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Wes Kenney was offered a bucket load of money to move to GH and admitted it was an offer to good to refuse. Hopefully Bill Bell was OK with it. He faced a similar situation when he parted ways with Irna Phillips to move to Days.

Re Search for Tomorrow A 1954 synopsis mentions a character called Alice Bishop.

My latest requests Marc Alaimo Bradley Cole Doug Wert John Karlen

Re Romance Theater.Amazing start, so many soap names there!

Dylan could have worked as Paul's child from the cult as it was established he had sex with other cult members. How was Nikki's pregnancy explained when it never happened on air?

According to Slick's Soap Hoppers entry, Ms Vola played Mrs Johnson.

Christina Pickles is unrecognisable! Can I ask about Patricia Smiths role of Cynthia Bradley Gardner on SFT in the late 50's. As Gardner was Jo's maiden name, how were they connected?

Thanks guys .You are amazing!

re Hugh McPhillips. He won a guest actor Emmy for his Days role. What was Hugh Pearson's part in the story? How long was he on for?

Monday Aug 5 1968 Salt Lake City KCPX (ABC) 8.00 Dark Shadows 8.30 Dick Cavett 10.00 Bewitched 10.30 Treasure Isle 11.00 Dream House 11.30 It's Happening 12.00 Newlywed Game 12.30 Dating Game 1.00 General Hospital 1.30 One Life to Live 2.00 Mike Douglas 3.45 Captain Scotty 4.00 Supernan That lineup followed the network pattern(albeit in a different time zone) but Dark Shadows being bumped to 8am!!

In her current SOD interview Beth Maitland states she and Eileen Davidson were at odds for a period of time and not friendly outside of their scenes. She mentions that Jerry Douglas took them to task.

Re Lloyd Bochner Add Terraces (TV movie/pilot) Dr Roger Cabe re Natalie Schaefer Add Eleanor Carlyle The Survivors Some more radio roles Ed Jerome - Stella Dallas 1948 Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters 1946 Lora Lawton 1949 Bess Johnson - Just Plain Bill David Harum Karl Weber - Lora Lawton 1949 Young Widder brown Front Page Farrell Lone Journey 1942

Around the time of the Patty references on Y&R, SOD published a blind item about a show planning a return of a past character, but hinted that the actor involved had gained a lot of weight, so it was dropped. I can't recall the exact wording. SOD also stated at one time that Anna Dimera's younger sister Lily Fredericks was slated to appear.

1986 Season finales in bold Week ending May 18 1. The Cosby Show NBC 31.8/54 2. Family Ties NBC 29.1/47 3. Dallas CBS 24.9/42 4. Cheers NBC 24.4/37 5. Stagecoach CBS 22.5/38 6. Murder, She Wrote CBS 21.7/36 7. Night Court NBC 21.6 /33 8. 60 Minutes CBS 20.8/41 9. Dynasty ABC 20.5/32 10. Knots Landing CBS 20.0/33 11. Moonlighting ABC 19.3/30 12. Hotel ABC 18.8/33 13. Who's the Boss ABC 18.8/33 34. 14. Falcon Crest CBS 18.8/32 15. Growing Pains ABC 18.8/31 16. NBC's 60th Anniversary NBC 18.2/29 17. Miami Vice NBC 17.7/30 18. Convicted ABC 17.4/27 19. Golden Girls NBC 17.3/33 20. On Wings of Eagles p/ 1 NBC 17.0/28 Week ending May 25 i. The Cosby Show NBC 28.4/51 2. Family Ties NBC 26.4/45 3. Perry Mason: Notorious Nun NBC 23.3/42 4. Dynasty ABC 21.9/34 5. On Wings of Eagles, pt. 2 NBC 21.2/34 6. Cheers NBC 20.9/34 7. Night Court NBC 19.8/32 8. Hotel ABC 19.7/32 9. Golden Girls NBC 18.8/37 30 10. Falcon Crest CBS 17.9/31 11. Miss USA Pageant CBS 17.8/30 12. Who's the Boss ABC 17.6/31 13. Valerie NBC 17.4/28 14. MacGyver ABC 17.2/30 15. Miami Vice NBC 17.0/33 16. 227 NBC 16.5/33 17. Growing Pains ABC 18.3/27 18. Dynasty II: The Colbys ABC 15.9/26 19. Sam's Son NBC 15.625 20. 20/20 ABC 14.7/26

The time has come both creatively and ratings wise to call it a day. The Will being a dad story is horrible. These days it would be more risky and interesting for Will not to want to become a father. And Grace's continual involvements with unappealing guys....

So you are looking for season finale ratings?.... Week 30 was the official end of the TV season but the networks held back new eps of their top series for May sweeps. Here is the top 10 from week ending May 19 with all soaps final eps. 1. Dallas CBS 27.5/48 2. Dynasty ABC 25.9/39 3. The Cosby Show NBC 23.8/42 4. Falcon Crest CBS 22.0/37 5. Hotel ABC 20.8/34 6. Knot's Landing CBS 20.2/32 7. Family' Ties NBC 20.1/34 8. Death in California, pt. 2 ABC 19.2/30 9. Miss USA Beauty Pageant CBS 18.8/29 10. A Team NBC 18.8/32

Wk 30 84-85. will post 2nd request later 😀 The Cosby Show NBC 28.0/42 Murder, She Wrote CBS 24.5/39 Family Ties NBC 24.2/37 60 Minutes CBS 21.5/48 Dallas CBS 21.1/33 Cheers NBC 20.1/31 Lady Blue ABC 19.8/31 Facts of Life NBC 19.8/30 Trapper John, M.D. CBS 19.3/35 A Team NBC 19.2/31 Knots Landing CBS 18.9/30 Bob Hope Special NBC 18.4/29 Highway to Heaven NBC 18.3/30 Ringling Bros. Circus CBS 18.0/28 Night Court NBC 17.5/28 Space, part 4 CBS 17.125 Falcon Crest CBS 16.929 Space, part 2 CBS 16.4/26 Space, part 5 CBS 16.3/26 Riptide NBC 16.2/25 Hotel ABC 16.0/28 Who's The Boss? ABC 15.925 Sara NBC 15.8/25 Miami Vice NBC 15.5/25 Knight Rider NBC 15.5/24 Hail to the Chief ABC 15.0/24 Space, part 3 CBS 14.7/24 Gimme a Break NBC 14.5/25 T.J. Hooker ABC 14.328 20/20 ABC 14.3/24 Remington Steele NBC 14.1/24 Hardcastle & McCormick ABC 14.0/22 Mr. Belvedere ABC 13.9/24 Double Trouble NBC 13.8/24 Hunter NBC 13.6/20 Webster ABC 13.5/25 Finder of Lost Loves ABC 13.5/25 MacGruder & Loud ABC 13.5/23 Love Boat ABC 13.323 Hill Street Blues NBC 13.222 Scene of the Crime NBC 13.124 Three's a Crowd ABC 13.021 Under One Roof NBC 12.922 Airplane NBC 12.921 Diffrent Strokes NBC 12.5123 Fall Guy ABC 12.5/21 Double Dare CBS 12.5/21 Embassy ABC 12.5/21 Benson ABC 12.4/21 Foulups, Bleeps & Blunders ABC 11.9/19 Detective in the House CBS 11.4/21 Airwolf CBS 11.4/20 Eye to Eye ABC 11.3/18 Off the Rack ABC 11.2/18 The Best of Times' NBC 11.0/20 Half- Nelson NBC 10.7/18 St. Elsewhere NBC 10.6/19 Wildside ABC 10.4/16 Punky Brewster NBC 9.9/18 Cover -Up CBS 9.3/17 Me and Mom ABC 9.2/16 Ripley's Believe It or Not ABC E/R CBS 8.8/15 Charles in Charge CBS 8.7/16 That was the Week That Was ABC 8.3/13 Silver Spoons NBC 7.2/15

August 1970 Pittsburgh KDKA (CBS) 12.00 News (pre-empting Where The Heart Is) 12.30 Search For Tomorrow 1.00 Mike Douglas (pre-empting As The World Turns/Love Is A Many Splendored Thing)* 2.30 Guiding Light 3.00 Secret storm 3,30 Edge of Night 4.00 Gomer Pyle * surprised that the #1 daytime program would not be shown WTAE (ABC) 12.00 Candid Camera (pre-empting Best of Everything) 12.30 A World Apart 1.00 All My Children 1.30 Let's Make A Deal 2.00 Newlywed Game 2.30 He Said/She Said (pre-empting Dating Game) 3.00 General Hospital 3.30 Adventure time (pre-empting One Life to Live /Dark Shadows)) WIIC (NBC) 12.00 News (pre-empting Jeopardy) 12.30 Who. What, Where Game 1.00 Another World/Somerset 1.30 Life With Linkletter 2.00 DOOL 2,30 DRS 3.00 AW/Bay City 3.30 F-Troop (pre-empting Bright Promise) 4.00 Movie (displacing Somerset)

I think Robb may have been referring to reruns in the network timeslots - 10am - 4.30 pm CBS ran Lucy,Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith,Beverly Hillbillies etc in the morning for years before they went into syndication. ABC ran Brady Bunch,Happy Days, Bewitched, That Girl etc NBC in the 70's and 80's reran Chico & The Man, Golden Girls, Diffrent Strokes etc

We are now at the beginning of the Carolee kidnap story. Only a few years ago Carolee was stuck in the sanitarium as a jealous Ann went after Steve. Now a jealous Doreen arranges for Carolee to be stashed away. Why this story was done is a mystery. To have Carolee victimized again is ridiculous, particularly when Jada Rowland presented such a strong sensible character.

Philadelphia Wed Jan 15 1969 WFIL (ABC) 12.00 Bewitched 12.30 Funny You should Ask 1.00 Dream House 1.30 Lets Make A Deal 2.00 Television Kitchen (pre-empting Newlywed Game) 2.30 Dating Game 3.00 General Hospital 3.30 Jerry's Place (pre-empting One Life To Live) 4.00 Dark Shadows KYW (NBC) 12.00 News (pre-empting Jeopardy) 12.30 Mike Douglas (pre-empting Eye Guess @12.30, Hidden Faces @1.30) 2.00 Days of Our Lives 2.30 Doctors 3.00 Another World 3.30 You Don't Say 4.00 Match Game WPHL (Independent) picked up the pre-emptions from ABC/NBC (except for Newlywed Game) 12.00 Jeopardy 12.30 Eye Guess 1.00 One Life To Live 1.30 Hidden faces

1968 KREM Spokane Mon Aug 5 1:00 BEWITCHED—Comedy 1:30 TREASURE ISLE—Game COLOR 2:00 DREAM HOUSE—Game COLOR 2:30 IT’S HAPPENING COLOR 2:55 CHILDREN’S DOCTOR COLOR 3:00 NEWLYWED GAME COLOR 3:30 DATING GAME COLOR 4:00 GENERAL HOSPITAL COLOR 4:30 ONE LIFE TO LIVE COLOR 5:00 DARK SHADOWS COLOR 5:30 GILLIGAN’S ISLAND—Comedy COLOR

Check out this listing from 1958 Tues Aug 12th WJW Cleveland (CBS) 7:30 REX HUMBARD—Religion 8:00 News 8:10 Mr Banjo 9:00 Amos n Andy 9:30 Beat The Clock 10:00 For Love Or Money 10:30 Susie 11:00 Arthur Godfrey 12.00 Love of Life 12.30 Search For Tomorrow 12.45 Guiding Light 1.00 Movie 2.20 News 2.30 House Party 3.00 Life With Elizabeth 3.30 Verdict Is Yours 4.00 Secret Storm 4,30 Edge Of Night 5.00 As The World Turns Cleveland must have loved their afternoon movie for ATWT to be placed at 5. I wonder how long it played in that timeslot?

i believe ATWT had 2 runs on Oz TV in the 70's on the 9 and 10 networks. The Nine network was home of US soaps with DOOL as the centerpiece. I believe ATWT had a late morning slot and ran no longer than a year. Later the 10 network tried ATWT in competition at midday opposite 9's popular talk/variety show but it lasted only a few months. This is all from memory but I'll do some research to find out more. Found a listing from Fri 28 Feb 1975 9 Network 12 pm DOOL 12.30 Y&R 1pm ATWT 1.30 No Man's Land (local 'womens issues') 2pm GH 2.30 AW 3pm SFT So Aussies were well served for US soaps By Sept 75 10 am AW 12pm DOOL 1pm Y&R 1.30 No Mans Land 2pm GH 2.30 SFT 3pm Dinah So the expansion of AW and DOOL bumped ATWT off the schedule, so it musn't have been too popular

re Valiant Lady Bandleader Ben Cutler appeared in Dec 56. At the time he was married to Flora Campbell (Helen)