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2 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Definitely a mess!

It's a race against the clock.

 

A race against the clock for sure!

I have just finished reading the oral histories about Ryan's Hope and Texas.  I also read the oral history on One Life to Life a few years back.  I couldn't put them down!  So interesting to hear from all the actors and behind the scenes folks.  How do we go about getting one for The Edge of Night?  I know many of the actors have passed but there are many still around.  I'd love to know what when down with Edge moving to ABC and what they thought once they got there with less station clearances.  I sure miss Edge and a great many soaps of yesterday......

27 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Tom Lisanti always is working on one & thinking about the next two he wants to do. So, basically it's a matter of getting him interested in what you are interested in. He said next up is For Richer, For Poorer & the AW 90 minute show, which was a debacle.

He has plans to revisit REUNION which was what TEXAS was originally meant to be. 

He's in my soap opera group on Facebook. 

I know at one point he read the entire TEXAS topic here on SON. And he came away from that with his feelings definitely scorched. The error on the hospital name he had fixed in the kindle version. There may have been other fixes.

I can't wait to read his next book!!  I think NBC at that time was a mess!  I hope he gets more books out before many of the talent behind and in front of the cameras pass away.

I have just finished reading the oral histories about Ryan's Hope and Texas.  I also read the oral history on One Life to Life a few years back.  I couldn't put them down!  So interesting to hear from all the actors and behind the scenes folks.  How do we go about getting ones for rest NBC soaps?  I believe that Tom Lisanti is working on a book now of all NBC New York soaps for years 1977-1980.  I'd love to read the complete histories of Another World, The Doctors, Somerset, Santa Barbara, Passions and Sunset Beach.  I know there are many other short lived NBC soaps as well.  I think these shows would all be interesting reads.   I don't imagine that they would touch Days of our Lives currently airing.

I have just finished reading the oral histories about Ryan's Hope and Texas.  I also read the oral history on One Life to Life a few years back.  I couldn't put them down!  So interesting to hear from all the actors and behind the scenes folks.  How do we go about getting ones for rest ABC soaps?  All My Children, Dark Shadows, The Edge of Night, Loving/The City, Port Charles would all be interesting reads.   I don't imagine that they would touch General Hospital currently airing.

I have just finished reading the oral histories about Ryan's Hope and Texas.  I couldn't put them down!  So interesting to hear from all the actors and behind the scenes folks.  How do we go about getting ones for CBS soaps?  Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life, The Secret Storm, As the World Turns, The Edge of Night, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Where the Heart Is, Capitol would all be interesting reads.   I don't imagine that they would touch current soaps like The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful.  

A little off topic but I have just finished reading the oral histories about Ryan's Hope and Texas.  I couldn't put them down!  So interesting to hear from all the actors and behind the scenes folks.  How do we go about getting one for Guiding Light and the other soaps?

Interesting to see Days and The Doctors both ahead of Another World.  It's hard to believe how things would change in a few short years.   Both ABC and NBC are doing very well right now!  A shame they didn't expand The Doctors to an hour.  I think things may have been very different for NBC daytime if they had.  

Search for Tomorrow #1?   I had no idea that they pulled that off in the 1970s!  What happened to The Edge of Night?  Last place while on CBS? What "Edge" storylines where on in June 1975?

1 hour ago, DM James Faiba ks said:

n Sept. 1972, EON moved from it's late afternoon slot (4:30 p.m.) to (2:30 p.m.) so that P&G could group it's soaps together. For the previous seasons, EON was #2 (69-70), #2 (70-71), #4 (71-72) and, then after move #10 (72-73). It was a stupid move since 50% of audience was male + big with after school bunch. Also, there was between 17-19 soaps during that period. (Half-hours) Finally, the ratings were far smaller as the US population was 200 MM in 1970 and 308 MM in 2010. (Although there were significantly more women at home and with far fewer choices, it would be interesting to know how many people were really watching.)

Actually, EON was on at 3:30 from 1962 until 1972, than moved to 2:30.

I hope we are able to see the September 1972 ratings.  I will be interested to see the affiliate coverage when there were so many soap!  Fingers crossed!  

14 hours ago, GLATWT88 said:

I wouldn't be surprised if it could have performed well beyond that. Just a few months earlier it was able to get a 5 with 157 stations and 80 pct clearance. Unfortunately EON never got full clearance or anywhere near it after its switch to ABC. 

I don't know why ABC or P&G didn't fight for Edge of Night.  It did very well in the markets that carried it.  I personally think it was a very good fit following General Hospital and capturing the kids after school.  I hope in 2024 that Jason is able to post the ratings and affiliates from the network switch from CBS to ABC.  It's really still really beyond me that CBS didn't move it following the Guiding Light when As the World Turns expanded though it may have faced cancellation when Guiding Light expanded.  Sigh.....

Breaks my heart to see Edge with so few affiliates!  I think I remember reading there were going to be more affiliates dropping in the first of the year so it was no longer profitable for P&G.  

I've always wondered if CBS time slot changes in 1981 would have been served better with Search for Tomorrow moving to 1:30 instead of 2:30.  I don't know about the demos for either show but CBS was weakened with cancelling Search and putting on Capitol.  As the World Turns head to head with One Life to Live seems a stronger move for CBS and that kept the one, two punch of As the World Turns and Guiding Light together.

3 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

Nothing. That was me seeing it as 8.9 on the Fast National page. When I noticed your message, I looked at the page again and it actually says 6.9. The Fast National weeks are sometimes a little harder to read, and I don't always do a double-check of them because they are different than the usual 2-weeks-per-issue issues, which are listed by time period (just the like the order I have them listed on the charts I type up), as opposed to the Fast Nationals, which are only listed alphabetically.  

So, if you ever notice something weird like that, please point it out. I've done my best to put the accurate numbers each week. I double check the 2-weeks-per-issue issues, so there's much less of a chance I have anything wrong in those. So the ones to be on the lookout would be random jumps in the Fast National weeks. I have replaced the wrong chart above and issued the correct one, with YR at 6.9 for that week:

 

 

 

1978-1989 at the moment. 1977 coming next. Probably next year will be the earlier years of the 1970's, so you need patience until 2024!

You are the best!  I love seeing the ratings of the 1970s!  I am happy to be patient and wait for earlier years.   Thank you so much!

You are a rock star Jason!  Very interesting to see Search for Tomorrow's final rating from CBS and first week on NBC.  I wonder what CBS thought of Capital's ratings?  Falling fast!

It would also be interesting to see the same scenario for The Edge of Night's last week on CBS November 29, 1975 and first week on ABC December 6, 1975.   By any chance can you go back that far?

That's a great start!  I think that's enough for a book!  I can't imagine how this would even get started.  I'd love to hear the recollections of these folks!

Lois Kibbee would have been ideal to write a book about Edge.  The first lady of Edge Ann Flood would have been a perfect partner!  Great idea!  I think today's biggest Edge cheerleader, Sharon Gabet would be a wonderful choice to spearhead this!  I'm not sure who is left now from the early days but Don Hastings and Millette Alexander are still around.  From the 60s Emily Prager (Laurie Ann) and Christopher Norris (Sarah Louise), Alberta Grant (Liz Hillyer), Fran Sharon (Cookie) and Millee Taggart (Gerri McGrath). From the 70s Lucy Martin (Tiffany Whitney), Maeve McGuire (Nicole), Leslie Ray (Babs Micelli), Jeanne Ruskin (Laurie Ann), Sharon Gabet (Raven Whitney), Terry Davis (April Cavanaugh), Holland Taylor (Denise Cavanaugh)....  There are too many to name still left and that isn't including crew and behind the scenes.   Well.... I can dream.    

I see there is a new book on Ryan's Hope coming out in October 2023.   I will buy this book which is an oral history of the show.  I miss the soaps (especially Edge!)!  I bought the oral history of One Life to Live as well.  It was a very interesting read.   I wish there could be such a book on The Edge of Night.  We've already lost so many cast members.   I am afraid that this history will be lost.  Thank God for Sharon Gabet!  She is a wonderful cheerleader for Edge.  Mariann Alda too.   

The Edge of Night is on fire!  Beating Days of our Lives, The Doctors and Love of Life for the week October 9-13!  Imagine if they had the number of affiliates the other shows had!  

What is the reason for the differences in the number of affiliates/stations from week to week?  Interesting that no soap opera had 100% clearance.

Happy 47th ABC Birthday to The Edge of Night!  I wish the 90 minute debut episode was available in it's entirety.   Cheers to the cast and crew!

Happy Birthday 70th Love of Life!  So many wonderful memories!  I wish more episodes of this show were available to view on Youtube.   I could only watch when I was home sick from school and summer holidays but I loved what I saw!  

3 hours ago, Forever8 said:

 

Thank you so much Forever8!  That brought a tear to my eye!  What a wonderful woman and actress.  I miss her and the show very much. 

3 hours ago, YRBB said:

 

The website no longer exists. They have partnered with/moved to https://watch.itsrealgoodtv.com/. There were several emails sent out announcing the move, maybe you have them in Spam or something.

Thanks YRBB!!  

Is anyone else having trouble with The Doctors website?  I hadn't been for quite a while but when I go to https://watchthedoctors.com/home, I get a message saying it's not a safe site.  I've attached a picture below.  This site used to work so that I could see subscription options and episodes available.  Has something changed?  I am getting an Amazon Fire Stick this weekend.   I hope it will be available there but I will still need to be able to subscribe.

Thanks!