KateW

20 years ago this week I know one of the episodes from this week was used for Eileen Davidson's 1998 Emmy reel as the clip was shown on the broadcast. I don't know what the other episode was though.

20 years ago this month: From recaps I found online, the exact airdate was either June 19 or June 20.

And also half of the 1987 acting Emmy awards: Larry Bryggman (Lead Actor), Gregg Marx (Supporting Actor), Martha Byrne (Younger Actress). I think 1987 was the biggest Emmy haul for ATWT.

I once read an interview with Bill Bell where he mentioned CBS approached him as early as 1977 about creating a second show for the network's daytime lineup. Do you think CBS was planning to replace Search for Tomorrow with a second Bill Bell show back then? As we all know, Bill Bell didn't have a second show ready until 10 years later. Even if CBS kept Search for Tomorrow, I still think CBS would've ended it once Bill Bell had a second show ready to go.

30 years ago today (March 20)

The new spelling is like the champagne, so I wonder if the pronunciation will be too.

Where would you factor in Linda Gray (76) and Linda Evans (74) based on how they look now?

Linda Evans was 38 when Dynasty began, but I don't believe Krystle's age was ever established on the show. Joan Collins was 48 at the beginning of season two. If we go by the age differences between the original core (JF, JC, LE), and the casting of Grant Show, I figure the Cristal actress would be early 30s and Alexis would be cast with an actress in their early 40s.

Grant Show is 54 or 55 now. John Forsythe was 62 when Dynasty began. So not that much of an age difference.

20 years ago today (January 6)

30 years ago today:

As the World Turns acting Daytime Emmys by category Lead Actor: Larry Bryggman (1984, 1987), Michael Park (2010, 2011) Lead Actress: Martha Byrne (2001), Maura West (2007, 2010) Supporting Actor: Justin Deas (1984), John Wesley Shipp (1986), Gregg Marx (1987), Benjamin Hendrickson (2003) Supporting Actress: Lesli Kay (2001), Cady McClain (2004), Julie Pinson (2010) Younger Actor: Brian Bloom (1985), Andrew Kavovit (1990) Younger Actress: Martha Byrne (1987), Julianne Moore (1988), Jennifer Landon (2006-2008) Eileen Fulton's only Daytime Emmy nomination was for supporting actress in 1988.

ABC and NBC dominated the first decade of the Daytime Emmys. It wasn't until about the mid-1980s that CBS started getting nominations and wins regularly. Looking back at the nominees/wins of the lead actress category over the years, it seems as on the whole CBS's female talent was overlooked. Prior to Kim Zimmer in 1985, the only other CBS actress nominated in the lead category was Mary Stuart for Search for Tomorrow in 1974, 1976, and 1977. It took 15 years for Y&R to get a lead actress nomination (Jeanne Cooper in 1989; she also has the longest losing streak before winning the lead actress category of anyone not named Susan Lucci) and 13 years for B&B to get a lead actress nomination (Susan Flannery in 2000).

As the World Turns' veteran female talent was overlooked in the lead actress category at the Daytime Emmys. Elizabeth Hubbard, 8 nominations without a win. It took 24 years for Colleen Zenk to even get a nomination for lead actress. Helen Wagner, Eileen Fulton, Marie Masters, Kathryn Hays, Tamara Tunie were never nominated in the lead actress category.

As long as Elizabeth Hubbard portrayed Lucinda with those weird acting choices (like, for instance, the stuttering) she was never going to win. And I say that as someone who places her second after Beverlee McKinsey on the list of all-time best soap actresses. Her work on THE DOCTORS, IMO, is a much better, more cleaner representation of her skills without the idiosyncrasies, for lack of a better word. I know Elizabeth Hubbard won the Lead Actress Daytime Emmy the only time she was nominated for The Doctors (1974). She had 7 consecutive nominations (1986-1992) in the Lead Actress category for As the World Turns; that's more consecutive nominations in the lead actress category than anyone not named Susan Lucci. After the 7 consecutive nominations, Elizabeth Hubbard was nominated a final time in 1999, oddly enough losing to Susan Lucci. A look back at the 1986-1992 Lead Actress races: 1986 - Elizabeth Hubbard, Susan Lucci, Peggy McCay, Erika Slezak (winner), Kim Zimmer 1987 - Elizabeth Hubbard, Susan Lucci, Frances Reid, Marcy Walker, Kim Zimmer (winner) 1988 - Helen Gallagher (winner), Elizabeth Hubbard, Susan Lucci, Erika Slezak, Marcy Walker 1989 - Jeanne Cooper, Elizabeth Hubbard, Susan Lucci, Marcy Walker (winner) 1990 - Jeanne Cooper, Elizabeth Hubbard, Finola Hughes, Susan Lucci, Kim Zimmer (winner) 1991 - Julia Barr, Jeanne Cooper, Elizabeth Hubbard, Finola Hughes (winner), Susan Lucci 1992 - Jeanne Cooper, Elizabeth Hubbard, Susan Lucci, Erika Slezak (winner), Jessica Tuck Do you think Elizabeth Hubbard should've gotten the win in either 1988,1989, or 1991?

25 years ago today The following Monday (January 28), NBC launched a talk show, A Closer Look, which lasted a little over 16 months.

From 1989 to 1992 I believe, so not very long. Their daughter would be around 25 now. Funny that some 15 years after they split, they were both on Y&R at the same time.

I was never a regular viewer of Days, but to me it's best known for the 1983-1997 period encompassing supercouples and Reilly's first run. Looking at the ratings, I'm surprised it was Reilly's first run that got Days into the top 3 and not the supercouples: 1982/83: 5.7 (#8) 1983/84: 7.1 (#7) 1984/85: 7.1 (#6, tied with As the World Turns) 1985/86: 7.2 (#5) 1986/87: 7.0 (#4, tied with All My Children and As the World Turns) 1987/88: 7.1 (#5) 1988/89: 6.5 (#5) 1989/90: 5.4 (#7, tied with Guiding Light) 1990/91: 5.2 (#7, tied with Guiding Light) 1991/92: 5.4 (#7, tied with One Life to Live) 1992/93: 4.9 (#8) 1993/94: 5.6 (#6, tied with One Life to Live) 1994/95: 5.3 (#6) 1995/96: 5.8 (#2) 1996/97: 5.8 (#2) 1997/98: 5.1 (#2)

Ratings were dropping entering the 1990s, and through that decade, except for one season there was an increase: 1989/90: 5.4 (#7, tied w/ Days of our Lives) 1990/91: 5.2 (#7, tied w/ Days of our Lives) 1991/92: 5.6 (#5) 1992/93: 5.4 (#7) 1993/94: 5.4 (#8) 1994/95: 4.4 (#8) 1995/96: 4.0 (#8) 1996/97: 4.0 (#7, tied w/ One Life to Live) 1997/98: 4.0 (#7) 1998/99: 3.5 (#8) Early 1995 were the first cancellation rumors I recall. I was thinking a cancellation was coming in late 1996 or early 1997 as it looked like CBS was preparing to expand B&B to 1 hour in time for it's 10th anniversary but for whatever reason that didn't happen.

Press Your Luck was cancelled in September 1986, and CBS returned the 4 pm ET time slot to the affiliates; they were the last network to do so. Had CBS decided to end Guiding Light instead of Capitol to make way for B&B, I think B&B would've been 1 hour from the start. I think the affiliate time shifting began in the fall of 1993, when CBS cancelled Family Feud Challenge and returned the 10 am ET time slot to the affiliates.

Looking at the ratings from 1983/84 to 1988/89 and there is a drop from year to year: 1983/84: 8.1 (#5) 1984/85: 7.5 (#4) 1985/86: 6.8 (#6) 1986/87: 6.3 (#7) 1987/88: 6.2 (#7) 1988/89: 6.2 (#7) Were there ever any cancellation rumors in the mid-1980s?

They were up to February 1997, then jumped back to 1988. Does anyone recall when Michael Zaslow's last episode was? I'm pretty sure it was reported in the soap press that his medical leave began in the spring of 1997, so I think it was sometime in March or April of that year.

Well, Adam Carrington did pave the way for Adam Newman, Andre Lyon, and really any other long lost/outsider/bad seed son LOL.

Happy 25th anniversary Mariah Carey, the album that is.

Terry Lester wasn't that much younger than Ron Raines. IMDb has Ron Raines's birthdate as December 2, 1949 and Terry Lester's as April 13, 1950.