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Original cast. Front row on stairs, from left: Larry Casey, Julie Parrish, Warren Stevens,
Kathy Glass, John Levin, Bettye Ackerman.
Back row on stairs, from left: Stacy Harris, Frank Ferguson, Joe Gallison, Mary K. Wells.
Standing right: Evelyn Scott and Guy Stockwell.
Standing left: Ben Andrews, Ron Russell, and Pat Morrow

Return to Peyton Place

Original channel

NBC

Original run

April 3, 1972 – January 4, 1974

Return to Peyton Place is an American daytime soap opera which aired on NBC from April 3, 1972 to January 4, 1974. The series was a spin-off of the primetime drama series Peyton Place rather than an adaptation of the 1959 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious.

The storylines from the daytime show were a continuation of those from the primetime series. Both James Lipton and Gail Kobe worked as writers on the series during its run. Frank Ferguson (as Eli Carson), Evelyn Scott (Ada Jacks), and Patricia Morrow (Rita Jacks Harrington) reprised their roles from the earlier series.

Selena Cross, a major character in the original novel and the films both it and its sequel inspired, had not been included in the primetime TV series because her storyline was considered too risque at the time. She was a featured character in the daytime soap.