Paul Raven

Only a couple of interviews surfaced in a quick search-none of them in depth and nothing since he first came on. “I think one thing that the audience felt was, a lot of things have changed, good or bad, but it didn’t feel like their show. So our first intent is, ‘How do we get back closer to that feeling?’ The music, how we edit, how we shoot, how we costume them [the actors]. It’s a big process. It takes time. We’re slowly getting there.” Griffith chimed in that the story was also important. “Getting back to the storytelling that has made the show so popular, for so long, which is very emotional, very character-driven, with iconic faces that the people know.”

In all the time Morina has been EP I don't think he has given one interview. So we have no idea of his vision for the show and how he brings that to fruition. I'm sure he'll go and hopefully the next EP will do something(anything!!) to improve the show.

My understanding is that Irna's involvement with DOOL was several years before the show aired, maybe the early 60's, when the proposal was put together, as a nightime serial. She was listed as story editor but Peggy Phillips was first headwriter before Bill Bell. I think the story editor title was pretty much honorary and she had no real involvement with the show, There was a lawsuit at some point initiated by Irna about her connection to the show.

Guiding Light Bert Fletcher - James Ray 1969 This character is obviously connected to the Fletchers, some of whom were still onscreen at this time.

I can confirm that ABC did not renew Irna and Katharine Phillips contract after the first year as they were not happy with the ratings. The Hollands as previously stated were the replacement writers. Variety notes they had recently worked on All My Children. Is this well known? The Variety article states that Irna was preparing a treatment for a screenplay-her first venture into movies. Interesting that Irna's final 3 shows-Another World, Splendored Thing and World Apart all saw her depart within a year.

Both Laura and Lee were back months before Marland arrived.

And Marcus was slated for Melissa. In light of recent discussions in the Classic Days thread it could be that the projected Brady siblings had names/characters changed to avoid lawsuits from PFS. As The World Turns Kim Irna Phillips final character creation, she envisioned her as a strong, independent woman who would raise her child from an affair alone and with no apologies. She was another projection of Irna herself. When she was fired from ATWT,the Soderbergs turned Kim into the long suffering heroine,who was battered by unfortunate circumstances,

Week ending Dec 5 1971 ABC 7.7 NBC 7.7 CBS 7.6 1. General Hospital 10.2 2.Edge of Night 10.1 3. As The World Turns 9.9 ATWT deposed from #1 and CBS in 3rd. Irna Phillips was brought back after 2 years. I imagine she was offered a ton of cash to return. Edge having a major boost.

ABC replaced A World Apart with reruns of Love American Style beginning June 28th 1971. It won its timeslot ABC Love American Style 8.4/31 12th CBS Search for Tomorrow 8.0/31 16th NBC Who, What, Where Game 6.5/25 26th AWA had been running 3rd in its slot, hence the cancellation. That pushed ABC from a 7.7/29 to 8.9/31 in daytime ratings just 0.4 behind CBS. So ABC decided to move LAS to 4pm and Password to 12.30 hoping that Password would be competitive at that time and LAS would improve the 4pm rating, thus pushing ABC to #1. Did it happen??

Another World. Rachel Under Nixon/Cenedella she was the villian until Lemay decided to reform the character. Mary Matthews. Lemay decided to change a character firmly established from Irna Phillips through to Nixon/Cenedella.

Reuben Greene WHERE THE HEART IS Dr. James Hudson began October 1971

It was no secret that Larry was a drinker and I can imagine a certain boys club atmosphere on set. All fun and games for those in on it and not much for those who weren't. Larry knew that Dallas was his final reward and he rode it for all it was worth. I guess Barbara was treated with the respect she deserved and Linda strikes me as one of those women who put up with the boys antics while quietly doing her own thing. Victoria perhaps made her feelings known and got labelled as an uptight drag, just because she had little time for the frivolities. I liken it to any workplace where some people treat it as an extension of their social life- eg 'drinks on a Friday night after work' and those who want to go home get pressured or ridiculed for not wanting to party...

This is not a good look for Morina or the show. Will he step aside, maintaining his innocence,'for the good of the show'?

1971 Some outfit called Allstar Enterprises were in talks with New Mexico State Movie commission to base proposed daytime serial 'Dreams in the Dust' in that state for economic reasons as well as locale. They hoped for a network sale. Author Kathleen Windsor who wrote the scandalous blockbuster 'Forever Amber' over 20 years previously had been signed as consultant. Allstar also claimed to be wooing former MGM star Greer Garson for a role.

Victoria is supposed to be this savvy businesswoman and there should be the undercurrent that her relationship with Ashland has a business element to it. Ashland could even acknowledge it as they are two of a kind. Instead she's become the nursemaid all a flutter about her 26th wedding. Not sure how Tara loses any say or rights to her son because she was arrested. Has this been addressed? Phyllis' pity party over her dodder is ridiculous. Of course, any parent would be sad their child left town, but Summer has her man and her job, just as Phyllis does. Besides as everyone is fabulously wealthy a trip on a private jet to Milan every few months shouldn't be a problem. Like it when Phyllis dismissed Daniel's existence - 'I hardly see him'- as though that was enough. Trouble is I think we're supposed to sympathize with her...

Ross Marler of Guiding Light comes to mind. Created by the Dobsons as an ambitious, slightly devious character to contrast with his brother Justin. Under Marland he softened and over the years became the good guy. Did the Dobsons have any plans for Ross to clean up his act?

Not included in that report unfortunately.

Lemay didn't write FRFP. Tom King was the headwriter.

Irna headwrote ATWT for its first 14 years but I think there were different producers. Luci Ferri was producer of TGL throughout the 50's, 60's and into the 70's but there were several different headwriters over that time.

Marc Copage , who as a child played Diahann Carroll's son in Julia, auditioned for the role of Bobby on One Life to Live that went to Blair Underwood.

And Louise had a role in the infamous primetime disaster'The Survivors'. Would be interesting to hear more about that also.

Irna Phillips wrote AW and ATWT at the same time in 1964 and ATWT and TGL at one point.

Nov 1970 10-10.30 CBS Lucy 31 share NBC Dinah Shore 26 share * In August Dinah had a 22 share and Lucy a 46. Kids back at school accounting for the change 10.30- 11.00 NBC Concentration 36 share CBS Beverly Hillbillies 36 share * August Concentration 28 share, Hillbillies 51 share 11.00 - 11.30 CBS Family Affair 44 share NBC Sale of the Century 36 share 11.30-12.00 NBC Hollywood Squares 39 share CBS Love of Life 36 share ABC That Girl 21 share 12.00 - 12.30 NBC Jeopardy 35 share CBS Where The Heart Is 28 share ABC Bewitched 21 share 1.30 - 3.00 As The World Turns 44 share Love Is A Many Splendored Thing 33 share The Guiding Light 33 share 3.00 - 3.30 NBC Another World Bay City 32 share ABC General Hospital 32 share CBS Secret Storm 25 share 3.30 - 4.00 CBS Edge of Night 33 share NBC Bright Promise 23 share ABC One Life To Live 22 share 4.00 - 4.30 CBS Gomer Pyle 30 share NBC Another World - Somerset 22 share ABC Dark Shadows 18 share

It's interesting to me that Rauch and Lemay got credit for AW Golden years, which pretty much fell apart once Lemay left even though Rauch stayed on through several headwriters. Which leaves me to believe that possibly without Rauch, Lemay would have flourished any way. Rauch, I think tried to make lightning strike twice when he hired Corinne Jacker, thinking that a playwright new to the soap genre would shake things up. He certainly seemed to give her free rein. I guess Rauch had to be credited with allowing his writers some freedom, even when the results were less than ideal. Or was what we saw onscreen the result of Rauch insisting on certain story decisions. Guess we'll never know, unless people from that era decide to talk freely.

To me,that KC Collier doesn't seem to fit with soap writer. But I do agree that KC Collier was probably a pen name for Millee Taggart or someone else. Most likely a scab writer who wrote during the strike. That happened with Don Chastain on SFT and Donna Swajeski on AW. P&G probably rewarded writers who stepped in during the strike and were also punishing those writers who went on strike.