Editing Knots Landing (section)

==Legacy==
In the 2005 [[Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again|''Knots Landing Reunion'' special]], the cast along with creator David Jacobs, said that the lasting legacy of the show was their dealings with many of the issues real middle-class people were having. While its parent show ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'' was a show about the rich upper class, ''Knots Landing'' had this aspect as well but was much more about the struggles of parenting, drug addictions, spousal issues and many of the evolving problems in the 1980s and early '90s. The reunion special showed such subjects as: women's power in the workforce, the HIV/AIDS crisis and the matter of safe sex, the cocaine epidemic in the 1980s, and the ever-growing spread of crime in America (Michele Lee's character Karen alluded to this in a famous speech about not feeling safe and being happy being a [[Pollyanna principle|Pollyanna]]).

Screenwriter [[Alan Ball (screenwriter)|Alan Ball]] declared the show had been an inspiration to him when he created the hit series ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]],'' describing his show as "''Knots Landing'' set in a funeral home".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/18/ew.tv.six/index.html|title='Six Feet Under': Dying The 'Knots' |work=[[CNN]] |date=March 19, 2002 |access-date=Feb 6, 2021}}</ref>

Screenwriter [[Marc Cherry]] also confirmed the show was an inspiration to him when he created the hit series ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', describing it as a cross between ''Knots Landing'', ''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]'' and ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nine.com.au/entertainment/latest/desperate-housewives-tv-show-facts-history/29f4cecc-801b-4587-b7de-8b82b86c1b72|title=11 things you need to know about 'Desperate Housewives'|work=[[Nine Network]] |date=July 2020 |access-date=Feb 6, 2021}}</ref>

When asked which character from film and TV history he wished he had created, [[Mike Kelley (writer)|Mike Kelley]], the creator of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s popular primetime soap opera ''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]'', said: "Abby Ewing. Donna Mills, you rocked my world."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/showrunner-survey-revenge-mike-kelley.html |first=Joseph |last=Adalian |title=Showrunner Survey: Mike Kelley on Why Revenge's Emily Thorne Should Compete on The Bachelorette |work=[[Vulture.com]] |publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date= June 24, 2012 |access-date=Feb 6, 2021}}</ref>