Hawkins Falls, Population 6200

Hawkins Falls, Population 6200

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Hawkins Falls, Population 6200

Overview

Hawkins Falls, Population 6200 is the first successful American television soap opera. Sponsored by Unilever's blue detergent, Surf, the program began as a one hour comedy-drama on June 17, 1950, and ran in prime time on the NBC network until October 12, 1950. On April 2, 1951, the series was moved to a fifteen-minute daytime slot, where it was retitled Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel, and developed into a soap opera format. Hawkins Falls ran until July 1, 1955, making it NBC's longest running soap opera until The Doctors exceeded it in 1967. The town of Hawkins Falls was patterned after the real-life town of Woodstock, Illinois.

Genres

SoapDrama

Production Companies

NBC

Additional Information

Original Name:Hawkins Falls, Population 6200
Status:Ended
First Air Date:1950-06-17
Last Air Date:1950-06-17
Number of Episodes1
Duration:15 min
Original Language:EN

Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

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