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Hi EON fans, I have a question. What´s up with the availability of the May 1980 - late 1983 episodes. This is the time period when Lori Loughlin was on. I'm dying to see the episodes aired in this period. Could anyone confirm if they still exist?

I hope I have a nice treat for the Search for Tomorrow fans. I saw a 12-page article on the show's history up to 1965. There was a second part of the article, but unfortunately, I don't have it. I also have a resembling 17-page article about Another World and a 13-page article on Love of Life. Both are from the early 1970s. I guess I'll scan and upload those too somewhere in the future. Here are all the scans of SFT:

Yes, I believe it was popular. In the same magazine, The Doctors was voted third in the list of "best programs", under Days of Our Lives (#1) and Another World (#2). The list went up to 16 titles.

edit: there was also a list of "most popular serials":

11.9 - As the World Turns - 41%

10.0 - Days of Our Lives - 34%

9.9 - Edge of Night - 34%

9.8 - General Hospital - 32%

9.5 - Guiding Light - 33%

9.2 - Another World - 31%

9.2 - The Doctors - 32%

8.7 - Search for Tomorrow - 32%

8.3 - Love Is Many Splendored Thing - 29%

7.8 - Secret Storm - 27%

The first column is the size of the average audience, each Nielsen point representing about 620,000 TV viewing homes. The last column is the serial's share of the TV audience tuned in at that particular time period.

I know nothing about The Doctors, but I stumbled upon a July 1972 article. Here's the scan, for those interested:

Gena Rowlands as Adrienne is amazing so far. This looks like a more straight forward story, her goal being to seduce Steven.

She sure is!

This clip with her is simply breathtaking.

Does anyone know if NBC still has this? If so, are they (likely) willing to give out copies? I don't understand why it's so difficult to get hold of a show that has been aired nationally. Why should copies (if existing) be stocked in some dusty archive without any purpose, if there are people dying to see this?

Oh, for those who are interested, I found an article about the soap in a July 1972 magazine. Here's the scan:

I have never seen this, but I am certainly interested, mainly because of my interest in Carolyn Jones, Ed Nelson (Peyton Place!), Teri Hatcher and Kimberly Beck (Peyton Place!). I've looked for tapings for a while, but soon gave up hope.

The soap also intrigues me, but I doubt if tapings still exist today. Going through archives, comparing it to articles of other soap operas, I can conclude that it only received little (press) attention by the time. I've read about storylines of a kid taking LSD. Unfortunately, not much is known about the show. I was curious about it, because the show features a dark-haired Kathy Glass and because I liked the 1959 film.

FrenchFan, thank you so much for the summary! I tried to look up other information on the characters you mentioned, but I was unable to find out more on 'Greg Wheelan'. Do you perhaps know who portrayed him? How did you come up with this summary? Is it from your own memories? Is there a place where I can read more on this show and its characters? There is so little information on this show...

I am reading all the memories with a lot of pleasure. Keep them coming, people!

Oh my God, where to begin?

Peyton Place is my favorite soap opera of all time. I'm not all the way through the series, but unfortunately, I'm nearing the end very soon.... (I'm currently at episode 442)

I started watching somehere in the summer of 2008. I initially thought the show was a little old-fashioned, because I knew the series was looked at as 'scandalous' by the time and I didn't find it controversial at all. But heck, this was a 1960s show. By now, I've seen tons of shows of the 1960s and I'll admit that Peyton Place was risque for its time.

My favorite characters are Rita, Connie, Julie and Betty. I believe that Patricia Morrow (Rita) brings a certain charm to show which made it bearable in the periods of the less than interesting plots. She is not dropdead gorgeous (like Barbara Parkins or Mia Farrow) but she has this very likeable thing about her. Barbara Parkins is a goddess in this, from episode 1 to the very ending. I didn't dig the 1970s haircut she took somewhere in 1967, but that really doesn't matter. I am now noticing that the frequent cast changes in 1968 is kind of ruining the charm. Peyton Place is not Peyton Place any more. That has nothing to do with the new characters (who are all very interesting as well), but merely seeing all the familiar faces leave is kind of upsetting. I don't think how long I can keep watching without Dorothy Malone... (I won't miss Tim O'Connor)

I think this show is the most appealing when "looking back at it" rather than actually viewing all the episodes. In my opinion, there are a lot of dull plots and irritating characters I can't stand at all. Discussing them, I will use spoilers, so please stop reading now if you don't want everything to be a surprise.

SPOILERS:

My biggest frustration was Steven Cord's affair with Adrienne Van Leyden, which he later blamed on her. When Betty caught him and filed for divorce, he came up with tons of excuses and blamed everyone but himself. I really couln't stand this and sometimes I was literally screaming at the screen. He blamed Adrienne for leading him on and he blamed Betty for giving up on the marriage. Take responsibility for your actions and admit your faults....

I also really didn't like the Joe Chernak 'murder' case, which took way too long. Lee Grant was an interesting actress, but her character wasn't appealing enough to last as long as she did. I also didn't like Elliot, who - especially in later episodes - had a lot of tantrums and treated his wife like garbage. Connie and Elliot were suposed to be this supercouple, but I only felt pity for Connie. Elliot could have used some anger management. Another character I couldn't stand was Chris Webber, who loved feeling sorry for himself. I remember this self pity was mentioned by a character only once throughout the entire show.

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I don't want to spread negativity. I love this show very much, but it's not perfect. However, I know that I will miss the show when it's over for me.