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Santa Barbara(TV show/series, 1984-1993)

1h per episode | Genre: Soap / Telenovela

Scripted Reality in 10 seasons with 2,137 episodes

Santa BarbaraRating: 2.4/5 (with 17 votes)
Santa Barbara was an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from July 30, 1984, to 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. The serial was produced by Dobson Productions and New World Television, which also served as distributor for the show in international markets. Santa Barbara was the first series for New World Television. Santa Barbara aired in the United States at 3:00 PM Eastern (2:00 PM Central) on NBC in the same time slot as General Hospital on ABC and Guiding Light on CBS and right after Another World. Santa Barbara aired in over 40 countries around the world. It became the longest-running television series in Russia, airing there from 1992 to 2002. Santa Barbara won 24 Daytime Emmy Awards and was nominated 30 times for the same award. The show also won 18 Soap Opera Digest Awards and various other awards. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Santa Barbara

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series

About Santa Barbara

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.

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Santa Barbara Seasons and Episodes

01/04/1993Season 10 - 10 episodes
#1 | 01/04/1993Episode 2128
Kelly accuses Ken of poisoning Sophia. Rafe pleads his case to Lily. Gina, trying to save the situation, gives Lily advice on how to save the situation. Sophia is taken to the hospital. Mason and Julia also leave the ceremony to watch Gracie giving birth, but they find out she's only faking it. Lily decides to go through with the wedding. Ken is arrested.
#2 | 01/05/1993Episode 2129
B.J. continues being troubled by her past, and she enters a fight with Warren while writing about their experiences. B.J. runs into Rafe and they talk about their problems. Sawyer joins them and encourages B.J. to fight her past.
#3 | 01/06/1993Episode 2130
Lionel and Gina surprise Lily and Ted on their honeymoon. Gina gives Lily sex advice for their first night, and then gives her sexy underwear. Lily finds this all repulsive. Rafe comes to Lisa's hospital room and the truth finally comes out in the open. Lisa admits that Rich helped her fake the pregnancy so she'd hurt Lily. Rafe promises to stay by her side and says that she is still his wife, but when Lisa confesses that they were married by a fake priest, Rafe goes away hurt.
#4 | 01/07/1993Episode 2131
Sophia's condition is getting better. Ken is locked up for suspicion of murder. He tries to blame Andi, while Andi seeks help from Reese, but he won't help her. Jodie sees a shirtless Reese and Andi together and makes a wrong assumption. She immediately goes home and makes love to Micah. Gina wants to go home immediately, but Lionel arranges the taxi to be late so they'd stay. After a few laughs, Gina decides to go along Lionel's plan.
#5 | 01/08/1993Episode 2132
Gracie is scared of the fact that she'd have to give away her child and never see it again. Mason and Julia are making the new house plans, and they enter a discussion of how to make the baby room.
#6 | 01/11/1993Episode 2133
Reese brings Andi to jail for an interrogation. Ken wants McCabe to give him a chance to talk with Andi. Andi poisons the tea and goes to talk to Ken. Reese runs away. Andi gives Ken the tea and while talking about the fact that Andi poisoned Sophia, Ken drinks the tea. Ken wants to tell the truth, but he falls on the floor before he can. Andi waits for him to die, and then screams for help.
#7 | 01/12/1993Episode 2134
Rafe decides to separate from Lisa definitive, and then sends a letter to Lily asking her to run away with him. Lily meets with Rafe for the last time. Ted is happy that Lily decided to stay. Julia and Mason decide not to adopt Gracie's baby. Warren proposes to B.J. again. **Last appearance of Robert Fontaine, Jr. (Rafe Castillo)
#8 | 01/13/1993Episode 2135
When Andi starts talking about Switzerland, Reese tells Andi he doesn't want to start a relationship with her. Ken's autopsy shows that he has died on apoplexy, and Micah tells McCabe that the kind of drug can be found in Switzerland. Reese and McCabe find Andi's apartment trashed. While waiting for Micah, Jodie is visited by Andi. **Last appearance of Nina Arvesen (Angela Raymond)
#9 | 01/14/1993Episode 2136
B.J. and Warren inform the others about their wedding ceremony. Andi talks to Jodie while Micah is away, and while Jodie talks to her husband over the phone, Andi poisons her food. Gina realizes that Lionel is way too good for her and decides to end whatever they had. B.J. has a nightmare.
#10 | 01/15/1993Episode 2137
C.C. and Sophia talk about their past, and they realize that no matter whatever happens, something is always stopping them from being happy. They kiss. Julia comforts Gracie and promises that her baby will have a great future and the only thing it needs is love. Then Gracie goes into labor. Jodie and Reese talk on the beach, and he promises to always fight for her. They start walking, and finally embrace each other again. Julia takes a pregnancy test and learns she is pregnant. B.J. and Warren's wedding ceremony starts and everyone reunites. Andi appears during the ceremony with a rifle, threatening to destroy the wedding.
01/02/1992Season 9 - 256 episodes
01/02/1991Season 8 - 250 episodes
01/02/1990Season 7 - 255 episodes
01/03/1989Season 6 - 251 episodes
01/04/1988Season 5 - 256 episodes
01/02/1987Season 4 - 242 episodes
01/02/1986Season 3 - 254 episodes
01/02/1985Season 2 - 253 episodes
07/30/1984Season 1 - 110 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Santa Barbara
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 8 languages: Bosnian (BS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), French (FR), Georgian (KA), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 07/30/1984
Last episode released on: 01/15/1993
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Σάντα Μπάρμπαρα"

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