Paul Raven

This has been debated and denied so many times over the years...

Thanks so much for posting these snippets.It's great to read something new about these classic shows. Incidentally,Irna uses the phrase 'springtime and harvest' in her summation of ATET. She used that as the title of a little known radio soap in the early 40's which played on a few stations as a sort of pilot run but it was never picked up.

No worries! And a follow up from Jan 80 'LATER' than you think. With ratings averages of 3 in Los Angeles and 4 in New York, Columbia Pictures Television's Life and Times of Eddie Roberts, late night comedy strip that premiered on Metromedia TV stations and others Jan. 7, appears destined for graveyard. Dick Woollen, Metromedia's vice president for programing, said that after 13 -week contract expires, group is almost certain to drop show entirely. Metromedia's decision indicates that Columbia will scrap show after completion of original 65 half- hours, said Ken Page, executive vice president for CPT Distribution. "The practical reality;' he said, "is that with Metromedia vacating its position on it, we will probably have to suspend production" Program is carried by 28 stations covering over 45% of national audience. Metromedia's seven-station group accounts for over 40% of LATER 's potential audience. Production costs for initial run totaled in excess of $1.6 million, it's believed, with CPT putting up approximately 70% and Metromedia remainder. According to Page, CPT will still be offering show at next month's National Association of Television Program Executives convention in San Francisco.

The bible for Capitol was once online. The bible for As The Earth(World) Turns was also. AW bible available on the AW Homepage and parts of the DOOL bible are at Jason 47's site. All make fascinating reading.

Kermit Murdock Katie's Daughter 1947 Stella Dallas 1947 Just Plain Bill 1948 Front Page Farrell 1949 Right To Happiness 1957

Ronald Dawson Edge of Night...?? One episode July 21 1957

Sandra and Grayling were married Wed June 29 1955

Search For Tomorrow Carlton ...???? 1953

Woman With a Past Eleanor Russell....Dorothy Peterson

Three Steps to Heaven Russell Meade...Charles Martin Woman With a Past John Ridgeley played Hal Jackson

Lee and Travis were cousins. I think Travis' mom and Lee's dad were siblings. Lee and Sunny were a strong couple at first and then Cissy was introduced as a spoiler along with Dane but then all those pairings fizzled out.

Three Steps to Heaven Kate Adams...Margaret Hayes (blamed herself for Bill's loss of memory) 1954

June 79 Teasers. Advertisements in BROADCASTING and elsewhere say simply: "Buy L.A.T.E.R" -lots of white space and logo of Columbia Pictures Television. Well, Metromedia did, and Columbia has gone ahead with planned 13 -week schedule of new late night strip, Life and Times of Eddie Roberts, created by husband -and -wife team of Ellis and Ann Marcus. (She's late of Norman Lear's organization and stint as co- creator of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and All That Glitters and more recently writing Days of Our Lives for Columbia.) Her association with Hartman was not lost on Columbia or Metromedia. either. Executives of both unabashedly refer to the critical success of Lear's show when discussing what they expect to come of L.A.T.E.R. Metromedia will begin running half -hour shows (11 p.m. NYT) in January on its stations in Los Angeles, Washington, Cincinnati, Minneapolis. Kansas City, Mo., and Houston. That's potential audience of 20% of nation -well on way to 50 % -60 %. Norman Horowitz, president of Columbia Distribution, says company will need to break even on venture. (Actual dollar figures are being held close to vests.) No other stations have signed on as yet, but its understood Columbia will be asking top dollar for show. The pitch. L.A.T.E.R. won't enter production until fall, but pilot has been shot and is being shown selectively. Briefly, show is about Roberts, college professor, with wife who leaves him because of his sexual problems. He has shapely student interested in improving her grades and equally shapely researcher who is after him to serve as guinea pig for new male contraceptive drug. "Metromedia was looking for something to duplicate the success of Mary Hartman, "says Dick Woolen, group's vice president for programing. L.A.T.E.R. has "exactly that same potential" Show is thought to be first major effort to reopen late -night slot first entered by Hartman when it premiered in 1976. Ken Page, Columbia's executive vice president for sales, says he has no particular marketing strategy other than to "tradeoff the success of Mary Hartman. "Unlike that show, however, L.A.T.E.R. will be able to "bypass that stage of proving itself" to stations. Sales talks with other broadcasters were starting last week.

William Prince Way of The World 4/4/55 - 4/22/55 Walt Leora Thatcher Way of The World 'Forbidden Dreams' Mrs Greystock HM Wynant Modern Romances 'Nice Young Man' Ben

Thanks for the comments. The daily format was a huge undertaking. Perhaps the thinking was that viewers(housewives) could be able to watch and not worry about missing episodes - which would inevitably happen when little Timmy had a doctors appointment etc. As for the sets, maybe once the show went to a serial they needed more sets for the extra characters and the studio couldn't hold them all,so they decided to shrink the hospital sets? At least TD held on longer than Ben Jerrod on NBC which debuted the same day.

First Love Basil Burwell played a judge in 1955. Could this be Judge Holcombe?

The Brighter Day Chief McDougall 1955 Love of Life Bethel Leslie was playing Ellie in 1955

Pat also had Marcus Brady,Roman's younger brother get involved with Melissa Anderson. Pat also had Marcus Brady,Roman's younger brother get involved with Melissa Anderson.

Sorasing Reed,Charlie and Mattie went nowhere so lets not hold out hope for Moses.

P Jay Sidney was the second actor to portray Dr Bellows on ATWT, The first was Brock Peters. He is quoted her from a TV Guide article titled ' What the Negro Wants From TV' 20th Jan 1968. Sidney left I believe, when he was not offered a contract. Irna Phillips was writing at this time. I previously read that she refused to write blacks into the series as servants/janitors etc. This is Sidney's take on his stint. Sidney sites his own experiences last spring when he was hired as a regular in an important supporting role on the popular daytime soap ATWT “I was supposed to be a research physician in that series,” he says, “and yet, emotionally and dramatically, I didn't exist as a person. My whole function in those 14 segments was getting a white boy out of jail. I was a non-person in the plot with no life of my own. I didn't have any problems. There were no things about which I was personally glad or sad, nothing to which I personally aspired. I had no past, no future , no family. I only existed for that white boy. I was, in other words an auxiliary, not a person.” His tone suddenly becomes vehement. “Hell”, he explodes, “life isn't just going to a laboratory everyday.”

Uttica just didn't get it. But those defending her saying others have used fat jokes don't get it either. It has to be FUNNY and delivered tongue in cheek Uttica just came across as mean. Anyway, she's gone Symone should have killed it but she floundered. Olivia will be next and that means Kandy is top 4. The judges (again) were creaming themselves over her roast but I don't see it. Makes me wish there was a round where some of the eliminated get one more chance to get back in.

I agree, it would be nice to see Nick and Sharon tread new paths. Having Sharon find out about her Dad could be the springboard for a mystery story that she and Rey could have worked on together in their newlywed phase rather than the awful Adam story. Nick could meet a new woman also - maybe a chance to reintroduce working class people into the show. Trouble is there doesn't seem to be budget for too many new characters and the casting and writing for them isn't great.

Of GH she said that Monty was critical of every outline presented and she felt devalued. It's no secret Monty was a micro manager and Smith was probably used to having more control of story.

Some requests Ashley Lyn Cafagna Ben Murphy Carol Lawrence Karen Hensel

Would love to get my hands on PFS interview for Afternoon TV mag where she detailed her Days plans. Do recall she talked about Doug/Julie faking a separation to allow Stefano to move in on Julie and try and uncover his secrets. She talked about them having secret rendezvous and nearly getting caught etc.