Peyton Place is an American primetime serial which aired on ABC in half-hour episodes from September 15 1964 to June 2 1969. The program was broadcast in black-and-white from 1964 to 1966 and in color from 1966 to 1969. Produced by 20th Century Fox Television, to date it is the only primetime series ever to run episodes continuously without reruns. The series served as the springboard for such now famous performers as Ryan O'Neal, Mia Farrow, and David Canary.

The opening credits feature scenes of the town and photos of the leading players. Originally the announcer intoned, to the sound of church bells, "This is the continuing story of Peyton Place." In 1966, the message was changed to "In color, the continuing story of Peyton Place." The "announcer" was cast member Warner Anderson, who left the series after one season, but served as the announcer during the entire run.

The early stories were adapted from the 1956 book and 1957 film of the same name, although some principal character names and occupations were changed or simply eliminated.

Peyton Place is a 1957 American drama film based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Grace Metalious. Despite the fact that the script had been extensively reworked to accommodate contemporary mores, Peyton Place nevertheless was viewed as a shocking repudiation of stereotypical American small-town morality at the time of its release.

Peyton Place is a story about the lives and loves of the residents of a small New England town in the years immediately preceding and following World War II. Behind the town's tranquil façade hides scandal, homicide, suicide, sexual deviance, and moral hypocrisy. At the core of its plot are three women: Constance Mackenzie, a moralistic woman who has shielded her tarnished past from daughter Allison (an aspiring author and alter ego of Metalious), and Selena Cross, a "good" girl living on the wrong side of the tracks who hides a terrible secret. Peyton Place was filmed in Camden, Maine, and the surrounding New England countryside.

A major box office hit, Peyton Place was the second highest grossing film of 1958.

The original primetime soap took place in the title town, which was founded by the Peyton family, whose members included the Harringtons. Some of the plots involved Rodney Harrington, the oldest son, choosing between bad girl Betty Anderson or fragile Allison MacKenzie. His brother Norman took up with working class Rita Jacks. Allison's mother Connie was keeping a secret about her daughter's birth. People married and divorced, loved and lost. Murder, illicit passion, insanity, and secrets were the staples of Peyton Place. Written by Anonymous

Allison MacKenzie looks back on life in the New England town where she grew up around the time of Pearl Harbour. Beneath the town's placid god-fearing exterior lay any number of dark secrets involving sexual attraction and repression, illegitimacy, rape, gossip, intolerance, and class snobbery. No wonder Allison had moved to a quiet place like New York. Written by Jeremy Perkins

Coming-of-age story set in a small New England village whose peaceful facade hides love and passion, scandal and hypocrisy. Allison, a beautiful high school student and aspiring writer, struggles to grow up under the thumb of her emotionally crippled single mother. The mother, Constance MacKenzie, a woman with a hidden past, is now aroused by the temptations of the new high school principal. On the other side of town, Allison's best friend Selena lives in a shack with an abusive stepfather. As the seasons change, so do Allison and her friends, as they struggle to mature in the stifling small town. Finally, Allison leaves Peyton Place, but she returns to help Selena, now accused of murdering her stepfather. The trial will expose the town's bankrupt moral standards and finally bring its citizens together. Written by Fiona Kelleghan