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Falcon Crest

★ 6.2 5K votes 1981–1990 9 seasons · 228 episodes Ended CBS
Soap & telenovelaHeightened, continuing melodrama.This show: 9/10Elites & privilegeThe rich and powerful, glamorous or rotten.This show: 8/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 8/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jane WymanLorenzo LamasChao Li ChiDavid SelbySusan SullivanMargaret Ladd
Written by
Earl Hamner Jr.
Starring
Jane WymanLorenzo LamasChao Li ChiDavid SelbySusan SullivanMargaret Ladd
Written by
Earl Hamner Jr.
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
0306090120

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"Wine-country wealth as a blood sport"

Set in California's wine country, Falcon Crest follows the Channing family and their ruthless matriarch as she battles relatives and rivals for control of the family vineyard empire. It's classic early-80s primetime soap territory: lavish estates, business betrayals, affairs, and long-simmering grudges playing out over glasses of expensive Cabernet. The pace is soapy and episodic rather than tightly plotted, built for weekly appointment viewing rather than binge-watching. What carries it is the central performance of its scheming lead and the sheer pleasure of watching wealthy people behave terribly to each other in beautiful surroundings.

Watch it for

the deliciously ruthless matriarch running her vineyard empire like a war room.

Maybe skip if

you need tight plotting rather than sprawling, soapy family melodrama stretched over years.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 11981
7.31K1915h 19m
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Season 21982
7.21K2222h
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Season 31983
7.72K2828h
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Season 41984
7.61K3030h
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Season 51985
7.41K2929h
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Season 61986
7.71K2828h
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Season 71987
7.41K2828h
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Season 81988
7.09132222h
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Season 91989
5.69672222h

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jane Wyman Angela Channing, Angie Channing
Lorenzo Lamas Lance Cumson
Chao Li Chi Chao-Li Chi, Lee Fong
David Selby Richard Channing
Susan Sullivan Maggie Gioberti, Maggie Channing
Margaret Ladd Emma Channing
Ana Alicia Melissa Agretti Cumson, Melissa Gioberti, Melissa Agretti
Robert Foxworth Chase Gioberti
William R. Moses Cole Gioberti, Cole Gioberti (photo)
Abby Dalton Julia Cumson, Dorcas Cumson, Julia Cumson (deleted scene)

Crew

Earl Hamner Jr.

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