Editing Knots Landing (section)

===Main cast===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" | Character
! rowspan="2" | Actor
! colspan="15" | Seasons
|-
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 1 (1979–80)|1]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 2 (1980–81)|2]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 3 (1981–82)|3]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 4 (1982–83)|4]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 5 (1983–84)|5]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 6 (1984–85)|6]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 7 (1985–86)|7]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 8 (1986–87)|8]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 9 (1987–88)|9]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 10 (1988–89)|10]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 11 (1989–90)|11]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 12 (1990–91)|12]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 13 (1991–92)|13]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 14 (1992–93)|14]]
! |''[[Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac|Reunion]]''
|-
| {{sortname|Kenny|Ward|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|James|Houghton|Jim Houghton}}
| colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="11" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Ginger|Ward|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Kim|Lankford}}
| colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="10" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| {{sortname|Karen Fairgate|MacKenzie|Karen MacKenzie}}
| {{sortname|Michele|Lee}}
| colspan="15" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| {{sortname|Laura Avery|Sumner}}
| {{sortname|Constance|McCashin}}
| colspan="9" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|McCashin departs in "Noises Everywhere (Part 2)" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 9.11).}}
| colspan="6" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Sid|Fairgate|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Don|Murray|dab=actor}}
| colspan="3" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Murray departs in "Critical Condition" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 3.2).}}
| colspan="12" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Richard|Avery|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|John|Pleshette}}
| colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="4" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="6" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Gary|Ewing}}
| {{sortname|Ted|Shackelford}}
| colspan="15" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| {{sortname|Valene Clements Ewing Gibson|Waleska Ewing|Valene Ewing}}
| {{sortname|Joan|Van Ark}}
| colspan="13" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="1" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| {{sortname|Abby Fairgate Cunningham Ewing|Sumner|Abby Cunningham}}
| {{sortname|Donna|Mills}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
| colspan="9" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="3" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="1" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| {{sortname|Mack|MacKenzie|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Kevin|Dobson}}
| colspan="3" {{CNone}}
| colspan="12" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| {{sortname|Lilimae|Clements}}
| {{sortname|Julie|Harris|dab=American actress}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="6" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Harris departs in "Flight of the Sunbirds" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 9.9).}}
| colspan="6" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Diana Fairgate|Roberts|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Claudia|Lonow}}
| colspan="4" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="1" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="7" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| {{sortname|Ben|Gibson|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Douglas|Sheehan}}
| colspan="4" {{CNone}}
| colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="7" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Sumner|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|William|Devane}}
| colspan="4" {{CNone}}
| colspan="11" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Devane is added to the opening credits from "Marital Privilege" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 5.4).}}
|-
| {{sortname|Joshua|Rush|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Alec|Baldwin}}
| colspan="5" {{CNone}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Baldwin departs in "Rise and Fall" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 7.10).}}
| colspan="8" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Ciji|Dunne|nolink=1}}
| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Lisa|Hartman}}
| colspan="3" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="13" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Cathy Geary|Rush}}
| colspan="4" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="10" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Jill|Bennett|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Teri|Austin}}
| colspan="5" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="3" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="1" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="5" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Paige|Matheson}}
| {{sortname|Nicollette|Sheridan}}
| colspan="6" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="2" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="5" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| {{sortname|Olivia Cunningham|Dyer|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Tonya|Crowe}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
| colspan="9" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="1" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="3" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Fairgate|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Patrick|Petersen}}
| colspan="10" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="2" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| {{sortname|Anne|Matheson}}
| {{sortname|Michelle|Phillips}}
| colspan="7" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="3" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="1" {{CAlso starring|Also Starring}}
|-
| {{sortname|Frank|Williams|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Larry|Riley|dab=actor}}
| colspan="8" {{CNone}}
| colspan="3" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="2" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Kate|Whittaker|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Stacy|Galina}}
| colspan="11" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="1" {{CAlso starring|Also Starring}}
|-
| {{sortname|Claudia|Whittaker|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Kathleen|Noone}}
| colspan="11" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2"  {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
|}

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