Q 01/05

On which American television network did Dark Shadows originally air on weekdays from 1966 to 1971?

A) ABC

B) NBC

C) CBS

D) PBS

Answer · why

A) ABC

Dark Shadows ran on ABC from June 1966 to April 1971 in a late-afternoon slot, where it found its audience among teenagers getting home from school.

Q 02/05

The fictional town of Collinsport, home of the Collins family, is set in which US state?

A) Vermont

B) Massachusetts

C) New Hampshire

D) Maine

Answer · why

D) Maine

The seaside town's exteriors were actually filmed in Connecticut, not on the coast that the show claimed as home.

Q 03/05

Who created and executive-produced Dark Shadows?

A) Art Wallace

B) Sam Hall

C) Robert Costello

D) Dan Curtis

Answer · why

D) Dan Curtis

Dan Curtis created and executive-produced Dark Shadows; he later directed both spin-off films and the 1983 World War II miniseries The Winds of War.

Q 04/05

The creator said the show came from a 1965 dream of a mysterious young woman travelling on what?

A) A ship

B) A ferry

C) A stagecoach

D) A train

Answer · why

D) A train

The creator dreamed of a dark-haired young woman on a train bound for a mysterious mansion; the first episode duly opens with governess Victoria Winte...

Q 05/05

What was the proposed title of the series in Art Wallace's original story bible?

A) The House of Collins

B) Collinwood

C) Widows' Hill

D) Shadows on the Wall

Answer · why

D) Shadows on the Wall

The bible was written from the creator's dream sequence before the name was shortened and darkened for broadcast.