Return to Peyton Place (TV series)

Return to Peyton Place
Original cast of Return to Peyton Place Front row: Ben Andrews, Ron Russell, Pat Morrow, Larry Casey, Julie Parrish, Warren Stevens, Kathy Glass, John Levin, Bettye Ackerman, Evelyn Scott, Guy Stockwell Back row: Stacy Harris, Frank Ferguson, Joe Gallison, Mary K. Wells
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	425 + 1 primetime special
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	20th Century Fox Television FMC Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	April 3, 1972 (1972-04-03) – January 4, 1974 (1974-01-04)
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Return to Peyton Place is an American daytime serial that aired on NBC from April 3, 1972 to January 4, 1974.^[1] The series was a spin-off of the prime time drama series Peyton Place, and not an adaptation of the 1959 novel by Grace Metalious or the 1961 film of the same name.

While the show continued storylines from Peyton Place, nearly all characters were recast with new actors, with the exception of Frank Ferguson, Evelyn Scott and Patricia Morrow, who reprised their roles as Eli Carson, Ada Jacks and Rita Jacks Harrington respectively.

Selena Cross, who was a major character in the original novel and films Peyton Place and Return to Peyton Place, was added to the show halfway through its first year. She was not included in the original primetime series as her storyline (where she was raped by her stepfather) was considered too risqué for television at the time.