Harold Robbins' The Survivors#Episodes

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-survivors/cast/204719/|title=The Survivors (1969) Cast| website=TVGuide.com|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=17 September 2018}} 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.

• Lana Turner as Tracy Carlyle Hastings
• George Hamilton as Duncan Carlyle
• Kevin McCarthy as Philip Hastings
• Ralph Bellamy as Baylor Carlyle ({{Abbr|eps.|episodes}} 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

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|Title = Chapter One

|DirectedBy = Michael Ritchie

|WrittenBy = Harold Robbins

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|9|29}}

|ShortSummary = Baylor Carlyle demands the resignation of his son-in-law Philip Hastings because of embezzlement. Also stars Celeste Yarnall and Jean-Paul Vignon.

|Viewers = 14.2Bruce B. Morris, Prime Time Network Serials: Episode Guides, Casts and Credits for 37 Continuing Television Dramas, 1964-1993, McFarland and Company, 1997.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = Chapter Two

|DirectedBy = Paul Henreid

|WrittenBy = Preston Wood

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|10|6}}

|ShortSummary = Baylor learns that he only has a short time to live and decides to bring Duncan into the bank.

|Viewers = 13.9

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = Chapter Three

|DirectedBy = Frank McDonald

|WrittenBy = Arthur Weiss

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|10|13}}

|ShortSummary = Baylor grants Duncan's request for a bank loan to Miguel Santerra after meeting with the revolutionary. Also stars Larry Hovis and Jean Hale.

|Viewers = 12.3

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = Chapter Four

|DirectedBy = Paul Wendkos

|WrittenBy = Odie Hawkins & Arthur Weiss

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|10|20}}

|ShortSummary = Tracy and Antaeus meet again after a twenty-year absence. Also stars Parley Baer.

|Viewers = 13.1

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 5

|Title = Chapter Five

|DirectedBy = Ralph Levy

|WrittenBy = Steffi Barrett

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|10|27}}

|ShortSummary = Jeff leaves home to go live with his friends Tom and Sheila. Also stars Roger Garrett.

|Viewers = 12.7

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 6

|Title = Chapter Six

|DirectedBy = H. Bruce Humberstone

|WrittenBy = Steffi Barrett

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|11|10}}

|ShortSummary = Philip offers Tracy a divorce in exchange for her share of the bank when Baylor dies.

|Viewers = 9.1

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 7

|Title = Chapter Seven

|DirectedBy = Marc Daniels

|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Jo Pagano & Arthur Weiss|t= Steffi Barrett & Stuart Jerome}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|11|17}}

|ShortSummary = Philip discovers that the Carlyle Bank has financed Santerra's revolution. Also stars David Cassidy and Zalman King.

|Viewers = 8.7

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8

|Title = Chapter Eight

|DirectedBy = Anton Leader

|WrittenBy = Norman Paul

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|11|24}}

|ShortSummary = Tracy tells Jeff that Philip is not his father.

|Viewers = 9.5

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9

|Title = Chapter Nine

|DirectedBy = Lee Philips

|WrittenBy = Preston Wood

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|12|1}}

|ShortSummary = Riakos tells Senator Jennings (Clu Gulager) of the Carlyle Bank's involvement in the Santerra revolution. Also stars Burr DeBenning and Schell Rasten.

|Viewers = 14.7

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 10

|Title = Chapter Ten

|DirectedBy = Lewis Allen

|WrittenBy = D.C. Fontana & Norman Paul

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|12|8}}

|ShortSummary = Baylor is subpoenaed to testify before the Senate about his bank loan to Santerra's revolutionary group. Also stars Max Kleven, Bartlett Robinson and James B. Sikking.

|Viewers = 10.2

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 11

|Title = Chapter Eleven

|DirectedBy = Paul Henreid

|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Walter Doniger|t= Norman Katkov}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|12|15}}

|ShortSummary = Duncan finds Baylor dead. Also stars S. John Launer and George Fenneman.

|Viewers = 9.5

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 12

|Title = Chapter Twelve

|DirectedBy = unknown

|WrittenBy = unknown

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|12|22}}

|ShortSummary = Duncan tells Tracy he suspects Philip of murder.

|Viewers = unknown

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 13

|Title = Chapter Thirteen

|DirectedBy = Lewis Allen

|WrittenBy = unknown

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|12|29}}

|ShortSummary = The reading of Baylor's will is interrupted by the appearance of his widow, Eleanor (Natalie Schafer). Also stars Paul Stewart and Michael Ansara.

|Viewers = 11.6

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 14

|Title = Chapter Fourteen

|DirectedBy = unknown

|WrittenBy = unknown

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|1|5}}

|ShortSummary = Philip announces that he and Eleanor will fight Baylor's will.

|Viewers = 11.8

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 15

|Title = Chapter Fifteen

|DirectedBy = unknown

|WrittenBy = unknown

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|1|12}}

|ShortSummary = Duncan is injured in an automobile accident, and in the subsequent investigation, police find that it was no accident.

|Viewers = 11.5

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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.{{sfn|Hyatt|2003|page=193}}

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• {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ty21CgAAQBAJ&dq=was+Jan-Michael+Vincent+in+The+Last+of+the+Powerseekers.&pg=PA193|title=Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops|first=Wesley|last=Hyatt|publisher=McFarland and Company|location=New York City|year=2003|edition=1st|isbn=978-0786414208|page=193}}

Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20121103120457/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901190-1,00.html "Rescuing the Survivors"]. Time. August 1, 1969.
• {{IMDb title|tt0063954|The Survivors}}

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