Paul Raven

I read the headline and thought it might be Chance. I guess Noah is needed to give Sharon and Nick something more to do. His was another case of a too soon SORAS - see Abby,Fen,Charlie,Mattie etc

Don Ettlinger is listed as headwriter on a show dated August 22 1960. The show features Nina Reader as Barbara as well as Tammy, Guy and Rick so that date seems correct.

Jan 77 Madeline David,NBC daytime VP announces 2 13 week half hour serializations of the novels 'Spindthrift' by Phyllis Whitney and 'The Dark Shore' by Susan Howatch. I guess when David left the position, the concept died.

The only episodes of The Nurses on YouTube are the primetime series, not the daytime serial. As both Return to Peyton Place and Best of Everything were 20th Century Fox productions, it is possible they are in the Fox vaults. RTPP was shown overseas so there were tapes floating around.

Thanks for all your investigative work! According to story synopses,Jean Holloway's work began in Nov 78. Characters leave town,stories are resolved etc.

With Mealor, I guess Y&R was his first proper acting job. Come contract renewal the decision is to stay on for another 3 years or take the leap and maybe luck out with a primetime, streaming or cable gig. Michael probably knows Y&R would bring him back so why not take a chance?

Every recent attempt to add a younger element to the show has been a misfire. Ana Hamilton and Fen Baldwin Reed Hellstrom Charlie/Mattie Ashby and now Moses Winters and Faith Newman get a few scenes maybe once aweek.

They made the decision to go with these public meeting places for characters to conduct business and cross paths constantly-Crimson Lights, Society, Green Poopit and Chancellor Park and then have them empty. A lot of the (endless) discussions of missing Mariah could have taken place at Sharon's cottage but instead they were all standing around empty Crimson Lights. Mariah got a room to be held hostage, but a similar sized set can't be utilized as an office. Ashland got a NY home for a few eps but other characters seem to live and work only in a restaurant. So frustrating.

Noticed last week that Crimson Lights actually had a customer!! An older man who sat in a booth staring at his phone and then wandered to the jukebox and stared at that. Anyway, why suddenly one extra as a customer after months of emptiness?? That makes no sense -so in keeping with a lot of the show these days..

2 weeks Sept 29-Oct 10. 1969 1. As The World Turns 13.7/50 2. Edge of Night 10.9/42 3. Search for Tomorrow 10.2/45 4. Another World 10.0/37 5. Guiding Light 9.7/36 6. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 9.3/34 7. Gomer Pyle 8.9/34 8. The Doctors 8.7/33 9. Secret Storm 8.6/32 10. Days of Our Lives 8.4/30 11. Love of Life 7.9/41 12. General Hospital 7.7/29 13. Newlywed Game 7.2/27 14. Dark Shadows 7.2/27 15. Where The Heart Is 6.9/32

Int In its first week in daytime, AITF ranked 8th for the week. Another World 8.2/32 All in the Family 7.8/28 General hospital 7.7/27 AITF was down 3 share points on match Game in that timeslot in the previous 3 weeks. As The World Turns first week of 1 hour episodes - 9.1/34 Wk ending Dec 5 1975 CBS 7.1 NBC 6.6 ABC 6.1

The same situation occurred when Kin Shriner left GH for Texas and Taylor Miller went to AW. It has to be the actor and the writing for such a change to click.

No As The World Turns on any of these stations? Or is that a misprint?

Jill had been working at Jabot before marrying John, so even though she didn't work during her first marriage as an Abbott, it seemed reasonable that she could step into that business and grow from there. Nikki however had a resume that consisted of stripping and never showed interest in working. Even though, it is possible she could show a later in life interest in business it was never explored in any depth.

CBS added All in the Family reruns in Dec 75 at 3pm and in its second week it was already in second place behind Match Game. Week ending Dec 12 1975 1. Match Game 9.0 2.All in the Family 8.9 CBS 7.6 ABC 6.7 NBC 6.4

A pity that CBS didn't return Edge to 4pm when ATWT expanded. But I guess a lone soap in a difficult timeslot didn't appeal to them. I hope to find some ratings for Edge on ABC at 4. Hope you are enjoying the posts.

It was mentioned in Variety that Pauline Flanagan was a cert for the role of Maeve. She got the role of Maeve's sister. Maybe Helen Gallagher came along and changed their minds.

C'mon be fair, Traci is going to write a book based on Dina's life in Paris. This will be an umbrella story that will change lives forever!

Very interesting article.thanks for sharing. Re Y&R. It seems that hiring Susan Dansby and adding a few black actors on recurring seems to be the extent of making changes. Not making any statement in response to the Briana Thomas allegations speaks volumes. It seems the whole thing will just go away.Thomas has no power or support.

With the show due to debut July 7 1975, as of June 12 the roles of Johnny and Pat Ryan and Seneca yet to be cast . Variety reported 9 roles had been cast at that point. Mary,Delia, Maeve, Roger, Faith, Bob, Frank, Ed and Ramona. Didn't Bernard Barrow audition for Seneca?

May 75 CBS 7.4/32 NBC 6.9/30 ABC 5.3/21 June 75 CBS 7.5/31 NBC 7.5/31 ABC 6.3/24 First two of July 75 NBC 7.7/31 ABC 7.4/28 CBS 6.9/28 ABC's move to second was the result of a new lineup. Ryan's Hope debuted @1 moving AMC to 12.30 and Rhyme or Reason and You Don't Say debuted. Although RH's 27 share was down from AMC 34 share in that time period the previous 2 weeks,AMC scored a 38 share at 12.30 up from a 24 share for the cancelled Split Second. At 2.30 Rhyme or Reason had a 30 share compared to a 26 share for it's predecessor Showdown. At 4pm You Don't Say scored a 19 share whereas previous occupant Money Maze had a 15 share. The 3 way tussle during the 70's was exciting to see.

Eileen Letchworth (Margo Flax) had her facelift Wed Aug 7 1974 and was back onscreen the following Tuesday,as Margo had her bandages removed on camera. In reality they were removed the day before. Eileen had asked for time off for the procedure and Agnes Nixon decided to write it in for the story and asked Eileen to delay having it done until it fitted better into the plot. Eileen had already had the bags under her eyes removed 7 years previously. Margo had her facelift trying to keep a younger man but Eileen was happily married at the time. She was 52 in 1974.

The show relied for months on Kyle/Summer/Tara et al and there's not much else happening. Mariah's disappearance was poorly structured and paced. Apparently she works at Jabot, as does Jack but he is never at the office. Abby runs Society but she's never there, which is OK because there no customers. Phyllis runs Gross Peanut, which consists of her standing in the lobby chewing the set. The show is still relying on'business' stories and job status that is just filler. Adam hires Chloe, even though she has tried to kill him. Chloe hires Sally for some poorly defined fashion platform. Gloria turns up after months for a one day story about taking over JVC (what is that anyway?) Chance.com is a news outlet that nobody works at, and whose only story is Locke/Newman merger. They're supposedly equal partners but Billy leads everything with Lily tut tutting in response. Devon has a business but he wanders around town being a sounding board.Oh and he loves Amanda. Nate and Elena work at the hospital but they're never there.But they chat a lot. Imani was interested in Nate a few weeks ago, but nothing came of it. Moses doesn't want to be a doctor and he likes Faith.She likes him too. Nikki warns Adam. Nikki warns Sally. someone should warn Nikki she's about to burst out of her blouse. And everyone is super,super rich and successful.We know because they tell us. And on it goes...

For the 4 weeks ending August 2 1974 ABC had returned to top of daytime ratings. ABC 8.4 CBS 7.9 NBC 6.4 All My Children lead as the top rated serial 9.5/34

According to Robert LaGuardia In 1960 Patti left for Arizona where she lived with Irene Barron, her grandmother. Whilst there she had a destructive affair with an older married man. Patti was involved in a car crash in 1961 that left her in a wheelchair. When Jo's life was threatened, Patti leapt out of the wheelchair and saved her mom. Not sure how much of Patti in Arizona was seen onscreen.Perhaps Lynn Loring had some time away from the show. In a photo of Patti in the wheelchair,Lynn is still in the role. All of this seems to confirm that the episode recently posted is not 1960. Most likely 58.