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Capitol
1982–1987 · 5 seasons, 260 episodes · ended
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Seasons and episodes Capitol
Season 1
1982 · 200 episodes
1. The Beginning30 min
All of Washington is abuzz with the big news of the day: Air Force Captain Tyler McCandless, hero of the recent incident in the Persian Gulf, is on his way home! Following his landing at Andrews Air Force Base, a reception, hosted by family friend Senator Mark Denning, will be held in his honor. The next day, TV reporter Sloane Denning confides to her father that she envisions herself as First Lady some day – with either Tyler McCandless or Congressman Trey Clegg as President! Mark is visibly upset at the mention of Trey – the Cleggs defrauded the McCandless family of its wealth and good name! But Sloane decides to meet Trey anyway. Hopefully, she can glean some details about his future political plans. At Potomac University Campus, Wally McCandless is beaten up by two thugs who demand that he pay up the $9000 he owes them – gambling money. Wally manages to escape, and runs into Julie Clegg. He asks her out to dinner, but she refuses. Tyler's coming home today and she must be at the re
Season summaries5 seasons, 260 episodes
Season 1
1982 · 200 episodes
Season 2
1983 · 53 episodes
Season 3
1984 · 1 episode
Season 4
1985 · 5 episodes
Season 6
1987 · 1 episode
Episodes run about 30 min. Last episode: March 20, 1987
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What is it about? Capitol
Capitol is an American soap opera which aired on CBS from March 29, 1982 to March 20, 1987 for 1,270 episodes. As its name suggests, the storyline usually revolves around the political intrigues of people whose lives intertwined in Washington, D.C.
Genres: war & politics, soap. Themes: washington dc, usa, politics.
Cast and crew Capitol
AllCreators
- Created bySteven Karpf
- Created byElinor Karpf
- NetworkCBS
Full cast40 cast members across all seasons
Cast:
- Dane Witherspoon · 260 ep.
- Marla Adams · 260 ep.
- Tonja Walker · 260 ep.
- Carolyn Jones · 260 ep.
- Kimberly Beck · 260 ep.
- Constance Towers · 260 ep.
- Teri Hatcher · Angelica Stimac Clegg · 260 ep.
- Leslie Graves · 260 ep.
- Catherine Hickland · 260 ep.
- Ed Nelson · 260 ep.
- James Lipton · 260 ep.
- Marj Dusay · 260 ep.
- Julie Adams · 260 ep.
- Debrah Farentino · 260 ep.
- Richard Egan · 260 ep.
- Rory Calhoun · 260 ep.
- Lawrence Leritz · Mario's Waiter · 260 ep.
- Lana Wood · 260 ep.
- Tawny Kitaen · 260 ep.
- Jess Walton · 260 ep.
- Billy Warlock · 260 ep.
- Ron Harper · 260 ep.
- Janis Paige · 260 ep.
- Julie Parrish · 260 ep.
- Grant Aleksander · 260 ep.
- Michael Evans · 260 ep.
- Shea Farrell · 260 ep.
- Carol Alt · Carol Greshner · 260 ep.
- Tammy Wynette · 260 ep.
- Ashley Laurence · 260 ep.
- Lara Parker · 260 ep.
- Rosie Malek-Yonan · 260 ep.
- Rodney Saulsberry · 260 ep.
- Kelly Preston · Gillian McCandless · 260 ep.
- Grant Goodeve · 260 ep.
- Darlene Conley · 260 ep.
- Kimberlin Brown · 260 ep.
- Paul Brinegar · 260 ep.
- Paul Mantee · 260 ep.
- Christine Kellogg · Leanne Foster · 1 ep.
Crew:
- John Conboy · Producer
- James Lipton · Writer
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Details Capitol

- First episode
- March 26, 1982
- Last episode
- March 20, 1987
- Status
- ended
- Network
- CBS
- Original language
- English
Frequently asked questions
How many seasons does Capitol have?
5 seasons, 260 episodes. The last episode aired March 20, 1987.
Who’s in Capitol?
Dane Witherspoon, Marla Adams, Tonja Walker, Carolyn Jones, Kimberly Beck, Constance Towers, Teri Hatcher, Leslie Graves, Catherine Hickland, and Ed Nelson. Created by Steven Karpf and Elinor Karpf.
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