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Lewiston Maine Nov 1965 5 WABI CBS Bangor 6 WSCH NBC Portland 8 WMTW ABC Portland 10 am 5 I Love Luvy 6 Fractured Phrases 8 Where The Action Is 10.30 5 Real McCoys 6 Concentration 8 Never Too Young 11.00 5 Andy of Mayberry 6 Morningstar 8 The Young Set 11.30 5 Dick Van Dyke 6 Paradise Bay 8 Young Set cont'd 12pm 5 Love of Life 6 Jeopardy 8 Gypsy (gypsy Rose Lee syndicated talk show) 12.30 5 Search for Tomorrow/Guiding Light 7 Let's Play Post Office 8 Gypsy cont'd 1.00 5 Girl Talk 6 Weekday on 6 8 Ben Casey reruns 1.30 5 As The World Turns 6 Let's Make A Deal 8 Ben Casey cont'd 2.00 5 Password 6 Days of Our Lives 8 The Nurses 2.30 5 House Party 6 The Doctors 8 A Time For Us 3.00 5 To Tell the Truth 6 Another World 8 General Hospital 3.30 5 Edge of Night 6 You Don't Say 8 The Young Marrieds 4.00 5 Secret Storm 6 Match Game 8 Time for Action All stations followed network schedule except for ABC affiliate moving Never Too Young/Where The Action Is from 4pm to morning slot.

Allen Potter was the original AW producer so had some knowledge of the foundations of the show. I wonder whether he had much say in the writing or was one of many voices (NBC, Headwriter ,P&G) vying to be heard. Somebody had the idea to bring back Jacquie/Alice obviously thinking it would be good publicity and maybe lure back viewers as well as provide some continuity and structure. That wasn't communicated to Gary Tomlin, who claimed he wasn't aware of Alice and her place in the story. Sounds like the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing. Would love a definitive BTS account at what went on.

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Well it was the 80's and many soap ladies fell victim to the perm plague in that era. I was never a fan of any of Victoria wyndham's hairstyles over the years right up to her final look with the straight dark locks. I think she had one of those faces that it was difficult to style for . It would probably take a real expert to come up with something that was really flattering. Some Rachel looks over the years.

Looking at those figures for Tommy some of them seem so random eg 2 appearances in May 73. What was happening that suddenly demanded Tommy's presence? It would be interesting to know the background. At least Tommy was a presence throughout the 70's so John Lupton must have been happy enough to appear from time to time. It's a pity he wasn't used in the 80's for Xmas visits or when Sandy was on the show. As to why Tommy wasn't used after 1970 in any meaningful capacity there could have been any number of BTS issues. Firstly with a half hour format there was probably no room for Tommy to get a new romance and storyline and budget was probably an issue as well. In the correspondence Jason posted between Betty Corday and Bill Bell I recall the subject of the budget coming up repeatedly. PS Jason, are those letters still available on your website? I looked but couldn't locate them.

JC was only 38 when she returned. Still young enough to be front and center. I guess the fact that she now had an adult child made them portray her as a more conservative type of character. Times have changed and now 38 year olds and older are now presented in a different light eg Laura Wright, Michelle Stafford etc.

The casting of some of these new characters was questionable in addition to the writing. Kellam and Max did the job as the villianous pair but neither of them seemed particularly magnetic in their roles eg there didn't seem to be anything appealing about Kellam that would make it understandable that Julie might be charmed by him. Joshua was too old and I recall that he was quite a dour presence. The Tod actor was simply not up to the task. Which brings us to Leslie who I guess was supposed to be the woman who finally was the perfect match for Chris but she seems dull in appearance and behavior. And Jessica, our new heroine and ingenue of the Horton family who should have been the spunky yet vulnerable teen was presented as the dowdy best friend type. Only Gloria Loring/Liz had any spark.

Sweet story - Erica and Melody crossed paths at a charity event a while back. Erica introduced herself to Melody and began reminiscing. She wondered how many of the crew might still be around eg Hank - the stagehand who got her top quality weed in exchange for a quickie BJ in the Television City parking lot. Erica said it was crazy spooky how Nikki's storylines would mirror what was going on in Erica's life at one time or another...when Nikki was dancing at the Bayou and Melody was pregnant IRL, Erica was 7 months preggers and stripping at a truck stop club outside of Oxnard. Just like Nikki, Erica got knocked up by one guy but married another dude and pretended he was the dad. She also had one boyfriend who stabbed another in the groin and was banging her sleazy gyno who had a crazy ex wife. She developed a pill addiction after falling off a donkey on a weekend in Tijuana and had a kid turn up she forgot about from when she was in a cult. She wrote her address on a napkin and told Melody she'd love to be invited to any Y&R events.

I like that angle very much Khan. Viewers were more invested in Don so the story would have been of more interest to them. As I mentioned earlier they just introduced another two 50 year olds to an aging cast. No reason Max couldn't have been a twenty/thirty something hot shot. And Tony Kingman came and went in an instant. I 'm starting to get a little wary of Maggie. Julie visits her and gets badly burned in a fire in her kitchen. She visits Marlena and DJ dies. Coincidence? - or is Mrs Horton out for vengeance against those she feels need to be punished??

James Meighan Mother in Law 1938 The O'Neills Dr Melbourne 1940 David Harum 1943 Amanda 1944 Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters Tracey Endicott

She was one of the teen runaways (Sharon or Julie) that got involved with Rose deVille in her first Y&R stint. Chris Brooks was involved with helping them escape Rose's clutches.

In Tod April 28th Flora April 28th Jessica April 30th Cassie May 7th Out Tony Kingman April 25th Margo May 21st

Tues Nov 8 1977 4 KOMO ABC Seattle 5 KING NBC Seattle 7 KIRO CBS Seattle 9am 4 Window 5 Seattle Today 7 Price is Right 9.30 4 Cross Wits 5 Seattle Today cont'd 7 TPIR cont'd 10.00 4 Happy Days 5 Wheel of Fortune 7 Match Game 10.30 4 $25,000 Pyramid 5 Knockout 7 Love of Life 11.00 4. The Better Sex 5. To Say the Least 7 Young and Restless 11.30 4. Family Feud 5 Gong Show 7 Search for Tomorrow 12.00 4 All My Children 5 Hollywood Squares 7 News 12.30 4. AMC cont'd 5 Days of Our Lives 7 As The World Turns 1.00 4 Ryans Hope 5 DOOL cont'd 7 ATWT cont'd 1.30 4 One Life to Live 5 The Doctors 7 Guiding Light 2.00 4 OLTL cont'd 5 Another World 7 GL cont'd 2.15 4 General Hospital 2.30 4. GH cont'd 5 AW cont'd 7 All in the Family 3.00 4 Edge of Night 5 Movie 7 Dinah

Where The Heart Is Erin O'Connor

The Hamptons William Cain Loving Msgnr Fratellini Mitchell Jason (not Jason Mitchell) was going to suggest him in Soaphoppers and noticed this.

Ratings and rank for Falcon Crest season opener S1 #8 21.8/33 S2 ? 19.3/34 S3 #5 23.4/41 S4 #2 23.4/40 S5 #21 19.3/32 S6 #28 17.0/29 S7 #33 15.1/28 S8 #32 14.1/26 S9 #57 10.7/20

Susan Oliver Three Steps to Heaven Ira Hawkins One Life to Live Det Foley All My Children Uncle Gordy Hemmings Santa Barbara I have Le Mar Davis Ed Setrakian Edge of Night Joseph Warren Search for tomorrow Edge of Night

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I think skanky is the correct word here...

How about... Leann Hunley Mark Lawson John Randolph Dick Yorke Judith Lowry Susan Oliver Tracey Kolis

Vicki Vola Bright Horizon Valiant Lady My True Story Jane 1952 Mel Ruick Front Page Farrell 1946

Abby Lewis Amanda 1945 Rose of My Dreams 1947 Our Gal Sunday 1951 Young Widder Brown 1948 House in the Country Clarabelle Hopkins When A Girl Marries Backstage Wife My True Story 1955 Whispering Streets 1955 George Petrie Whispering Streets 1959 I see that you are adding a lot of non soap radio roles. Happy to follow your lead or just stick to the soaps, whatever suits 🙂

Santos Ortega Light of the World Saul David Harum 1950 Helpmate George Emerson Front Page Farrell 1950 Backstage Wife 1952 My True Story 1955 Whispering Streets 1955

Larry Haines Front Page Farrell 1945 Right to Happiness Sam Roberts 1948 Young Widder Brown 1951 To Have and Yo Hold Jason Carter 1975

Doug Cramer has been known in the trade as the father of Peyton Place and I once asked him if he wanted to take the opportunity to apologize to the American public. To the contrary, Doug believed then and believes now that a nighttime soap opera of the caliber of England's Coronation Street is healthy television. He was saying the other day that if Peyton Place had held to the daytime serial concept rather than try to be Playhouse 90 and develop relevant drama, it would still be on the air. As to the fiasco that was The Survivors. Cramer said: "It had the seeds of its own destruction built into it. A serial must deal with characters an audience can identify with. Who identifies with a jet-setter? And being carefully nurtured among the various Cramer projects is a new nighttime serial, or soap opera, which is being developed out of Peter Gilman's best-selling novel about Hawaii, Diamond Head. With Cramer, it was a certainty another Peyton Place was in the making. Doug said the project (for CBS) is a long way from fruition, that it is not even planned for next season. He said the plans are to develop it as an hour-a-week continuing story, though he personally prefers the twice-a-week half-hour Peyton Place form. "The Hawaiian setting is interesting to Americans." he said. "Look how tourists flock there! The story is of a family with problems one can readily relate to. I don't understand why the serial form is so little regarded. The Forsythe Saga was a serial. I personally think All in the Family is a serial, the Dick Van Dyke Show is a serial.