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10 Soap Opera Retailers Who'd Get Our Black Friday Business!

By Jamey Giddens on November 23, 2012
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No. 7: Scruples, Scruples

The year 1980 saw the premiere of Scruples, the soapy miniseries adaptation of Judith Krantz's runaway best-selling novel about Wilhemina Winthrop/Billy Ikehorn (Lindsay Wagner), the poor relation of a wealthy family who builds her own luxurious department store empire. The three-part, 90-minute installments of Scruples proved to be a smash hit for CBS.

A pilot for a Scruples reboot, produced by movie star Natalie Portman, was ordered by ABC in 2012. While there's been no word on if we'll ever see it on television, we'd definitely stand in a line around a Rodeo Drive corner to get back into Scruples.



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Submitted by Evangeline Vega on November 23, 2012 - 11:32pm
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Enjoyed the list Jamey! You seriously come up with the most creative top 10's. Only wish I could have watched some of the shows but wasn't born then.

Submitted by GaryJr on November 26, 2012 - 2:36pm
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I'm stunned Jamey! No "Gina's Jeans" or "Mrs. Capwell's Cookies" (Santa Barbara)!? HAHAHA!

Submitted by Jamey Giddens on November 26, 2012 - 6:49pm
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I'm stunned Jamey! No "Gina's Jeans" or "Mrs. Capwell's Cookies" (Santa Barbara)!? HAHAHA!
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LOL I have to make a decided effort to think of list items from other soaps than SB and AW. I am sure many readers have started a drinking game!

Submitted by Greeneb2 on November 26, 2012 - 9:14pm
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I Really Enjoyed Berrenger's--Sigh!

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Submitted by GaryJr on November 27, 2012 - 12:52pm
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I'm stunned Jamey! No "Gina's Jeans" or "Mrs. Capwell's Cookies" (Santa Barbara)!? HAHAHA!
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LOL I have to make a decided effort to think of list items from other soaps than SB and AW. I am sure many readers have started a drinking game!

You mean you don't write this column just for me. LOL. It's okay, you'll always be my Santa Barbara brother from another mother.

Submitted by GaryJr on November 27, 2012 - 12:53pm
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I'm stunned Jamey! No "Gina's Jeans" or "Mrs. Capwell's Cookies" (Santa Barbara)!? HAHAHA!
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LOL I have to make a decided effort to think of list items from other soaps than SB and AW. I am sure many readers have started a drinking game!

You mean you don't write this column just for me. LOL. It's okay, you'll always be my Santa Barbara brother from another mother.

Submitted by Flexidexi on December 2, 2012 - 12:47am
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Thanks for a great list! Awesome idea. I avoid black Friday (in person) sales, but love reminiscing about the soap stores. So few shows left. I find myself listening to lots of your old podcasts to laugh during 2008/9 when we still had enough soaps on for DC to have multiple weekly podcast episodes. Those were the days.