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Update from the Retro rep.  She also said she would be interviewing the following actors today for the behind-the-scenes material and promos:

From 1942.

From 1949.

4 minutes ago, All My Shadows said:

 

Thanks. I figured that was still the weekday time but wasn't sure if it still aired on the weekends. Are the weekend airings from earlier in the run (I seem to remember that they started those back in 1967 when the weekday episodes were in the early 70s).

The weekend episodes are from earlier seasons.  Not positive but I believe the Saturday episodes are a different year than the Sunday episodes.

3 hours ago, All My Shadows said:

When does the show currently air on Retro throughout the week?

Noon - 1, Eastern Time.

On 12/30/2019 at 9:08 PM, chrisml said:

Have there been further details of the streaming service that will be showing The Doctors?

The rep from Retro TV posted this elsewhere today.

9 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Bill and Susan complained that Doug and Julie were written as the 'grouchy' parents opposed to Hope's romance to provide an obstacle and give Hope heroine status. They felt that their attitude to Hope was out of character. Also, in being reduced to being Hope's parents and not given any context of their own. When they were told that there were no plans to change their diminished roles they chose to leave.

The show also wanted to cut their guarantees in half and told them there would be no story for them.  I believe that Brian Frons, who was then VP of NBC daytime, was behind a lot of this, and then Maggie DePriest didn't want to write for them.

 @Brolden I believe the May 28, 1990, pre-emption was because of CBS coverage of an NBA Eastern Conference playoff game (Detroit/Chicago). 

@slick jones I think that might be Susan Oliver in the photo for Diane McBain's listing.

Chris Calloway (Ivy, The Doctors) was the daughter of Cab Calloway, and her son, also named Chris Calloway, was a pro football player.

Nicholas Surovy (AMC) was the son of opera singer Rise Stevens.

Of course, Christina Crawford (Secret Storm) was the daughter of Joan Crawford.

Robert Lipton (Jeff Ward, ATWT) was the brother of Peggy Lipton.

Fran Heflin (Mona, AMC) was the sister of Van Heflin and aunt of Marta Heflin.

John Clarke (Mickey, Days) was the father of Melinda Clarke.

Hogan Sheffer was the brother of Craig Sheffer.

3 minutes ago, chrisml said:

Where else has the retro rep posted? I'd like to read what she has to say. I don't understand why she's not approved but the woman who took over the board for weeks was allowed to go unchecked.

She’s on Daytime Royalty in The Doctors thread and answering questions.

Apparently, the b&w episodes from the 60s (that Retro hasn't aired) will be available on the streaming, as well as new interviews with the cast and crew.  I know the Retro representative was trying to get contact information for Liz Hubbard.

I think another press release is upcoming.  Someone from Retro has been trying to join this board but can't get approval.  She's posted elsewhere.

Here is an article about Mary Frann returning after being written out the first time.

I think Josh Taylor was butting heads with Barbara Stanger, who was playing his love interest, Mary Anderson.  So they might have brought back Amanda just to give him another love interest.  Josh fell for Mary Frann in real life but I don’t know whether she reciprocated.  I actually did like their pairing.

31 minutes ago, Franko said:

I knew I was forgetting somebody -- Tommy Horton also was written off during the revamp. And it sounds like Amanda Howard was done for good as 1979 concluded (I forget, was she killed off?).

I think Amanda was written out with Greg in early 1979, and they moved to Chicago.  She came back to town alone a few months later and had an affair with Chris.  Then she learned she was pregnant (not knowing whether the father was Greg or Chris).  She had a miscarriage though and had to have a hysterectomy.  She decided to go back to Chicago with Greg.

21 hours ago, slick jones said:

THE DOCTORS

 

NICU Nurse  with Lee Ann   Patricia Richardson  1979

 

thanks @jam6242

She said today that her name is Marion.

@danfling I didn't have any luck with those names, except for this article re Christine Thomas (assuming it's the same one).  It only lists her appearances on Canadian radio though.  Slightly off-topic, I had no idea that Hugh Franklin was married to writer Madeline L'Engle until I did this search!

Days has posted this scene on the DOOL app.  Rarely seen in clips, Margaret Mason (Linda) and Susan Oliver (Laura) are in it too!

26 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:

 

Sure!

 

I never tracked down a photo of him. Although that was years ago. Maybe Google has one of him now. But thanks for posting one of him! He did two episodes of "Days": 12/27/79 and 1/2/80. Per the Soap Digest recap, Mr. Pearson's daughter died and Samantha received her kidney. He won the guest Emmy for that.

 

Hey Jam, we posted at the exact same second!!

Haha—-great minds, eh?  Here’s a screencap of him with Deidre.  Marlena was also his therapist so she had a bit of a conflict of interest going.   At least one of those episodes has been floating around various places over the years.  

18 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

 

18 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

re Hugh McPhillips.

He won a guest actor Emmy for his Days role. What was Hugh Pearson's part in the story? How long was he on for?

He played the father of a young woman who was brain dead.  Marlena and others were trying to convince him to donate the daughter’s kidney to Marlena’s sister, Samantha (which he did).  I guess this was before live donors were used in transplants.  

15 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

Thanks for posting that. I love the headline.

This is amusing too. 

1 hour ago, Xanthe said:

 

Interesting article with some fascinatingly dated language. Thanks.

 

Does anyone know who the performers were who went on David Frost and what they bitched and moaned about?

Found this from March 1972.

From 1972, The Record (Hackensack, NJ)