Paul Raven

Thanks for posting.Love BTS stuff.

Great investigative work .Thank you. As we know from other instances,Balaban could have been on for only a few episodes and still be listed.

More on Chuck Ryan. Synopsis for 1971 has Chuck asking Bob on his deathbed to take care of Jennifer and his children, So Chuck did appear in 71. But who played him?

Some ATWT comments Ted Rogers was responsible for the death of Doug Cassen. He blamed Doug for his wife's death and shoved him, causing Doug to hit his head and die. Re Chuck Ryan He is mentioned in early 60's synopses. Not sure if he ever appeared in the 70's unless the character was brought back briefly to remind audiences of his friendship with Bob and set up the arrival of Jennifer and her children. Of the three actors listed it seems Bob Balaban most likely played Chuck in the early 60's as by 1971 he was regularly working in Hollywood. Don Chastain had just played Debbie Reynold's husband in her sitcom so again unlikely he would go back to soaps for a brief stint (or maybe he did) Micheal Ebert had played on LOL till 1970 so he may have played Chuck after, but just as likely in the earlier stint. So my belief is all three actors played Chuck in the early 60's. Hopefully someone can clear this up!

Top 10 Multi- Weekly for 2 weeks ending Feb 7 1960 1. CBS News 2.Huntley -Brinkley Report 11.5 3. Jack Paar 10.5 4. Guiding Light 9.9 5. American Bandstand 9.4 6. Search for Tomorrow 9.2 7. Price Is Right 8.8 8. Concentration 8.8 9. Love of Life 8.6 10. As the World Turns 8.5 This included all daily shows, not just daytime, hence #1 and #2. Surprised not to see Edge of Night there, maybe it was just behind ATWT. Ratings fluctuated more in those days. ATWT was the #1 soap but outrated by 3 others for those 2 weeks. It was not until Oct 1960 that ATWT was #1 every week until 1971. What was happening late 1960 that propelled it to the top spot and kept it there?

Broadcasting magazine May 25th 1964 'Search' didn't switch EDITOR: Your good profile on Bill Craig (BROADCASTING, May 11) garbled one detail: Guiding Light may may have been transferred to TV from radio in 1952, but Search for Tomorrow was a TV original, created by Roy Winsor at the Biow Agency, went on CBS-TV at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, Sept. 2, 1951, and stills runs there more than 3,300 performances later. -Richard Krolik, Time -Life Broadcast Inc., New York. Richard Krolik was Mary Stuart's husband at that time.

Not 100% sure but I think Eve just interacted with Stuart/Liz/Jill. I don't think the story went far enough to involve the Brooks daughters. Another example of Bell keeping the story tight rather than having too many tangents to explore.

Oct 62 vs Oct 61 vs Oct 58 ATWT 10.9/ 10.8/8.4 TGL 9.0/ 9.5/7.9 SFT 8.6/9.2/7.9

Great photos Thanks!

Was Teddy short for Edward or Theodore? Either way call him Eddie or Theo over Ryder or even Ted...

Re Edge of Night Harvey Zuckerman ???? owner of La Siesta Hotel where Ruth Hakim posed as Betty Jean Lane,

Requests - when time permits Phillip English Kim Hunter Jonathan Farwell Frieda Altman Rita Gam Anna Minot Phyllis Hill Jack Denbo Stanley Grover Hank Underwood

Love that synopsis...Mrs. Margarone, Dena,Tracy,Kaye and Gibot!

Re Jane Rose She appeared on Secret Storm twice. Before playing Aggie,( Belle's aunt) she also played Peter Ames' housekeeper.

Re Toni Darnay Add Backstage Wife In 1957 she was temp replacement for Claire Neilson

Re Verdict Is Yours Add Jessica Jones July 59 Re Brighter Day Add Lionel Kranitz June 58

My next requests David Groh Stanley Kamel Ward Costello Francine York David Lewis Frank Gorshin

I think the idea of large families came about because writers realized that after several years the original characters become 'worn out' and fresher family members are ready to step up into the limelight. That's the theory but it doesn't always work in practice because it's hard to leave the original characters behind and make room for the newbies. In the case of B&B the actors chosen for Katie/Donna/Storm/Kristen weren't strong enough and therefore Bill wasn't inspired and so they got less attention...self fulfilling prophecy.

Aug 12 1958 Len Wayland (Buck) and Julie Bovasso (Rose) were married during lunch break.

The first week's storylines - Claire Kennedy was headwriter. Mon Jan 4 1965 Dr Robert Wallace (Douglass Watson), an associate professor of clinical psychology at Carlyle University, differs with his wife Nancy (Louise King) on his prospects of filling the opening of a full professorship. Dr Wallace has an outside, private practice and one of his patients is Mrs Leeds (Lynn Gorman), wife of a millionaire who is a member of Carlyle's board of trustees. She has marital and age problems. Tues Jan 5 Dr Wallace receives a call from Mr Leeds (Robert Goodier) that Mrs Leeds didn't return home after the session. Soon after, she arrives at the Wallaces intoxicated. Wed Jan 6 Dr Wingate (Ivor Barry) informs Dr Wallace that Mr Leeds has charged that he is having an affair with Mrs Leeds and has been suspended from the university without a hearing. Thurs Jan 7 Regardless of the charges Dr Wallace tells Mrs Leeds she can continue as his patient. Meanwhile Wallace learns his son Jimmy (Michael Dodds) has been hospitalized with tetanus. Fri Jan 8 Johnny's chances of recovery are about 50/50. The Wallaces' daughter Sheila (Barbara Pierce) blames her father for Johnny's illness because he didn't give him a tetanus shot after removing a fish hook.

Re Kitty Foyle Staats Cosworth was Mr Strafford Arlene Golonka was Della Julienne Marie was Dorothy Sayers Jeanne Barr was Cora

Re House on High Street Cast for first story David Evans (16 yr old car thief) - Clay Hall Mrs Alma Evans - Enid Markey Leo Evans - Donald Madden Marion Evans - Dorothy Rice Nancy O'Donnell - Frances Heflin Policeman - William Cottrell Court Officer - Shaun Dooley plus Phillip Abbott as probation officer John Collier Presiding Justice James Gehrig Psychiatric consultant Dr Harris B Peck

I believe that danfling has asked about Luci Ferri (longtime EP) as to what other programs she may have been involved with. I have just discovered that she was a producer of Young Doctor Malone when it premiered on NBC in Dec 1958.

re The Greatest Gift Joe Draper originated the role of Sam Blake Lee Connor was Dr Eve Allen's friend and office nurse.