Storylines Texas (TV series)

1 storylines

1.1 premiere , first season
1.2 corringtons development
1.3 special guests
1.4 1981 revamp
1.5 hitopah
1.6 final episodes

storylines
premiere , first season

the debut episode featured iris cory bancroft on plane, leaving houston after visiting son dennis, had relocated texas new love open art gallery. during sojourn, reconnected first love, self-made millionaire alex wheeler. alex determined not let past repeat , lose again. arranges bay city-bound jet airliner, iris on, return houston.

the first season of series stories centered around daily lives of wealthy wheelers , bellmans , middle-class marshalls, ranching , oil interests. series never achieve ratings success on nbc in usa, due numerous factors.

the corringtons development

the corringtons initial concept show set in antebellum south entitled reunion, nbc wanted more in line hugely successful cbs primetime soap dallas. dominating ratings. rauch chose have show revolve around popular world character iris cory carrington, played beverlee mckinsey. iris set out visit grown son dennis (jim poyner), had relocated bay city houston. within matter of weeks, iris reconnected , became romantically involved first love, alex wheeler (bert kramer).

a slew of characters debuted on world in months prior august 1980, in hope when moved on texas, have made sufficient enough impact viewers watch texas too.

special guests

musical artists featured on texas focus , contribute of characters storyline, such brother , sister elena , rikki dekker both venturing musical careers, although short lived. serials in 1980s had notable musical artists appearing on respective show of characters playing rising musical artists, , texas no exception, character of randy hamilton (rikki dekker) gave rendition of luther ingram s r&b hit, (if loving wrong) don t want right , , notable country music singers of 1970s , 1980s such johnny paycheck, tom t. hall , ray stevens made appearances @ venues, @ coop, on series.

in addition, politicians made appearances, such oklahoma governor george nigh , wife donna. appeared in walk-on roles (playing governor , first lady of oklahoma) during show s first month on air; cast member lisby larson (paige marshall) serenaded couple rendition of oklahoma! . also, while never appeared on actual series, texas lieutenant governor william p. hobby, jr. took tour of program s brooklyn studio, , praised show s realistic visual feel.

the 1981 revamp

in november 1981, mckinsey left show , secondary characters seen in first year given more story. texas lost 1 million viewers upon mckinsey s departure. while world, lost million viewers upon 1980 departure, afford drop in ratings, texas not, , days numbered. try appeal younger audience, show rechristened texas: new generation.

in daytime ratings 1980-1981 season, texas achieved 3.8, tied doctors @ 12th position. time slot contenders guiding light had 8.2 rating, 4th position in ratings, opposed 11.4 rating general hospital, top-rated serial 1980-1981 season. in second season, series fell 3.6 rating. @ end of broadcast season ended 2.7 rating, in 12th position out of 14 daytime serials. according a.c. neilsen, total viewers first 2 seasons @ 2.8 million, followed drop 2.2 million in final season.

simultaneously, texas aired on ctv in canada @ 3:00 pm est slot following world, had aired on ctv since 1970s. series immensely popular in canada, topping bbm daytime ratings charts many weeks. beverlee mckinsey vacationed in province of nova scotia during tenure on both shows, according numerous soap opera sources. after nbc moved texas 11:00 (est) in april 1982, ctv opted not follow suit, , continued airing texas @ original timeslot of 3:00 pm (est). in addition, canadian viewers either lived near border , had access nbc terrestrial affiliates or cable tv subscription had option of viewing series mornings or afternoons, respectively.

hitopah

a popular storyline @ end of 1981 called hitopah involved numerous characters in adventurous settings , intriguing circumstances locate sutars rock, nonetheless offered comic relief provided friends ruby , lurleen. hitopah ancient indian artifact called fire compass covered runes , ruby s boyfriend beau baker opened. opening of fire compass released toxic gas turned beau instantly mummy. then, following comedic hijinks lurleen , ruby attempting rid of body , make sense of situation, gretchen tried part of fire compass them, leading chase find secret underground chambers in hitopah (which contain huge quantity of petroleum), towards fire compass supposed guide owner.

final episodes

the last episodes featured christmas miracle (snow fell in houston long s character ashley , unborn baby, had been presumed dead after flash flood, returned home loving husband justin) , new year s series finale local tv station bought out , major characters fired. doctors aired last episode on day. final scene bittersweet final toast, texas! .

nbc replaced time slot game shows , reruns of 1970s prime time shows. ctv in canada replaced hour abc s general hospital.