Falcon Crest
Main title card
Format	Soap opera
Created by	Earl Hamner
Starring	Jane Wyman Lorenzo Lamas David Selby Susan Sullivan Robert Foxworth Ana Alicia William R. Moses Margaret Ladd Abby Dalton Chao-Li Chi
Theme music composer	Bill Conti
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	227 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	December 4, 1981 – May 17, 1990
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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The series centers around the feuding factions of the wealthy Channing/Gioberti family in the Californian wine industry. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley (modeled after the Napa Valley) just north of San Francisco. Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Napa County is in north-central California Napa Valley is most famous for its wine. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

The Uncorking

The show was created by Earl Hamner, noted for his work on The Waltons which had just finished its last season in 1980-1981. Hamner wanted to create a family drama involving the wine industry, but CBS requested he make the show more sensational, along the lines of Dallas. They then scheduled Falcon Crest at 10PM, right after the top-rated Dallas. The Dallas-Falcon Crest one-two punch proved lucrative for CBS and Falcon Crest was a Top 20 show in the Nielsens for several years: ranking 13th in the 1981-1982 season, 8th in the 1982-1983 season, 7th in the 1983-1984 season, and 10th in the 1984-1985 season. Despite its success, Falcon Crest usually lost about three to five million viewers from the previous hour and was never as dependable a draw as Dallas had proven itself to be. Falcon Crest's heraldic theme was composed by Bill Conti, who also composed the themes to Dynasty, The Colbys and Cagney & Lacey. Earl Hamner Jr. ... For other uses, see The Waltons (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Wine (disambiguation). ... The Southfork Ranch, home of the Ewing family The original cast of Dallas. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 10, 1989. ... The Colbys (originally titled Dynasty II: The Colbys) was a primetime television soap opera which aired from November 1985 to March 1987. ... Cagney & Lacey was an American television series that aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from 1982 to 1988, best known as American TVs first serious drama series with two female leads. ...

The musicians who made an important mark on Falcon Crest did so in years 3 through 5, and 6 and 7. Dana Kaproff wrote the music for most of the season three through five episodes, and Mark Snow of The X-Files fame, wrote some of the best incidental music for the sixth and seventh seasons, bringing a personal touch to the series by writing a basic motif for each character or plot of those two classic outings.

The show revolved around Angela Channing (played by Academy Award-winning actress Jane Wyman), a despotic matriarch and corrupt woman who ruled with an iron fist over the Falcon Crest vineyards. Angela's honorable nephew Chase Gioberti (Robert Foxworth) was new to the area and had just inherited a portion of the Falcon Crest vineyards and winery from his father, Angela's brother Jason Gioberti (who died after a fall in the winery during the premiere episode). The rivalry between the established professional and the newcomer, who were tied together as blood relatives, set the tone for much of the series. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Jane Wyman (January 5, 1917[1]– September 10, 2007) was an Oscar, Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American actress. ... A common vineyard. ... Main title caption from Falcon Crest. ...

Angela's heir was her lazy playboy grandson, Lance Cumson (Lorenzo Lamas), who loved money and yearned for power but lacked Angela's discipline and determination, which was proven after she persuaded him to work in the vineyards. Her ever-tightening grip on him, eventauul sent him to work for his grandfather's newspaper, The San Francisco Globe. Eventually realizing that she would not gain control over Chase's land anytime soon, Angela hoped to enlarge her empire by forcing Lance into an arranged marriage with winery heiress Melissa Agretti (Ana Alicia); who was herself a selfish schemer and would cause trouble for many residents of Tuscany Valley. Other major characters introduced in the first season were Angela's daughters, Julia (Abby Dalton), who was chief winemaker and Lance's mother, and the emotionally troubled Emma (Margaret Ladd), who became friends with both Maggie and Victoria. Chase's family included Chase's sympathetic wife Maggie (Susan Sullivan), who would eventually work as a freelance writer. Chase and Maggie's grown-up son Cole (William R. Moses) fell in love with Melissa, who later rejected him due to Lance's determination to have her for himself, and daughter Vickie (Jamie Rose, later replaced by Dana Sparks) was an open-minded college girl. But none could truly rival Angela until the conniving Richard Channing (David Selby) arrived in the show's second season. Originally a powerful newspaper editor, Richard later got into the wine business and made several attempts to wrest control of Falcon Crest from both Angela and Chase. Richard was the love child of Angela's late husband Douglas, after his affair with Chase's mother Jacqueline, and Angela therefore despised him. Lorenzo Lamas (born Lorenzo Lamas y de Santos Lamas on January 20, 1958 in Santa Monica, California) is an American television and film actor, primarily on soap operas, movies and television. ... Ana Alicia (born Ana Alicia Ortiz) is a Mexican-born actress, best known for her role as scheming heiress Melissa Agretti, on the long-running primetime soap opera Falcon Crest. ... Abby Dalton is an American actress born Marlene Wasden on August 15, 1932, or 1935 born in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Main title caption from Falcon Crest. ... Bold text Susan Michaelin Sullivan (born November 18, 1942 in New York City) is an American actress, most known for her role as Maggie Gioberti Channing on the 1980s night-time soap opera, Falcon Crest. ... Billy R. Moses (sometimes also credited as William R. Moses) is an American actor, probably best known for playing Cole Gioberti in the prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest from 1981 to 1987. ... Main title caption from Falcon Crest. ... Dana Sparks (born 1 August 1961 in California) is an American television actress. ... David Selby (born February 5, 1941 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American character actor, best known for playing Quentin Collins from 1968-1971 on the ABC-TV cult serial Dark Shadows, and as Jane Wymans evil and compassionate TV son, Richard Channing, on the long-running, primetime CBS...

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Special guest stars

Jacqueline Perrault - Lana Turner.

Chase's flamboyant mother and an enemy of Angela (Seasons 1-2)

Dr. Michael Ranson - Cliff Robertson.

Chase's cousin who works as a surgeon at the region's hospital. He later marries Terry Hartford (Season 3)

Francesca Gioberti - Gina Lollobrigida.

Angela's Italian half-sister who visits Tuscany Valley with a claim to a share of Falcon Crest (Season 4)

Cassandra Wilder - Anne Archer.

Cool businesswoman who makes her presence felt at Falcon Crest. Daughter of Anna Rossini, and mother of Michael Channing (Seasons 4-5)

Anna Rossini - Celeste Holm.

A widow with a score to settle with Angela (Seasons 4-5)

Jordan Roberts - Morgan Fairchild.

A glamorous attorney who works for Richard Channing (Season 5)

Kit Marlowe - Kim Novak.

A shady lady who causes mayhem when she arrives in Tuscany Valley, posing as Peter Stavros' stepdaughter, Skylar Kimball. (Season 6)

Roland Saunders - Robert Stack.

Mafioso-type criminal who briefly romances Angela and is out to kill Kit Marlowe (Season 6)

Vince Karlotti - Marjoe Gortner.

Psychic medium who has Emma Channing under his spell (Season 6)

Nicole Sauget - Leslie Caron.

Wealthy woman and old friend of Chase's (Season 7)

Liz McDowell - Lauren Hutton.

Businesswoman who has dealings with Richard Channing (Season 7)

Carlton Travis - Eddie Albert.

Villain whose business with Richard Channing turns deadly (Season 7)

Madame Malec - Ursula Andress.

Exotic woman whom Richard Channing deals with in his efforts to rescue Vickie Gioberti Stavros from a white slave ring (Season 7)

Lillian Nash - Eve Arden.

(Season 7)

Samantha Ross - Ana Alicia.

Doppelganger for Melissa Agretti who becomes involved in the schemes of both Angela and Richard (Season 8)

Anne Bowen - Susan Blakely.

Danny Sharpe's mother, and an old flame of both Richard Channing and Michael Sharpe (Season 9)

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Other recurring cast

Gus Nunouz - Nick Ramus.

Foreman at vineyard and a friend to Chase (Season 1)

Douglas Channing - Stephen Elliott.

Angela's ex-husband and father of Richard, Julia and Emma (Season 1)

Tony Cumson - John Saxon (Seasons 1, 6-7), Robert Loggia (Season 2).

Julia's ex-husband and Lance's father

Father Bob - Bob Curtis.

Catholic priest and Angela's friend, involved with several major characters throughout the series

Carlo Agretti - Carlos Romero.

Melissa's wealthy father, and owner of the Agretti vineyards (Seasons 1-2)

Mario Nunouz - Mario Marcelino.

Gus Nunouz's son, romantically involved with Vickie Gioberti (Seasons 1-2)

Alicia Nunouz - Silvana Gallardo.

Wife of Gus Nunouz, and mother of Mario (Seasons 1-2)

Nick Hogan - Roy Thinnes.

Vickie Gioberti's first husband. (Season 2-3)

Diana Hunter - Shannon Tweed.

Personal assistant to Richard Channing who is secretly involved in the mysterious Cartel organisation (Season 2)

Darryl Clayton - Bradford Dillman.

Film producer who works with Maggie Gioberti on a script as part of a plot by Angela (Season 2)

Katherine Demery - Joanna Cassidy.

Woman who becomes romantically involved with Cole Gioberti (Season 2)

Sheila Hogan - Katherine Justice.

Ex-wife of Nick Hogan (Seasons 2-3)

Linda Caproni Gioberti - Mary Kate McGeehan.

Cole Gioberti's first wife (Seasons 2-4)

Vince Caproni - Harry Basch.

Linda's father (Seasons 2-4)

Joel McCarthy - Parker Stevenson.

Terry Hartford's unsavoury ex-husband (Season 4)

Lorraine Prescott - Kate Vernon.

Stepdaughter of Richard Channing and love interest for Lance (Season 4)

Charlotte Pershing - Jane Greer.

Maggie's biological mother who gave her up for adoption at birth (Season 4)

Connie Giannini - Carla Borelli.

Woman with whom Chase Gioberti has a brief affair (Seasons 4-5)

Damon Ross - Jonathan Frakes.

Brother of Cassandra Wilder, and son of Anna Rossini (Seasons 4-5)

Robin Agretti - Barbara Howard.

Melissa's cousin, who becomes pregnant with Cole's child as part of a surrogate pregnancy arrangement (Seasons 4-5)

Apollonia - Apollonia Kotero.

Budding pop star and love interest for Lance (Season 5)

Dwayne Cooley - Daniel Greene.

Dashing truck driver who falls for Emma Channing (Season 5)

Jeff Wainwright - Edward Albert.

Press agent for a book written by Maggie Gioberti, whose interest in Maggie takes on a disturbing edge (Seasons 5-6)

Li-Ying Chi - Rosalind Chao.

Chao-Li's daughter (Season 5)

Erin Jones - Jill Jacobson.

Mysterious woman who works for Richard Channing (Seasons 5-6)

Meredith Braxton - Jane Badler.

Erin Jones' sister, and later assistant to Richard Channing (Season 6)

Guy Stafford - Jeff Kober.

Hired killer involved with Kit Marlowe (Season 6)

Francine Hope - Melba Moore.

Woman who tries to help Maggie Gioberti trace her baby (Season 6)

Gabrielle Short - Cindy Morgan.

Love interest for Chase (Seasons 6-7)

Dina Wells - Robin Greer.

Love interest for Lance (Seasons 6-7)

Garth - Carl Held.

Personal assistant to Richard (Seasons 6-8)

John Remick - Ed Marinaro.

Vietnam veteran and an old friend of Chase's (Season 7)

Carly Fixx - Mariska Hargitay.

Dan Fixx's sister (Seasons 7-8)

Ben Agretti - Brandon Douglas.

Son of Nick Agretti and Anna Cellini (Season 8)

Cesar Ortega - Castulo Guerra.

Pilar Ortega's father who works on the vineyards (Season 8)

Tommy Ortega - Dan Ferro.

Pilar Ortega's brother (Season 8)

Gabriel Ortega - Danny Nucci.

Pilar Ortega's younger brother (Season 8)

Anna Cellini - Assumpta Serna.

Love interest of Nick Agretti (Season 8)

Charley St. James - Mark Lindsay Chapman.

Sleazy villain who manipulates his way into Emma's affections and tries to kill Angela to gain control of Falcon Crest (Season 9)

Ian St. James - David Hunt.

Charley St. James' equally villainous brother (Season 9)

Sydney St. James - Carla Gugino.

Young wife of Ian St. James (Season 9)

Danny Sharpe - David Sheinkopf.

Headstrong young man who believes that Michael Sharpe is his father (Season 9)

Walker Daniels - Robert Ginty.

Lauren Daniels' husband (Season 9)

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Angela's Victorian mansion (built by her grandfather, Joseph "Giuseppe" Gioberti) is in real-life known as Spring Mountain Vineyards, a winery and tourist attraction in the Napa Valley. Spring Mountain Vineyard is a 225 acre vineyard consisting of 135 different vineyard blocks scattered over the 845 acre estate in Californias Napa Valley. ...

Four endings were filmed for the "Climax" cliffhanger, the last episode of the second season in which the murderer of Carlo Agretti was revealed. Richard, Lance, Julia and Diana Hunter were all filmed being exposed as the killer. Four characters were slated to be potential bodies in the coffin shown in the last scene of the episode: Vickie Gioberti, Melissa Cumson, Diana Hunter or Jacqueline Perrault.

Chase almost died by Julia's bullet; actor Robert Foxworth was disappointed the show was becoming more sensationalised along the lines of Dallas and Dynasty, and began to make grumblings about leaving.^{[citation needed]} Writers were going to have him the third victim of Julia when producers were able to convince Foxworth to stay by promising him the chance to direct a number of episodes of Falcon Crest.^{[citation needed]} Though he stayed on for another four seasons, Foxworth eventually did leave the show in 1987, feeling that his character was becoming repetitive.

According to rumor, Jane Wyman had a running feud with Robert Foxworth, to the point where they measured each other's dressing room trailers just to make sure they were equal in size.^{[citation needed]} When Foxworth became a director for the show, Wyman demanded CBS add a clause to her contract also allowing her to be a director. Although she ultimately never directed any episodes, Wyman was pleased that she had the same designation as Foxworth.^{[citation needed]} Wyman had had a long-running feud with fellow movie star legend Lana Turner which dated back to their Hollywood years.^{[citation needed]} The two legendary actresses quickly refused to speak to each other and the producers had to film their confrontational scenes separately and then splice them together; Turner was written out of the show soon after.^{[citation needed]} A few years after she appeared on the program, Turner noted that she believed Wyman was negative in demeanor due to the fact that her ex-husband, Ronald Reagan, was elected President during the 1980s, something that Turner believed Wyman could not reconcile within herself.^{[citation needed]} Mel Ferrer, Celeste Holm and Simon MacCorkindale also stated that Wyman drove them off the show.^{[citation needed]}Sophia Loren was set to star in the role of Francesca Gioberti, Angela's secret half-sister who comes to the valley to threaten Angela's control of Falcon Crest.^{[citation needed]} Loren was to play thirteen episodes, and producers promised a fabulous wardrobe and a dynamic character that would rival Dynasty's Alexis.^{[citation needed]} At the last minute, negotiations with Loren went sour and the deal fell through.^{[citation needed]} Gina Lollobrigida was recast in the role, but only signed on for four episodes. Interestingly, Loren was also Aaron Spelling's first choice for the role of "Alexis Carrington" in Dynasty, but was passed over as she was requesting too much money, thus allowing the role to go to Joan Collins. Lana Turner (February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an Academy award-nominated American film actress. ... Reagan redirects here. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Sophia Loren (born September 20, 1934) is a motion picture and stage, Academy Award-winning actress, widely considered to be the most popular Italian actress. ... Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 10, 1989. ... Aaron Spelling (April 22, 1923 – June 23, 2006) was an American film and television producer. ...

Availability

Falcon Crest has not yet been officially released on DVD. The rights to the series are held by Warner Bros. (successor-in-interest to the original production company Lorimar). WB has now made selected episodes of the series available for viewing on AOL's free-on-demand Internet service in2tv. “WB” redirects here. ... Lorimar Productions was a American television production company, active from 1968-1993. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... In2TV is a joint-service offered by AOL and Warner Bros. ...

Up until Wednesday July 18th 2007, the Irish TV network RTÉ ran seasons 1-4 of the series, but it was untimely dropped however due to 'unsatisfactory' ratings.

In Sweden, Falcon Crest runs on Kanal 9 (seasons 1-9).

See also

• List of Falcon Crest episodes

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References

External links

• Falcon Crest at the Internet Movie Database
• Falcon Crest Fan Club (English/German language)
• Falcon Crest Fan Fiction (English language)
• Falcon Crest - Free Full Episodes on In2TV