Members Paul Raven Posted June 9, 2015 Members Share Posted June 9, 2015 Looking for your contributions to a 'daytime firsts' list. It could be storyline related,or behind the scenes. Thanks in advance! To get it started: First soap to have a primetime showing - Return To Peyton Place January 1973 First half hour soap - As The World Turns April 1956 First character to have an abortion - Pat Matthews Another World 1964 First real life pregnancy to be incorporated into storyline - Mary Stuart/Joanne Tate Search for Tomorrow 1958 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cassadine1991 Posted June 9, 2015 Members Share Posted June 9, 2015 What was the first teen pregnancy storyline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted June 9, 2015 Members Share Posted June 9, 2015 Who was the first actor to play a dual role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted June 9, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 9, 2015 I would think the first teen pregnancy story would be Ellen Lowell on As The World Turns in 1958. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reallyhateskateonlost Posted June 9, 2015 Members Share Posted June 9, 2015 First soap to have a vampire, Dark Shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted June 9, 2015 Members Share Posted June 9, 2015 Which soap did the first murder mystery storyline? And which did the first WTD? story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SOAPSFOREVER Posted June 10, 2015 Members Share Posted June 10, 2015 As The World Turns and The Edge of Night premiered on the same day. They share the joint title of first half hour soap. The first hour long soap was Another World. It was also the first and only 60 minute soap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfan770 Posted June 10, 2015 Members Share Posted June 10, 2015 First back from the dead storyline: Paul Raven, Love of Life in 1970. First gay male: Hank Eliot, ATWT 1988(although does Channing Capwell Jr.'s secret on Santa Barbara count?) First TV spin-off and primetime spin-off: Our Private World, from ATWT in 1965. First cross-over:Mitchell Dru, from The Brighter Day to ATWT in 1962. First taped video: GH 1963 First soap to air in color: Ben Jerrod, 1963 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapDope Posted June 10, 2015 Members Share Posted June 10, 2015 Y&R the first non marital rape of Chris Brooks in 1973. Y&R also showed Jami Lyn Bauer and Tom Selleck in a daring sex scene in the shower in 1974. It had been called the most erotic on daytime. I have never seen it but people have said they showed naked bodies pressing up against the shower doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr Neil Curtis Posted June 10, 2015 Members Share Posted June 10, 2015 First Interracial Couple: Days' David Banning and Valerie Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted June 10, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 10, 2015 I gave ATWT the honors of first 30 min soap as it premiered before TEON on the same day. First soap to have a primetime premiere Capitol 1982 First soap to change networks Edge of Night from CBS to ABC 1975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRfan23 Posted June 10, 2015 Members Share Posted June 10, 2015 I think this was discussed, but which soap had the first ever catfight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted June 10, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 10, 2015 Both Days and LIAMST featured rape stories in the late 60's where the characters were not married... Were there any earlier stories where a character was raped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marco Dane Posted June 10, 2015 Members Share Posted June 10, 2015 First Dual Personality.... OLTL Viki? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GMac Posted June 10, 2015 Members Share Posted June 10, 2015 First soap to clone a character, GL with Reva Shayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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