3.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Harold Robbins' The Survivors (1969)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 3.8
Overview
The Survivors is a high-profile prime time soap opera aired by the ABC television network as part of its Fall 1969 lineup. This program is probably most noted now for having been the only appearance as a regular series character of major Hollywood actress Lana Turner, and also starred other "big names" such as Jan-Michael Vincent, Ralph Bellamy, Diana Muldaur, George Hamilton, Clu Gulager, and Natalie Schafer. Despite their presence, and that above the title of bestselling author Harold Robbins, since the characters were from his novel of the same name, the program was a ratings fiasco, losing badly to Mayberry R.F.D. and The Doris Day Show on CBS and The NBC Monday Movie on NBC. A program as expensive to produce as this one must garner large ratings in order to be successful, so it was cancelled at midseason, although it was rerun the following summer in an attempt to recoup at least some of the investment.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
The Survivors is a high-profile prime time soap opera aired by the ABC television network as part of its Fall 1969 lineup. This program is probably most noted now for having been the only appearance as a regular series character of major Hollywood actress Lana Turner, and also starred other "big names" such as Jan-Michael Vincent, Ralph Bellamy, Diana Muldaur, George Hamilton, Clu Gulager, and Natalie Schafer. Despite their presence, and that above the title of bestselling author Harold Robbins, since the characters were from his novel of the same name, the program was a ratings fiasco, losing badly to Mayberry R.F.D. and The Doris Day Show on CBS and The NBC Monday Movie on NBC. A program as expensive to produce as this one must garner large ratings in order to be successful, so it was cancelled at midseason, although it was rerun the following summer in an attempt to recoup at least some of the investment.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores the dramatic and psychological consequences of individual moral failings and power struggles within a wealthy family, rather than explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or offering a systemic critique or solution.
The movie features a cast predominantly composed of white European and American actors, reflecting traditional casting practices of its era without explicit race or gender swaps. The narrative does not appear to critically portray traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Based on the 1964 novel by Harold Robbins, the 1969 TV show "The Survivors" adapted its core characters without altering their established genders. No instances of gender swaps from the source material to the screen adaptation were identified.
Research into the source novel and the 1969 television series reveals no instances where a character, canonically or historically established as one race, was portrayed by an actor of a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.6
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