from his illegitimate son to his mysterious, presumed-dead mother.

Production

The series was launched on NBC with high promotion on July 30, 1984, while the 1984 Summer Olympics was airing on rival network ABC. However, creators and executive producers Bridget and Jerome Dobson tightened the show's cast among a handful of popular characters and proceeded to kill off or write out weaker links and supporting characters via a natural disaster and the "Carnation Killer" serial killer storyline. When the Lockridges staged a comeback in the early 1990s, the much younger Broadway and movie veteran Janis Paige assumed the part. The soap showed promise with an early Alexis Carrington-style villainess, Augusta Lockridge (Louise Sorel), but even though critics praised her performance, her storyline was suddenly dropped and Sorel left the show. [13] She would return later on a recurring basis and signed a contract when the Lockridges were written back in as regular characters.

When a major earthquake hit Santa Barbara, [14] core character Danny Andrade slept through the whole thing. Minx Lockridge was unfazed, saying that the 1984 Santa Barbara earthquake was nothing like the one in 1925. She was later locked in an empty sarcophagus. Luckily, her grandchildren were around to let her out and she escaped with merely a bruised ego.

The supercouple, Eden Capwell (Marcy Walker) and Cruz Castillo (A Martinez) Edecruzcouple.jpg
The supercouple, Eden Capwell ( Marcy Walker ) and Cruz Castillo ( A Martinez )

We think of having succeeded since we are today the only soap whose ratings increase unceasingly. The others stagnate or lose televiewers. We just have now to gain the head of the group. We have to reach this objective in seven years. However, our first purpose remains to tell attractive stories with rich characters to give pleasure to our public. The only way to get it: to still work harder by saving this marvellous team spirit which already saved us.

Under new executive producer Jill Farren Phelps' tenure, most of the show revolved around Cruz and Eden. By concentrating on such popular characters as Eden Capwell and Cruz Castillo, C.C. Capwell and his wife Sophia, Mason Capwell and Julia Wainwright Capwell, Gina Blake, and Augusta and Lionel Lockridge, the program achieved critical acclaim as well as slowly but surely rising ratings. [3] The show was famous for its comedic style and offbeat writing. [16] For example, in the July 14, 1986, episode, former nun Mary Duvall McCormick (Harley Jane Kozak) was killed by a giant neon letter "C" (for "Capwell") atop the Capwell Hotel toppling on her while she was standing on the hotel roof during an argument [17] (this was later referenced in the American Dad! episode "Homeland Insecurity" [18] ). Despite an irate letter-writing campaign by the show's fans (and an offer from the soap to come back), Kozak was reported as saying that she had "no desire to return to SB", or in fact, any other daytime soap. Another example from 1989 involved Greg Hughes (Paul Johansson) having a dream while unconscious about Mason and Julia being aliens and being taken to "The Capwell Zone". Also in 1988, Julia backs out of her wedding to Mason while at the altar giving their wedding vows, revealing to Father Michael she is in love with him and they make love. [19] [20] [21] [22]

In October 1987, the Dobsons were locked out of NBC studios after repeated attempts to fire the head writer, Charles Pratt, Jr. They sued, and were eventually allowed to return to the program in 1991, but ratings never recovered, even as the show won three Daytime Emmys in a row for Outstanding Drama Series. [12] [23]

Cast and characters

Cast on Christmas 1989
Cruz Castillo, Mack Blake, Eden Capwell, Julia Wainwright, Mason Capwell, Sasha Schmidt, Augusta Lockridge, C.C. Capwell, Kelly Capwell Santabarbarachristmas1990.jpg
Cast on Christmas 1989
Cruz Castillo, Mack Blake, Eden Capwell, Julia Wainwright, Mason Capwell, Sasha Schmidt, Augusta Lockridge, C.C. Capwell, Kelly Capwell

Following common daytime drama practice, over the years the producers of Santa Barbara recast original characters multiple times. By the end of the series, almost every original character had been recast, excluding only Eden Capwell and Cruz Castillo, Lionel, and Augusta. Out of those four, not one stayed with the show during through the entire run. The characters of Kelly, C.C., and Santana had the highest number of recasts, four each. Some recasts proved successful, most notably Jed Allan (C.C. Capwell #4), Judith McConnell (Sophia Capwell #2) and Robin Mattson (Gina Blake DeMott #2), but many were upsetting to fans. [3]

The first notable departure was Robin Wright, to focus on her film career following the success of The Princess Bride the previous year, ending her four-year run as the original Kelly Capwell, in 1988, [24] [25] Following Wright were the departures of Todd McKee as the original Ted Capwell, Justin Deas in 1988, Lane Davies as Mason Capwell and Marcy Walker in 1991. [26] By 1992, most of the original characters had either been recast a few times or written out, and new characters arrived on the scene. Roscoe Born was cast in the dual roles of twin brothers Robert Barr and Quinn Armitage from 1989 – 1991. [27] [28] [29]

In 1990, Leonardo DiCaprio received a Best Young Actor in a Daytime Series Nomination at the 12th Youth in Film Awards for his appearance as a young Mason Capwell. After Zack Kelton's death, McCloskey returned as a new character, district attorney Ethan Asher. Steven Nichols joined the cast as psychologist Scyler Gates in September 1992. [30] [31]

Louise Sorel was written out [13] in 1991 because she did not want to have a romance with Dash Nichols, the man who had raped Augusta's sister Julia. Eden, Cruz, and most of the Lockridges had been written out while new characters played by stars from other shows such as Kim Zimmer, [30] Jack Wagner, and Sydney Penny took up most of the airtime. Nicolas Coster had returned after a 2½-year absence but his character disappeared soon after as Coster could not come to terms over the lack of storyline he had gotten after such promise when he came back. By the time Coster had resolved the issues and returned permanently, Louise Sorel was on her way out, [13] and Lionel was paired in a romance with C.C.'s former wife, Gina.

The final episode aired in January 1993. The only remaining original actor from the pilot was Margarita Cordova as the faithful Capwell housekeeper Rosa Andrade, although many of the original characters remained, including C.C., Sophia, Kelly, Mason, Ted, Warren Lockridge, Lionel, Gina, and Minx. In the finale, Sophia and C.C. Capwell moved towards a reconciliation, Kelly found love with Connor McCabe, and at Warren and BJ's wedding, unbalanced Andie Klein aimed a gun at the crowd; however, she was quickly disarmed and carried away by Connor. This was then followed by a roll-call list of the cast and crew. The final shot consisted of executive producer Paul Rauch standing in front of the camera, smashing a cigar under his shoe, and walking away.

Crew history

During the first three years of the show, the main crew of SB stayed the same, with the Dobsons taking on a double duty as both head writer and executive producer. Jeffrey Hayden served as co-executive producer during the first year, and Mary-Ellis Bunim took over after him. In 1987, after the Dobsons were abruptly fired, associate head writer Charles Pratt Jr. received head writing status and Anne Howard Bailey joined him as co-head writer until 1989, when Sheri Anderson took over that duty.

Jill Farren Phelps was hired from the beginning of the production as the Music Director. [32] [33] In 1987, she took over as executive producer until 1990 [26]  when she was replaced by John Conboy, [34] although there was a five-month transition period where both were credited. In 1990, Pratt was replaced by another associate writer, Maralyn Thoma, but her tenure was cut short when the Dobsons finally settled in court and returned to the series. Shortly before the Dobsons returned, Conboy was let go and Paul Rauch was brought on as executive producer. [30] The Dobsons left their head writing duties in 1992, when Pam Long was hired as the show's final head writer.

Executive producers

Name(s)Duration
Bridget and Jerome Dobson and Jeffrey Hayden July 30 to September 1984
Bridget and Jerome Dobson and Charles Pratt, Sr.October to November 1984
Bridget and Jerome Dobson and Mary-Ellis Bunim November 1984 to November 1986
Bridget and Jerome DobsonDecember 1986 to October 1987
Jill Farren Phelps December 1987 to March 1990
Jill Farren Phelps and John Conboy March to August 1990
John ConboyAugust 1990 to June 1991
Paul Rauch and Bridget and Jerome DobsonJune 1991 to January 15, 1993

Head writers

Name(s)Duration
Bridget and Jerome Dobson July 30, 1984, to December 1986
Anne Howard Bailey and Charles Pratt Jr. December 1986 to January 1989
Charles Pratt, Jr.January 1989 to May 1990
Sheri Anderson and Maralyn Thoma May to June 1990
Sheri Anderson, Samuel D. Ratcliffe, and Maralyn ThomaJune to July 1990
Samuel D. Ratcliffe and Maralyn ThomaJuly 1990 to February 1991
Bridget and Jerome DobsonFebruary 1991 to February 1992
Pamela K. Long February 1992 to January 15, 1993

Ratings history

NBC usually pitted Santa Barbara against General Hospital on ABC and Guiding Light on CBS, both of which enjoyed high ratings at the time in the same time slot across all markets. When NBC canceled the long-running soap Search for Tomorrow in 1986, it launched its "NBC Daytime... It Will Excite You" campaign, which promoted their three-hour block of serials starting with Days of Our Lives , followed by Another World , and ending with Santa Barbara in most markets across the U.S. However, some markets chose to air Santa Barbara in a mid-morning timeslot, taking it out of competition with other soaps.

Although Santa Barbara enjoyed considerable worldwide popularity, it never achieved the same heights in the United States. In its debut (19841985) season, it finished in 11th place and 3.4, and edged up to 10th and 4.2 the next year. By 1987, however, it did begin to generate respectable numbers: it was still in 10th place, but achieved a 4.9 rating, the highest in the history of the show. (Incidentally, the 1987–1988 television season also proved to be the best ratings performance of the 1980s for NBC's daytime soap lineup, which had been in ratings trouble since the late 1970s.)

As quickly as the ratings rose for Santa Barbara, they fell just as quickly. After recording a 4.8 rating in the 19881989 season, the serial dropped a full ratings point the next season. Many of the stations airing the show began looking elsewhere for programming and began preempting Santa Barbara in favor of other shows. Some dropped the program altogether while others moved it to either an earlier time slot, such as the open 10:00 a.m. hour that NBC gave back to the affiliates in 1991 while some stations even moved the program to late night. In September 1992, with ratings barely hovering above a 3.0, NBC decided to rework its daytime schedule. The network announced that Santa Barbara would be cancelled at the midway point of the 1992–93 season, with the final episode airing January 15, 1993. NBC would then give the 3:00 p.m. hour back to its affiliates, and in exchange for it they would take back the 12:00 p.m. hour, which they had not programmed since Generations (which aired in the 12:30 p.m. timeslot) was cancelled; NBC had already given back the 12:00 p.m. timeslot to its affiliates when Super Password ended its run in 1989. Santa Barbara saw its place on the schedule taken by two Reg Grundy Organisation-produced game shows, a revival of the company's earlier hit Scrabble and a new program based on the board game Scattergories . Shortly before the program ended, New World Television tried to shop Santa Barbara to other broadcast and cable networks, but failed to find one that would air the show.

Broadcasts outside the United States

The show's popularity in France spun off a storyline in which Eden Capwell (Marcy Walker), Cruz Castillo (A Martinez), Kelly Capwell (Carrington Garland) and Ric Castillo (Peter Love) went to Paris to search after Eden's and Cruz's child. Sabaparis1989.jpg
The show's popularity in France spun off a storyline in which Eden Capwell ( Marcy Walker ), Cruz Castillo ( A Martinez ), Kelly Capwell ( Carrington Garland ) and Ric Castillo (Peter Love) went to Paris to search after Eden's and Cruz's child.

The series enjoyed great success in France during the first seasons. It was broadcast at primetime at 7:00 p.m., attracting between 8 and 10 million viewers each evening. [38]

Reception

New York Times television critic and cultural news reporter John Corry [39] enthusiastically describes “Santa Barbara” as “good trashy fun” recapping characters, plot twists and social themes, while surmising “the dramatic possibilities here are endless.” He calls it “pretty good stuff” speculating “one wonders how Dame Judith, flicking her riding crop, is going to involve herself in what comes next” writing “It is probable that any number of viewers will tune in tomorrow to find out.” [40]

Tom Shales of The Washington Post wrote "As for whether Santa Barbara really is worse than the soaps that are doing well in the ratings, that's a tough call. On the surface, it doesn't appear to be inferior to all those other daytime offerings designed for people with too much time to kill." [41]

In its first year, a reviewer for People Weekly wrote that the Santa Barbara TV series "could be the worst show on TV—ever". [42]

Mark Dawidziak claimed in August 1984 that Santa Barbara was "a serial full of hammy acting, predictable story lines and atrocious dialogue". [43]

Awards

Daytime Emmy Award wins

Drama series and performer categories

CategoryRecipientRole(s)Year(s)
Outstanding Drama Series 1988, [44] 1989, [45] 1990 [46]
Lead Actor A Martinez Cruz Castillo 1990 [46]
Lead Actress Marcy Walker Eden Capwell 1989 [45]
Supporting Actor Justin Deas
Henry Darrow
Keith Timmons
Rafael Castillo
1988, [44] 1989 [45]
1990 [46]
Supporting Actress Nancy Lee Grahn Julia Wainwright Capwell 1989 [45]
Younger Actor Justin Gocke Brandon Capwell 1989 [45]
Guest Performer John Wesley Shipp Martin Ellis1987 [47]

Other categories

  • 1993 "Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series"
  • 1991 "Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team"
  • 1991 "Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team"
  • 1991 "Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Drama Series"
  • 1991 "Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Drama Series"
  • 1990 "Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team"
  • 1990 "Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Drama Series"
  • 1989 "Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team"
  • 1989 "Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Drama Series"
  • 1989 "Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Drama Series"
  • 1988 "Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series"
  • 1987 "Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series"
  • 1985 "Outstanding Achievement in Graphics and Title Design"

Other awards

Music

Joe Harnell composed the theme music for the show. [48] [49] Shortly afterwards, Dominic Messinger took on the position of composer and Music Director of the show. [50] [51] Music on the show was contemporary in style, with popular music themes composed and memorable original pop songs written specifically for each character and romantic couple, rather than the usual practice of soap operas of matching recorded cues to a scene. [12] [52] [53]

Starting from the first episode, the show featured “If Ever You’re in My Arms Again" by Peabo Bryson as a love theme for Joe Perkins and Kelly Capwell. [53]

As of July 1988, Soap Opera Digest reported the most-requested love themes:

Cruz and Eden and Adriana

Michael and Julia

Mason and Julia

1990-1991 Robert Barr and Kelly Capwell and Craig Hunt

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