King's Crossing

*King's Crossing*
King's Crossing
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Sally Robinson
Starring	Michael Zaslow; Linda Hamilton; Mary Frann; Bradford Dillman;
Composer	Jerrold Immel
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 (3 unaired)
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	MF Productions; Lorimar Productions;
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	January 16 –; February 27, 1982

King's Crossing is an American nighttime soap opera which aired on ABC from January 16 to February 27, 1982 for seven episodes.^[1]

The show was originally conceived by Lorimar Productions as a retooling of the cancelled CBS drama Secrets of Midland Heights, however it was ended up completely unrelated from its predecessor, with only Linda Hamilton, Doran Clark, Marilyn Jones and Daniel Zippi returning as completely different characters.^[2]

Series overview[edit]

The show centered on the Hollister family, who had returned to the small town of King's Crossing, California, which they had left ten years earlier. The family consisted of Paul (Bradford Dillman), a recovering alcoholic hoping for a fresh start as an English professor at the town's college, his long-suffering wife Nan (Mary Frann), their two daughters, Carey (Jones), who becomes involved with stablehand Billy (Zippi), and Lauren (Hamilton), an aspiring pianist who falls in love with her piano teacher, symphony conductor Jonathan Hadary (Michael Zaslow).

Nan is trying re-establish a connection with her cold and distant Aunt Louisa Beauchamp (Beatrice Straight), who had never approved of Paul and resents Nan's attempts to reclaim the family home. Willa (Dorothy Meyer) is Louisa's black housekeeper, and Jillian (Clark) was Carey and Lauren's crippled and disturbed cousin who is discovered by Carey hidden away in family's attic.^[3] Louisa's attempts to hide family secrets and the true story behind Jillian's accident were not revealed before the show was canceled, however it strongly resembled the storyline involving Angela and Emma Channing on the other Lorimar production Falcon Crest, which aired at the same time on CBS.

Cast and characters[edit]

Bradford Dillman as Paul Hollister
Mary Frann as Nan Hollister
Linda Hamilton as Lauren Hollister
Doran Clark as Jillian Beauchamp
Marilyn Jones as Carey Hollister
Daniel Zippi as Billy McCall
Dorothy Meyer as Willa Bristol
and Beatrice Straight as Louisa Beauchamp

Episodes[edit]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
1	"Keepers of the Ring"	Jack Bleckner	Sally Robinson	January 16, 1982 (1982-01-16)	17.1^[4]
2	"Chapter One: Friday's Child"	Jeff Bleckner & Nick Havinga	Sally Robinson	January 23, 1982 (1982-01-23)	12.3
3	"Chapter Two: Ghosts"	Larry Elikann & Nick Havinga	Paul Schneider & Margaret Schneider	January 30, 1982 (1982-01-30)	12.9
4	"Triangle"	Paul Stanley	Rena Down	February 6, 1982 (1982-02-06)	10.2
5	"Long Ago Tomorrow"	Victor Lobl	E.L. Comici	February 13, 1982 (1982-02-13)	13.5
6	"Confusion by Cupid"	Jack Bender	Story by : Cory Applebaum Teleplay by : Mitzi Marvin	February 20, 1982 (1982-02-20)	11.4
7	"The Home Front"	Gwen Arner	Gina Goldman	February 27, 1982 (1982-02-27)	13.4
8	"Family Reunion"	Ray Austin	Robert Benedetto, Judy Merl & Paul Eric Myers	unaired	unaired
9	"Strangers"	Jack Bender	M. & M. Robinson	unaired	unaired
10	"One Afternoon"	Ray Austin	Robert Presnell & Peggi Schibi	unaired	unaired

References[edit]

^ Schemering, Christopher (1987). The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (2nd ed.). Ballantine Books. pp. 143–144. ISBN 0-345-35344-7.
^ Copeland, Mary Ann (1991). Soap Opera History. Publications International. pp. 270, 276. ISBN 0-88176-933-9.
^ Handler, David (March 18, 2001). "Family Leisure TV News: Prime time breakthrough". Pennsylvania, Indiana. The Indiana Gazette. p. 34. Retrieved March 25, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bruce B. Morris, Prime Time Network Serials: Episode Guides, Casts and Credits for 37 Continuing Television Dramas, 1964-1993, McFarland and Company, 1997.