WestHollywoodToday: THE HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM REUNITED THE 3 LADIES OF "KNOTS LANDING" CBS TV SERIES FOR ITS 40th ANNIVERSARY

Sunday, January 19, 2020

THE HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM REUNITED THE 3 LADIES OF "KNOTS LANDING" CBS TV SERIES FOR ITS 40th ANNIVERSARY

THE HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM REUNITED THE LADIES OF CBS' KNOTS LANDING:

JOAN VAN ARK * MICHELE LEE * DONNA MILLS

FOR 40th ANNIVERSARY IN A LOBBY TRIBUTE OF THEIR COSTUMES.

Photos by Karen Ostlund

President of Hollywood Museum Donelle Dadigan (dark dress) with the 3 ladies: Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee and Donna Mills from Knots Landing CBS TV show.

(January 18, 2020, Hollywood, CA) The Hollywood Museum's first Lobby tribute of 2020, reunited the three leading ladies, Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee and Donna Mills, for the 40th anniversary of "Knots Landing," unveiling costumes worn by the three series' stars.

Exhibit opens to public today on Jan 19th, 2020

“Knots Landing” was one of the quintessential prime time television soap operas, airing on CBS from December 27, 1979, to May 13, 1993. A spin-off of “Dallas,”although created prior. It was set in a suburb of Los Angeles and initially centered on the lives of four married couples living on the cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle.

By the time of its conclusion, story-lines had included rape, murder, kidnapping, assassinations, drug smuggling, corporate intrigue, and criminal investigations; and it had became one of the longest-running primetime dramas on U.S. television as was “Gunsmoke” and “Bonanza.”

“Knots Landing” was created by David Jacobs in conjunction with producer Michael Filerman.

It was a spin-off of “Dallas,” the concept predates that series, and was rebuffed by CBS.

Jacobs then created “Dallas,” which the network accepted and premiered in 1978.

After “Dallas” became a hit, Jacobs was then able to adapt “Knots Landing” as a spin-off series by way of incorporating characters introduced in the parent series.

Though not as popular in the ratings, at first, as “Dallas,” “Knots Landing” eventually outlasted it and garnered much critical acclaim. This can be attributed, in part, to more dramatic storylines and the gradual inclusion of newer characters to interact with the original cast. By the 1988-89 season, “Knots Landing” was ahead of “Dallas” in the ratings.

In 1997, much of the cast reunited for a two-part mini-series entitled “Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac.”

In 2005, they reunited again for the non-fiction special “Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again,” in which the cast reminisced about their time on the show.