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James Kirkwood (Mickey) Betty Oaks (Roberta Wilcox) assuming this photo was taken on set. If so the set looks quite lavish.

Rita McLaughlin Walter AS THE WORLD TURNS Carol Deming Hughes Stallings Andropoulos Frazier 1970-82 She might have joined in 69, and was definitely off the show at some point before returning April 72. Irna brought her back when she returned to the show as I believe she created the character.Which makes me think Carol came on late 69 before Irna left. Hopefully someone can verify this,

OK. Makes sense. Thanks. Would love to hear more of your memories/opinions of that time.

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As The World Turns Don Hughes Peter Brandon 65-72 In March 73 Variety mentions Brandon as part of the cast. Both joined in August 72. Joe was a policeman and shot Dan Stewart out of grief at Maria's death. Guilt ridden Dan did not press charges

It was in the Sept 20th 1972 issue in the News from New York section 'Joanne Tate, a role played for 21 years by Mary Stuart on Search for Tomorrow, will wed her third husband on Fri (22) show. The ceremony will be performed by cast member Bruce Minnix, who is officially empowered to do the same in Cape May,NJ where he is the real life mayor' They listed Minnix incorrectly as a cast member and stated he performed the ceremony so wires were crossed along the way. What puzzles me is why Minnix would have to write the ceremony. Wouldn't the official writers be able to whip up that scene? It's not as though it was the first wedding on the soaps.

Nate was a blank slate under Mal. Once the recast happened Griffith has had years to develop Nate.

Had Nate been set up as a hot shot egotistical surgeon who for some reason is fired from the hospital or chooses to leave because he feels hard done by - then Nate feeling he is well qualified to be a business leader. would play. But Josh doesn't bother to set these things up.

Agree. Good post.

I'm sure Melody is happy about being away from the Newman clan. She does look better . The dark colored suit and hairstyle is much more flattering than some of the hideous outfits she's worn recently.

So this Audra character is contract? Who is available for her?

I recall NBC trumpeting that Passions was strong in the 13-17 demo and tried to claim that this cohort would keep watching as they grew into the desirable 18 + demo. Conveniently ignoring that what you watched as a teen doesn't necessarily translate into what you would want to watch as you grew older. If Passions had have gone for a more serious gothic tone, it might have done better.

Thanks for clearing that up. Variety reported it in a way that indicated he was the one performing the ceremony. That article lead me to a fascinating NY Times report about his involvement in the preservation of historic buildings in Cape May.

One of the many issues that need to be addressed. Actually it has been stated they're billionaires!

Casey Allen Rosemary Bill Roberts Kitty Foyle (radio) Road of Life 1948 Family Ties Married to Fran Carlon Fran Carlon Woman of America 1945 This Changing world Martha Bishop 1944

Feb 77 ABC piloted a Starsky and Hutch spinoff 'Huggy Bear and the Turkey' Huggy Bear and a strait laced white guy open a detective agency. It was aired as an episode of S&H but subsequent episodes ignored that plot and Huggy Bear resumed his former position in the show.

The thing was those 4 sitcoms had been around for years and in the case of The Jeffersons in particular had been shunted around the schedule in many timeslots and was at one point #49 for the season. Then CBS put them all together and it was ratings gold. The problem after a few seasons was that there was no room for fresh shows and they began to age. The Sunday sitcom lineup was dying and Murder She wrote took the first hour and by next season Crazy Like a Fox the second hour and CBS Sunday sitcoms were history.

45 seconds of them snuggling on the Newman sofa with extra vignettes of each of them wrestling with a blanket... CBS is spending big this fall!

SFT Jo and tony's wedding Oct 22 1972 Variety reported that Bruce Minnix, SFT director would perform the ceremony. But you have Norman Rose listed. So a bit of a mystery as to who actually played the minister...

Friday September 22 1972. Jo marries Tony Vincente, her 3rd marriage and 2nd onscreen wedding. Bruce Minnix performed the ceremony. An SFT director, he was also a real life mayor of Cape May NJ, so could do the same in real life.

In Oct 72 the show began taping 2 episodes a day for several weeks so they could take a 3 week break from Friday 20th Oct. The reason for this is that the studio needed to be altered for use on Election Night.

All of CBS Sunday shows in the Top 10. ABC Tuesday 3 in the Top 10 and the other 3 Top 20. NBC Monday Little House/Movie Top 20.

Well unless that mandate was recent, Griffith decided to recast and age up Faith and introduce Moses. Faith could have easily have been kept roughly the same age and just appeared from time to time, instead of serving up something to viewers that they weren't going to follow through. With lack of sets painfully obvious, it seems pointless to introduce any new characters that might require specific sets eg a teen hangout. I think that with some clever writing and creative production, the lack of suitable sets could be worked around, but Griffith seems to be happy to serve up endless business meetings at Society and characters fetching a coffee at Crimson Lights.

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