Santa Barbara (TV series)
| Santa Barbara | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Bridget and Jerome Dobson |
| Starring | Series cast |
| Theme music composer | Joe Harnell |
| Country of origin | United States of America |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 2,137 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | See here |
| Production locations | NBC Studios Burbank, California |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Dobson Productions New World Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | July 30, 1984 – January 15, 1993 |
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from July 30, 1984, to 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.
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.
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. Santa Barbara aired in over 40 countries around the world. It became the longest-running television series in Russia, airing there from 1992 to 2002. 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.