Harold Robbins' The Survivors

Harold Robbins' The Survivors
Rossano Brazzi and Lana Turner in a scene from The Survivors
Also known as	'The Survivors'
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Richard De Roy Michael Gleason Harold Robbins
Starring	Lana Turner George Hamilton Diana Muldaur Ralph Bellamy Natalie Schafer Kevin McCarthy Jan-Michael Vincent Clu Gulager Louis Hayward
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	15
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	The Harold Robbins Company
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	22 September 1969 – 17 September 1970

The Survivors is a high-profile prime time soap opera aired by the ABC television network as part of its Fall 1969 lineup.

This program is probably most noted now for having been the only appearance as a regular series character of major Hollywood actress Lana Turner, and also starred other "big names" such as Jan-Michael Vincent, Ralph Bellamy, Diana Muldaur, George Hamilton, Clu Gulager, and Natalie Schafer. Despite their presence, and that above the title of bestselling author Harold Robbins, since the characters were from his novel of the same name, the program was a ratings fiasco, losing badly to Mayberry R.F.D. and The Doris Day Show on CBS and The NBC Monday Movie on NBC. A program as expensive to produce as this one must garner large ratings in order to be successful, so it was cancelled at midseason, although it was rerun the following summer in an attempt to recoup at least some of the investment.

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