Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows
Genre	Soap opera Gothic Horror
Created by	Dan Curtis
Developed by	Art Wallace
Written by	Gordon Russell Sam Hall Ron Sproat Violet Welles Malcolm Marmorstein Art Wallace Joe Caldwell Francis Swann Ralph Ellis
Starring	Joan Bennett Grayson Hall Jonathan Frid Nancy Barrett Alexandra Moltke Louis Edmonds Kathryn Leigh Scott David Selby David Henesy Lara Parker Thayer David
Composer	Bob Cobert
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	1,225 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer	Robert Costello
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Dan Curtis Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	June 27, 1966 (1966-06-27) – April 2, 1971 (1971-04-02)

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.

In 2004 and 2007, it was ranked #19 and #23 on TV Guide's Top Cult Shows Ever.