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6.3 2 Seasons • 37 Episodes

Flamingo Road

"The lives and trials of the residents of Truro, Florida."

Flamingo Road is an American prime time 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.

Seasons

Top Cast

  • John Beck

    John Beck

    Sam Curtis

  • Woody Brown

    Woody Brown

    Skipper Weldon

  • Howard Duff

    Howard Duff

    Titus Semple

  • Morgan Fairchild

    Morgan Fairchild

    Constance Carlyle

  • Mark Harmon

    Mark Harmon

    Field Carlyle

  • Kevin McCarthy

    Kevin McCarthy

    Claude Weldon

  • Cristina Raines

    Cristina Raines

    Lane Ballou Curtis

  • Barbara Rush

    Barbara Rush

    Eudora Flowers

  • Stella Stevens

    Stella Stevens

    Lute-Mae Sanders

Overview

Flamingo Road is an American prime time 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.

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