「ペイトンプレイス物語」の版間の差分

[[Image:Peytonplace.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The opening title of ''Peyton Place'' during "the color years."]]

 

 

 

Paul Monash, one of the people who adapted ''Peyton Place'' for television, hated the term ''soap opera'' and instead wished that the show be called a ''television novel''.

 

それぞれのエピソードは、 would begin with shots of the town as well as shots of the leading players. When the show was in black-and-white, the announcer would intone to the sound of church bells, "This is the continuing story of ''Peyton Place''." In 1966, the announcer altered his message to fit the new color standard, informing the audience to the change: "In color, the continuing story of ''Peyton Place''."

 

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Rodney was distracted when he found his father Leslie ([[Paul Langton]]) in a passionate embrace with his secretary Julie Anderson ([[Kasey Rogers]]), the mother of Rodney's girlfriend Betty ([[Barbara Parkins]]). Rodney started anew with Allison as soon as he made it clear to Betty that he couldn't date her anymore. Betty was confused and hurt as Rodney did not tell her why he was dumping her. He would take her back rather quickly, marrying her to spite his father in an [[October]] [[1964]] episode.

 

 

 

 

Allison's presence was still felt heavily in storylines as she continued to be mentioned in dialogue. First, a mysterious woman named Rachel Welles ([[Leigh Taylor-Young]], who later married and divorced O'Neal), arrived with Allison's bracelet; then in [[1968]], Jill Smith ([[Joyce Jillson]], whose later claim to fame was as an astrologer) came to town claiming she was raising Allison's baby, although in these pre-DNA times the child's parentage was never proven. (Jill later married Joe Rossi, Michael's younger brother). The plot device of Allison's disappearance, unresolved during the actual series, was concluded without Mia Farrow ever appearing again, and in two different ways, in a couple of sequels that contradicted each other: 'Murder in Peyton Place' (1978) and 'Peyton Place: The Next Generation' (1985).

Another major character added in later seasons was town patriarch Martin Peyton ([[George Macready]]), who was only referred to when the show began. (In an odd case of history repeating itself, Macready was sidelined by illness for a brief period and temporarily replaced by [[Wilfrid Hyde-White]].) There was also a long run of excellent performances by [[Ruth Warrick]] as Peyton's long-standing and secretive housekeeper, Hannah Cord.

 

 

 

 

When the show premiered in 1964, ''Peyton Place'' aired twice a week. Both installments of the show were Top 20 hits in the [[Nielsen ratings]] and this inspired ABC to air the show three times a week starting in the fall of [[1965]]. Many television historians now consider this move to be overkill. The season ratings for ''Peyton Place'' never rose into the Top 30 shows again and the serial's production was dropped down to two episodes a week, accordingly. In 1969, with the show losing viewers with each episode, ''Peyton Place'' was only aired in one installment a week until the final episode was shown in June.

 

The show was one of the first seen on network television to talk about sex and infidelity in a frank manner. As such, ABC brass would only allow the show to be aired at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time, an hour in which many kids and teenagers were to be in bed. With the show in a ratings slump in 1968, the show was moved to 8:30 p.m. in order to get the viewers they had once shunned.

 

 

* ''Peyton Place''の成功は inspired rival network [[CBS]] to spin the character of [[Lisa Grimaldi|Lisa Miller Hughes]] from ''[[As the World Turns]]'' off into her own prime time drama, ''[[Our Private World]]'', in [[1965]], adopting the same twice-weekly format as ''Peyton Place'' had at the time. The show was neither a critical nor ratings success, however, and Lisa returned to ''As the World Turns'' the following year.

* Allison McKenzie was [[Mia Farrow]]'s first major role. It was claimed the vulnerability she experienced as a [[polio]] patient in her childhood contributed greatly to her performance.

* Originally, Betty Anderson was scheduled to be killed in a car accident early in the first season, but viewer reaction to the character was so strongly positive that the writers decided to alter the plot, thus guaranteeing actress Parkins a long and lucrative run in the series.