In 1919, Ambrose Small was a wealthy theater impresario who spent his spare time dabbling in gambling, drugs and prostitution. At the height of his glory, he sold his successful theater chain for over a million dollars, sent a bodyguard with his wife Theresa (Wendy Crewson) to the bank with the cheque, and then vanished without a trace. There were no witnesses, no notes and no clues.

An epic drama spanning forty years in the lives of Thomas Linthorne (Peter Strauss) and Kate Linthorne (Rachel Ward), Love on the Land portrays their trials and tribulations in raising their children (Played by Justin Chambers and Nick Stahl) during the period after the Civil War and as the family rises from poverty to wealth. A heartfelt story about the power of love and the meaning of sacrifice.

This is the poignant true story of one woman's overwhelming faith in her talented, but emotionally defenseless, sister. Strong willed Franny (Amanda Plummer) nurtures and protects Rosetta (Megan Follows) from their vain and controlling mother Regina (Teresa Stratas), a faded opera star. Regina is blind to Rosetta's exceptional musical talent, refusing to accept that anything exists beyond the surface of her autistic daughter.

Charlie Kilworth (Christian Campbell), a piano-player turned ballroom dancer, avoids most relationships out of fear that he might pass on the hereditary affliction of madness that runs in his family. However when he begins to fall in love with a blues singer in his band, Charlie also starts to comprehend why his mother Lily (Stockard Channing) is a beautiful mercurial visionary who has been obsessed with fire her entire life.