Peyton Place
Episode 461
TV Flash files “Episode 461” as a desk essential hour — Peyton Place (1964–1969) on ABC, season 5, episode 1, aired 1968-09-16, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 461 of 514 in the Peyton Place guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 1968-09-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 460” (S04E92). Next is “Episode 462” (S05E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Essential hour: “Episode 461”. Episode 461 opens the last season as serial continuation, not a reboot: prime-time soap still refusing the weekly reset.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode 461 sit in the Peyton Place guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 461 of 514 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did Peyton Place S05E01 air?
Episode 461 aired 1968-09-16 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Early serialized hours that put the MacKenzies and Harringtons in the respectable-face/secret-life boil show the twice-a-week experiment. This is soap, so later plot is weather; the launch is the innovation.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Peyton Place moved the dirty-secret small town into prime time twice a week, proving serial soap heat could live after dinner. Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal left as stars from New England façades already famous on film. It is the bridge from the 1957 Fox picture to Dallas — gossip occupying a network slot before nighttime soaps were a genre.
So about last night — except last night happened twice a week. Peyton Place moved the dirty-secret small town into prime time and proved serial soap heat could live after dinner. Paul Monash's ABC series (1964–1969), based on Grace Metalious's novel already famous as a Fox picture, ran multiple episodes weekly at peak. Dorothy Malone's Constance MacKenzie, Mia Farrow's Allison, Ryan O'Neal's Rodney Harrington, and Barbara Parkins's Betty Anderson hid affairs and class warfare behind New England façades. **Gossip…
Filed against
- Dorothy Malone as Constance MacKenzie
Dorothy Malone brought Constance MacKenzie to prime time on Peyton Place — New England façades, twice-a-week serial heat, and the dirty-secret small town that proved soap could live after dinner. Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal left as stars;…
- Mia Farrow as Allison MacKenzie
Mia Farrow’s Allison MacKenzie left Peyton Place as a star from New England façades already famous on film — 1960s prime-time soap twice a week, dirty-secret small town after dinner, the bridge from the 1957 picture toward later…
- Ryan O'Neal as Rodney Harrington
Ryan O'Neal's Rodney Harrington left Peyton Place as a star from New England façades already famous on film — dirty-secret small town in prime time twice a week, serial soap heat after dinner, Mia Farrow in the same launch. TV Flash files…
- Barbara Parkins as Betty Anderson
Barbara Parkins’s Betty Anderson carried Peyton Place into after-dinner serial heat — dirty-secret small town twice a week, Mia Farrow and Ryan O’Neal leaving as stars from New England façades already famous on film. The bridge from the…