Hawkins Falls, Population 6200

Jun 17, 1950 (en) Soap, Drama [15] Min
  • First Air Date
    Jun 17, 1950
  • Production
    NBC
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    Hawkins Falls, Population 6200
  • Release
    Jun 17, 1950
  • en
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Bernardine Flynn

    Lona Corey

  2. Maurice Copeland

    Dr. Floyd Corey

  3. Frank Dane

    Knap Drewer

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 3 / Crews : 0

Season 1 ( 1950-06-17)

Episode 1

Episode: 1
Jun 17, 1950 (en)
Soap, Drama
[15] Min
  • First Air Date Jun 17, 1950
  • Production
    NBC
  • Rotten tomato 50%
Original Title Hawkins Falls, Population 6200
en

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer