| Alt Name: | The Survivors |
| Genre: | Soap opera |
| Creator: | 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: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 15 |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Company: | Universal Television |
| Channel: | ABC |
The Survivors is an American primetime soap opera aired by the ABC television network as part of its fall 1969 lineup.[1]
The series was based on the book of the same title written by bestselling author Harold Robbins, who was credited as a cocreator and wrote the script for the series debut.
Hollywood film star Lana Turner made her only television appearance as a regular series character on The Survivors. The show also starred Jan-Michael Vincent, Ralph Bellamy, Diana Muldaur, George Hamilton, Louis Hayward, Kevin McCarthy, Clu Gulager and Natalie Schafer.[2] However, the program was a ratings failure, losing badly to Mayberry R.F.D. and The Doris Day Show on CBS and The NBC Monday Movie on NBC. It was canceled at midseason, although it was rerun the following summer.
A made-for-TV-movie was filmed in 1971 based on the series titled The Last of the Powerseekers. Universal Television decided to re-edit two of The Survivors episodes into the TV movie.
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