Members Dr Neil Curtis Posted June 11, 2015 Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Days first knickknack would be the Cameo! 😂😂😂😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted June 11, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 First cancer storyline Bert Bauer TGL 1962 First character to have a mastectomy Meg Baldwin GH 1970 First lesbian character Lynn Carson (Donna Pescow) AMC 1984 First child abuse story AMC 1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapDope Posted June 11, 2015 Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 In the 70's Y&R hinted at Katherine being interested in Joann Curtis and viewers had a fit. ATWT had the first character (Liz Talbot) die while falling up the stairs. Bill Bauer on GL had the first heart transplant on daytime in 1968. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted June 11, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 First soap to have no original characters in the cast - Another World 1986 -with the departure of Liz Matthews,none of the original 1964 cast of characters were onscreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Days22 Posted June 11, 2015 Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 lmao damn and thats even uglier rofl truuuuu :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Franko Posted June 11, 2015 Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Well done, Paul Raven! I'm now curious what was the second show to have that dubious honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted June 11, 2015 Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Dark Shadows was the first US soap to regularly air in off-net reruns and to be released on home video. Wouldn't this be GL? I mean, even if we're only talking the TV series, Bert was the last original TV character when she passed away in 1985. Ed wasn't born onscreen until a few years after the TV premiere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted June 11, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Thanks All My Shadows.I went through all the shows and somehow missed GL. So AW moves to 2nd place in that list. First show to have no original cast members left would be Love of Life when Vanessa's mother played by Jane Rose was dropped from the cast in 1960.All other cast had been replaced or written off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted June 11, 2015 Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Was ATWT's Lisa the first true daytime vixen? Many came after but I've never heard of one before. OLTL- Was Ellen Holly the first leading actress of color on a soap? And was her kiss when viewers thought she was not black the first interracial kiss on daytime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted June 12, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2015 I guess in the 50's there were troublemakers - Meg on Love of Life for instance but Lisa really caught the public's attention as ATWT was the #1 soap.Also,Eileen Fulton enjoyed and exploited the attention and publicity. Re Ellen Holly.The first show to have a black actress on contract was AW in 1965 with Micki Grant as Peggy but she was supporting,so Ellen/Carla was definitely the first lead character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dion Posted June 15, 2015 Members Share Posted June 15, 2015 Yes, I don't know about the other soaps but General Hospital did several marital rape storylines before Roger and Holly, usually these resulted in pregnancy, with (correct me if I am wrong as I did not view these stories myself) the resulting pregnancy drama tending to overshadow the effects of the rape itself. The significance of Roger and Holly's marital rape storyline was I think not the actual rape itself but that this was the first time a wife actually pressed charges against her husband for rape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted June 15, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 15, 2015 Another marital rape was on ATWT when John raped Kim. Yes,Roger and Holly was groundbreaking with Holly pressing charges.This was inspired by a landmark real life marital rape case in 1978 between John and Greta Rideout. There was a TV movie on the case with Linda Hamilton and Mickey Rourke. First LA soap Full Circle 1960 First soaps to expand from 15 to 30 mins Love of Life and Secret Storm 1958 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members will81 Posted June 15, 2015 Members Share Posted June 15, 2015 Was the cross over between Guiding Light and "The Cradle Will Fall" (1983) TV Movie the first and only one of its kind? Is ATWT the first to show two men kissing? Days The Two Romans - Was this ever done before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted June 15, 2015 Members Share Posted June 15, 2015 The Secret Storm didn't expand until 1962 (along with The Brighter Day, which was the first soap to have a religious theme). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Charles Posted June 16, 2015 Members Share Posted June 16, 2015 Corvina: "The lay-pore..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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