Knots Landing

Airing On Cbs For Fourteen Seasons (1979ndash;93), Knots Landing Was A Spinoff Of The Popular Drama Dallas, But Ultimately Ran Longer And Took A Very Different Tone On Domestic, Social, And Economic Issues Than Its Predecssor. In The First Full-length Scholarly Study Of Knots Landing, Nick Salvato Situates The Series In Its Economic And Industrial Contexts, Addresses Its Surprisingly Progressive Relationship To The American Politics Of Its Period, Offers Close Formal Interpretations Of Noteworthy Episodes, And Unpacks The Pleasures Of The Programrsquo;s Sensuous Surfaces. While It Has Been Largely Overlooked In Studies Of 1980s Television, Knots Landing Nonetheless Beat More Masculine Fare Like Hill Street Blues And L.a.