Taurus Rising is an Australian soap opera produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Nine Network in 1982.

Originally intended by the network to be a replacement for The Sullivans, the series was one of a number of attempts to provide an Australian alternative to the glossy American supersoaps Dallas and Dynasty and featured two wealthy Sydney-based feuding families, the Brents and the Drysdales.

The series began at 8.30pm time-slot in a two hour movie pilot and continued for a couple of weeks on Tuesday nights.

[2] In 2020, Fiona Byrne of the Herald Sun included Taurus Rising in her feature about "long forgotten Australian TV dramas that made viewers switch off.

"[3] She described the show as "an ambitious, expensive but unsuccessful attempt by Channel 9 to create a super soap for Australia like the American hit Dynasty.