Season 3 • Episode 220
LatestTexas is an American daytime soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December 31, 1982. It was sponsored and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions at NBC Studios in Brooklyn, New York City. Texas is a spinoff of Another World. It was co-created by head writers John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington, and executive producer Paul Rauch of Another World. Rauch would hold the title of executive producer for the parent series and its spin-off until 1981.
Acting
Beverlee McKinsey's Iris — soap royalty slumming it gloriously.
Production
Brooklyn pretending to be Texas with sheer nerve.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Texas was NBC's attempt to clone its own Dallas success, but shot entirely in Brooklyn with fake Southern accents and maximum delusion.
The Corringtons were sci-fi writers (Omega Man, Battle for the Planet of the Apes) who somehow landed in daytime soap — explains the dramatic escalation.
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