Flamingo Road (TV series)
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Robert Wilder (Novel) |
| Developed by | Rita Lakin |
| Starring |
John Beck Woody Brown Peter Donat Howard Duff Morgan Fairchild Mark Harmon Kevin McCarthy Cristina Raines Barbara Rush Stella Stevens |
| Theme music composer | Gerald Fried |
| Opening theme | "Flamingo Road" |
| Composer(s) | Gerald Fried (1.1, 1.2, 1.8) Elliot Kaplan (1.14, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.18) Charles Albertine (2.13, 2.19, 2.21) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 38 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Michael Filerman Lee Rich |
| Producer(s) | Gareth Davies Edward S. Feldman Rita Lakin Kathleen Shelley |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Michael Filerman Productions Lorimar Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | May 12, 1980 – May 4, 1982 |
Flamingo Road is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on NBC. It was first seen as a TV movie on May 12, 1980, and as a series on January 6, 1981, after a rebroadcast of the pilot on December 30, 1980. The show is based on the 1949 movie starring Joan Crawford, which is, in turn, based on the novel by Robert Wilder. Flamingo Road was created to compete against CBS's Dallas and Knots Landing, nighttime dramas that were inspired by the daily afternoon soap operas that had been a staple of TV for years.
The character of Constance Weldon ranked at #16 on E!'s list of The 50 Most Wicked Women in Primetime.
The series took place in the fictional town of Truro, Florida, which was situated on the inside of a corner of the panhandle. Action revolved around the various characters of the show, most of whom had ties to the very wealthy Weldon family, who resided on ritzy Flamingo Road: Claude, who gained his fortune through the paper industry; Eudora, his naive wife; Constance, their believed to be adopted daughter, and Skipper, their son who was in his early 20s. Fielding Carlyle was Constance's husband, whilst Lane Ballou was his frequent mistress. Lane worked for bar owner Lute-Mae Sanders, Constance's biological mother (Claude was her biological father, but no one knew it). At Lute-Mae's Lane became good friends with Sam Curtis, a construction magnate, whom she later married. Other important members in the cast were Titus Semple, the ruthless sheriff, and Elmo Tyson, editor of the Truro Clarion and Eudora's high school sweetheart.
Though the show was initially popular, it soon succumbed to being scheduled against ABC's hit romance/mystery Hart to Hart. NBC pulled the plug on the show in Spring 1982, though reruns aired in the timeslot until mid summer of that year. Several of its stars went on to become famous for other works, including Morgan Fairchild, Mark Harmon, John Beck, and Woody Brown. Others were already relatively known when the series debuted, such as Howard Duff, Stella Stevens, Cristina Raines, and Barbara Rush.
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