Dark Shadows is an American Gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. A total of 1,225 actual episodes were produced, but during the course of its run the show was pre-empted 20 times. ABC would compensate for this by double numbering episodes on 16 different occasions, and triple numbering episodes on two other occasions, in order to keep a show ending in a 5 or 0 airing on Fridays. This is why the last episode produced is episode 1,245, when in actuality it was only the #1,225th episode actually produced. The table below is a complete list of all episodes. Along with production information, it also includes a list of the DVD releases in volume format.
1966 # Episode Writer Director Narrator Tape date Original airdate DVD volume 1 "1" Art Wallace Lela Swift Alexandra Moltke (as Victoria Winters) June 13, 1966 June 27, 1966 BEG1 2 "2" June 14, 1966 June 28, 1966 3 "3" June 15, 1966 June 29, 1966 4 "4" June 16, 1966 June 30, 1966 5 "5" June 17, 1966 July 1, 1966 6 "6" June 20, 1966 July 4, 1966 7 "7" June 21, 1966 July 5, 1966 8 "8" June 22, 1966 July 6, 1966 9 "9" June 23, 1966 July 7, 1966 10 "10" June 24, 1966 July 8, 1966 11 "11" June 27, 1966 July 11, 1966 12 "12" June 28, 1966 July 12, 1966 13 "13" June 29, 1966 July 13, 1966 14 "14" June 30, 1966 July 14, 1966 15 "15" July 1, 1966 July 15, 1966 16 "16" July 4, 1966 July 18, 1966 17 "17" July 5, 1966 July 19, 1966 18 "18" July 6, 1966 July 20, 1966 19 "19" July 7, 1966 July 21, 1966 20 "20" July 8, 1966 July 22, 1966 21 "21" John Sedwick July 11, 1966 July 25, 1966 22 "22" July 12, 1966 July 26, 1966 23 "23" July 13, 1966 July 27, 1966 24 "24" July 14, 1966 July 28, 1966 25 "25" Lela Swift July 15, 1966 July 29, 1966 26 "26" July 18, 1966 August 1, 1966 27 "27" July 19, 1966 August 2, 1966 28 "28" July 20, 1966 August 3, 1966 29 "29" John Sedwick July 21, 1966 August 4, 1966 30 "30" July 22, 1966 August 5, 1966 31 "31" July 25, 1966 August 8, 1966 32 "32" July 26, 1966 August 9, 1966 33 "33" July 27, 1966 August 10, 1966 34 "34" Lela Swift July 28, 1966 August 11, 1966 35 "35" July 29, 1966 August 12, 1966 36 "36" August 1, 1966 August 15, 1966 BEG2 37 "37" August 3, 1966 August 16, 1966 38 "38" August 2, 1966 August 17, 1966 39 "39" John Sedwick August 4, 1966 August 18, 1966 40 "40" August 5, 1966 August 19, 1966 41 "41" Francis Swann August 8, 1966 August 22, 1966 42 "42" August 9, 1966 August 23, 1966 43 "43" August 10, 1966 August 24, 1966 44 "44" Lela Swift August 11, 1966 August 25, 1966 45 "45" August 12, 1966 August 26, 1966 46 "46" Art Wallace August 15, 1966 August 29, 1966 47 "47" August 16, 1966 August 30, 1966 48 "48" August 17, 1966 August 31, 1966 49 "49" John Sedwick August 18, 1966 September 1, 1966 50 "50" August 19, 1966 September 2, 1966 51 "51" Francis Swann August 22, 1966 September 5, 1966 52 "52" August 23, 1966 September 6, 1966 53 "53" August 24, 1966 September 7, 1966 54 "54" Lela Swift August 25, 1966 September 8, 1966 55 "55" August 26, 1966 September 9, 1966 56 "56" Art Wallace September 5, 1966 September 12, 1966 57 "57" September 6, 1966 September 13, 1966 58 "58" September 7, 1966 September 14, 1966 59 "59" John Sedwick September 8, 1966 September 15, 1966 60 "60" September 9, 1966 September 16, 1966 61 "61" September 12, 1966 September 19, 1966 62 "62" September 13, 1966 September 20, 1966 63 "63" September 14, 1966 September 21, 1966 64 "64" September 15, 1966 September 22, 1966 65 "65" September 16, 1966 September 23, 1966 66 "66" Francis Swann Lela Swift September 19, 1966 September 26, 1966 67 "67" September 25, 1966 September 27, 1966 68 "68" September 21, 1966 September 28, 1966 69 "69" September 22, 1966 September 29, 1966 70 "70" Art Wallace September 23, 1966 September 30, 1966 71 "71" John Sedwick September 26, 1966 October 3, 1966 BEG3 72 "72" September 27, 1966 October 4, 1966 73 "73" September 28, 1966 October 5, 1966 74 "74" September 29, 1966 October 6, 1966 75 "75" September 30, 1966 October 7, 1966 76 "76" Francis Swann Lela Swift October 3, 1966 October 10, 1966 77 "77" October 4, 1966 October 11, 1966 78 "78" October 5, 1966 October 12, 1966 79 "79" October 6, 1966 October 13, 1966 80 "80" October 7, 1966 October 14, 1966 81 "81" Art Wallace John Sedwick October 9, 1966 October 17, 1966 82 "82" October 10, 1966 October 18, 1966 83 "83" October 11, 1966 October 19, 1966 84 "84" October 12, 1966 October 20, 1966 85 "85" October 13, 1966 October 21, 1966 86 "86" Francis Swann Lela Swift October 14, 1966 October 24, 1966 87 "87" October 16, 1966 October 25, 1966 88 "88" October 17, 1966 October 26, 1966 89 "89" October 18, 1966 October 27, 1966 90 "90" October 19, 1966 October 28, 1966 91 "91" John Sedwick October 20, 1966 October 31, 1966 92 "92" October 21, 1966 November 1, 1966 93 "93" October 23, 1966 November 2, 1966 94 "94" Ron Sproat October 24, 1966 November 3, 1966 95 "95" October 25, 1966 November 4, 1966 96 "96" Francis Swann Lela Swift October 26, 1966 November 7, 1966 97 "97" October 27, 1966 November 8, 1966 98 "98" Ron Sproat October 28, 1966 November 9, 1966 99 "99" October 31, 1966 November 10, 1966 100 "100" November 1, 1966 November 11, 1966 101 "101" Francis Swann John Sedwick November 2, 1966 November 14, 1966 102 "102" November 3, 1966 November 15, 1966 103 "103" November 4, 1966 November 16, 1966 104 "104" November 14, 1966 November 17, 1966 105 "105" November 15, 1966 November 18, 1966 106 "106" Lela Swift November 16, 1966 November 21, 1966 BEG4 107 "107" November 18, 1966 November 22, 1966 108 "108/109/110" Ron Sproat November 21, 1966 November 23, 1966 109 "111" John Sedwick November 22, 1966 November 28, 1966 110 "112" November 23, 1966 November 29, 1966 111 "113" Francis Swann November 25, 1966 November 30, 1966 112 "114" Ron Sproat November 24, 1966 December 1, 1966 113 "115" Malcolm Marmorstein November 28, 1966 December 2, 1966 114 "116" Ron Sproat Lela Swift November 30, 1966 December 5, 1966 115 "117" November 29, 1966 December 6, 1966 116 "118" December 1, 1966 December 7, 1966 117 "119" Malcolm Marmorstein December 2, 1966 December 8, 1966 118 "120" December 4, 1966 December 9, 1966 119 "121" December 5, 1966 December 12, 1966 120 "122" Ron Sproat December 6, 1966 December 13, 1966 121 "123" Malcolm Marmorstein John Sedwick December 8, 1966 December 14, 1966 122 "124" December 7, 1966 December 15, 1966 123 "125" Ron Sproat December 9, 1966 December 16, 1966 124 "126" Lela Swift December 12, 1966 December 19, 1966 125 "127" December 13, 1966 December 20, 1966 126 "128" Malcolm Marmorstein December 14, 1966 December 21, 1966 127 "129" Ron Sproat December 15, 1966 December 22, 1966 128 "130/131" Malcolm Marmorstein December 16, 1966 December 23, 1966 129 "132" Ron Sproat John Sedwick December 19, 1966 December 27, 1966 130 "133" Malcolm Marmorstein December 20, 1966 December 28, 1966 131 "134" December 21, 1966 December 29, 1966 132 "135" Ron Sproat December 22, 1966 December 30, 1966
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