Paul Raven
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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!
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Y&R Phyllis Summers Billy Abbott Chelsea Lawson
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The GCAC gym has nor been seen for many years but yes a room and the rooftop bar have been shown recently. Is Noah opening his club at the Grubby Phalanx? Seems a club is a bit limiting in that it's an evening venue and would attract a certain clientele so not that useful as a meeting place for characters. Underground had the same issues- Victor wasn't going to bump into Jack there. Faith could have been written off once Alyvia departed. Trauma of all she went through, wanted a fresh start at a boarding school. Instead they aged her with Reylynn and gave her scraps before dropping her.
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NBC aired a primetime Return to Peyton Place Sun night Jan 20 1973. That helped the daytime ratings. In the week prior to the primetime special RTPP had a 7.2 rating for the week. After the primetime ep the show had an 8.0 rating the following week.
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I agree that Victoria, Phyllis , Billy etc could all do with a rest and I have no idea why Chelsea was brought back. Mal tried with Fen, Ana the Rosales to bring in fresh blood but Josh wouldn't have it. They had a chance to reset Adam but within weeks it was back to the same old. I think CBS/Sony just want to hang on to the viewers they've got and believe that serving up familiar content is the way to do it. Look at CBS primetime and the old school dramas that make up the bulk of the schedule NCIS, CSI, FBI,Blue Bloods, SWAT all safe and predictable.
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That is true of most of the cast now. Case, Scott, Braeden, Heinle, Stafford etc are there until the axe falls. So from that point of view I sympathise with Griffith as he is forced to tell stories for characters who in many cases are played out, not only because of their tenure, but also because of poor storylines. Having said that I still blame Griffith for coming up with inane business stories and retelling the same plots for those characters. eg Adam against the Newmans, Nick turning against Victor etc
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Suddenly everyone switched their allegiance to Society and GCAC was never seen again. I guess the set took up too much space as now, to save money, most sets are up permanently. It was recently stated that Devon had sold it.
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Jess Adkins Where The Heart Is Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Dale Robinette The Guiding Light As The world Turns
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Tucker's origin story is already nonsensical. Katherine forgets she had a child. He happens to come to GC and happens to be Devon's father. They undid the horrendous Jill as Katherine's daughter only to rewrite for that garbage.
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Yes they wrote for love of Life in the mid 60's. There is a documentary about them 'The Bachelors of Broken Hill' The true life soap opera of Frank Provo and John Pickard. Actors, writers and gentlemen farmers, their greatest success would not be found on the boards of Broadway or the hills of Hollywood but in a closeted relationship 40 years. This is their love story.
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Love of Life Lamar Chisom. ..Damon Evans ...Early 70s ..20 weeks. +Daisy Allen Variety July 73 calls him a newcomer to LOL and reports he is appearing on stage in 'Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope.' That puts his stint firmly in 1973, which means that he was not involved with the Daisy Allen character, who appeared in 70/71. EDIT He joined LOL in June 73
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So far Sally has been involved with Jack, Adam and Nick. That leaves Billy, Chance and possibly Noah for down the road. Could Trevor St John be playing Cole Howard?
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July 9-13 1974 1. Watergate hearings NBC 10.7/37 2. Let's Make A Deal ABC 10.0/34 3. Watergate ABC 9.6/33 4. Split Second ABC 9.5/33 5. Newlywed Game ABC 9.4/32 6. Girl In My Life ABC 9.4/32 7. As The World Turns CBS 9.2/31 8. Watergate CBS 9.1/34 9. All My Children ABC 9.1/34 10. Days of Our Lives NBC 8.6/29
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Just discovered that Sada Thompson signed on to play the wife of Vincent Gardenia as the neighbors on All in the Family for the 1973/74 season. She quit after one day of shooting, sighting homesickness for NY and her family. Betty Garrett took over the role.
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Albert Oppenheimer Love of Life candy store owner 1973
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'The Chadwick Family' was an ABC TV movie pilot for a proposed series starring Fred MacMurray that definitely had soapy overtones. ABC went with this over 'Family' although the latter was finally picked up. Some soap hoppers in the cast Kathleen McGuire Valerie Chadwick Lara Parker Eileen Chadwick Hawthorne
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In an office of course.
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Fantastic! Thanks so much for posting. Wonder how many other great shows got lost in the shuffle.
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Requests Joan Rivers Mitch Longley Shirley Blanc Patti D'Arbanville
