Paul Raven

A comment on YouTube regarding an audio post states that Monday Dec 20 1971 was ep # 4072. Hope that helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQeML9MPy90

Barry Lake was headwriter in August 1960. His wife Marge ? Margo? was an artist and he had an art exhibition written into the script and used her artwork. The episode aired on a Wednesday and the collection was shipped to New Hope PA by Thursday for her own exhibit.

Re The Verdict Is Yours The show moved taping location from NY to Hollywood in June 1960. New set was introduced with viewers being told new courthouse was being used. Jim McKay worked for 3 weeks before leaving as he did not wish to relocate permanently. Cast for first LA case 'The Matter of Vail' Steve Brodie as irate ex husband/father suing for custody of 5 yr old daughter Cece Whitney as the ex wife/mother Ann O'Neal Sally Bliss Ray Barnes Barbara Bestar

Thanks for continuing to post these. Surprised to see ATWT as the top rated CBS soap and #4 in the ratings, while Y&R was lower. GL was in better shape but had to fight GH so in that sense was holding up well. NBC was a disaster.

Re Valiant Lady Add Lt Maxwell - Andrew Duggan 1953

re Mason Adams add The Guiding Light - piano player at club where Gloria sings 1950

Re Rita Lloyd Bernard Grant Add 'The Serpent and the Staff ' CBS Best Sellers (Radio serializations of popular novels). June 1960 She played the role of Esther.

Some additions From CBS Daytime 90- a series of Daytime tv movies that played Feb 74 Legacy of Fear Harry Bellaver Lois Zorich Don Scardino Trio for Lovers Maureen Anderman The Guest Room Dan Hamilton Frank Converse - John Banks Once In Her Life Constance Towers - Joan Baldwin Brett Halsey - Martin Baldwin Tiger On a Chain David Ackroyd - Peter stone Leslie Charleson - Nora stone Bruce Gray - Eliot Pearson Allan Miller - Dr Burghoff Some requests Sydney Walker Barnard Hughes Brian L Green John Boruff Peter Donat Kimetha Laurie

re Brighter Day Barbara Joyce's role of Anne Meadows was in fact her ATWT role, she played another role on TBD. Variety reported in Aug 58 she was appearing on TBD while continuing as Anne on ATWT

Re William Redfield Add Romance of helen Trent 1959 - 'beatnik'

Pilots/Proposals Add Lori March Female lead - The Sheriff's Wife CBS 1958 Mart Hulswit The Best Years NBC nightime serial pilot 1965

May 19 1959 CBS broadcast a special 'Woman - Teen Marriages' hosted by Claudette Colbert from 3-4pm, pre-empting The Big Pay Off and The Verdict Is Yours CBS - Woman - 8.9/50 NBC - Young Dr Malone @3 - 4.9/29 From These Roots @3.30 - 4.7/27 ABC - Beat The Clock @3 3.0/17 Who Do You Trust @ 3.30 3.1/16

Hope Springs ABC 1958 Created by Frank & Doris Hursley. Produced by Edwin Duerr. Hope Springs, a town in the west in the late 1860's - ' a new daytime serial story of the frontier west, from the viewpoint of the womwn who helped build it.' Sheriff Gar Ferguson whose past is the subject of conjecture. Other characters - newspaper editor, his crippled wife, a doctor, a neurotic girl and lovesick boy. Westerns were all the rage in primetime at this time and CBS had The Sheriff's Wife under development at the same time.

Variety reported in May 59 that with NBC possibly cancelling YDM and/or From These Roots P&G might move either of them over to CBS into the 2.00 timeslot following ATWT. Imagine things would have been very different for those shows in that timeslot.

according to Jason 47 re Julie Charla Doherty (Julie Olson) 11/8/65-12/23/66 Kathy Dunn (Julie Olson) 1/24/67-6/20/67 recurring Cathy Ferrar (Julie Olson) 7/13/67-9/2/68 recurring Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Olson Williams) (recurring 12/11/68-4/10/69); 4/15/69-3/19/84 (signed again)

I wonder why Days kept recasting Julie? Obviously they weren't happy with the actresses but 4 actresses in 3 years for such a pivotal character. Meanwhile Denise was cast as Susan and that was that.

ATWT Dr. Keith Lambert Andrew Jarkowsky 5/78 liked Annie S. Afternoon TV Stars Jan 76 has him as Kim's doctor after she had amnesia. So he would have been around in 75. Edit reading old synopses I see Dr Ken Lambert as the doctor interested in Annie. So this character was played by another actor.

Rona Barrets Daytimers Jan 79 Amy Gibson (LOL) and her sister Jody (ATWT) model disco fashions. Anyone know who Jody played? Obviously a minor role. Jody chose another career path. Jody Gibson is an American former madam who was active in Hollywood in the late 1980s through 1990s. Going by the pseudonym "Sasha of the Valley", Gibson operated an "escort agency" in Hollywood, during which time she employed several hundred women across 16 States of the United States of America, and also in Europe

I remember reading this article first time around... Who is being called out ? Doug Davidson? Melody? Tammy Taylor? Agree about the dialogue - at the time it added a campy layer. You can tell they were floundering with the move to the hour. Moving Derek into business, giving Leslie amnesia etc Y&R always had tightly focused stories up till then.

I agree. I hated that Texas logo emerging from the flag.It did look cheap. Not etirely sure when the change took place.Maybe Sept 81.

Re The Doctors Jackie ...Louise Lasser surname Ricardo

I believe that Marland was no fan of Steve/Runyeon. Also remember reading that Runyeon wanted a 1 year contract extension and P&G were cutting back on short term contracts. Some tidbits from earlier years.... Apparently Mrs Kopecki, the woman that Grandpa Hughes married in 1975 was around at least 10 years earlier. I don;t think she was ever seen onscreen, just mentioned. I had always assumed that she was first talked about only months before the wedding as away of reducing screen time for Grandpa/Santos Ortega, who was not up to appearing due to ill health. Looking over synopses, 1967 seems to be a tough year in Oakdale, Both Doug Cassen and his son Neil Wade died, leaving Claire and Penny widows for the second time. Also Sara Fuller, Bill Holmes and Joan Rogers died in that year. Irna must have been in a morbid mood...

Another Lesley Woods radio role Second Mrs Burton Marcia 1959

Some more roles for Hoppers courtesy of ABC Matinee Today (aired daily for a week in Dec 73) I Never Said Goodbye Dec 3 1973 Anne Seymour Judge Micklin Jack Stauffer David Laughton Renee Jarrett Alice Laughton My Secret Mother Dec 5 1973 Rue McLanahan Carol Babcock From ABC Afternoon Playbreak (irregularly scheduled specials) The Child Is Mine Dec 7 1972 Robin Strasser Shelley Carr Rosemary Prinz Elizabeth Thatcher Don Galloway Martin Thatcher The Gift of Terror April 5 1973 Denise Alexander Laura Carmen Zapata Aunt Caroline Things I Never Said Oct 31 1973 Joe Campanella Brooke Bundy A Special Act of Love Nov 14 1973 Martin E Brooks Dr Easton Robert Burr Dr Dolan Barbara Baxley Ann Alone With Terror Dec 5 1973 Juliet Mills Susan Maroni Colby Chester Leonard Walters Walter Brooke Roperman Mother of The Bride Jan 9 1974 Elizabeth Allan Amy Whitman Kip Niven Steve Whitman Phillip Sterling Harry Prosnick Miss Kline We Love You Feb 27 1074 Cindy Fisher Tracy Davenport Fred Beir Alex Markham Can I Save My Children? Oct 17 1974 David Hedison Clay

It is known that Feank and Doris Hursley created Bright Promise and were initial headwriters but reading through this thread there is no information about their tenure. Did they actually write the show or just oversee the story projections? Rick Edelstein, Larry Brody and Jiohn D Hess all get credit on IMDB but Richard DeRoy is credited by Writers Guild for 1971 episodes. So can anyone shed light on the Bright Promise writers?