Sunan "Santa Barbara" wani gari ne na Amurka kusa da Los Angeles. Amma mafi rinjaye na 'yan kasar Rasha ba za su taba sani ba game da wanzuwar wannan rukunin jama'a, ba don jerin suna da sunan daya ba. An gudanar da wannan wasan kwaikwayo na sabulu a kusa da fuskokin dukkan mazaunan gidan Soviet har shekaru goma. Daga 1992 zuwa 2002, babu wani a Rasha da zai iya amsa daidai yadda ya faru a "Santa Barbara".
Wani labari mai ban mamaki game da rayuwar dangi mai kyau ya kasance da sha'awar rashin gaji da rashin aikin yi cewa kallon wannan jerin wani abu mai tsarki ne ga mafi yawan masu kallon talabijin. Kaddamar da jerin suna daidaita da ƙananan bala'in ɗan adam. A wancan lokacin, zai iya faruwa ne kawai, gobe na gaba. Idan maimaitawa ba za a iya kallo ba, to lallai ya dogara ne kawai ga abokantaka da ke ci gaba ko dangi wanda ya rubuta "Barbara" a kan VCR. Kowace jerin wani taron ne. Akalla daya mai kallo ya ji tsoro ya yi kuskure ko da yake ba wanda ya san da yawa a cikin "Santa Barbara". Sakamakon zai iya kawo karshen ba zato ba tsammani, kuma tare da shi motsin zuciyar kirki wanda aka ɗebe daga fuskokin talabijin yayin watsa shirye-shirye.
A cewar adadin mutanen da aka yi, yawancin wannan jerin a lokaci guda ya kai 95%! Wannan wani babban abu ne mai ban mamaki, wanda ba shi da kyau a kan tashar talabijin ta Rasha ba ta taba kaiwa ga wani fina-finai na TV ba. Bisa ga mahimmanci, ba aikin wasan kwaikwayo ba, ko labarun labaran, ko kuma harkar harbe-harbe ba ta tabbatar da sha'awa cewa "Santa Barbara" ya bazu a kan rushewar tsohon Soviet Union. Ya kamata a lura cewa a Amurka wannan jerin kuma an dauke shi da mashahuri, amma ba za ta iya yin alfahari ba game da rabin kyawawan samfurori kamar yadda a cikin ƙasashe na farko na USSR. Amma hakikanin gaskiya, yawancin abubuwan da ke faruwa a "Santa Barbara", ya nuna cewa Amurkawa sun dauki zane "tare da bango," saboda, na farko, yana yin fim a gare su.
Shooting wannan shahararren wasan kwaikwayo na duniya mai ban mamaki ya ƙare a ranar 15 ga watan Janairun 1993 - a lokacin da ya nuna a gidan talabijin na Rasha. Wannan shi ne daya daga cikin 'yan jerin a talabijin tarihi, wanda aka ciwon da irin wannan babbar yawan jerin, yin fim a kan kawai daya kakar. Wannan tsari ya kasance shekaru 9. Amma duk da haka - wa] ansu lokutta a cikin jerin "Santa Barbara"? Amsar wannan tambayar shine ban mamaki - 2137!
A yau an dauke shi cewa wannan jerin suna hana kowane ma'ana, amma ba gaskiya bane. Kowane jerin suna mai keɓewa da ƙauna mai girma da ƙauna tare da babban harafin. Watakila wannan shine dalilin da ya sa magungun kwaikwayo na sabulu ya sami nasara mai ban mamaki ba kawai a gida ko a cikin tsohon USSR ba, har ma a Jamus, Faransa, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Australia da Taiwan, China da Japan.
'Yan wasan kwaikwayo, wanda a cikin jerin sun sauya sauyawa, ba su cimma nasara ba a cikin sana'a a waje da jerin. An san ainihin haruffa a ko'ina cikin duniya, kamar Mason, C-C, Kerrol, Gina, da dai sauransu. Ko da wane labaran da suka buga a Santa Barbara, an yi su da su kuma suna ƙaunar. Amma bayan yin aiki a kan wannan jerin, kusan babu wanda ya isa gagarumar matsala a cinema.
A yau ba kome bane da yawa na "Santa Barbara" da aka gabatar wa magoya bayansa. Ta na har abada cikin tarihin talabijin a matsayin daya daga cikin shahararren telebijin a cikin duniya.