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Rituals | |
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Genre | Soap opera |
Based on | Rituals by Charlene Keel |
Developed by | Gene Palumbo Clifford Champion Joyce Corrington John William Corrington |
Written by | Gene Palumbo Ray Goldstone |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 260 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Frank Konigsberg Larry Sanitsky Executive consultant: Ken Corday |
Producer | Jørn Winther |
Production locations | Metromedia Square, Hollywood Elon College, Elon, North Carolina (on-location campus shoots) |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production companies | Metromedia Inc. Telepictures Productions |
Original release | |
Network | First-run syndication |
Release | September 10, 1984 – September 6, 1985 |
Rituals is an American soap opera that aired in first-run syndication from September 10, 1984, to September 6, 1985. [1] Developed by Gene Palumbo, Clifford Champion, Joyce Corrington and John William Corrington, it was loosely based on a novel of the same name by Charlene Keel. Distributed by Telepictures, 260 25-minute episodes were produced over its single-season run.
The show took place in the fictional Virginia town of Wingfield. [2] The community was the home of Wingfield Mills and Chapin Industries, the town's leading employers. Also located in Wingfield was a boarding school for girls called Haddon Hall. The story focused on the Chapin, Gallagher and Robertson families and the people who were connected with them either socially or professionally.
The story began with the death of Chapin family matriarch Katherine, and while everyone mourned her, her long-absent daughter, Taylor, stepped off a helicopter holding a racehorse's victory wreath. Katherine's will was read, setting off a round of battles and squabbles over the will.
Much of the focus of the show was set at Haddon Hall, which was run by president Carter Robertson, who didn't much like the Chapin family. Even when he was discovered to be Patrick Chapin's illegitimate son, he didn't change his views on the family. He was married to Christina Robertson, whose sister, Sara, was married to sleazy Eddie Gallagher, a working-class man, who was shot and killed in self-defense by his daughter, Haddon Hall student Noel, for years of physical and sexual abuse. (This was the result of an on-air contest to discover the victim, the killer, and the motive.)
The series ended its syndicated run in 1985.
The series later aired in France from 1989 to 1990 under the name La Ligne de Chance and Brazil from 1989 to 1990 under the name Rituais da Vida (Rituals of Life). [ citation needed ]
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