Donna Mills Reveals Why She Left – and Returned – to ‘Knots Landing’

Michael Maloney March 8, 2026, 2:00 pm

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KNOTS LANDING, Donna Mills, 1979-1993. ©CBS / courtesy Everett Collection — CBS / courtesy Everett Collection

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Knots Landing is not only considered by many to be the best of primetime serials of the 1980s and early 90s, but it’s also the nighttime soap opera that had the best finale!

Not only was Valene (Joan Van Ark) revealed to be alive, but Abby (Donna Mills), who had moved to Japan at the end of Season 10, returned to Knots Landing and was revealed as the business partner of Season 14 villain Nigel Treadwell (Daniel Gerroll).

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