Talk:Knots Landing

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[edit] Correction

VHS tapes were made available of the show. CBS Home Video had a subscription service for them and they were sent on a regular basis to subscribers. It covered the first few seasons. The official Knots Landing site confirms VHS tapes exist.

[edit] Help, Admin!

I was trying to change the category "Soap opera" to "Soap Opera" because I didn't like the way "Soap opera" looked, and stupid internet explorer cut off half the page. That's what I get for not taking the extra five seconds to load Mozilla. Can someone revert?

Thanks

Juppiter 15:01, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The category will not be changed to "Soap Opera". The manual of style dictates if there is a certain genre and it is not normally capitalized that way, the lower case stays. Mike H 22:03, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
Do you mean in that table? The "O" doesn't need to be capitalized. That underscore needs to go, though. Mike H 22:04, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
I know it didn't need to be changed on the table, it's just an aesthetic thing really. Thanks for using your awesome admin powers! ;-)
Juppiter 22:29, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Someone needs to correct Steve Shaw, it links to a person who is in politics, the Steve Shaw who was on Knots Landing died in a car crash in 1990. I tried to correct the article but the bot thing removed it. Thanks!

[edit] Infobox

Isn't the infobox supposed to be brief? IMO, having every actor ever to be credited on the show in there is redundant since they're already named in "Credited Cast." Juppiter 20:19, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

I do agree with you. Alec Baldwin is definetely not a major actor of Knots Landing ! Lvr 08:59, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Who Killed Ciji?

This really isn't my field of knowledge, but it seems to me there is some confusion about Ciji's murderer; in Season 4 it says Gary "was arrested for her murder, even though Val confessed to killing Ciji.". In Season 5 it says "Diana married Chip while on the run with him. Even though Chip confessed to Diana that he'd killed Ciji...". Ok, I googled and found http://www.knotslanding.net/episodeguide/season5.htm which states that "the real kiler was Chip." It also says in the Season 4 episode guide that Val did confess (presumably to protect Gary). Perhaps that could be clarified?

216.239.74.247 05:58, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Chip killed Ciji, but Val confessed because Gary was arrested and tried for the crime. juppiter bon giorno #c 19:00, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
Gary was tricked into "admitting" he killed Ciji during an alcoholic blackout. He went to trial, but it became clear he wasn't guilty. Chip had done it. Asa01 09:37, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article Length

I agree that this article is too long, but I don't want ANY of it split to subpages. Rather, I think that certain contributors should stop making even longer by adding unconfirmed and completely superfluous info. Juppiter 01:54, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

Someone restored this item, but I've taken it back out:

  • At first, Michele Lee hated the season 5 drug dependency storyline, but producers forced her to do it, earning Lee an Emmy nomination.

Season 5 was 1983-84 and Michele Lee's nomination was in 1982, so either this storyline is attributed to the wrong season or it was not what got her the nomination. TAnthony 19:46, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

  • this is true, Michele Lee was nominated for Best Actress for the 3rd season (1981-82) and so it was probably her storyline about Sid dying that got her the nomination, not the drugs one which was 2 years later. (Julie Harris was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in season 3 also). MassassiUK

[edit] Ratings

Hiya guys, I've added some ratings info to the page. To avoid confusion, please note that actual ratings (20.0, 19.5, etc) are different from the rankings (9th place, 11th place, etc) as rankings are only relevant in relation to the other shows in that particular season. Furthermore, this also dispels the myth that Knots had low ratings to start with, which was not the case. Its first season scored a 20.0 rating though it finished 30th for the year. It also scored a 20.0 rating for its sixth season, when it finished 9th for the year. It means it had the same audience numbers, but that now only 8 other shows were doing better than it because most of the competition from the year of its first season had fallen. The ratings information can be found in "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network & Cable Shows" written by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh (8th Edition) (though I'm sure you can find it on the web somewhere too if you look around). MassassiUK 01:46, Friday 22 June 2007

There seems to be a widespread myth that Donna Mills boosted the show's ratings when she was brought in, when in fact, ratings actually dropped slightly. Also, Knots did not have disappointing ratings for its first season, as stated above. It scored a 20.0 for 1979-80. Dallas scored a 25.0 for the same year. However, Knots' first season ratings were actually bigger than Dallas' first season ratings in 1978-79. MassassiUK 22.24, Sunday 8 July 2007