Overview - Santa Barbara

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.

Seasons

• Name: Season 1

  Episode: 110

  Date first aired: 1984-07-30

• Name: Season 2

  Episode: 253

  Date first aired: 1985-01-02

• Name: Season 3

  Episode: 254

  Date first aired: 1986-01-02

• Name: Season 4

  Episode: 242

  Date first aired: 1987-01-02

• Name: Season 5

  Episode: 256

  Date first aired: 1988-01-04

• Name: Season 6

  Episode: 251

  Date first aired: 1989-01-03

• Name: Season 7

  Episode: 255

  Date first aired: 1990-01-02

• Name: Season 8

  Episode: 250

  Date first aired: 1991-01-02

• Name: Season 9

  Episode: 256

  Date first aired: 1992-01-02