Secrets of Midland Heights is a short-lived American nighttime soap opera which ran on CBS from December 6, 1980 to January 24, 1981 for eight episodes. Produced after the enormous success of Dallas, Lorimar Productions likewise produced the new serial for CBS.
Secrets of Midland Heights was aimed at the teen audience, and featured romantic triangles and secrets among the teens and their parents who populated a fictional midwestern college town called Midland Heights. Aired on Saturday night at 10 PM EST/9 PM Central, the series never found an audience and was canceled after eight episodes.
The show resembled a dark, 1980s-style Peyton Place, both dealing with hidden secrets and scandalous affairs in a small town. Lisa Rogers carried on with college jock Burt Carroll while also seeing fraternity jerk Mark; good girl heiress Ann Dulles secretly dated high school dropout John; Holly Wheeler wanted to lose her virginity to her boyfriend Teddy Welsh, but the teens were shocked to discover her mother Dorothy was having an affair with Teddy's father Nathan.
Episodes
Cast
Season 1
1. Secrets of Midland Heights
1h
6th Dec 1980
2. Decisions
1h
13th Dec 1980
3. The Searchers
1h
20th Dec 1980
4. Hooverville
1h
27th Dec 1980
5. Letting Go (a.k.a.) Coming Back
1h
6. The Race
1h
10th Jan 1981
Guy's plans for inheriting the family fortune are threatened when his sister returns from a mental institution---apparently recovered.