Peyton Place (TV series)

Peyton Place was America's first long-running nighttime soap opera.

Show History

It aired 514 half-hour episodes on ABC from September 1964 until June 1969, and was produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The show aired in black-and-white from 1964 to 1966 and in color from 1966 to 1969. It was the only nighttime series ever to run continuously without reruns. It also boasted one of the largest casts in television series history - at one point, over one hundred "regular" characters figured prominently in the various story lines.

Related Topics:
ABC - September - 1964 - June - 1969 - 20th Century Fox Television - 1966

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Paul Monash, one of the people who adapted Peyton Place for television, hated the term soap opera, and instead wished that the show be called a television novel.

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