16 Facts About Knots Landing

1.

Knots Landing was created by David Jacobs in conjunction with producer Michael Filerman .

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2.

Knots Landing's headed to Tennessee to find her mother, Lilimae Clements, but Lilimae turned her away.

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3.

Knots Landing is officially spun off from Dallas in the third-season episode "Return Engagements".

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4.

Knots Landing is eventually arrested but not before he and Diana are married, which strains her relationship with Karen who becomes so stressed that she becomes addicted to prescription painkillers.

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5.

Knots Landing soon starts a romance with Cathy, who has moved into the cul-de-sac with Laura and her children.

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6.

Knots Landing's assumes the identity of Verna Ellers and works as a waitress.

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7.

Laura leaves Knots Landing to die elsewhere, thus leaving Greg with their infant child, a daughter named Meg.

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8.

Mary Robeson arrives in Knots Landing and tells Valene she is Laura's biological mother and therefore Meg's real grandmother.

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9.

Between seasons 1 and 4 of Knots Landing, there were nine episodes where Dallas characters appeared, played by their respective actors.

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10.

Knots Landing was created by David Jacobs, whose original concept was a show based on "family issues and examining relationships at the middle class level".

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11.

Knots Landing's did make a guest appearance in the first-season episode "Home is for Healing".

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12.

Actors on Knots Landing had more input than actors on other 1980s primetime soaps.

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13.

Knots Landing had five completely different styles of opening credits over its 14 years.

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14.

Reruns of Knots Landing were first packaged into syndication for off-network broadcast in local markets by Lorimar in 1985.

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15.

Knots Landing later appeared on the cable channel TNT in September 1992 and ran through May 1993; as with the syndicated run, only the first 160 episodes were broadcast.

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16.

Knots Landing has not been seen in United States syndication since SOAPnet quit broadcasting it in 2005.

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