Capitol
Format	soap opera
Created by	Stephen Karpf Elinor Karpf
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	1270
Production
Running time	30 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	March 26, 1982 – March 20, 1987
External links
IMDb profile

Capitol was the name of a television soap opera which aired on the daytime schedule of CBS from March 26, 1982 to March 20, 1987 for 1270 episodes. As its name suggests, the storyline usually revolved around the political intrigues of people in Washington D.C., whose lives intertwined. The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... This article is about the broadcast network. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...

The soap opera revolved around the Denning, Clegg, and McCandless families. With the success of such "glamorous" soap operas like Dallas and Dynasty, CBS ordered producer John Conboy to put the serial into production. Capitol was the first soap opera to commence production in Los Angeles since The Young and the Restless (produced, coincidentally, by Conboy in its early years) began in 1973. The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 10, 1989. ... John Conboy is an American soap opera producer. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... For other uses, see Young and Restless. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ...

The show's opening sequence during its early years was somewhat reminiscent of Dallas as well, except that, of course, it showed aerial scenes of Washington, which had been shot during the exceptionally cold and snowy winter of 1980-1981. The white monumental and governmental buildings against the snow and the leafless trees projected a stark image of power, which was presumably what all of the major characters were constantly struggling to either obtain or increase. The opening sequence for Capitol would continue to primarily showcase the sights of Washington until the final year, when a computerized sequence was instituted, illustrating glamour and sex in addition to the Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The Washington Monument at dusk For other Washington Monuments, see Washington Monuments (world). ... The Jefferson Memorial from outside The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third president of the United States. ...

Some of the cast members included Carol Alt, Rory Calhoun, Debrah Farentino, Carolyn Jones, Richard Egan, Ginger Alden, Leslie Graves and Teri Hatcher. Although the show was a modest success, CBS canceled the series in December 1986, telling Conboy that the last two months of shows would have to be taped in the span of a month; the Capitol sets were to be torn down and new soap sets put in their places. Conboy complied, albeit begrudgingly, as he and head writer James Lipton (future host of Inside the Actors Studio) wrote a cliffhanger ending for the serial: journalist Sloane Denning (Farentino) was placed in front of a firing squad in the Middle Eastern kingdom of her lover King Ali, and the audience never knew if she lived or died. Carol Alt (born December 1, 1960 in East Williston, Long Island, New York) is an American supermodel. ... Rory Calhoun (born Francis Timothy McCown Durgin on August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was born in Los Angeles, California. ... Debrah Farentino (born in Lucas Valley, California (USA), on September 30, 1959) is an American model and actress of Irish decent. ... Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1930 — August 3, 1983) was an American actress, she is best remembered for playing the role of Morticia Addams in the classic TV Series The Addams Family. ... Richard Egan Richard Egan (July 29, 1921 - July 20, 1987) was an American actor. ... Ginger Alden Ginger Alden (born November 13, 1956 in Memphis Tennessee) is an American actress/model who is best known as the former fiancee of Elvis Presley. ... Leslie Marie Graves (Actress) Leslie Marie Graves (Actress) was born on September 29, 1959 in Silver City, New Mexico. ... Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and author as well. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... James Lipton (born September 19, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American writer, poet, and dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School in New York City. ... Inside the Actors Studio is the Emmy-nominated, longest-running original series on the Bravo cable television channel, hosted by James Lipton. ... Execution by firing squad is a method of capital punishment, especially in times of war. ...

John William Corrington (1932-1988)

John William Corrington received a B.A. degree from Centenary College in 1956 and his M.A. from Rice University in 1960, the year he took on his first teaching position in the English Department at LSU. While on leave from LSU, Corrington obtained his D.Phil. in 1965 from the University of Sussex, and then, in 1966, moved to Loyola University-New Orleans as Associate Professor of English, where he also served as chair of the English Department. Corrington graduated from Tulane Law School in 1975, joined a small New Orleans personal injury law firm, Plotkin & Bradley, and spend the next three years practicing law. Centenary College is a private college affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Hackettstown, New Jersey. ... Lovett Hall William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science and Art) is a private, comprehensive research university located in Houston, Texas, USA, near the Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. ... Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or simply Louisiana State University or LSU is a public university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ... The University of Sussex (also known colloquially as Sussex Uni) is an English campus university which is situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, and is four miles from Brighton. ... Several historic and current educational institutions are named in honor of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian university headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...

Corrington gave up the practice of law in 1978, and working with his wife Joyce, they became head writers for the daytime drama, Search For Tomorrow (CBS). From 1978 to 1988, the Corrington and his wife Joyce wrote scripts for Search For Tomorrow (CBS)(1978-80)(477 episodes); Another World (1980)(NBC)(23 episodes); Texas, a series they created and wrote, 1980-82 (NBC)(147 episodes); General Hospital (1982)(ABC)(54 episodes); Capitol (1982-83)(CBS)(167 episodes); One Life To Live (1984)(ABC)(98 episodes); and finally, Superior Court, a syndicated series (1986-89)(238 episodes). Search for Tomorrow was a soap opera which started airing on Monday, September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS, its original broadcaster, on Friday, March 26, 1982, with NBC picking it up on the following Monday, March 29, 1982. ... Another World is a book by Pat Barker. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... For other uses, see General Hospital (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Capitol (disambiguation). ... One Life to Live (OLTL) is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15, 1968. ... In law, and more specifically, in the Anglo-American common law legal tradition, a superior court is a court of general jurisdiction over all, or major, civil and criminal cases. ...

Cast

• Carolyn Jones : Myrna Clegg #1 (1982-1983)
• Teri Hatcher : Angelica Stimac Clegg 1986-1987
• Marla Adams : Myrna Clegg #2 (1983)
• Marj Dusay : Myrna Clegg #3 (1983-1987)
• Robert Sampson : Samuel Clegg II #1 (1982)
• Richard Egan : Samuel Clegg II #2 (1982-1987)
• Tonja Walker : Lizbeth Bachman (1982-1986)
• Kimberly Beck : Julie Clegg #1 (1982-1983)
• Catherine Hickland : Julie Clegg McCandless #2 (1983-1987)
• Todd Curtis : Jordy Clegg
• Leslie Graves : Brenda Clegg #1 (1982-1984)
• Ashley Laurence : Brenda Clegg #2 (1984-1985)
• Karen Kelly : Brenda Clegg #3 (1985-1987)
• Constance Towers : Clarissa McCandless
• David Mason Daniels : Tyler McCandless #1 (1982-1985)
• Dane Witherspoon : Tyler McCandless #2 (1985-1986)
• Bill Beyers : Wallace « Wally » McCandless
• Brian Robert Taylor : Thomas McCandless #1 (1982-1983)
• Michael Catlin : Thomas McCandless #2 (1983-1987)
• Shea Farrell : Matt McCandless #1 (1982)
• Christopher Durham : Matt McCandless #2 (1982-1984)
• Ed Nelson : Senator Mark Denning
• John Darby (who was dating Holly Hallstrom at the time, was also on The Young and the Restless)
• Tammy Wynette : Darlene Stankowski (1986-1987)
• Billy Warlock : Ricky Driscoll (1984-1985)

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Scheduling/Ratings

When Capitol debuted in 1982, it captured 8th place in the ratings (roughly the place of the show it had replaced in CBS' daytime lineup, Search for Tomorrow). It remained in 8th place throughout its five-year run, with its best ratings points of 6.4 achieved in the 1983-84 season. Although it was consistently CBS' lowest-rated soap, its numbers reflected the general strength of the CBS daytime lineup, and also the weakness of NBC's. When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ... Search for Tomorrow was a soap opera which started airing on Monday, September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS, its original broadcaster, on Friday, March 26, 1982, with NBC picking it up on the following Monday, March 29, 1982. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ...

On June 8, 1981, CBS moved daytime television's longest-tenured soap, Search For Tomorrow, a fixture for nearly 30 years at 12:30 p.m./11:30 a.m. Central, to the 2:30/1:30 p.m. timeslot, between As the World Turns and Guiding Light, in order to accommodate the hit serial The Young and the Restless. Procter and Gamble, who owned SFT, was not happy with this action and demanded that CBS return the show to 12:30/11:30; when the network refused, P&G moved SFT to NBC on March 26, 1982. CBS replaced SFT with Capitol, scheduled against the last halves of NBC's Another World and ABC's One Life to Live, the latter of which dominated the ratings. is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Search for Tomorrow was a soap opera which started airing on Monday, September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS, its original broadcaster, on Friday, March 26, 1982, with NBC picking it up on the following Monday, March 29, 1982. ... As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera (the first being Guiding Light),[1] airing each weekday on CBS. Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956[2] at 1:30pm. ... Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light prior to 1975, GL) is an American television program credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television history. ... For other uses, see Young and Restless. ... Procter & Gamble Co. ... This article is about the television network. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the television network. ... Another World is a book by Pat Barker. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... One Life to Live (OLTL) is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15, 1968. ... When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ...

Capitol did reasonably well given OLTL's strength, but in 1985, the ratings fell slightly from a 5.8 to a 5.1, prompting some CBS affiliates to drop the show. CBS panicked and decided to cancel the show after only a five-year run. Capitol was replaced with The Bold and the Beautiful on March 26, 1987. However, CBS put B&B in the 1:30/12:30 timeslot, bumping As the World Turns to 2/1. It should be noted that B&B has never surpassed Capitol's ratings in its 20-year history. This article is about the year. ... The Bold and the Beautiful (often called B&B or less commonly, Bold) is an American television soap opera, created by Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...

Ironically enough, Search For Tomorrow's run on NBC lasted almost as long as Capitol's on CBS, with NBC cancelling the show on December 26, 1986, ending a then-record 35-year run. is the 360th day of the year (361st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...

External links

• Capitol at the Internet Movie Database