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<mainpage-leftcolumn-start /> <!-- Headingbox --> {{MainContent}} <!------------A Legacy Spanning 50 Years;------------> <div style="border:1px solid #111111; padding:3px; margin-top:10px; -moz-border-radius:0.4em; "> {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; table-layout: fixed" ! class="nounderlinelink" style="background-color: #344152; font-size: 1.2em; text-align: left; padding: 0px" |{{Rt|#222222|#222222}}A Legacy Spanning 50 Years{{Rb|#222222|#222222}} |- | style="font-size: 1.0em" |'''Dark Shadows''', the first gothic soap opera, originally aired weekdays on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The series was created by [[Dan Curtis]] and became hugely popular with the introduction of [[vampire]] [[Barnabas Collins]], played by [[Jonathan Frid]]. During its run of 1,225 episodes, it featured nearly every major gothic, horror and fantasy plot element and theme including [[ghosts]], [[werewolves]], [[zombies]], [[Adam|man-made monsters]], [[witches]], [[warlock|warlocks]], [[Eric Lang|grave robbings]], [[curse|curses]], [[possession]], [[Seance|seances]], [[reincarnation]], [[Leviathan|satanic cults]], [[Time Travel|time travel]] and a [[parallel time|parallel universe]]. Although the [[Dark Shadows (1966)|original series]] ran for only five years, its scheduling as a daily daytime drama allowed it to amass more single episodes than most other science-fiction/fantasy genre series produced for English-language television. Now regarded as something of a classic, it continues to enjoy an intense cult following. The series has also spawned three feature length [[movies|films]], a [[Dark Shadows (1991)|1991 revival series]] and a range of [[novels]], [[comics]] and [[Big Finish Audio Dramas|audio dramas]]. Most notably, in 2012, director and long time fan of the show, [[Tim Burton]] released a [[Dark Shadows (2012)|film adaption]] starring [[Johnny Depp]] as [[Barnabas Collins (2012)|Barnabas Collins]]. |} </div> <!------------Characters------------> <div style="border:1px solid #111111; padding:3px; margin-top:10px; -moz-border-radius:0.4em; "> {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; table-layout: fixed" ! class="nounderlinelink" style="background-color: #344152; font-size: 1.2em; text-align: left; padding: 0px" |{{Rt|#222222|#222222}}Characters{{Rb|#222222|#222222}} |- |{{Random Char}} |} </div> <!------------News------------> <div style="border:1px solid #111111; padding:3px; margin-top:10px; -moz-border-radius:0.4em; "> {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; table-layout: fixed" ! class="nounderlinelink" style="background-color: #344152; font-size: 1.2em; text-align: left; padding: 0px" |{{Rt|#222222|#222222}}News{{Rb|#222222|#222222}} |- |[[File:0116.jpg|right|180px|link=The Collinsport Star]][[File:Barnabas1795portrait.jpg|right|180px|link=Secret]]<rss>http://www.collinsporthistoricalsociety.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss|charset=UTF-8|short|date|max=15</rss> |} </div> <!------------Current Poll------------> <div style="border:1px solid #111111; padding:3px; margin-top:10px; -moz-border-radius:0.4em; "> {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; table-layout: fixed" ! class="nounderlinelink" style="background-color: #344152; font-size: 1.2em; text-align: left; padding: 0px" |{{Rt|#222222|#222222}}Current Poll{{Rb|#222222|#222222}} |- |{{Current Poll}} |} </div> <mainpage-endcolumn /> <mainpage-rightcolumn-start /> {{Featured images}} <div style="font-size:90%;"> {| style="width: 100%" | class="MainPageBG" style="width: 60%; border: 1px solid #000; background-color: #222222; vertical-align: top; " | {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; table-layout: fixed;" <!------------Quotes------------> ! class="nounderlinelink" style="background-color: #344152; font-size: 1.1em; text-align: left; padding: 0px;" |{{Rt|#222222|#222222}}Random Quote{{Rb|#222222|#222222}} |- | style="font-size: 0.9em" | {{Random Quote}} |} |} </div> <!------------On This Day------------> {{OTD}} {| style="width: 100%" | class="MainPageBG" style="width: 60%; border: 1px solid #000; background-color: #222222; vertical-align: top; " | {| width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5" style="vertical-align:top; repeat scroll 0 0 transparent; table-layout: fixed" <!------------User Blogs------------> ! class="nounderlinelink" style="background-color: #344152; font-size: 1.1em; text-align: left; padding: 0px" |{{Rt|#222222|#222222}}User Blogs{{Rb|#222222|#222222}} |- | style="font-size: 0.9em" | <bloglist count="4" summary="true" summarylength="200" type="bloglist" timestamp="true" order="date"> <title></title> </bloglist> |} <!------------Forums------------> |- | style="font-size: 0.9em" |<wikiaforum /> |} <mainpage-endcolumn /> <br style="clear:both;"> {{w:VampireWikis}} __NOTOC__ <!-- This removes the table of contents --> __NOEDITSECTION__ <!-- This removes the section edit links --> [[de:]] [[Category:Dark Shadows episodes]] [[Category:Dark Shadows (2012)]]
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