Also known as 'The Survivors' Country of origin United States First episode date 22 September 1969 Number of seasons 1 | Genre Soap opera Original language(s) English Final episode date 17 September 1970 Number of episodes 15 | |
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Created by Richard De Roy
Michael Gleason
Harold Robbins Starring Lana Turner
George Hamilton
Diana Muldaur
Ralph Bellamy
Natalie Schafer
Kevin McCarthy
Jan-Michael Vincent
Clu Gulager
Louis Hayward Network American Broadcasting Company Cast Lana Turner, Kevin McCarthy, Ralph Bellamy, Jan‑Michael Vincent, Diana Muldaur Similar Charlie Hoover, Amanda's, The Legend of Jesse Ja, Bay City Blues, Deadly Intentions | ||
Abc promo harold robbins the survivors 1969
The Survivors is a high-profile prime time soap opera aired by the ABC television network as part of its Fall 1969 lineup.
This program is probably most noted now for having been the only appearance as a regular series character of major Hollywood actress Lana Turner, and also starred other "big names" such as Jan-Michael Vincent, Ralph Bellamy, Diana Muldaur, George Hamilton, Clu Gulager, and Natalie Schafer. Despite their presence, and that above the title of bestselling author Harold Robbins, since the characters were from his novel of the same name, the program was a ratings fiasco, losing badly to Mayberry R.F.D. and The Doris Day Show on CBS and The NBC Monday Movie on NBC. A program as expensive to produce as this one must garner large ratings in order to be successful, so it was cancelled at midseason, although it was rerun the following summer in an attempt to recoup at least some of the investment.