The Great 'Peyton Place' - The Television Series - Premiered 59 Years Ago: 15 Sept 1964 and Ran through 2 June 1969
Fifty-nine years ago, Peyton Place premiered. It aired on ABC in half-hour episodes from September 15, 1964, to June 2, 1969. Based upon the 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious, the series was preceded by a 1957 film adaptation. A total of 514 episodes were broadcast, in black-and-white from 1964 to 1966 and in color from 1966 to 1969.
At the show's peak, ABC ran three new episodes a week. Produced by 20th Century Fox Television. A number of guest stars appeared in the series for extended periods, among them Dan Duryea, Susan Oliver, Leslie Nielsen, Gena Rowlands, and Lee Grant, who won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama for her role of tough-as-nails Stella Chernak. The series served as the springboard for such performers as Mia Farrow, Ryan O'Neal, Barbara Parkins, Chris Connelly, David Canary, Mariette Hartley, and Lana Wood.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 19, 2023 11:50 PM
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I never missed it, ignoring my high school homework (well, I did that anyway).
I looked forward to seeing "Stephen Cord."
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 19, 2023 10:47 PM
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I've never seen Peyton Place before, so I would gladly watch if a streaming service had the videos.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 19, 2023 10:47 PM
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One of the best shows ever. Loved it. At its peak, Peyton Place ran on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights for 30 minutes at 9:30. The public couldn't get enough.
Fabulous cast members, Mia Farrow, Ryan O'Neal, Chris Connelly, Barbara Parkins, Ed Nelson, Patricia Morrow, James Douglas...and Dorothy Malone as Constance MacKenzie.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 19, 2023 10:47 PM
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Always remember the opening image about the little scandalous town in New Hampshire...
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 19, 2023 10:51 PM
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They were all so beautiful. James Douglas starred in my first wet dream.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 19, 2023 10:53 PM
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What a show !!! The series had some smoking hot dicks in their prime.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 19, 2023 11:00 PM
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R4, Both the movie and TV series were filmed in Maine, mostly Camden.
I've been there several times. It is in a beautiful setting, with a real cove with a statue of Edna St. Vincent Millay overlooking it. Just a dang charming place.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 19, 2023 11:00 PM
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They put Allison in a coma because Mia Farrow wanted out of the show.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 19, 2023 11:04 PM
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Has anyone ever read the novel? It really was scandalous when first published. Hollywood could never have released a movie if the original storylines had been used.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 19, 2023 11:15 PM
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What wasn't in the movie, r9?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 19, 2023 11:18 PM
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For R10... in the novel, The book has rape as central elements. A major plot issue is where the doctor, a man of high ethical principles, risks his license to perform an abortion to protect a poor young woman from the shame of having her rape by her drunken stepfather become public knowledge. In the film, the young woman has a miscarriage instead. In the book, another young woman who gets pregnant by the playboy son of the richest man in town, a factory owner, is forced into getting an abortion by the threat of having her father fired from his job in the factory. In the film, this plot line entirely disappears to be replaced by a love story between the woman and the son.
I believe there are more differences... I'd link to the above quote, but that is really about The Hays Code which dictated what could and could not be shown in movies.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 19, 2023 11:50 PM
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