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NBC boasted that Passions was leading the 11-17 demo and stated that those viewers would age into the coveted 18-34 demo and take Passions with them, ignoring the fact that that most young women don't want to be doing what they did as teens and wouldn't be interested in Passions juvenile storylines.

Yes I forgot about Somerset. Maybe it was doing better at 4pm than RTPP at 3.30? Also the P&G connection may have been a factor as NBC stood to lose alot of ad dollars if they cancelled a P&G show.

Part of that is due to admin changes and new heads of daytime wanting to make their mark. With NBC in the 70's it was Lin Bolen coming on board and shaking things up. She gave the game shows a makeover, insisting hosts wore more trendy clothes and grew their hair. RTPP was a sitting duck as the lowest rated soap and Bolen wanted her soap HTSAM on air. Ken Corday relates that Bolen requested Days show more skin and Betty Corday agreed and immediately had the ladies in clingy dresses and low cut tops. However , wires were crossed and Bolen had meant she wanted the men to be baring more, not the gals!

Media Week Sept 23 1996 ChrisCraft/United Television Productions and Grosso Jacobs Productions are said to be teaming on 27th Precinct, a soap opera described by one rep source as NYPD Blue meets Young and the Restless.

Mediaweek April 1999 P&G, NBC in a Lather Daytime's biggest spender lobbying hard to save Another World 'NETWORK TV / By John Consoli NBC executives are feeling some pressure from Procter & Gamble as they near a decision on which of the network's daytime soap operas to cancel to make room for Passions, a new series that will premiere in July. P&G is the producer of the long -running Another World, one of two ratings -starved soaps NBC is considering for the chopping block. While P&G has not said publicly what action it would take if the network pulls the plug on Another World, insiders say the company has dropped hints to NBC that it might withdraw most or all of its daytime ad budget. P&G, daytime TV's largest advertiser, spent $238 million in the daypart in 1998, according to Competitive Media Reporting. An estimated $50 million of the total went to NBC, according to agency executives. Bob Wehling, global marketing officer for P&G, said last week about his most recent meetings with NBC: "I've done all I could to lobby for Another World. I'm very proud of it. I hope it makes it." While Wehling would not comment on the company's likely reaction to a cancellation of Another World, another P&G exec said last week: "We have a plan." NBC executives did not return calls seeking comment. Buyers said that if Proctor & Gamble were to pull out a sizable amount of inventory, it might not damage NBC too seriously because P&G is a bulk buyer that gets deep discounts for its commercials. A release of some of P&G's inventory would put NBC in position to try to sell it at higher CPMs. However, demand for daytime spots is not nearly as keen as it is for prime -time inventory. Johnson & Johnson, the second-largest daytime advertiser, spent $70 million in the day - part last year, far behind P&G's total. P&G insiders say that if NBC cancels Another World, the company would probably not shop the soap to another network because any interruption in continuity would further erode ratings . For the week ended April 4, Another World posted a 2.4 rating/9 share in households, according to Nielsen Media Research. That number ranked World only ninth among the daytime soaps, but well ahead of the other NBC soap being considered for cancellation, the last -place Sunset Beach. A more damaging statistic for Another World is that its prime audience, women 18-49, has declined by more than 25 percent in both rating and share this season. While Sunset Beach has never posted numbers as high as Another World, NBC execs view Sunset as being on the rise and World in decline. Another World, which premiered in 1964, is NBC's longest -running soap. Sunset Beach, produced by Aaron Spelling in conjunction with NBC Studios, premiered in January 1997. Passions, like Sunset, is expected to attract much younger viewers thanAnother World.

First reference I've come across dealing with Harding Lemays's short stint as SFT headwriter (from Lynda Hirsch's syndicated column Jan 82) Fired writer strikes back at Procter and Gamble By Lynda Hirsch Harding LeMay, whose last major soap assignment was as head writer for "Search for Tomorrow," recently stated that Procter & Gamble does not know how to produce a soap any longer. He was especially caustic about their desire for rape scenes. LeMay claims the final straw on ' Search for Tomorrow" occurred when he did not want to do a rape storyline. He also says was the reason he was fired right after the Writers' Guild strike had to do with the book he wrote, "Eight Years in Another World," where he was very open about P&G's soap-opera procedures and took many of the company's executives to task. "Not true," claims one-time "Search for Tomorrow" producer Mary Ellen Bunin, who is now producing "As the World Turns." According to Bunin, Harding had little respect for the art form and was not very successful at it. She did not dispute that he was powerful at one time, as head writer for "Another World," but does think his last few years as "Another World" head scripter were anything but successful. very aware of the book and his feelings about soap operas before he was hired to head-write "SFT." In fact, Bunin says it was very hard for P&G to hire LeMay knowing about the book, but did feel he might do a credible job for "Search." Bunin, as the one who fired LeMay, said that obviously their decision to hire him was wrong and that she has little respect for him as a soap opera writer.

Jan 82 Lynda Hirsch column Pat Falken Smith, now head writer of "Days of Our Lives" and former head writer of "General Hospital," had another go at Gloria Monty, producer of "General Hospital," on the cable network news special "The Soap Behind the Soaps." In it, Falken Smith said she simply did not want to work for Monty any more and furthermore, "If the show had been on radio I'm certain Gloria would have done the acting parts as well." Falken Smith also took Tony Geary to task and said at one point she asked him "to get a Writer's Guild card because he was doing rewrites of the scripts and then telling people in the media about it." She further says that she went to Geary and asked him to stop rewriting continually and also said she wanted to know where the gracious, grateful young man who came to her two years ago and thanked her for giving him the role of a lifetime had gone. In Geary's defense, Falken Smith said, "When I asked him to stop doing all this rewriting, he stopped." Geary makes no secret that he feels that Luke is a very important part of his career and that he does take liberties with the script. However, we believe that's probably one of the reasons why the character of Luke has been so exciting. On the other hand, most of the "General Hospital" actors stick to the scripts, and when they were being written by Falken Smith, they rang true and were interesting, just as they were when Doug Marland was writing it. As for the new writers on "General Hospital," we'll have to give them a bit more time because their main concerns to date have been getting rid of two major characters Bobbi and Laura. By the way, when Gloria Monty was asked about Falken Smith on the same cable network news special, Monty said as graciously as she could, "Pat and I are dear friends. She was a great writer and when her sub-writers left with her, they all wrote notes to me saying they were sorry to be leaving."

No contest - Terry/Eileen.

The original leads

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.