

Santa Barbara
Soap
Overview
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolves around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California. Other prominent families featured on the soap were the rival Lockridge family, and the more modest Andrade and Perkins families.
Santa Barbara aired in over 40 countries around the world and is best remembered for its witty dialogue and sometimes tongue-in-cheek situations that often seemed like an affectionate parody of the genre. The show won 24 Daytime Emmy Awards and 18 Soap Opera Digest Awards among various other awards.
Status:
Ended
First Air Date:
1984-07-30
Runtime:
1h 0m
Director:
Unknown
Writer:
Frank Salisbury, Charles Pratt, Jr., Lynda Myles, Anne Howard Bailey, Gary Tomlin, Courtney Simon, Patrick Mulcahey, Linda Hamner
Top Cast

Jed Allan
C.C. Capwell

Robin Mattson
Gina Capwell

Nancy Lee Grahn
Julia Wainwright

Nicolas Coster
Lionel Lockridge

Judith McConnell
Sophia Capwell

Gordon Thomson
Mason Capwell

Jack Wagner
Warren Lockridge

Eileen Davidson
Kelly Capwell

Michael Brainard
Ted Capwell

Paula Irvine
Lily Blake

Nina Arvesen
Angela Cassidy

Sydney Penny
B.J. Walker
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