Brolden

Well, it's finally here. Last night, I finished the series finale. I started watching Melrose Place somewhere around 2012, and have watched on a weekly basis, with a few breaks between seasons. What I love about this (and HATE about binge-watching), is that a show really becomes a big part of your life as you grow with the show. It also makes me feel a bit melancholy that's it's finally over now. The show has definitely had a lot of ups and downs, but I really did love it.

For the past 8 years, I've been avoiding this thread (with one minor exception) out of fear of being spoiled, but I definitely have a lot to say. I'm still kind of collecting my thoughts, but I'll start to put some of them into words over the next few days (anything to prolong my stay in the MP universe for a while), so stay tuned.

While I was digging into some historial newspapers for the Full Episode List, I found this fun excerpt in the March 11, 1984 edition of a paper called "The Journal"

Although it's only a regional pre-emption, that doesn't help my episodes project, I can't help but wonder about the "something big" that was happening on the show in the week of March 5-9, 1984, involving Craig Montgomery being forced to confront his evil ways.

Is this around the time he bombed Steve's truck?

Ok, so I've recently been digging into some historial newspapers to find listings, and I have reason to believe that in 1981 Thanksgiving Friday was NOT pre-empted. 

I realize that although I've assumed both Thanksgiving days to have been pre-empted from the early 80s onwards, I have no actual Thanksgiving Friday pre-emptions confirmed before 1986, forcing me to re-think a lot of the info I have on the early 80s. I'll need to do some double checking on the years between 1979 and 1986, which will take some time. I only wish I had found this before real life started to kick back in again, but I'm really happy about this info regardless.

To be continued...

Another thing I've just noticed is that the episode numbers between the confirmed April 27, 1979 and June 17, 1980 episodes line up perfectly. 

If it is true that all of these episodes aired, it means that 1979 had no pre-emptions for Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year's Eve, nor did 1980 have a pre-emption for New Year's Day. 

Another thing, though, is that UCLA has episode #6055 in their collection, which according to their info was taped on (Wednesday) August 29, 1979. Following the above logic, that episode would have aired on (Tuesday) September 4, 1979, less than a week after taping. Does anyone know if that sounds about right for those days?

6 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Friday May 7 1982 Episode # 6734. From a script.

Funny enough, I already had that episode number linked to the episode in my file on my computer, but I see I forgot to update the 1982 section in this thread. I was able to figure out the episode numbers to a lot of 1982 episodes based off of the few episodes Patricia Bruder Debrovner uploaded a few months back. But it's always good when any of the episode numbers I've figured out are actually confirmed, so thanks as always!

Bumping up 1982:

On 8/8/2018 at 3:11 PM, Brolden said:

1982

 

Year	Month	Day	Weekday	No.
1982	1	1	Friday	???	New Year's Day
1982	1	4	Monday	???
1982	1	5	Tuesday	???
1982	1	6	Wednesday	???
1982	1	7	Thursday	???
1982	1	8	Friday	???
1982	1	11	Monday	???
1982	1	12	Tuesday	???
1982	1	13	Wednesday	???
1982	1	14	Thursday	???
1982	1	15	Friday	???
1982	1	18	Monday	???
1982	1	19	Tuesday	???
1982	1	20	Wednesday	???
1982	1	21	Thursday	???
1982	1	22	Friday	???
1982	1	25	Monday	???
1982	1	26	Tuesday	???
1982	1	27	Wednesday	???
1982	1	28	Thursday	???
1982	1	29	Friday	???
1982	2	1	Monday	#6665	Patricia Bruder Debrovner [partial]
1982	2	2	Tuesday	#6666	Patricia Bruder Debrovner
1982	2	3	Wednesday	#6667
1982	2	4	Thursday	#6668
1982	2	5	Friday	#6669	Patricia Bruder Debrovner
1982	2	8	Monday	#6670	???
1982	2	9	Tuesday	#6671	???
1982	2	10	Wednesday	#6672	??? -- Peter Reckell's return?
1982	2	11	Thursday	#6673	???
1982	2	12	Friday	#6674	???
1982	2	15	Monday	#6675	???
1982	2	16	Tuesday	#6676	???
1982	2	17	Wednesday	#6677	???
1982	2	18	Thursday	#6678	???
1982	2	19	Friday	#6679	???
1982	2	22	Monday	#6680	???
1982	2	23	Tuesday	#6681	??? -- Peter Reckell's exit?
1982	2	24	Wednesday	#6682	???
1982	2	25	Thursday	#6683	???
1982	2	26	Friday	#6684	???
1982	3	1	Monday	#6685	???
1982	3	2	Tuesday	#6686	???
1982	3	3	Wednesday	#6687	???
1982	3	4	Thursday	#6688	???
1982	3	5	Friday	#6689	???
1982	3	8	Monday	#6690	???
1982	3	9	Tuesday	#6691	???
1982	3	10	Wednesday	#6692	Another Time, Another Life -- Soapclassics / AsTheWorldStillTurns
1982	3	11	Thursday	#6693	"join us tomorrow"
1982	3	12	Friday	#6694	???
1982	3	15	Monday	#6695	I marked this episode last year as having aired, but can’t find why?
1982	3	16	Tuesday	#6696	???
1982	3	17	Wednesday	#6697	???
1982	3	18	Thursday	#6698	???
1982	3	19	Friday	#6699	???
1982	3	22	Monday	#6700	???
1982	3	23	Tuesday	#6701	???
1982	3	24	Wednesday	#6702	???
1982	3	25	Thursday	#6703	???
1982	3	26	Friday	#6704	???
1982	3	29	Monday	#6705	???
1982	3	30	Tuesday	#6706	???
1982	3	31	Wednesday	#6707	???
1982	4	1	Thursday	#6708	???
1982	4	2	Friday	#6709	???
1982	4	5	Monday	#6710	???
1982	4	6	Tuesday	#6711	???
1982	4	7	Wednesday	#6712	???
1982	4	8	Thursday	#6713	???
1982	4	9	Friday	#6714	???
1982	4	12	Monday	#6715	???
1982	4	13	Tuesday	#6716	???
1982	4	14	Wednesday	#6717	???
1982	4	15	Thursday	#6718	???
1982	4	16	Friday	#6719	???
1982	4	19	Monday	#6720	???
1982	4	20	Tuesday	#6721	???
1982	4	21	Wednesday	#6722	???
1982	4	22	Thursday	#6723	???
1982	4	23	Friday	#6724	???
1982	4	26	Monday	#6725	???
1982	4	27	Tuesday	#6726	???
1982	4	28	Wednesday	#6727	???
1982	4	29	Thursday	#6728	???
1982	4	30	Friday	#6729	???
1982	5	3	Monday	#6730	???
1982	5	4	Tuesday	#6731	???
1982	5	5	Wednesday	#6732	???
1982	5	6	Thursday	#6733	???
1982	5	7	Friday	#6734	[episode number from a script]
1982	5	10	Monday	#6735	???
1982	5	11	Tuesday	#6736	???
1982	5	12	Wednesday	#6737	???
1982	5	13	Thursday	#6738	???
1982	5	14	Friday	#6739	???
1982	5	17	Monday	#6740	???
1982	5	18	Tuesday	#6741	???
1982	5	19	Wednesday	#6742	???
1982	5	20	Thursday	#6743	???
1982	5	21	Friday	#6744	???
1982	5	24	Monday	#6745	???
1982	5	25	Tuesday	#6746	???
1982	5	26	Wednesday	#6747	???
1982	5	27	Thursday	#6748	???
1982	5	28	Friday	#6749	???
1982	5	31	Monday	#6750	???
1982	6	1	Tuesday	#6751	???
1982	6	2	Wednesday	#6752	???
1982	6	3	Thursday	#6753	???
1982	6	4	Friday	#6754	???
1982	6	7	Monday	#6755	???
1982	6	8	Tuesday	#6756	???
1982	6	9	Wednesday	#6757	???
1982	6	10	Thursday	#6758	???
1982	6	11	Friday	#6759	???
1982	6	14	Monday	#6760	???
1982	6	15	Tuesday	#6761	???
1982	6	16	Wednesday	#6762	???
1982	6	17	Thursday	#6763	???
1982	6	18	Friday	#6764	??? --Julie Ridley's exit?
1982	6	21	Monday	#6765	??? -- Randall Edwards's debut?
1982	6	22	Tuesday	#6766	???
1982	6	23	Wednesday	#6767	???
1982	6	24	Thursday	#6768	???
1982	6	25	Friday	#6769	???
1982	6	28	Monday	#6770	???
1982	6	29	Tuesday	#6771	???
1982	6	30	Wednesday	#6772	???
1982	7	1	Thursday	#6773	???
1982	7	2	Friday	#6774	???
1982	7	5	Monday	#6775	???
1982	7	6	Tuesday	#6776	???
1982	7	7	Wednesday	#6777	???
1982	7	8	Thursday	#6778	???
1982	7	9	Friday	#6779	???
1982	7	12	Monday	#6780	???
1982	7	13	Tuesday	#6781	???
1982	7	14	Wednesday	#6782	???
1982	7	15	Thursday	#6783	???
1982	7	16	Friday	#6784	???
1982	7	19	Monday	#6785	???
1982	7	20	Tuesday	#6786	???
1982	7	21	Wednesday	#6787	???
1982	7	22	Thursday	#6788	???
1982	7	23	Friday	#6789	???
1982	7	26	Monday	#6790	???
1982	7	27	Tuesday	#6791	???
1982	7	28	Wednesday	#6792	???
1982	7	29	Thursday	#6793	???
1982	7	30	Friday	#6794	???
1982	8	2	Monday	#6795	???
1982	8	3	Tuesday	#6796	???
1982	8	4	Wednesday	#6797	???
1982	8	5	Thursday	#6798	???
1982	8	6	Friday	#6799	???
1982	8	9	Monday	#6800	???
1982	8	10	Tuesday	#6801	???
1982	8	11	Wednesday	#6802	???
1982	8	12	Thursday	#6803	???
1982	8	13	Friday	#6804	???
1982	8	16	Monday	#6805	???
1982	8	17	Tuesday	#6806	???
1982	8	18	Wednesday	#6807	???
1982	8	19	Thursday	#6808	???
1982	8	20	Friday	#6809	???
1982	8	23	Monday	#6810	???
1982	8	24	Tuesday	#6811	???
1982	8	25	Wednesday	#6812	???
1982	8	26	Thursday	#6813	???
1982	8	27	Friday	#6814	???
1982	8	30	Monday	#6815	???
1982	8	31	Tuesday	#6816	???
1982	9	1	Wednesday	#6817	???
1982	9	2	Thursday	#6818	???
1982	9	3	Friday	#6819	???
1982	9	6	Monday	pre-empted?	US Open [-- Michael Forest's exit?]
1982	9	7	Tuesday	#6820	???
1982	9	8	Wednesday	#6821	(script detailed in the book Writing for Soaps)
1982	9	9	Thursday	#6822
1982	9	10	Friday	pre-empted?	US Open?
1982	9	13	Monday	#6823
1982	9	14	Tuesday	#6824
1982	9	15	Wednesday	#6825
1982	9	16	Thursday	#6826
1982	9	17	Friday	#6827
1982	9	20	Monday	#6828
1982	9	21	Tuesday	#6829
1982	9	22	Wednesday	#6830
1982	9	23	Thursday	#6831
1982	9	24	Friday	#6832
1982	9	27	Monday	#6833
1982	9	28	Tuesday	#6834
1982	9	29	Wednesday	#6835
1982	9	30	Thursday	#6836
1982	10	1	Friday	#6837
1982	10	4	Monday	#6838
1982	10	5	Tuesday	#6839
1982	10	6	Wednesday	#6840	P&G Corporate Archives
1982	10	7	Thursday	#6841
1982	10	8	Friday	#6842
1982	10	11	Monday	#6843
1982	10	12	Tuesday	#6844
1982	10	13	Wednesday	#6845
1982	10	14	Thursday	#6846
1982	10	15	Friday	#6847	The Man Of Her Dreams -- Soapclassics / AsTheWorldStillTurns
1982	10	18	Monday	#6848
1982	10	19	Tuesday	#6849
1982	10	20	Wednesday	#6850
1982	10	21	Thursday	#6851
1982	10	22	Friday	#6852
1982	10	25	Monday	#6853
1982	10	26	Tuesday	#6854
1982	10	27	Wednesday	#6855
1982	10	28	Thursday	#6856
1982	10	29	Friday	#6857	Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute
1982	11	1	Monday	#6858
1982	11	2	Tuesday	#6859
1982	11	3	Wednesday	#6860
1982	11	4	Thursday	#6861
1982	11	5	Friday	#6862
1982	11	8	Monday	#6863
1982	11	9	Tuesday	#6864
1982	11	10	Wednesday	#6865
1982	11	11	Thursday	#6866
1982	11	12	Friday	#6867
1982	11	15	Monday	#6868
1982	11	16	Tuesday	#6869
1982	11	17	Wednesday	#6870
1982	11	18	Thursday	#6871
1982	11	19	Friday	#6872
1982	11	22	Monday	#6873
1982	11	23	Tuesday	#6874
1982	11	24	Wednesday	#6875
1982	11	25	Thursday	pre-empted?	Thanksgiving
1982	11	26	Friday	pre-empted?	Thanksgiving
1982	11	29	Monday	#6876
1982	11	30	Tuesday	#6877
1982	12	1	Wednesday	#6878
1982	12	2	Thursday	#6879
1982	12	3	Friday	#6880
1982	12	6	Monday	#6881
1982	12	7	Tuesday	#6882
1982	12	8	Wednesday	#6883
1982	12	9	Thursday	#6884
1982	12	10	Friday	#6885
1982	12	13	Monday	#6886
1982	12	14	Tuesday	#6887
1982	12	15	Wednesday	#6888
1982	12	16	Thursday	#6889
1982	12	17	Friday	#6890
1982	12	20	Monday	#6891
1982	12	21	Tuesday	#6892
1982	12	22	Wednesday	#6893
1982	12	23	Thursday	#6894
1982	12	24	Friday	#6895	Soapclassics -- Helene Udy's debut?
1982	12	27	Monday	#6896	Frank Telfer's debut?
1982	12	28	Tuesday	#6897
1982	12	29	Wednesday	#6898
1982	12	30	Thursday	#6899
1982	12	31	Friday	#6900	New Year's Eve

 

We have almost connected 1982 to 1981, but what's odd is that there need to have been 6 pre-emptions between November 2, 1981 and February 1, 1982.

Even if both Thanksgiving days were pre-empted (which they always were from 1982 onwards, but likely weren't in 1980!), as well as Christmas, New Year's Eve (which likely wasn't pre-empted in 1980 OR 1982) and New Year's Day (fell during the weekend in '83 and '84; was always pre-empted from 1985 onwards, EXCEPT for 2004 for some reason), there would still be another pre-emption unaccounted for.

Still: I am amazed that we have nearly all of '80, '81 and '82 figured out, as well as half of '83. 

Great catch! 

On 8/24/2018 at 9:55 AM, Brolden said:

1990 5 28 Monday pre-empted NBA Eastern Conference Playoff Game Coverage

Me again! Would someone be able to confirm that the guy with Barbara / Eduardo at around 16.32 is Mark Kevin Lewis as Gregory Varner?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W2sFg4o0Z8

Sorry to re-open this thread, but does anyone know what happened to these tumblr pages? 

I have been enjoying reading old ATWT recaps for the last few months, but I notice they stop in the early 90s. The SOD covers page is updated through 2014, so I'm wondering if more will be posted, but since the pages seem to have been inactive for a while now, I have to assume the worst...

Is there any other place where I can find early to mid-90's recaps (pre-soapcentral)?

On 10/10/2019 at 3:29 PM, adrnyc said:

I’m currently watching 1990. Either the episode on YouTube for Tuesday February 20th is labeled wrong or the show was pre-empted on Monday February 19th. The Tuesday February 20th episode picks up immediately from where Friday February 16th ended. I know you’ve been trying to figure out where some pre-emptions occurred. That may be one of your missing spots. Or, as I said, ATWST might just has the wrong date on that episode. Either way, I hope the information is helpful. Thanks for all the work you’ve put in to this project!

Great catch @adrnyc ! Sorry for not responding to this earlier. Since the February 16 episode ends with Dan Region inviting us to join again on Monday, I had marked the February 19 episode as having aired, but obviously, an unplanned pre-emption could have taken place. Since the 21 episode picks up directly after the 20 episode, and I assume ATWST hasn't mis-labeled an entire week, I am going to assume February 19 may have indeed been pre-empted. Please share if you find more during your watching. The only way we are ever going to find the real pre-emptions is by actually comparing the ends of episodes to the beginnings of subsequent episodes.

On 8/24/2018 at 9:55 AM, Brolden said:

1990 2 19 Monday pre-empted? [February 20 picks up directly after February 16]

This also means that between December 8, 1989 and May 11, 1990, in addition to the January 1 and February 19 episodes, only 1 more episode was pre-empted.

On 10/9/2019 at 1:58 PM, Paul Raven said:

Some info regarding Watergate coverage in 1973. The hearings began May 17 (Thurs) and continued May 18.

They  resumed Tues May 22 and continued until Thurs May 24th so presumably ATWT aired Mon and Fri of that week.

 

All 3 networks aired those hearings and it was then decided they would alternate so viewers would have a choice and networks would cut costs as they were losing millions in advertising losses.

 

The hearings resumed Tues  June 5 with NBC covering, CBS took Wed June 6 and ABC Thurs June 7. They rotated in this manner from then on until the conclusion on Aug 7th. CBS covered 19 days.

However, the networks had the option of broadcasting Watergate on days not part of their rotation.CBS showed all 5 days of John Dean the week of June 25th.

 

Don't know if this is any help or is more confusing!!

OK, let's see if we can figure this thing out.

Two questions (which you may not have an answer to, but I'll ask them anyway):

1.) When you say "rotated in this manner" do you mean they kept going in that specific order (NBC-CBS-ABC-NBC-CBS-ABC etc.), or just that they rotated in whatever order?

2.)  When you say "CBS covered 19 days", do you mean CBS took on 19 days of the rotation cycle, or CBS aired Watergate 19 times in general (including the hearings that were covered by all networks)?

I copied the Watergate-section of 1973 below to have some workspace. If I have interpreted your info correctly, we get this:

The exclamation marks indicate that we know CBS aired Watergate. The question marks indicate that CBS might have aired Watergate. The left column is based on a rotation cycle that goes NBC-CBS-ABC.

IF all of that is correct, we may have just uncovered 17 out of 19 Watergate pre-emptions. Obviously, that's still a big IF. 

ANY info, from ANYONE, would be very much appreciated! 

On 7/31/2018 at 11:04 PM, Brolden said:

1959 10 22 Thursday   Jeff and Penny's wedding?

1959 10 23 Friday   Jeff and Penny's wedding?

1959 10 26 Monday   Jeff and Penny's wedding?

Updated:

Long overdue... Courtesy of Paul Raven's info!

On 8/2/2018 at 2:13 PM, Brolden said:

1965 11 15 Monday   Gloria De Haven's debut

On 8/4/2018 at 5:16 PM, Brolden said:

1971 9 23 Thursday #4007 Jerry Lacy's exit

On 10/9/2019 at 8:37 AM, Paul Raven said:

March 25 1973. Irna swings the axe!

Final appearances of John Colenback (Dr. Dan Stewart), Marie Masters (Susan Stewart Baxter), Lisa Cameron (Peggy Regan), Curt Dawson (Ron Talbot), Ben Hayes (Bruce Baxter), and Eugenia Rawls (Grace Burton). 

@Paul Raven March 25 was a Sunday... so that must have been a misprint, possibly the date was March 23 or 26?

On 8/4/2018 at 11:56 PM, Brolden said:

1973 4 26 Thursday   Bobby Short appearance (as Bob & Kim meet up in Florida)

1996 this time... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHaOhkgMkOo

Around 4 minutes in, a scene starts involving three men, none of whom I recognize in the slightest. I think they have something to do with this Bill Mason figure that kept being mentioned in the episode, although I'm not sure any one of them is him. Other names that I think are related to Mason are Clegg, Switzer and Quinlan. I must admit I'm not very well-versed in 1996, and I'm quite hazy on the Bill Mason plot in general, so if anyone could shed some light on it, that would be great.

15 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Victoria Rowell was #2 Nella and Kasi Lemmons was #3 Nella who left with Beau in late 1989. VR was on Atwt during the 1987-1988 season.

Thanks for clearing that up!

5 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Victoria Rowell was Nella Franklin #3. 

Nella Franklin #2 Kasi Lemmons had departed from the role when her iteration of Nella left with Beau Farrell.  I hated what that storyline did to Pam and Nella's friendship, another casualty of material written during the Writer's Strike.

Wait... you're saying AFTER KL's Nella left with Beau, she returned with VR in the role? I don't think that's right, is it? 

I have been trying to find out where KL's stint ends and VR's stint begins, but the character is on so little that it's kind of hard to figure out.

On 12/23/2019 at 6:16 PM, Brolden said:

Could someone help me identify a few characters in the December 30, 1993 episode?

I'm going to keep doing this, as long as you all don't mind...

June 28, 1988:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUoBZGf5FLw

At 23:27, the first prize winner is drawn at the AIDS ball. Am I correct in saying that it is Nella Franklin? If so, does anyone know if it is Kasi Lemmons or Victoria Rowell in the role?

Thanks in advance!

Could someone help me identify a few characters in the December 30, 1993 episode?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiGTddxH-K8

I am trying to find out who the couple is that Duncan and Jessica run into at around 2:44. Could it possibly be Dick Latessa and Ann Mitchell as Ambrose and Jane?

I am also wondering if I'm correct in assuming the man they run into at around 25:53 is Jessica's brother Lamar? Is it Michael Genet in the role?
Was Lamar involved with security at the Falcon Club?

Thanks in advance!

On 10/16/2019 at 5:56 PM, slick jones said:

I can't read the other but the last name of the actor may be James or Jones

I think I may have found it: Neal Jones as Randy Selkirk. The character is mentioned at the start of the episode.

It's not an uncovered 70s or 80s episode, but munecojim recently uploaded (among others) the February 16, 1999 episode, which to my knowledge was not previously on YouTube. I have updated the full episode list accordingly.

Updated:

On 10/21/2018 at 12:47 PM, Brolden said:

1999 1 5 Tuesday #10914 AsTheWorldStillTurns / munecojim

On 10/21/2018 at 12:47 PM, Brolden said:

1999 2 16 Tuesday #10943 munecojim

^ Note: this episode was, by my count, not previously on YouTube!
 

On 11/18/2018 at 12:13 PM, Brolden said:

2002 12 18 Wednesday #11906 AsTheWorldStillTurns / munecojim

Bailey Chase (ex-Chris, ATWT) is joining S.W.A.T.

https://tvline.com/2019/12/19/bailey-chase-swat-season-3-cast/

Jennifer Ferrin (ex-Jennifer, ATWT) was in a list of most prolific television actors of 2019. Apparently, she was on The Blacklist, Instinct, God Friended Me, Evil and The Passage. I had no idea she had appeared in all of these shows. Good for her, I always really loved her as Jennifer.

https://tvline.com/2019/12/19/2019-busiest-tv-actors-katherine-mcnamara-aaron-paul-darcy-carden/

I also saw a post on facebook indicating that Marnie Schulenburg (ex-Alison, ATWT) just gave birth to a healthy baby

12 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

For some reason, that's what I remember as well. I just wondered if the big, elaborate Thanksgiving celebrations that we all grew up with and loved were an '80s invention or did they have these kinds of episodes in the decades before. Like, was Chris Hughes known for making the types of Thanksgiving toasts that his son Bob made famous?

I've been wondering when the show started incorporating Thanksgiving as well. From my experience, those 1979 episodes on Youtube are definitely missing bits and pieces, so there may have been a Thanksgiving celebration that was not uploaded. Interestingly enough, though, if the dates on those '79 episodes are correct, the Friday episode actually aired in that year. 

Although the 1980 episodes aren't up there, in order to make sense of the episode numbers that ARE out there, both Thanksgiving dates must have actually had episodes that aired (the Thursday one in '79 could have aired as well, but that one is not on YT).

By 1982, in order to make sense of the episode numbers, both Thanksgiving dated must have been pre-empted, and for every year since I have the pre-emptions either confirmed or strongly suspected.

So either a shift took place around '81, or some of the episode numbers/dates out there are not correct. 

In answer to your original question, @DramatistDreamer, you can find all episodes that are available on YT (to my knowledge) in the ATWT Full Episode List thread. I'd venture to say that Thanksgiving was celebrated on the show on the Wednesday prior to Thanksgiving usually, so all of those episodes that are marked as being on YT may feature some of that holiday sentiment you're looking for   

10 hours ago, P.J. said:

Emmy Rossum wasn't in the part for a year. She played the part for a few episodes when Molly found out who'd adopted her. Brolden's post lists the dates as 8/15 thru 8/19 of 97.

These dates have been taken from Abigail's profile on Soapcentral, which is known to contain many mistakes in its profiles. Since the episodes are sadly not online, I have not been able to verify this personally. There's one more appearance on October 7 (as DRW50 pointed out), but that episode is unfortunately also still missing. 

I know this won't satisfy the desire to see ER as Abigail, but Soapcentral does have recaps online for all of those episodes, which would at least give you an idea of the context in which the character appeared.

10 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

She's putting the MESS in messageboard

This is the funniest thing I've read all week.  

15 hours ago, slick jones said:

Our own @jam6242 identified this as Jay Ingram (ex EON and AW)

Nice! More screenshots will follow when I have a bit more time. I'm so happy we can actually solve some of these mysteries!

William Fichtner (Josh/Rod, ATWT) will make his directorial debut with a film called Cold Brook, which was written by Fichtner and Cain DeVore (Lance Whittaker, ATWT). 

https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/cold-brook/

Updated:

On 12/16/2018 at 1:02 PM, Brolden said:

2005 3 2 Wednesday #12461 Soapclassics / AsTheWorldStillTurns / munecojim -- Sarah Brown's exit?

On 12/2/2018 at 5:07 PM, Brolden said:

2003 10 10 Friday #12111 AsTheWorldStillTurns / munecojim

Another question: 

I've been transcribing some of the end credit sequences, in an attempt to learn more about the cast changes and the minor characters. I came upon the 1993-12-30 episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiGTddxH-K8), which has quite a list of characters/actors. Unfortunately, someone decided it would be a good idea to use a red font (presumably because of the holidays), rendering the list nearly unreadable. 

I think I've been able to figure out most of the names though.

Would someone be able to help me read the two missing characters/actors?