Paul Raven

I would imagine that in terms of covers devoted to one show Days and possibly GH would be the leaders. Which shows never got a sole cover pic? The Doctors, Lovers and Friends/FRFP for sure. Did Loving,The City, Port Charles,Generations,Sunset Beach or Passions ever score a full cover?

As The World Turns Lydia Marlowe Zsa Zsa Gabor Nov 20 1981 Miranda's sister Oleg Cassini Oleg Cassini Dec 26 1985 famous clothing designer Melba Moore Melba Moore singer Sept 18 1986

Chance was shot back in 2021 I think. Imagine old school Y&R with the busy emergency room, ambulance officers wheeling Chance in, E/R teams working on him etc. Now he's all alone in a tiny set...

MARK PINTER PEYTON PLACE '79 David 1979

No, their second . They married in 76 and divorced after Julie was burned. Doug then married Lee. Finally they reunited and remained wed until they left in 84. when Julie came back in 90 they were now divorced.

Killing off Chuckie, Lisa's son was another bone headed move. It had zilch consequences, Instead imagine say Christian Le Blanc cast as Charlie Shea, Lisa's wayward son in the early 80's.

Earlier under Irna Phillips, Don was more clearly defined I think. He was more of a contrast to Bob, more ambitious and resentful of Nancy's treatment of Janice. By the time he came back in the mid 70's a lot of that was forgotten/ignored. They should have kept Don's stepdaughters by Janice in the picture as they could have become honorary Hughes and the show would have had 2 young women to write for. Irna drastically aged them (for no real reason) in the mid 60's but they could have played around with that a little and kept them early 20's in the mid 70's. They could have held off SORASING Dee and Annie. Those 2 characters had only a few years in the spotlight when they should have been leading the next generation.

Bo/Hope wedding rates the same as Pete/Ivy from the same year. Surprised there wasn't more of a bump for Bo/Hope. Culmination of major story/location shoot/expensive wedding gown etc. In fact Bo/Hope rates lower than Larry/Hope the year before. I wonder if there was any fall out from that in terms of expense v ratings result?

So it was OK for women to slap men but if they retaliated it was casual violence?

Donald Hughes was also onscreen in 1980 when the Dobsons arrived. So they had the two brothers template, one a doctor and one a lawyer, similar to the Bauers. But I think Don and Bob were pretty similar by that stage.

Well that is the story they want to tell in light of DD's absence and the availabilty of Michael Damian. I do wonder, moving forward how this will play out. Will we have a month or so of Chris/Danny/Phyllis getting some reasonable airtime with things wrapped up and MD and LLB heading off together and LLB back to occasional appearances as a lawyer? Seems most likely scenario.

My Sister Sam debuts Mon 8.30 behind Kate & Allie Kate finishes #19 Sam is #21. The following season CBS moves it to a Saturday hellhole to make way for critical darling Frank's Place which was originally scheduled for Sat. Sam is off the air within weeks. Riptide on NBC was scheduled as mid season replacement after The A Team as Bare Essence and Remington Steele didn't hold enough of A Teams audience. 83-84 A Team # 4 Riptide #18 84-85 A team # 6 Riptide #14 For the 85/86 season ABC programmed Who's The Boss/Growing Pains up against A Team which fell to #30 Riptide was out of the Top 30. NBC moved Hunter into Riptides 9pm slot and moved Riptide to 8pm Friday where it flopped and was cancelled.

The 1986/87 fall schedule was announced with several shows having titles changed before they aired My Sister Sam - Taking the Town Jack& Mike - Our Kind of Town The Wizard - The Wizard of Elm St. Matlock - Ben Matlock Sidekicks - The Last Electric Knight Heart of the City - Cold Steel and Neon

Watching(skimming) through todays ep I am puzzled by some of the staging. Billy is in the park and Chelsea appears. Then they are chatting at CL. Why not have Chelsea simply appear at CL while Billy is there? Nick/Victoria confront Victor at his office. He then leaves with Nate. Nate and Victor then chat in the park. Seems an odd choice. Why not have Victor stay in the office-seems more appropriate. Nick/Victoria could go to the park or appear at CL -Billy/Chelsea have already adjourned to bed. Nick/Victoria talk to Adam at the GCAC lobby area and then chat at GCAC. Meanwhile Mariah and Cole chat at Society. Their convo goes on throughout the ep while other characters have moved on to new locales. Must have been a very long catchup for Mariah/Kyle. Billy appears -he's already had chats with Chelsea at the park/at CL and a sex romp upstairs. It seems like a lot of these scenes may be taped on different days. The scene is written and then takes place at whatever set is available that day. Otherwise the choice of sets seems weird.

Guiding Light Dick Cavett Dick Cavett March 10 1986 Judge of The Sampson girl contest Dr. Joe Werner Ben Hayes 1966-67 Ed Zimmerman Oct 1967- June 72 (He died July 72) Berkeley Harris 1972 Anthony Call 1972- Nov 76 Lee Gantry Murderous thief; killed Alice; stole from and gaslit Sara McIntyre with maid Mildred Foss after marrying Sara, then attempted to murder her Ray Fulmer June 69 - September 70 Ben Scott Peggy's father, blind to wife Maggie's affair with Bill Bauer Bernard Kates Aug 1965-66

By 1980 there had been I think 3 Franks, 2 Delias, 3 Pats, 3 Marys and 3 Faiths. In just 5 years. They were stretching viewers' patience by that stage. Maybe it would have been better to write some of those characters out for a while than just keep recasting.

Search for Tomorrow William Lang...Tom Ewell... May 26 72 - ?72...DA or Sheriff investigating the death of Sam Reynolds Dave Wilkins...Dale Robinette...74-Dec 74 father, Wendy Stephanie ____Wilkins Collins Pace Wyatt ...Maree Cheatham...Jan 74-84 Eunice Gardner Twining Martin Wyatt...Marion Brash...57-61 sister Jo mother of Suzi (by Doug Martin) Murdered by Jennifer Pace. ...((temp)...Joan Anderson... ...Anne Williams...66-November 76.. Dr. Wade Collins...John Cunningham...71- Aug 77 husband Janet murdered Doug Phillips,,,born Feb 78 Jamie Zigarelli...81...son, Kathy + David Scott Phillips...Peter Simon...69-77... ...Peter Rattray... 77- Dec 78 Erik Leshinsky Phillips...Chris Lowe...69- Dec 78 adopted by Scott, son Lauri+Ralph Liza Walton Kaslo Sentell Kendall... Denise Nickerson...71... ...Kathleen Beller...July 1972-74 ...Hope Busby......Nov 77- July 78 ...Meg Bennett...74- Sept 77 ...Sherry Mathis...Aug 78-85 ...Louann Gideon...85- Dec 86 Annie___McKay...Mimi Cozzens...June 80 - ? 80...wife, Don Sgt. Don McKay...Biff McGuire...June 80 -? 80 dirty cop Tim McKay...Ken Powers..June 80 - ? 80...son

General Hospital Dr. Phil Brewer.. .Roy Thinnes April 1 63-64 ..Rick Falk Jan 66 actor was in an accident so role had to be recast ...Robert Hogan Feb 66- June 67 ..Craig Huebing 67 ...Ron Hayes 67 ...Martin West March 68 -Dec 6 74 (may have appeared later in flashbacks)

So who was playing Brian when he and Spence turned up in town? Was it just a couple of days thing? Dropping Spence seemed a mistake as Tim Patrick Murphy was appealing. Having Jo marry Martin was a dead end, especially when all the Tourneur/Sentells apart from Travis were dropped.

Yes if they had built up the marital problems as well as Mary's criminal investigations(which got her killed). Instead she would have survived but scared and confused decide to flee NY (her family could have been threatened). That would have given the show some time to decide what to do with the character.

TV Guide April 22 1995 ATWT's Vaughn: Love and Bloom What prompted Robert Vaughn—Oscar nominee and prime-time giant—to join As the World Turns? “The schedule, the money, and Claire Bloom," reports the former Man from U.N.C.L.E. “The show agreed to shoot around my other projects [like ABC's remake of "Escape to Witch Mountain" on April 29]. The pay just about covers my children's private-school education. And they plan a romance for me and Claire—and I love Claire." The pair played Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in the 1979 miniseries Backstairs at the White House, but their suds characters aren't quite so lofty: Vaughn plays an egomaniacal lawyer, and Bloom a Lady Macbeth like murderess. We can’t wait for this wicked pairing to kick in, but Vaughn has no immediate plans to watch. “Frankly,” he says, “I haven't seen [ATWT] yet and probably won't anytime soon—it's on at the same time as O.J."

The Doctors Dr. Dave Davis...Karl Light... Feb 9 1965 -? ...Josef Sommer...72-73 ...Richard Clarke... 73-74; 75-76 Jessie Bartok...Jocelyn Somers... sister, Kate +Brad M. ...? 65- Sept 1965

I guess that would have meant moving AW to 3pm and I don't think the affiliates would have been happy. They wanted a good lead in to their local time. Although AW rated higher at 2 it probably would have done worse at 3 and didn't have the hype that SB had. NBC kept promising that SB would build in the ratings and for the first couple of years that seemed likely and kept the affiliates on board, whereas AW was seen more as a failed soap.

Another actress had been cast I believe, she later played Maeve's sister. With all the casting issues with Mary, I wonder why they didn't just send Jack and Mary out of town. Was Michael Levin that popular? esp w/o Kate M? Then later they could return. If Levin wouldn't come back they could recast or have a new Mary return a widow. Is there any actress around in the early 80's that posters think could have played Mary?

Always appreciate your comments DC - very thought provoking. I just felt that Maree was hard to replace and they were better off letting the character go rather than diminishing Stephanie. Kinda contradicting myself here as the show also needed stability at least with characters if not actors. Reading that 1981 summary is sad and frustrating. The awful Jade story, then the boxing backdrop-really was the target audience interested? Giving Stephanie a son-I get that it was a way to bring new life to the character and connect her to a new younger male, but it always annoys me when characters we've seen for years suddenly remember a long lost child. Stephanie, with all that she had been through never thought of, or mentioned a son? And what is with 'Trip' Bergman-seriously?? They never seemed to get the casting right for Tom after John James and ended up forgetting about him. Same with Gary Walton. Two important characters that were neglected. My idea to shake things up would have been for Jo's son Duncan to be revealed as alive! A hospital mix up. So many possibilities would stem from that and give Mary Stuart a spotlight.