KNOTS LANDING

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Knots Landing

Year: 1979 First Air: 1979-12-27
Overview

Set on a quiet cul-de-sac in a coastal Los Angeles suburb, Knots Landing follows a close-knit group of neighbors whose everyday friendships are tested by ambition, secrets, and shifting loyalties. What begins with domestic concerns and relationship strains steadily expands into higher-stakes troubles involving business rivalries, political pressures, and criminal entanglements. Across changing households and long-running bonds, the series explores how love, power, and reputation collide when everyone’s life is lived in full view of the street.

Synopsis

In the seaside suburb of Knots Landing, life on Seaview Circle looks comfortable from the curb, but the neighbors quickly learn how fragile that calm can be. The series centers on several interconnected families who share barbecues, babysitting, and gossip, while quietly managing private disappointments and complicated marriages. As new residents arrive and old friendships deepen, romances ignite, betrayals surface, and alliances shift in unexpected ways. Careers and business deals pull the community into corporate feuds and political maneuvering, while personal crises bring repercussions that ripple from one household to the next. Over time, the stories widen beyond domestic drama to include investigations, dangerous schemes, and moral choices that test the limits of loyalty. Through it all, Seaview Circle remains a place where neighbors become confidants, rivals, and lifelines, and where every decision can change the entire street.

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Trivia
This long-running prime-time soap follows neighbors on a Southern California cul-de-sac whose friendships are tested by secrets and shifting loyalties.
Q1: Which character from "Dallas" appeared on "Knots Landing" as the younger sister of Gary Ewing?
Answer: Valene Ewing
It highlights the show's direct connection to the "Dallas" universe and how a familiar character helped anchor the spinoff's early identity.
Q2: Which actor played Gary Ewing for most of "Knots Landing"'s run?
Answer: Ted Shackelford
Gary Ewing is one of the show's key through-lines, and the actor's long tenure helped define the series' continuity and tone.