Harold Robbins' The Survivors

The Survivors is an American primetime soap opera aired by the ABC television network as part of its fall 1969 lineup.

Series overview
The series was based on the book of the same title written by bestselling author Harold Robbins, who was credited as a cocreator and wrote the script for the series debut.

Hollywood film star Lana Turner made her only television appearance as a regular series character on The Survivors. The show also starred Jan-Michael Vincent, Ralph Bellamy, Diana Muldaur, George Hamilton, Louis Hayward, Kevin McCarthy, Clu Gulager and Natalie Schafer. However, the program was a ratings failure, losing badly to Mayberry R.F.D. and The Doris Day Show on CBS and The NBC Monday Movie on NBC. It was canceled at midseason, although it was rerun the following summer.

Cast and characters

 * Lana Turner as Tracy Carlyle Hastings
 * George Hamilton as Duncan Carlyle
 * Kevin McCarthy as Philip Hastings
 * Ralph Bellamy as Baylor Carlyle (eps. 1–11)
 * Rossano Brazzi as Antaeus Riakos
 * Louis Hayward as Jonathan Carlyle
 * Diana Muldaur as Belle Wheeler
 * Louise Sorel as Jean Vale
 * Jan-Michael Vincent as Jeffrey Hastings
 * Kathy Cannon as Sheila Riley
 * Robert Viharo as Miguel Santerra
 * Robert Lipton as Tom Steinberg
 * Donna Bacalla as Marguerita
 * Pamela Tiffin as Rosemary Price
 * Michael Bell as Corbett
 * Clu Gulager as Senator Mark Jennings

Television film
A made-for-TV-movie was filmed in 1971 based on the series titled The Last of the Powerseekers. Universal Television decided to re-edit two of The Survivors episodes into the TV movie.