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Behind the Screen is an American late-night weekly serial which aired on CBS from October 9, 1981 to January 8, 1982. It was created by David Jacobs for CBS, which wanted to experiment with late night programming as a counterpoint to ABC and NBC's more successful efforts at that time of night. Drawing upon his experience with the prime-time serials, Behind the Screen was a dramatization of the goings-on at a fictional TV soap opera called Generations. This was not the first attempt to explore the concept of a "soap within a soap" as radio soaps had used the idea as far as back as the 1940s, and Ryan's Hope had used the idea for a story in the early 1980s.
Original Release
10/09/1981
US Release
10/09/1981
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eileen Barnett | Kay |
Janine Turner | Janie-Claire Willow |
Mel Ferrer | Evan Hammer |
Debbi Morgan | Lynette Porter |
Joanne Linville | Zina Willow |
Gloria LeRoy | Drunk Lady |
Catherine Parks | Sally Dundee |
Joshua Bryant | Gerry Holmby |
Bruce Fairbairn | Bobby Danzig |
Michael Sabatino | Brian Holmby |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Pilot | Friday, 09 October 1981 |
2 | Episode #1.2 | Friday, 16 October 1981 |
8 | Episode #1.8 | Friday, 04 December 1981 |
9 | Episode #1.9 | Friday, 11 December 1981 |
Directors
Writers
Ronnie Wenker-Konner, Sean Hunter
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eileen Barnett | Kay |
Janine Turner | Janie-Claire Willow |
Mel Ferrer | Evan Hammer |
Debbi Morgan | Lynette Porter |
Joanne Linville | Zina Willow |
Gloria LeRoy | Drunk Lady |
Catherine Parks | Sally Dundee |
Joshua Bryant | Gerry Holmby |
Bruce Fairbairn | Bobby Danzig |
Michael Sabatino | Brian Holmby |
Loyita Chapel | Dory Ranfield Holmby |
Nora Boland | Waitress |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Filerman | Executive Producer |
Sean Hunter | Executive Producer |
Cathy Abbi | Producer |