• Air date: 30 Jul '84 111 episodes
      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. The serial was co-produced by NBC and Dobson Productions until February 1985, when New World Pictures joined NBC and Dobson as a production partner. The newly created partnership, New World Television, then served as the distributor for the show. Santa Barbara aired in over 40 countries around the world. The show's popularity continued to rise, and it even had fans in the White House. In 1985, when character Augusta Lockridge was blinded following a tunnel collapse, Ronald Reagan sent actress Louise Sorel a letter saying he and Nancy were praying for her and hoped she recovered. Santa Barbara has won 24 Daytime Emmy...
  • List of Episodes (111)
    • 1. SB-1

      30 Jul '84
      This great soap opera begins with a flashback to a party in honor of Channing Capwell Jr. in Santa Barbara, California in 1979. Channing and his older brother, Mason, are entertaining the guests until the butler, Phillip, gives Channing a note. Channing asks the maid, Santana Andrade, if he'll see her tonight. He then follows instructions to go to the Capwell study. When Channing enters the study, it's clear that someone was waiting behind the desk. The person points a gun and pulls the trigger.
    • 2. SB-2

      31 Jul '84
      It's obvious to Peter that Kelly is thinking about Joe Perkins. Joe gets off the bus and is reunited with his mother, Marisa, and his sister, Jade. The mysterious woman growls, ""Damn! He's back."" Joe is disappointed because his father didn't show up. Marisa is happy to have her Joey back. When Rosa Andrade gets the gun away from Santana, the gun falls to the floor. Mason Capwell puts his foot on the gun, preventing Santana from picking it up. Mason asks Santana why she brought the gun to the
    • 3. SB-3

      01 Aug '84
      Mason tells Santana that two people saw her with the gun yesterday. He reminds Santana that she had no permit to carry the gun. ""I'm here to help,"" Mason smiles. Santana doesn't trust Mason at all and decides to talk to a lawyer friend. Rosa feels betrayed by C.C. and decides to confront him. She wants to know what happened to Santana's child. C.C. claims he doesn't know and denies that he forced Santana to give up her baby. Rosa thought C.C. trusted her. After all, she started working for C.C
    • 4. SB-4

      02 Aug '84
      Someone is making a bomb. Santana is about to take a bath when she spots Mason. Naturally, Santana becomes upset and gets Mason to leave. Kelly sees Joe, and Peter notices how if affects her. He thinks something should be done about Joe. C.C. arrives with two thugs, and Joe gets thrown into the water. Thanks to a carrier pigeon, Ted receives a note from Danny and learns that Danny wants to go to Hollywood. Jade pays a visit to the restaurant Danny is working. They start to talk about
    • 5. SB-5

      03 Aug '84
      Laken has a romantic fantasy about Ted. John goes home and is shocked when he sees what happened to his house. Worried about his daughter, John wants Jade to stay with him. Jade refuses to make a choice between her parents, though. At the warehouse, the stranger informs Joe that he's the one who called the fire department tonight after the explosion. Joe reveals to the stranger, whose name is Dominic, that he found Channing dead with a guest at Channing's big party. However, the witness never
    • 6. Episode 6

      06 Aug '84
    • 7. Episode 7

      07 Aug '84
    • 8. Episode 8

      08 Aug '84
    • 9. Episode 9

      09 Aug '84
    • 10. Episode 10

      10 Aug '84
    • 11. Episode 11

      13 Aug '84
    • 12. Episode 12

      14 Aug '84
    • 13. Episode 13

      15 Aug '84
    • 14. Episode 14

      16 Aug '84
    • 15. Episode 15

      17 Aug '84
    • 16. Episode 16

      20 Aug '84
    • 17. Episode 17

      21 Aug '84
    • 18. Episode 18

      22 Aug '84
    • 19. Episode 19

      23 Aug '84
    • 20. Episode 20

      24 Aug '84
    • 21. Episode 21

      27 Aug '84
    • 22. Episode 22

      28 Aug '84
    • 23. Episode 23

      29 Aug '84
    • 24. Episode 24

      30 Aug '84
    • 25. Episode 25

      31 Aug '84