80's Soaps Are Back

If you were a fan of KNOTS LANDING or FALCON CREST, we have great news. Free streaming app PLEX features every episode of each series.Debuting in 1979, Knots Landing ran for 14 seasons Thursday nights on CBS. It was billed as a sequel to the steamy, soapy, sensation DALLAS (although in actuality Knots was created first but wasn’t originally picked up by any of the networks, so the producers came up with Dallas and after its success Knots launched.)

Falcon Crest debuted in 1981 on CBS and ran for 9 seasons. It aired on Friday nights right after Dallas - although it was in no way affiliated with the Ewings. Following the success of cliffhanger episodes on Dallas, Falcon Crest often featured extreme cliffhangers of its own, both on a weekly basis and well as over-the-top seasonal spectaculars (so sensational they were often unintentional laughable.)

I was a devoted fan of Dallas, Knots Landing and Falcon Crest (and a somewhat wavering follower of Dynasty.) I am currently rewatching Knots from the very beginning and after only a few episodes in, I’m already feeling hooked again.

These crazy series are a great distraction from today’s real life soap opera (the one featuring the unbelievable storyline of a convicted villain becoming president… like THAT could ever really happen!)

You can download Plex on your smartphone as an app or on Roku and other smart TV’s.

[Oh and in case you were wondering, no…Dallas is not available for free streaming at this time.]