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Dark Shadows is a gothic soap opera which follows the strange happenings to the Collins family and their surrounding friends. The show features everything from Vampires,to witchs,and werewolves.It ran for 1225 eps.

Dark Shadows (1966) - 12x46 DS-1245 Screenshot
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Last Episode

12x46 DS-1245 Aired: Apr. 02, 1971

This episode was set in Parallel Time 1841, and resolved the triangle of Bramwell/Catherine/Morgan. Bramwell and Catherine survive a night in … [continue reading]

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Dark Shadows (1966) is Canceled/Ended
The show had 12 seasons and 1225 episodes air between 1966 and 1971.

Series Info

Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Jun. 27, 1966
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
30 min.
Aired:
1966 - 1971
To-Date:
12 Seasons
1225 Episodes
Network
ABC TV Network
Genre

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Series Fun Facts

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  • Since the show was canceled rather suddenly, viewers never learned Barnabas' fate. But according to one of the writers, here's what they had planned - Barnabas was going to marry his doctor,…
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    Since the show was canceled rather suddenly, viewers never learned Barnabas' fate. But according to one of the writers, here's what they had planned - Barnabas was going to marry his doctor, Julia Hoffman, and move to Asia, where she would eventually discover a cure for his vampirism.
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  • The role of Dr. Julia Hoffman was actually originally supposed to be "Julian" Hoffman, and portrayed by a man. In the first episode in which this character is mentioned (before she appeared…
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    The role of Dr. Julia Hoffman was actually originally supposed to be "Julian" Hoffman, and portrayed by a man. In the first episode in which this character is mentioned (before she appeared on-screen), Dr. Hoffman is specifically referred to as a "he" and "one of the finest men I know." Before the role was cast however, a character description was typed up and the name "Julian" became "Julia" because of a typo. Producer Dan Curtis decided to change the gender on a whim, only after he noticed the typo.
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  • For more than a year and a half the characters of "Dark Shadows" used almost every possible phrase to refer to Barnabas Collins ("He's not alive!" "He's one of the undead." "He walks at night…
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    For more than a year and a half the characters of "Dark Shadows" used almost every possible phrase to refer to Barnabas Collins ("He's not alive!" "He's one of the undead." "He walks at night but he ain't alive.") It wasn't until the 410th episode that the word "vampire" was actually used on the show.
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