Texas (TV series)
| Texas | |
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Series title card
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| Genre |
Soap opera Drama |
| Created by |
John William Corrington Joyce Hooper Corrington Paul Rauch |
| Written by | Pamela K. Long (head writer, 1981-1982) |
| Starring |
Beverlee McKinsey Bert Kramer Daniel Davis Carla Borelli |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 617 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Paul Rauch (1980-1981) Gail Kobe (1981-1982) |
| Producer(s) | Judy Lewis |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Procter & Gamble Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | August 4, 1980 – December 31, 1982 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Another World |
Texas is an American daytime soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980, until December 31, 1982, sponsored and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions at NBC Studios in Brooklyn, New York City. It is a spinoff of Another World, co-created by head writers John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington, and executive producer Paul Rauch of Another World. Rauch would hold the title of executive producer for the parent series and its spin-off until 1981.
The debut episode featured Iris Cory Bancroft on a plane, leaving Houston after visiting her son Dennis, who had relocated to Texas with his new love to open an art gallery. During her sojourn, she reconnected with her first love, self-made millionaire Alex Wheeler. Alex is determined not to let the past repeat itself and lose her again. He arranges the Bay City-bound jet airliner, which Iris is on, to return at Houston.
The first season of the series the stories centered around the daily lives of the wealthy Wheelers and Bellmans and the middle-class Marshalls, as well as their ranching and oil interests. The series would never achieve ratings success on NBC in the USA, due to numerous factors.
The Corringtons' initial concept was for a show set in the Antebellum South entitled Reunion, but NBC wanted something more in line with the hugely successful CBS primetime soap Dallas. which dominated the ratings. Rauch then chose to have the show revolve around the popular Another World character Iris Cory Carrington, played by Beverlee McKinsey. Iris initially set out to visit her grown son Dennis (Jim Poyner), who had relocated from Bay City to Houston. Within a matter of weeks, Iris reconnected and became romantically involved with her first love, Alex Wheeler (Bert Kramer).
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