Paul Raven

One Life to Live John Olden...Anthony Kane March 11 1983

Nat Polen THE GUIDING LIGHT Reporter Early 1950s

Search for Tomorrow Andrea Whiting Reynolds....ex wife,Sam; mother of Len and Jamie (dec) Virginia Gilmore...Nov 65- August 1967 Dr. Len Whiting...Dino Narizzano...64-72, Sept 76 - ? 76 husband, Patti ...Paul Collins..??? ...Jeffrey David Pomerantz...Feb - Dec 74 Dr. Dan Walton.. ...Ron Hussman...71- Feb 72 Dr. Peter Murphy...Charles Siebert..69- Sept 72. Lauri Leshinsky Phillips(( McCarren)..Kelly Wood... May 69- Nov 73 mother of Eric (by Scott) , daughter of Magda died on way to honeymoon

Search For Tomorrow Raney___Wesner...Katherine Squire...July 74- Jan 75... Stephanie's step mother and housekeeper,Wendy's carer. Discovered that Wendy was Dave's child not Tony's and told Jo. Stephanie sent her out of town,worried she would reveal the truth, unaware that Jo already knew. Dr Sawyer ??? Liza's eye specialist July 77 Martin Sullivan ??? Ralph Heywood's lawyer In Eric custody case Sept 77

So here we are in May and AW and ATWT are still strong. So I guess it is over Summer that GH will jump into the Top 5 and AW will begin to dip with ATWT also dropping.

The frustrating thing for me is that I have her name and these roles but no idea where I sourced them from! Maybe a SOD article??

Lesley Vogel All My Children Pauline Blake Guiding Light Tina Berkel

Josh's 'storylines' are based around writing everybody as idiots to serve nonsense plots. But I fear Y&R will stick with him for the forseeable future.

Dan was killed off in Feb 72 and then Wade and Janet married in 73. They didn't have major story until the arrival of Clay that culminated in Janet being arrested for his murder in 75. Wade was used as a pychiatrist and he and Janet were involved in Liza and Gary's stories otherwise. Maybe Wade could have died suddenly rather than the murder story. The only other story that seemed to be used was an affair and that had been employed with John and Eunice, and Wade and Janet weren't the kind of characters to cheat. Maybe Wade could have had a child turn up but that story didn't get used much in the 70's. As I said previously there was so much death throughout the 70's with Jo losing Sam and then Tony, Doud dying and then Eunice, Clay and Wade etc I think the turnover in writers was a factor also.

Liza was a model at this point and on her way to a fashion shoot was in an accident that injured her eye. She was estranged from Steve at this point as he was pursuing his music and they were moving in different directions. She didn't want him to leave his tour and care for her so she moved back in with Janet and Wade. I think John Cunningham wanted to leave, which I can understand as his character wasn't doing much. So they whipped up a kidnapping/murder plot that came out of nowhere and Wade was history. That left Janet floundering although Millee hung around till 82.

Search For Tomorrow Walter Pace..father Jennifer (see Ted Adamson) widower of Mrs Pace (died July 74)married Stephanie (Oct 76) Introduced when Jennifer and Scott went home for her mother's funeral,disapproved of Scott being married. Sept 76 returned after Jennifer attempted suicide.Needing money romanced and married wealthy widow Stephanie Collins, requested she sign over her holdings for a sham investment. When Stephanie discovered his deceit she demanded he testify that Jennifer was lying about Johns guilt in Eunice's murder.In return she would pay off Walters debt and divorce him. He left town to be near his institutionalized daughter. ...Wayne Tippit ...July 74 ...Ed Grover...Sept 76...? ....Tom Klunis... ? 76- March 77

ATWT Feb 78 The main stories are Beau and Annie's marriage issues with his mother Jane interfering and trying to get him involved in her hotel business. Jay Stallings is on trial for murder and his alibi is that was at amotel with Melinda-revealing that will mean Carol will leave him. He finally admits on the stand he was with a woman but won't identify her. Bob is involved with new character Karen, Kim and Dan consider telling Betsy Dan is her father,Valerie has feelings for Grant, Joyce is pushing Don to move up in the world, Sandy realizes new husband Kevin is still in love with Susan.Ralph and John vie for Mary.

Irna did the same with Helen Wagner firing her after 13 weeks and then at AW dropped John Beal as Jim and Sarah Cunningham as Liz in the first week. Also Will Lee might have appeared once as Grandpa Hughes before being dropped. That was Irna's way....

Looking at ATWT and GL he probably felt that ATWT was in better shape at that point. There was still a lot of vets and some sort of history/consistency to work with whereas at GL the Bauers had basically disappeared and his creation the Reardons were hardly visible. To get GL back on track would have required a lot of retooling whereas ATWT had a better base to start from.

Irna had written for Frances on ATWT as Grace Baker, Jeff's mother-who I think was an interfering type, so maybe Irna could only see her that way.

Yes, even if Josh had to stay on because of contract, Reva could have survived the bridge accident and be sent to rehab, with Josh dealing with his beloved in recovery and then leaving town 6 months later to be near her. Then down the track the story could take off from there. If Josh came back alone they could have divorced or she could be missing etc. I guess they didn't know for sure that Robert would leave.

AW continuing as #1. I'm sure NBC had no idea what was to come. Their concerns would have been the rest of the lineup. Michael Brockman had been appointed Nov 77 as head of daytime. Ann Marcus was writing Days and no change was made there in 78. I guess she was an expensive hire and and maybe had a contract that ensured her position. At that stage maybe it was felt she needed more time to bring the show around. At The Doctors Mel and Ethel Brez were dropped in April. They had been touted by NBC and signed a deal that saw them appointed to TD with no previous soap experience.

Requests Dee Hoty Robert Le Tourneaux Lesley Vogel Carrie Nye James Evan Bonifant

Brandy Sheloe journalist who had an affair with Justin, causing Jackie to divorce him and give up her baby years before arriving in Springfield to pursue Justin again,causing a rift between him and Sara, eventually gets Justin to sleep with her and begin a casual relationship but he won't commit so she leaves Springfield. Briefly involved with Alan Spaulding Sandy Faison 1977 JoBeth Williams Dec 1977-Oct 78 Georgene Belmont Granger Angry that Rita received Cyrus' inheritance, comes to Springfield for revenge.Gets a job at Cedars,begins stalking Rita -throws her down a stairway,sets fire to Rita's apartment almost killing Evie, Finally holds Evie and Rita at gunpoint before admits to killing Cyrus and Malcolm - arrested Delphi Harrington Sept 1976- March78

I wonder if ABC didn't promote their daytime lineup during primetime in 78,especially in Summer when there was availability as primetime was in repeats. ABC was #1 so a lot of viewers would be alerted to the daytime shows.

Keith Charles Pilots/Proposals Side by Side Dick Stern serialized sitcom about 4 couples living in cul de sac CBS aired 7/27/76 Barbara Luna Pilots/Proposals Side by Side Carmine Rivera serialized sitcom about 4 couples living in cul de sac CBS aired 7/27/76 Don Scardino Pilots/Proposals Side by Side Billy Joe Pearson serialized sitcom about 4 couples living in cul de sac CBS aired 7/27/76 Dennis Holahan Dallas 'Jock's Trial' Feb 1980

Just one?

Guiding Light Nurse Peggy Scott Dillman Fletcher Thorpe Fran Myers 1965- May 77; Nov 77 April 78 - April 1979 Patti Sue Cosgrove Gwynn Gillis Oct 1978 model, ex of Dr Mark Hamilton Dylan ??? August 79 Alan's pilot. Crashed plan with Alan and Hope on board. Died shortly after. Roger Thorpe Joel Fabiani (temporary) 1991 Dennis Parlato 1997-98 Michael Zaslow 1971- ? May 78- April 80; 1989-97 Gordon Middleton Architect; Amanda's first husband. worked with and attracted to Hope Bauer Marcus Smythe Sept 1978- Sept 79 Jerry McFarren Ben's trouble causing younger brother Peter Jansen Oct Nov 76 Mark Travis May 1978 returned for Ben and Eve's wedding Dr. Clark Roy Poole Dec 79 medical examiner exhumed Roger's body confirmed it was not Roger at all Dr. Johnny Fletcher Erik Holland 1967 Jan 73 Ann ___ Jeffers Mike's secretary; lost son when her husband stole him; allowed Jimmy to stay with adoptive family; dated Mike, Justin, Ross, Joe Bradley and Andy Norris; became friend and roommate to Diane Ballard which didn't last when Diane showed interest in Ann's true love, Mike. Maureen Mooney Aug 1975-June 80

Thanks for posting. Hope you have more. That was really the end of an era Early 78 AW at #1 ATWT at #2. Within months AW had tumbled and GH taken over dominance of the 3pm slot. Surprising that ATWT began to drop as nothing really changed in terms of storytelling or characters. It just seemed like viewers suddenly found ATWT not to their liking and switched off. Look at The Doctors ahead of Days.

Re Search expanding to an hour I think they just got lost in the rush. Expanding ATWT was easy as they could keep the traditional timeslot, pushing GL back a half hour. Then when GL expanded again it kept its timeslot. I think CBS wanted an afternoon of soaps. SFT playing traditionally at 12.30 and expanding would take the 1pm timeslot that for decades had belonged to affiliates and there was a lot of resistance. The 45 min expansion of SFT and ATWT never got of the ground because of affiliate resistance. Moving it to 12pm would have dislodged Y&R which was never going to happen as there was nowhere to move that show.. They planned a 3.30 move but it never happened. It was only when Y&R expanded that SFT got moved and did OK at 2.30. So it was timing and scheduling that held SFT back from expanding as well as softening ratings.