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From Daytime TV, February 1972 issue. June Vincent is now playing the role of Dr. Amanda Winniger and Sherry Alberoni is Jody Harper. Paul Lukather (Bill Ferguson) left the cast.

From Daytime TV's February 1972 issue. Greg Brown (Rusty Jackson), Thurman Scott (Judd Washington) and Carmine Stipo (Rocco Fiore) have left. In October, Don Gantry became Al Preston.

From Daytime TV. This refers to 1971. Robby Benson (Bruce Carson) left on October 26, to star in the film, Jory, on lcoation in Mexico. Michael Maitland has replaced him.

February 1972 Daytime TV Caroline Coates is back as Mrs. Harrison

From Daytime TV. This refers to 1971. Sam Gray joined on October 22, as Frank Sloane.

From Daytime TV. This refers to 1971. Lee Richardson and Larry Gates joined in October as Capt. Jim Swanson and Ira Newton.

From Daytime TV. This refers to 1971. Marsha Mason (Judith Cole) joined in October.

From Daytime TV. This refers to 1971. Liam Sullivan left as Alan Dunbar on December 15. Nicholas Lewis joined in October as Tim Brannigan.

From Daytime TV Dick Shoberg and Ernest Thompson joined in November (1971) in the roles of Mitch and Tony.

Daytime TV gives the rankings for the last two weeks in October 1971. 1. ATWT 41% 2. GH 35% 3. DAYS 35% 4. Edge 34% 5. Doctors 34% 6. Search 36% 7. AW 32% 8. GL 32% 9. LIAMST 31% 10. Secret Storm 27%

Apparently this was 5/13/85. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt85jjdfowM

Who is that in the SB promo? Is that CG Kelly? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_58M_Nm1ms

That's great. I never knew they were on this (or that there was a Match Game 90).

I'm very sad for their loss. I just have to say that I wish the media did not have to go on about the "Kennedy curse" every time a member of their family dies. It smacks of porn at this point, and as if they are getting a thrill out of the tragedies of this family.

No. This actress passed away in 1969.

Rachel quite cutthroat there - it's a good way to put the screws to both Iris and Reginald and hopefully cause some drama. Toni was very busy in this chapter! I'm glad you revived the story of Tyrone's background which AW dropped.

I love that spat between Iris and Paulina! Great to see Paulina with some fire again. Interesting to see Jack. I guess he likes blondes. Considering Vicky's fate in Oakdale she may want to stay far away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI52R90RaJs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtDwryKAj8U

Big upset in Nebraska tonight, for the Senate seat vacated by Ben Nelson. A man named Bruning has been the frontrunner for ages, and Don Steinberg was the favorite of the big conservative money groups. They were both defeated - and not by a close margin - by Deb Fischer, a state senator. She was also endorsed by Sarah Palin, but I don't know if that matters these days. Bob Kerrey, who held the seat until 2000 and retirement, is the Democrat running, but I don't think he has any real chance. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304371504577407023128493052.html We will likely see her a lot in various "look how much the GOP loves women" articles. I hope she is not as much of an extremist as Kelly Ayotte seems to be.

will be occupied by the first game show on the CBS network starting February 11. At the time that Storm was cancelled, Jada Rowland, who played the part of Amy Britton Kincaid, was the only member of the original cast of that first fifteen-minute show back in 1952. (Storm was extended to a half-hour segment in June of 1962.) Jada was just 11 when she joined the cast to play the part of young Amy Ames. She has continued to play that role through the years with the exception of three leaves of absences - once when she was killed off, another time when she decided to leave to travel, and another time when she was replaced by Lynne Adams in the Amy role. Through the years, the part of Amy has grown from the rather secondary role of a child-part into the pivotal role on the show. As Storm ends, clearly Amy is the protagonist, pitted against the evil Belle Kincaids and Robert Landers of the world, trying to keep her family together and occasionally getting help and comfort from another favorite Storm character, Valerie Ames Northcote, Amy's stepmother and sounding board and crying shoulder. Valerie has been portrayed by Lori March since the character's introduction some ten years ago, and lately the man who played Valerie's husband was Alexander Scourby, Lori's mate in real-life for more than thirty years. Another famous Storm player was Haila Stoddard, who played the role of Pauline Fuller Rysdale from the show's debut until 1971. Haila was a veteran of innumerable Broadway shows but it was the role of sometimes witchy but always interesting and captivating Pauline for which fans remembered her and loved her best. When Haila retired in 1971 it was with regret and with the desire to devote more of her time to her work as writer and producer. One of her smash successes as a producer was co-producing The Last Sweet Days of Isaac. "It's just been marvelous," said Haila then. "On a TV soap series you're paid 52 weeks a year, which in the theatre is unheard of. But aside from the security I've enjoyed it thoroughly. "For about 10 years I was the protagonist and I just loved it. I was very spoiled, self-willed, father-oriented, very frank and dashing. Fans would tell me I did all the dreadful things they want to but can't...Then after I'd been in every situation an adventurous woman could get into, they reformed me and Pauline became more difficult and less interesting. I solved it by begging them to let me do comedy, so if there's a grain of humor in any situation they let me play it. It's kept me happy and also the viewers, because it's such a relief." Another longtime Storm favorite was Marjorie Gateson who remained on the show and was a member of the cast, like Jada and Haila since its premiere. Marjorie was the lovable old dowager Grace Tyrell, the maternal grandmother of Amy and the owner of the largest department store in Woodbridge, the setting for Storm. Marjorie, until her retirement, was a veteran of more than fifty years in show business, including the early days of Broadway and movies. But there have been many distinguished actors who have been associated with The Secret Storm. Beautiful blond Marla Adams, who played the part of Belle Kincaid, and in real life is the mother of two children and wife of Paul Lyday. Bernard Barrow, the man who portrayed the Dan Kincaid character, who had so many roles in movies and had several degrees in the theatre. Peter Hobbs, who played the role of Peter Ames, when Storm first began back in 1952. The character of Peter was killed off in April, 1968, when it was portrayed by Larry Weber. Judy Lewis, who portrayed the role of Susan Ames Dunbar Carver, and is Loretta Young's daughter. But the list of fine actors who have contributed their talents to The Secret Storm goes on and on - June Graham, Mary Foskett, Don Galloway (now on Ironside), Diana Muldaur, nightclub and supper club singer Julie Wilson, George Reinholt, Terry O'Sullivan and Larry Luckinbill. But perhaps the most famous of the Storm performers, although she only appeared for a few sequences, was Joan Crawford. Actually it was Joan's daughter Christina who had signed up for the Secret Storm part, playing the role of Joan Kane, an unhappy wife who was seeking a divorce. Suddenly Christina was hospitalized for major surgery, and someone had to fill in for her while she was ill. Like the truth trouper and veteran performer she is, Joan volunteered to sub for her daughter. The Secret Storm was also the first soap opera to feature a black player. The first black on daytime TV was cast on Storm, in 1968. When the show first began, the character of Peter Ames, the head of Tyrell Department Store in Woodbridge, was the focal point of the story, with his three children and his second wife Myra. Then the spotlight turned more frequently to the problems of Pauline Fuller Rysdale, wife of well-to-do businessman Arthur Rysdale and stepmother of young Kip. Kip as a high school student was in love with Amy and Amy with him. But the romance was thwarted because Kip had made another girl pregnant. Amy tried to forget Kip and went away to college in Woodbridge where she met and fell in love with Professor Paul Britton. When Kip was free, he re-entered Amy's romantic picture and the two were married. As in most soap opera marriages, it wasn't what it seemed it would be, and Amy longed to be free. When she and Kip divorced she married Paul Britton. Yet Paul was enticed away from Amy by newcomer Belle Clemens, a sexy blonde with a way with men. Belle was the kind of girl who always got want she wanted. She got Paul, married him, and then set her sights on another man - this time Dan Kincaid, the show's prime political material and ripe choice for governor of the state. Yet Dan was not all Belle wanted, for after their marriage, it was discovered that Dan had many underworld connections. He was sent to prison and Belle became attracted to a man many years her junior, Robert Landers. In the meantime, Amy married Dan's son, Kevin, which also complicated matters between her and Belle. Always the resourceful witch, Belle decided to blackmail Amy when, unknown to Kevin, Amy became pregnant through artificial insemination, although Kevin thought he had fathered her child. So The Secret Storm has evolved with its focus on Amy and her problems, as offset by the evil Belle. Of course, perhaps the most interesting plot development through the years of Secret Storm, and certainly the one which garnered the most outside publicity was the episode which involved the priest and his girlfriend. Father Reddin, played by David Gale, himself a lapsed Catholic, fell in love with young widow and mother Laurie Stevens, as played by pretty brunette Stephanie Braxton. Father Reddin eventually made the controversial decision to leave the church and marry Laurie. It was such an unusual and daring plot development that it was even covered in Time Magazine and the national news magazines. It seemed to have revived viewership in the somewhat faltering serial, and ratings had climbed after the episode started appearing. However, there are those who felt that the priest's problem was too daring for daytime TV, and some felt that this sequence only contributed in the end to the show's cancellation.

March 1974 TV Radio Mirror

Jay Hunt, now running Channel 4, said that Hollyoaks is not on best form. (That's an understatement). This is leading to more speculation about the show getting the axe. What annoys me most with this is people will say, "Oh if only they'd kept up those great Marquess stories." Yes, nothing says success like a horribly edited fire that served no purpose, dumping an entire family and the only likeable member of another family, rendering that family totally pointless, and telling stories that say domestic violence is sexy and that if you cut yourself, you can get whatever you want. http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/may/15/channel-4-axe-hollyoaks?newsfeed=true

I always hear people say Hannah is better on everything but Hollyoaks. i thought it was the writing which was the worst on her Hollyoaks stay. I hope that isn't true about June Brown leaving for good.

That was the show with Will Young wasn't it? Is he gone now? I can't believe she even got her own "starring Lacey Turner". It shows how popular she was on Eastenders. (Of course Jack Roth did too - can't remember who he is at the moment). It's weird they had so many shots of James Sutton since he's likely just making a guest appearance. I'm sorry his Emmerdale stint didn't work out, as I really liked his first 5-6 months as John Paul, before the character became so weak and pathetic.