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Remember this series!?

This prime-time soap opera originally aired 09/15/1964 – 06/02/1969 on ABC, inspired to run it due to the success of the English soap opera “Coronation Street”. Based on Grace Metalious’ 1956 novel of the same name, this TV show was preceded by a 1957 movie adaptation & is the birth of the American primetime soap opera. After its original run, a daytime serial revived it as “Return To Peyton Place” (04/03/1972 – 01/04/1974) & 2 TV movies followed (1977’s ‘Murder In Peyton Place’ & 1985’s ‘Peyton Place: The Next Generation’. During Season 4, this series was mentioned in a hit song, 1968’s “Harper Valley PTA”, which was written by Tom T Hall & led to a 1978 movie & 1981 TV series, both starring Barbara Eden in the title role.