Paul Raven

Poor NBC in Feb. All their soaps at the bottom with half the ratings of the Top 3. Morale must have been low at that time. Who was NBC daytime VP at that point?

Seeing Bo & Pat in that clip brings up memories of that coupling. Obviously the plan was for them to be a major couple. They got the Paris remote etc but things changed. How long were they together? Why did they break up? Did Pat have any other love interests? I can't recall offhand until they brought back Tony and married them off. Did Jacquie lose her leading lady status post Bo?

Variety Aug 27 1952 mentions Jean Gillespie as having recently joined the cast.

Madeline Sherwood CONFIDENTIAL FOR WOMEN Emily "The Ugly Duckling" 1966

Carolyn Weston, who wrote for Morning Star later authored a series (3) of books that formed the basis for 'The Streets of San Francisco' so I imagine she made a bit of money out of that. A TV Guide article from 65 says she had a 7 yr contract to write the show. Later she wrote for Days. The article says she was a struggling novelist when she took on the show but no details of how she got the gig. Her co writer was another novelist Jan Huckins .She and Weston wrote the novel "Face of My Assassin' in 1959. Huckins had written for Irna Phillips on radio.

The Young Marrieds ??? Terry (Terri) Garr

Angela always had her guard up. Even in her romances, she did not lose it. I guess that was the essence of the character. She didn't have any real vulnerabilities because she had closed off her emotions for such along time. That's how it was written and that's how Jane played it.

The Doctors Eric .... Robert Burr Dec 1965

@DRW50 Thanks for sharing. I have never seen this before. Remember they were also doing radio at that time in a separate broadcast. Kathy went through a lot of trauma before being hit by that truck!

The 90 min format meant that for the first time AW changed its starting time. So in addition to committing to 90 min you had to possibly rearrange your soap viewing. AW was outrating The Doctors so many viewers were tuning in or switching over at 3pm. Just too many risks involved. They really should have stuck with the line up as it was and focused more on improving the writing and production of the shows themselves. That's exactly what ABC did with GH. And GL was strong because of the Dobsons. A pity the Corringtons didn't go to AW rather than SFT.

Re Fi Core The writers are striking during Summer when networks are in rerun so no scripted shows are being affected. Of course later on it delays the start of new fall season episodes. And no primetime shows would dare take on fi core writers. The publicity and backlash would be too great. But daytime is a different scenario,with soaps are on air everyday and immediately affected which is where fi core comes into play. Those writers are settled into soaps, with no possibility or intention of moving on, so their status doesn't matter to them in terms of career. And I'm sure the understanding is that they will be looked on favorably in the future in terms of securing future gigs on the soap. Didn't this happen last time? Writers who went fi core stayed employed and worked alongside writers who had been striking?

In the early days, the network was pushing for a murder/trial story to keep viewers glued to the set. The first proposal, quickly rejected, was that Eliot Carson would return and be murdered. Connie's prints would be found on the murder weapon and she would mutely stand trial for murder(not wanting to reveal that Allison was illegitimate)

Way of the World Jan 17 Take Me in Your Arms by Stephen de Baun A young man returns from the city to the farm surroundings where he grew up. 24 Jan thru 10 Feb starting Thu - The Bewitched Spinster by Nelia Gardner White Cast Kate Edna Best, David Dean Harens, Miranda Patricia Wheel. April 4 by Anne Howard Bailey New York model, disillusioned with her life, returns to her home town. Cast Cynthia Lori March

Ken Corday needs to get off the golf course and pay attention to his show.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Dressing rooms are most likely shared and if Doug had one to himself he probably lost it when he went recurring. it was probably just some last remaining boxes. It was probably awkward on both sides for him to make an appearance under the circumstances and he thought it best to stay away. Gonna defend Doug a little here, It seems he was a team player and well liked and it must have been difficult to slowly sees his character sidelined from male lead to glorified extra, especially when EB and PB remained front burner. And TPTB didn't have the courtesy to sit down and explain whether he was going to be used or not. and he didn't get a 40th episode when he was still around. He was wrong to speak out but understandable. Maybe she should have made amends and not let the twitter stans go on and on, and he might have at least got an invite to the 50th. But it seems there might be some Sony/CBS who wanted rid of him years ago.

As The World Turns Mrs Stapleton ??? 1977 adoption agency worker who advised Carol, in the best interests of Natalie's child, not to be secretive about the adoption. Reverend George Booth Jennifer and Kim Sullivan's confidant; confirmed that Melinda was Jennifer's daughter Sept 77,counselled Kim after Dan's death. Aug 79 Paul Keeler Philip Sterling 76 Sept 77 Aug 79

Actually just found out that Don was still in the story at least till around April 73.

But didn't Colgate -Palmolive own the show from the debut? i think so. Retro did show the first episode/a b&w ep didn't they at some point? Don't know about the later episodes claims that NBC trashed them but it made sense to start the show from the color eps.

@slick jones Typo in the heading. Bare Essence began February 15th😆

Do we know why Meg Mundy played Isabelle in the TV movie only? Every other casting continued into the series.

Yes, the Fame Games set up was odd and La La scoring that 3x bonus made the whole thing a hollow victory. Still shaking my head seeing Kandy in the final and Ru twice stating she is KM's biggest fan-I have to ask WHY??? and I can't come up with any answers. Seeing some of the beautiful gowns/looks in the finale runway and then Kandy coming out in the ill fitting basic yellow get up and having Ross swoon was beyond. And then the lipsync reveal-a bodysuit! Haven't seen that look before,Kandy... The best thing about the season was Jessica Wild back in the spotlight. I never caught S2 so she was all new to me.

Barbara looks amazing!

@Soapsuds Falcon Crest 18.0/30 ranked 21st. Miami Vice 18.5/33 #17.

I would imagine the EP title is more of a vanity/financial thing that does give him some power but he is not running the day to day production of the show. Hopefully with all those duties he'll burn out and be gone because at this point I'd be happy for someone else to take over.