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I counted 14 daytime dramas filmed in New York from 1975-1978. CBS: Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life, As the World Turns, Guiding Light ABC: One Life to Live, All My Children, Ryan's Hope, The Edge of Night NBC: The Doctors; Another World; Somerset; How to Survive a Marriage; Lovers and Friends; For Richer, For Poorer

CBS had the best promos BITD. This new promo isn't working for me.

Kat, don't steal your cousin's man, I thought you were better than that.

RIP Peabo Bryson. Peabo Bryson Dead: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Singer Was 75

I missed that. Thank you.

@Paul Raven That article also forgot Y&R.

There was wealth and business on soaps before Dallas. Y&R had the Chancellors and the Prentisses. GL had the Spauldings. I'm sure I'm missing some.

One more week till the crossover.

Seeing Sean Freeman, Tamara Tunie, and Clifton Davis show love to Eric Braeden made my day. I am so hyped for the crossover. I know Eric Braeden and Clifton Davis acting opposite each other will be amazing.

Beyond the Gates Stars hail working with Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) in Upcoming Crossover with Y&R

Vanessa is a nasty ho. I'm waiting for Deanna to call her out and put her on blast.

Agree. Some things are better left implied and to the imagination.

Not in May, at least from what I recall.

100% this. We all know Les Moonves sabotaged Murder, She Wrote.

Brenda Dickson acting style changed sometime in 1985. For the remainder of her run, she was so extra. I can't watch any of her scenes from that time, they are painful.

Y&R: May sleeps. 90% hot garbage. BtG: May sweeps. 80% hot fire.

Clifton Davis has aged well, but I don't know if I want to see him in a love scene though.

It's a big one too, 80.

Time slot moves and competition played a part too. December 1, 1975-February 1, 1980: 1:30 pm ET. Head-to-head w/ Days (December 1, 1975-March 2, 1979), All My Children second half (April 25, 1977-February 1, 1980), One Life to Live first half (January 16, 1978-February 1, 1980), Days second half (March 5, 1979-February 1, 1980), The Doctors (March 5, 1979-February 1, 1980). February 4, 1980-June 5, 1981: 2 pm ET. Head-to-head w/ One Life to Live, The Doctors (February 4-August 1, 1980), Another World first half hour (February 4-August 1, 1980), Another World (August 4, 1980-June 5, 1981). June 8, 1981-March 20, 1987: 1:30 pm ET. Head-to-head w/ All My Children second half, One Life to Live first half, Days second half, Another World first half. March 23, 1987-September 17, 2010: 2 pm ET. Head-to-head w/ One Life to Live, Another World (March 23, 1987-June 25, 1999), Passions (July 5, 1999-September 7, 2007).

I'm not familiar with this era of As the World Turns, but to me it seems like it was coasting from when it lost #1 in 1979 to All My Children until Douglas Marland arrived in 1985. Ratings-wise, it was middle of the pack. We all know CBS/P&G were shaken by 1978-1982 ABC big three huge rise and domination, thus so many changes to the shows.

I consider Magnum, P.I. Tom Selleck's breakthrough role and Blue Bloods his career resurgence.

@soapfan770 Thanks for posting the above. CBS moving the final four episodes of Falcon Crest to dead zone Thursday 9 pm looks like sabotage but it was more to fill space in the schedule because nothing was working. That week's Murder, She Wrote was the season 6 finale (The Sicilian Encounter) and it was the season low. Dallas season 13 finale was one week earlier. Dallas finale was the season high. That episode was Dallas highest-rated episode since October 9, 1987 (Gone with the Wind). It was also the first Dallas episode to finish ahead of a new episode of Murder, She Wrote since October 23, 1987 (Tough Love) and the first Dallas episode to finish ahead of a new episode of The Cosby Show since February 22, 1985 (Shattered Dreams). That week's Murder, She Wrote was season 7 penultimate episode (Tainted Lady). The following week was Murder, She Wrote season 7 finale (The Skinny According to Nick Culhane) and it was the season low. Knots Landing finale was the season high. That week's Murder, She Wrote was the season 9 finale (Love's Deadly Desire). Cheers ended the following Thursday with so much hype. Murder, She Wrote finale wasn't the season high. The season high was February 25, 1996 (Track of a Soldier), the first episode of the season to air at Sunday 8 pm. "Death by Demographics" shaded CBS and I don't blame Angela Lansbury at all for it.

Jane Wyman was of that generation (born 1917). I believe she was semi-retired until her late career comeback with Falcon Crest.

I see what you did there

Vernon and Anita are letting us all know that love and romance doesn't have an expiration age.