Falcon Crest

SoapDrama1981NR227 episodes9 seasonsScripted

Tagline: Sour Grapes.

First aired: 1981-12-04

Synopsis

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.

Creators

Earl Hamner, Jr.

Casting

  • Kristian Alfonso
    Pilar Ortega
  • Andrea Thompson
    Genele Ericson
  • Lorenzo Lamas
    Lance Cumson
  • David Selby
    Richard Channing
  • Gregory Harrison
    Michael Sharpe
  • Jane Wyman
    Angela Channing
  • Wendy Phillips
    Lauren Sharpe
  • Chao Li Chi
    Chao-Li