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That Judy Kercheval find is amazing! now we just have to find the story that went with Mike marrying Valerie, A 1973 article on Meg Mundy Meg Mundy plays meddling mother-in-law Mona in 'The Doctors' seen locally on Channels 5 and 7 at 2:30 p.m. If you're middle aged you might recognize the face of Meg Mundy, During the 1940s she was a top fashion model. Now she's in a soap opera playing ... One of the nastiest ladies that' s ever been By ANGELA TAYLOR The New York Tlmes News Service To the soap opera fans who settle down to NBC TV's "The Doctors" every afternoon, there seems to be something familiar about the .face of 'Mona Aldrich, the proper Bostonian who is trying to break up her doctor son's marriage with all the skill of a female Machiavelli. And at least to those viewers who have attained middle age there certainly is. Mona Aldrich is played by Meg Mundy. In the 1940s, one couldn't open a fashion magazine without seeing Miss Mundy's elegantly-slim body doing wonders for the small-waisted, full-skirted fashions of the day. Her hair is blond now and doesn't quite set off her ivory skin as did the dark brown locks she had at 19, when John Robert Powers told her she was ho beauty, "but I bet you photograph." She did photograph and still does. Even the middle-age lines around her generous mouth are interesting, and very proper to the character Miss Mundy describes as "one of the nastiest ladies that's ever been, but supposedly with a great deal of charm." Meg Mundy is back to her first love, acting. It was to support herself at acting school that she wandered into the offices of the modeling agencies. "Harry Conover got me my first job," she recalled. "I went to the photographer's studio, but I shook so, he couldn't get a picture." Six months later she was back, without the quivers, and was sent to Vogue for a "go-see." (The term means an interview with a fashion editor to see if the model fits the editor's need.) "I was lucky; Sally Kirkland (then Vogue's fashion editor) liked me and I did my first sitting on the steps of Columbia." Then began the rounds of the top photographers of the times. The late John Rawlings was fatherly and suggested she do something about her "dreadful" hair "I had very long hair then, when all the kids were wearing theirs short." Horst (Horst P. Horst), who was later to do many of her best fashion photographs, turned her down the first time "you're too ugly." And no wonder. "I walked around in any old thing and flat shoes. I never had any exposure to expensive clothes. My parents had been musicians. My mother couldn't have cared less about clothes." But soon the duckling became a proper swan, in high heels, and a hat and gloves. In the black Cavanagh hat box which was the trademark that distinguished the fashion models from their less glamorous sisters around town she carried a bra and a waist-cincher, which were de rigueur for the Dior New Look fashions that had swept the world. Like the other models of the period, she looked considerably older than she was. "It was the thing to look like a chic, elegant woman, mysterious and unreachable. Fashion was a couture rather than a boutique world then. Even though we were girls in our teens and twenties, we looked like grown women." Now the pendulum has swung full way. Today's models look like perpetual teenagers, coltish and "natural." Actually, Miss Mundy points out, they have more artifices to use: false lashes, wigs and complicated makeups to shade their faces. And they can move. "Before the strobe light became a common photographic technique, you had to hold a pose perfectly still. And they were always shooting you with your mouth open." Still, Miss Mundy declares that current models are more beautiful. By today's standards, she and the other popular models of her time Marilynn Ambrose, Muriel Maxwell and Betty McLaughlin might be considered interesting looking, rather than raving beauties. However, their very standoffishness put them on pedestals. Women who recognized them in the street felt the same sort of thrill they might when encountering a movie star. "It was fabulous that people recognized you." They still do but as the dreadful television mother of David O'Brien, one of the "Doctors." Miss Mundy recalls with . a laugh that when her 19-year-old son, Sotos Yannopoulus, worked as a bagger in a Connecticut supermarket last summer, a shopper asked him, "Is that awful woman really your mother?" "I'm glad I modeled," Miss Mundy continued. "The money, $35 to $40 an hour, was good for the times. And the clothes were wonderful. It was truly an esthetic experience to put on a Mainbocher or a Norell or a Galanos." But' she was a child of the stage and the pull was there. Born in London some 50 years ago, the daughter of a singer and a father who was first cellist at Covent Garden, Margaret Mundy came to New York at the age of 8. (She still retains a trace of British accent.) She had musical training piano and voice "but I had no real talent for it." She apparently had enough voice to have sung with ' such diverse bodies as the New York Philharmonic and Kay Thompson's Rhythm Singers, but preferred acting. Her big chance came in 1948, when she appeared in Sartre's "The Respectful Prostitute" and got excellent reviews. A year later, she starred with Ralph Bellamy in "Detective Story." Later, when the acting roles dwindled off, she became a fashion editor and a stylist for a fabric house. For a while, she owned a boutique in Connecticut, along with another soap opera actress, Lori March of "The Secret Storm." These days, in between tapings for "The Doctors," she lives in an early 1800s white clapboard house in Bridgewater, Conn., with her fourth husband, Angus Thurrott, who is in real estate. She enjoys playing the meddling mother-in-law and hopes the show's writers will keep her alive. "But I've already had two heart attacks. A third one might kill me."

Didn't know that Love of Life aired in Australia. Found a listing for August 1971. Love of Life aired at 11am followed by Secret Storm at 11.30 on Channel 10. Meanwhile Channel 9 was airing Where the Heart Is at 11 and Love Is a Many Splendored Thing at 11.30. So if you were home in those days you'd either have to commit to one station's soap or do a lot of channel switching.

It's been mentioned before that Mary Stuart disliked working with Paul Dumont. His only other soap role Paul Martin on AMC was also short lived. Aug 76 Some women just can't hold on to their men. . Much-widowed lovelorn Joanne on "Search for Tomorrow" has been left in the lurch by a potential mate.' Chris Delon decided to reunite with bis terminally-ill -wife, Gwen, and move out of town. Jo was tearful, but stoic in the knowledge that it was all for the best. What a sacrifice. And what a bitter twist to the latest adventure in Jo's 25-year search for happiness, since the bullet that caused her current paralysis was originally meant for Chris. Actors Paul Dumont and Barbara Babcock (Chris and Gwen) are now free to pursue other career avenues. But one might assume that Dumont would be bitter about the rather sudden end to a seven-month romance that promised to be a many-year job. He isn't, though. Not quite. " "I suspected when I was first cast in the part that it was a test of chemistry between actors and characters. The test just didn't work," says gallantly diplomatic but unperturbed Dumont. I'm up for a role on the new nighttime series 'Ball Four. And there is talk that Gwen might kick the bucket in San Francisco and I'll be able to return to poor Joanne, who's confined to her wheelchair." Don't count on it, Paul. Jo seems destined to wheel down the show's 25th anniversary come September, all by her lonesome and loverless self.

Jeanne Bates Virginia Lane title role (San Francisco serial) Woman in My House Caroline Wilson Whispering Streets 1958

Lauren Martin Harkins (Camille ATWT) Vanessa Sunset Beach Julie Port Charles Toni AW Don Jeffcoat (Joey OLTL) Nikolas GH Julie Pinson Billie DOOL When Krista Allen got it) Kim Rhodes (Cindy AW) Carly ATWT Rib Hillis (Jake PC) Lifeguard SB Dominique Jennings (Virginia SB) Vanessa SB

A real opportunity to introduce a powerful new character to stir things up. Not hopeful. Remember Chelsea's husband when she returned? Dropped immediately.

I agree that there should be other business represented and there are plenty of characters for those roles. Gloria was mentioned and I could see Nikki overseeing Society or Grape Pheonix. If Billy/Lily were at Jabot there would be more of a hierachy with Kyle and Summer in more junior positions fighting for attention. Regarding jobs/careers I'm surprised they never made someone an interior designer. That's a job with a lot of flexibility so that character would be more believable stopping in at Society b/w jobs than people who are supposed to be working in large corporations.

In light of budget as much as anything else it would make sense to consolidate the businesses and have Billy/Lily/Phyllis working at Jabot. Lots of room for business/personal conflicts. Victoria/Abby butting heads at Newman.

In a SOD interview he mentions Y&R and says he played a band member who Shawn Garret believed had the hots for Lauren, so Shawn rigged the sound board to blow him up. So he may have had 2 roles on Y&R?

One reason for that was the story choices for C&N. They came on in 79 and were married by the end of 80. So within a short amount of time they were already in the 'happily married' phase. Then by killing Sybil off, they were robbed of a long term antagonist. Having Nina go into business and the affair with Steve was a good move, but ended with them being reunited and Nina returning to her passive state. When Taylor left they decided to recast, which didn't work out - twice! And Cliff needed a family from the get go - a parent(s) to provide more conflict. Bergman was originally going to be Jeff Martin, so that would have given him that family. Then it became divorce/remarriage cycle. Throw in amnesia and breakdowns.

There is. Ruth (as Edie) returned in 1963 when Grandpa Hughes celebrated his 70th but that was it for Edie as Ruth was working in Hollywood on Peyton Place in the late 60's and then on AMC so Edie could never return. The early days of ATWT (John Hughes and Edie) was pretty much forgotten by the 60's although I wonder if Irna kept them alive through referencing them. I remember seeing a summary from 1968 in which Nancy mentions her sister Pearl.

Sorry, forgot to date it as 1971 Simon Gilbey and Meredith Halliday Tom Hughes, upon his release from prison, gets a job at Dr. Paul Stewart's clinic. It is there that he meets a patient named Meredith Halliday, who is suffering from an indeterminate illness. Meredith tells tom that she has just been evicted from her apartment and needs a place to stay. Thus Meredith moves in with Tom. Meredith, however, is not as down and out as she lets on, and a tip off comes when Meredith gives Nancy some costume jewelry that turns out to be worth $2000. The truth is that Meredith Halliday is a runaway heiress trying to escape the supervision of her legal guardian, business tycoon Simon Gilbey. Simon, himself, arrives in Oakdale and has Chris Hughes handle his affairs. Simon is very demanding and pushes Chris so hard that he suffers an apparent heart attack. Chris is rushed to the hospital for treatment, and Donald returns from California. Donald disagrees with both Bob and Chris on Chris's treatment; Don wants Chris to undergo an experimental heart procedure, but Chris and Bob are against it. As it turns out, Chris' "heart attack" was caused by an abdominal obstruction. Simon suffers a real heart attack of his own because of his workaholic ways. Bob and David warn Simon to start taking it easy or else he may die an early death. Recently widowed Lisa briefly has an affair with Simon, but she is reluctant to marry him because of animosity between him and her son, Tom. The irony is that Meredith would leave Oakdale with Simon--as lovers!

Some background to explain Paper Doll's ultimate failure. ABC itself was looking at dipping to third place for the first time in years due to the failure to come up with new shows to replace long running shows that were fading - Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart, Three's Company, Happy days etc Their only successes had been Dynasty and Hotel so they went with a lot of soapy drama to fill the gaps. Paper Dolls, Glitter, Finder of Lost Loves,Call to Glory etc Paper Dolls was slotted Tuesday @9. No soap had had success at 9. Bare Essence, Flamingo Road and Knots Landing had all flopped at 9pm. Dallas and Dynasty had garnered big ratings @ 10 before moving to 9pm. In addition NBC was exploding on Tuesday due to A Team and had a hold on viewers. After an acceptable 29 share in its premiere, Paper Dolls had to face the second half of a 2 hr A Team on NBC and part 2 of Mistral's Daughter on CBS a big soapy miniseries on CBS. The result Wk1 #5 A Team 21.7/34 # 12 Mistral's Daughter Part 2 18.7/30 # 44 Paper Dolls 13.8/21 Then the following week Wk 2, ABC had baseball playoffs, so no Paper Dolls. The following week NBC had the world series Wk 3 #3 World Series NBC 27.7/44 # 49 Paper Dolls 12.7/19 #56 CBS Movie 10.9/16 Wk 4 #10 Riptide 20.8/33 #41 Paper Dolls 13.6/21 #54 CBS Movie 12.2/20 Wk 5 #6 Riptide 22.4/34 #41 Paper Dolls 14.5/22 #60 CBS Movie 11.5/19 Wk 6 #5 CBS Movie #20 Riptide 17.7/27 #65 Paper Dolls 10.6/16 Wk 7 Election coverage on all networks Wk 8 ??? Wk 9 #15 Riptide 17.2/27 #57 CBS Movie 12.4/20 # 58 Paper Dolls 12.1/21 WK 10 Paper Dolls moves to 10pm #27 Remington Steele 17.1/29 #57 CBS Movie 11.5/17 #68 Paper Dolls 9.9/17 Wk 11 #27 Remington Steele 17.6/30 #54 Paper Dolls 12.6/22 (Barbara Walters lead in) #57 CBS Movie 12.5/20 Wk 12 #15 Remington Steele 18.6/32 #32 CBS Movie 14.2/23 #62 Paper Dolls 9.9/17 (now with Glitter as lead in) Wk 13 #14 Remington Steele 18.4/37 #56 Paper Dolls 10.1/20 #60 Kennedy Center Honors 7.5/15

Probably one of the first (if not THE first ) location shoots for ATWT. In those days it would have been just visuals (no dialogue) Interesting that two new characters were involved - obviously they wanted to push Simon and Meredith. This was when Irna was absent and perhaps TPTB felt new characters would jazz up the show, 'As The World Turns' In Tenafly By ART MYERS Staff Writer There was Nina Hart, a strikingly pretty 21-year-old girl, lurking in the bushes Tuesday night outside the Clinton Inn Motor Hotel in Tenafly. Out of the Inn came two people, a young tycoon type and his older-woman secretary." Nina peeps, then ducks behind a bush. A limousine glides up. The chauffeur gets out, opens the door, and the tycoon and secretary pop in. They drive away, and Nina follows the car with her eyes, looking kind of bitter. Funny goings on in Tenafly? Not only that, but all this is being recorded by two television cameras, with technicians swarming all over the place, and a big Columbia "Broadcasting System equipment van parked around the side of the Clinton Inn. This was the taping of a sequence from CBS"s daily 1:30 . p.m. serial, "As The World Turns," one of the most popular soap operas on television. Nina, it seems, is on the lam from her guardian, the young tycoon, played by Jerry Lacy, but she wants one more look at him before she leaves town. Well, that's the way it goes in daytime television. Millions of housewives take these little dramas very seriously indeed, and so do the people who make them. Said Mary Harris, producer of the show: "Daytime shows are the most vital part of television. They don't come out of a tin can from Hollywood." Someone made an injudicious remark about the "sappiness" of soap serials, provoking an indignant response from Miss Harris and actor Lacy. "These characters are not sappy," snapped Miss Harris. "They're not conceived sappilv. Thev are thought through in depth." "The characters are very deep and are thought out," said Lacy. "There are many years of history behind them, and the viewers know it." So much for cynics about the caliber of the soaps. They work very hard and conscientiously. "Preparation is all," said Miss Harris, and the scene was one of highly organized chaos. In the equipment van-command post nearby sat a half-dozen technicians watching a dozen screens and fiddling with all sorts of controls. Twice jet planes spoiled takes. "Non acceptable," Miss Harris told the technical crew. Someone suggested that if a jet went over next time, the actors look up and make it part of the show. The show had gone on location in Tenafly from its usual CBS Manhattan studio to gain authenticity. "You can't lick live sound," Miss Harris said, "the quality of the traffic moving in a suburban setting." They got not only an authentic inn, traffic noises, and jets, but a real life limousine driver. He was Bob Hogan of Maywood, who owns the Acme Auto Renting Co. A tall, spare man, he showed up with his limousine and uniform, and professed no stage fright. In fact, he was so relaxed in getting out of his car to let in the tycoon and secretary, that Cort Steen, director of the show, drew a laugh in the equipment van by saying, "Come on, Mr. Hogan, this is only a half-hour show." Two other actors in the serial, Santos Ortega and Henderson Forsythe, live in Tenafly, but they weren't in the sequence. In addition to the jet problem, there was the cigar contretemps. At one point the tycoon takes a cigar out of his coat pocket, and the secretary lights it. In the van they were seen to giggle momentarily, but Miss Harris, worn down by the jets, okayed the shot, saying, "We can live with it." "Sorry about that," Lacy explained later. "The cigar had broken in my pocket, and when I pulled it out it was onlv half a cigar." ""it'll be all right," said Miss Harris, looking wan.

The Doctors Bobbie Wygant Justice of the Peace's wife at the wedding of Althea and John Morrison May 1971 Ms Wygant was a reporter for Dateline, local Texas daytime program. Her appearance was cross promotion.

June 1969 - one year in... Saturday, June 28, 1969-'One 'Life to Live'-Team Guides Characters in Daytimer By MERIEMIL RODRIGUEZ NEW YORK You don't have to belong to the big-breakfast bunch to qualify as one who wouldn't miss a daily serving of serial--with an "s" please. Millions of the faithful make the five-a-week daytimer in any of several forms a "must" item of their daily video diet. To the untutored, the continuing stories are "soap operas," but to the faithful they represent very real slices of life. TO EXAMINE this phenomenon, let's take one serial- ABC's "One Life to Live"-and view its development through the eyes of Agnes Nixon, creator of the program. It is seen in El Paso at 1:30 p.m. weekdays over KELP-TV, channel 13. Mrs. Nixorn, petite, blonde, and veteran of 16 years in the production and writing of video serials ("As the World Turns," " G u i d i n g Light," "Another World"), sees "One Life to Live" as a broad canvas on which its characters delineate their deep 'involvement. To Mrs. Nixon, this is contemporary drama in a metropolitan setting, drama dealing with basic emotions experienced by real people facing the modern world. She views their problems as those of a kind which could conceivably beset any viewer within the framework of his or her own life. "EACH PERSON in our story is fighting for what he wants in his life to live," she says. "They are not always facing outside obstacles, but more often forces within themselves." Working behind the scenes, in addition to the prolific Mrs. Nixon, is producer Doris Quinlan, who began her broadcasting' career as assistant director of the famed "Theatre Guild of the Air" radio series, later co-produced the hit "I Remember Mama" television program and subsequently produced "Young Dr. Malone," "Another World," "The N u r s e s " and most recently served as associate producer for the motion picture "Charly" for which its star, Cliff Robertson, won an Academy Award. In the writing of "One Life to Live," Mrs. Nixon is joined by Paul Roberts and Don Wallace, the latter also a director on the serial. Together, this knowledgeable team guides the characters through their plights and fortunes. One of the central plots of the serial concerns Victoria Lord, whose wealth and beauty are not to be envied. As a child, she witnessed her mother's tragic accident and, in later life, this shock caused Viki to suffer a dual personality. Gillian Spencer, who plays the role, says "As Niki, Viki's alter ego, she is fascinatingly different, a flashy creature who desires to gain control of the body she shares with Viki. It's like Joanne Woodward's role in 'Three Faces of Eve'." Gillian, whose TV credits include parts in "Edge of Night" and "Guiding Light," adds that romantic complications beset the troubled Viki and sexually attractive Niki. Caught in this quadrangle are crusading newspaperman Joe Riley, in love with Viki. His best friend, truck driver Vince Wolek, from the wrong side of the tracks, is drawn to Niki. Lee Patterson, Vancouver born actor with a broad stage and screen background, stars as Riley. (He also starred on ABC-TV's "Surfside 6" and "The Nurses.") Anthony Ponzini, a veteran of daytime serial dramas such as "Edge of Night" and "Another World," portrays Wolek. Patterson notes that a recent survey conducted by the network to indicate whether viewers preferred Viki to Niki indicated that the audience was equally divided on which of the two should become the surviving personality. Another dilemma for the "One Life to Live" scripters! Another plot line involves Viki's sister Meredith, who believes she is incurably ill. She breaks her romance with a doctor who subsequently falls into the hands of a scheming nurse -- and she conspires to win his affection through trickery. Lynn Benish, Michael Storm and Niki Flacks star in ths triangle. "We find the studio technicians engrossed in our daily lives," noted Miss Flacks, "and they're always taking sides with the characters. Most of them would prefer the doctor to reunite with Meredith and give 'Karen,' the part I play, her comeuppance. "When I walkon the set, they greet me with a hiss or two. I enjoy playing a meanie. For me, there's more meat to that kind of part." Moving to another stage of the many-plotted serial viewers find"Carla Benari, who for nine years passed for white, earning the enmity of her mother and a of close friend, a young black doctor whose pride stands in the way of his forgivingg her deception. Though there is a Negro police lieutenant carrying the torch for her affections, Carla would like to win back her doctor. Carla is played by actress Ellen Holly, whose television roles include performances in "The Defenders," "Dr. Kildare" and "The Nurses." Lillian Hayman, who won a Tony Award as "Mama" in the Broadway hit musical, "Hallelujah, Baby," plays Carla's mother. peter De Anda, the militant medic, is a co-founder with actor Robert Hooks of the Negro Ensemble, a theatrical group. He appeared in the film, "The Pawnbroker"; off-Broadway in "MacBird!"; on television in "N.Y.P.D." Jack Crowder, the police lieutenant, originated the part of Cornelius Hackl in the Pearl Bailey production of "Hello, Dolly!" Crowder has also appeared on television in "Run For Your Life," "Big Ben," 'Twilight Zone" and "Perry Mason." Off-Broadway, he appeared in "The Fantasticks." One of Mrs. Nixon's favorite characters on "One Life to Live" is Anna Wolek, a first generation American w h o made sacrifices, forsaking her own happiness to send her younger brother though medical school and to keep house for the older one. Doris Belak is Anna, Miss Belak joined the ABC production from " Another World" and "Edge of Night." A graduate of the American Academv of Dramatic Arts, she is married to Broadway producer Philip Rose. Newest member of the cast is Nat Polen, veteran radio and television actor, who portrays a widower with a teenage daughter. He courts Anna because he feels his young one needs the attention of a mother. Ideas, ideas and more ideas. Agnes Nixon is constantly engineering stories for "One Life to Life." "I write every day. plotting outlines act by act, scene by scene," she says. "Then Paul Roberts and Don Wallace take it from there. Finally, they turn in the completed scripts to me for editing. "Sometimes I awaken in the middle of the night with a story idea," she says. "I take the kids to the dentist and spend the time in the waiting room figuring out the situations to come on the show." Perhaps the feeling she has about "One Life to Live" Can best be described by one of the actors. "To me, it's opening night every afternoon." Agnes has the same feeling.

Glad you enjoyed it and it brought back some good memories.

Gretchen Walter Love of Life 1966

EW HOPE FLOODS 'SEARCH FOR TOMORROW By CLARKE TAYLOR NEW YORK-The floodgates are due to break open Tuesday on the fictional town of Henderson, USA, but regular viewers of NBC's "Search for Tomorrow" can take heart that the 34-year-old town is being devastated in order to save TV's oldest daytime drama. The flood, which viewers have seen coming in recent days, will result in only one fatality, but the lives and life styles of the survivors will be dramatically altered, and so will all of the soap's sets, and even its familiar theme music. All of this at a cost to sponsor Procter & Gamble of as much as $1 million over the next year in its effort to rescue the soap from drowning at the bottom of daytime drama's audience ratings. "At last there is a real ray of hope that there will be a tomorrow we've been searching long enough," said David Forsyth, who plays Henderson Herald reporter Hogan McCleary. Forsyth was one of several of the soap's popular actors who suffered colds and who were even hospitalized briefly as a result of last week's taping of the simulated flood to be seen Tuesday. The actors, including Mary Stuart, the reigning "queen of soaps," endured 150 gallons of "rain" water and a huge pool of 4-feet-deep water set up for the torrential scenes created in a mid-Manhattan studio. "Nobody minded," Forsyth said. In fact, he said that there has been a "180-degree turnaround" for the better in cast and crew morale, which he termed "dismal at best," until now. "The stories weren't going anywhere ... the characters were scattered all over the place . . . there was too little attention being paid to the show's history and continuity and there was barely any romance left," continued Forsyth -whose onscreen romance with Liza Sentell (played by Louan Gideon) was the last spark of romance in Henderson before the flood. "As a result, the public felt cheated," added the actor, who said this was evident from disgruntled fan mail and from promotional forays he made out among the public. It was this state of affairs, brought about, in the view of Forsyth and others on the set, by the comings and goings of five executive producers and several different writers over the past 2 years that resulted in increasingly low audience ratings. This, together with the fact that "Search" is one of the few soaps that has not expanded from a half hour to one hour. It was in such a climate that John Whitesell was hired last November set of "Search for Tomorrow.' as executive producer of the show. In just five years, Whitesell, 29, has moved from production assistant to director to producer, previously on "Texas" and "Guiding Light." "I was brought in with a mandate to make the show work, to keep our loyal audience and to find a newer, younger audience," said Whitesell, who also directs some segments of the soap. "To do this I felt I had to literally wash away the remnants of the past and build from scratch.

July 1980 News article Another long anticipated story development will occur on "Another World." Mitch has learned that he fathered Rachel's expected baby, while Rachel's husband, Mac, is unaware that he couldn't have fathered the child because of drugs given him by his deceased wife, demented Janice. The situation takes a couple of surprising turns in the next few weeks, with mischievous Miranda, who's been eyeing Mac lasciviously, taking matters into her strong and determined hands.

July 1980 Newspaper report NBC'S PLANS "The Doctors" has the most to lose if its plot-boilers don't work. The show is moving to a new time period next week to make way for the "Texas" series. "TD" has been losing ground steadily for the last half year, but hyped-up plot situations are being introduced in the hope of maintaining the existing audience and gaining new viewers in the show's new time period. As a first step, producer Doris Quinlan has signed Glen Corbett for a "return engagement" to "The Doctors." Corbett originated the role of Jason Aldrich three years ago, then he left the series when his contract expired. He eturned briefly last fall but the character soon was lost and presumably he was killed in a South Amercan aircraft accident. Now that Jason has been found and returned to the town of Madison, he'll be involved with a group of crazies who take over the hospital and hold hostages for ransom. The ringleader will be played by David Canary, also making a return to the show. Last summer he played cult leader Far Wind, who is now known as Warner. Sam MacMurray portrays head machine-gunner Norm, while Shelley Simmons, a "mob doll," is played by Harriet Hall, who last appeared on soaps as Andrea Moore on "Somerset."

Week ending Oct 24 1980 1. GH 37% 2. AMC 34% 3. OLTL 33% 4. Y&R 30% 5. ATWT 28% 6. GL 27% 7. RH 27% 8. SFT 24% 9. DOOL 20% 10. EON 18% 11. AW 16% 12. TX 15% 13. TD 15%

Y&R All of the Bell era. When Mac and Billy were recast and Jill/Katherine became mother/daughter, my interest began to waver. Came back for early MAB until crazy Patty took over. Tried again when Sally Sussman returned but there wasn't enough to keep me watching. Now just follow summaries and watch irregularly.

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July 66 newspaper summary Mrs. Marceau is distraught. Phoebe's girl friend, Liz, says Mrs. Marceau must not tell the police that Phoebe forged a signature. Rick had a record. Phil didn't want Phoebe to begin with. Liz's father, Art, and stepmother, Laura, have been to a party Laura didn't enjoy. They're having after party drinks at home. Enter Liz. She tells Laura she's all for hiring Rick Oliver for youth camp director. We are unable to bring you news of Cookie, Lee, and Ken. Except that whatever was bothering them at 2:30 still was at 3.00