Hawkins Falls, Population 6200
Hawkins Falls, Population 6200 is the first successful American television soap opera. Sponsored by Unilever's blue detergent, Surf, the program began as a one hour comedy-drama on June 17, 1950, and ran in prime time on the NBC network until October 12, 1950.
On April 2, 1951, the series was moved to a fifteen-minute daytime slot, where it was retitled Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel, and developed into a soap opera format. Hawkins Falls ran until July 1, 1955, making it NBC's longest running soap opera until The Doctors exceeded it in 1967.
The town of Hawkins Falls was patterned after the real-life town of Woodstock, Illinois.
Year: 1950
Country:
Studio: NBC
Director: Doug Johnson
Cast: Bernardine Flynn, Maurice Copeland, Frank Dane
Crew:
First Air Date: Jun 17, 1950
Last Air date: Jun 17, 1950
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 1 Episode
Runtime: 15 minutes
IMDb: 5.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 0.874
Language: English
Keyword : small town
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