

It also became a 1981 made-for-television movie on ABC shortly after. The public had developed a taste for melodramas that were glossy and ritzy played out on television, and that medium turned out to do well for most of the decade. When it debuted, it did hugely well in the ratings for the network. It was based on the novel by Judith Krantz. It aired in 1980 and starred Lindsay Wagner. Scruples was also turned into a mini-series that aired on CBS network television produced by Warner Bros. There were two books that came after- Scruples Two and Lovers– were published in the nineties (19). The New York Post said that the success of Scruples was destined and it’s all about high fashion and Hollywood and has more content about that than would be found “in a dozen manuals”. It was a smash hit and its basis in the swanky zip code of Beverly Hills, all about the life of the rich and shopping on Rodeo Drive, only added to the glamour and the appeal. It was so popular that it became an international bestseller, eventually being translated into over twenty languages. This book made publishing history as a widely-read and popular smut novel. The first book, Scruples, was published in 1978. Judith Krantz is the author of the Scruples series, which has a total of three books in it. She currently resides in Bel Air as well as Newport Beach, California. She likes to write novels that fall into the genre of Romance. She was born Judith Tarcher in New York City on January 9, 1928. Judith Krantz is an American author of fiction.
