Paul Raven

Variety Oct 17th 1973 Conrad Mattaei and Dennis Cooney into the cast of CBS-TV's "As the World Turns" daytime. Conrad was the first Grant Coleman and had played Roy McGuire a few years previously.I wonder why he was cast in two prominent roles? Anyway,he was soon replaced by James Douglas,who came over from AW where he played Eliot. Would these have been the first characters created by the Soderbergs after Irna was fired?

Variety Dec 15 1971 For week ending Dec 5th ABC & NBC tied with 7.7 CBS 7.5 1. GH 10.4 2. EON 10.1 3 ATWT 9.9

Variety June 17 1964 ABC turned the trick with its "General Hospital" serial, which has been making a steady climb on the charts, moving sharewise from 18 to 35. The last Nielsen gave it the 12th daytime position with a 7.0 rating.

Variety Nov 17 1965 1. ATWT 13.0 2. Secret Storm 11.0 3. Password 10.8 4. House Party 10.8 5. TGL 10.6 6. SFT 10.4 7.TEON 10.3

Variety Jan 22 1969 1.30 - 2.00 ATWT 14.4 Let's Make A Deal 10.5 Hidden Faces 4.4

According to Variety,there was some wheeling and dealing in mid 67 that could have seen The Doctors move to CBS.It was around the time that Colgate Palmolive took over outright ownership from creator Orin Tovrov. It was something to do with the William Morris Agency,who packaged the show for Tovrov and wanted to retain their weekly commission.

Variety Nov 12th 1965 -Gloria De Haven has joined the cast of the daytime serial, "As The World Turns," which is aired Mondays through Fridays on CBS-TV. Commencing Monday she will create the role of a New York dress designer

Variety June 19th 1963 Mildred Clinton and David Brooks signed for roles in NBC-TV's "The Doctors"

Remember all that talk of Hallmark buying the rights to the show and claims that every episode was saved? Wonder if that will ever be mentioned again? Here's a snippet from Variety dealing with the storyline of the first episode. ....first day, Monday ( 1), thisNBC-TV strip borrowed a lot of them. A little girl with an aggravated hernia and a mean stepmother died in surgery, not of the knife . but of something familiarly mysterious to viewers- an aneurism.

Variety April 29th 1964 Craig Huebing landed a role in "TheDoctors." He'll be playing in cast with his wife, Joan Anderson .

Variety April 5th 1967 Lynne Rogers concluded a 13-week storyline in the soaper, "The Doctors," last w e e k . She played Kitty Harris.Never heard of that character .

Variety March 1st 1973 ABC appoints Agnes Nixon as consultant to daytime programs

From Variety Oct 9th 1974 1.ATWT 11.4 2. Match Game 74 10.8 3.AMC 9.4 4. DOOL 9.2 5. DRS 9.1

I don't think P&G did any daytime advertising at ABC in the 60's.They were the perennial third network and I don't think P&G thought it was an effective use of their ad dollars. GH was originally a Selmur production. This from actor Rick Jason's website talking about his primetime ABC series Combat. Selig Seligman, the executive producer, was an old chum of ABC president Leonard Goldenson; they’d gone to law school together. Selig had worked for ABPT pictures in Ohio as a buyer for the movies that played theaters throughout the Mid-West. When ABC decided to try producing their own shows, Goldenson tapped his friend Selig, who formed a company and called it Selmur Productions, from his and his wife Muriel’s first names. They moved to California and did a daytime court show, which proved highly successful. ABC then decided to invade night-time production, bought Selig’s production company, keeping him on as executive producer.

Variety reported in Dec 67 that Agnes,who for more than a decade had worked exclusively for P&G was about to go solo as an independent packager repped by the William Morris Agency. By March 68,they reported that she had sold 'Between Heaven and Hell' to ABC. i wonder if the failure to get AMC off the ground contributed to this.Variety reported that CBS were interested in 65 and planned to put it on at noon,but that American Home Products objected to Love of Life being pushed out of its timeslot and CBS backed down. Has Agnes ever spoken about her decision to leave P&G and branch out on her own?

More on Patti Melissa Murphy replaced Patricia Harty in Dec 65. She was the daughter of actor Don Porter,who played Gidget's dad in the 60's Tv series.She had begun in Feb 65. So the timeline for Patti looks like this Lynn Loring 1951 - 61 Nancy Pinkerton 1961(probably a recast that didn't work.Lynn would have been a hard act to follow) Abigail Kellogg 1961 - 64 (Had been playing Robin on GL,Did CBS/P&G bring her over because they felt she could be a success in the role and Patti was more important than Robin? Nancy Malone took over as Robin.She had been Babby on The Brighter day) Patricia Harty Feb 64 - Dec 65 (I'm guessing she got the pilot for Occasional Wife and was allowed to leave) Gretchen Walther 65 (Variety says that Murphy took over from Harty,so I'm guessing Walther was only intended as a fill in) Melissa Murphy Dec 65 - 66 Trish van Devere April - May 67 Melinda Plank May 67 - 69 Leigh Lassen 69 - 75 (She was written off in 74 i believe and then brought back) Tina Sloan 76 Jacquie Shultz 85 - 86 I have also read that Brooke bundy played Patti but never seen it in print.If she did it might have just been a temp replacement.

Variety August 27th 1969 Just weeks after being killed off as Lee on AW, Barbara Rodell moves to SS as Jill Stevens.

I wonder why Doris left OLTL? Joe Stuart replaced her (right?).She went to The Doctors,where Stuart had previously worked. I'm thinking that ABC got new daytime execs(Jackie Smith?) and they set about revamping the shows. AMC and RH were doing fine but OLTL and Gh were lagging. Marland/Monty came to GH and Stuart to OLTL. Quinlan brought some OLTL people to TD - Nancy Pinkerton and James Storm. Kathy Glass was already on board. Quinlan didn't boost TD at all and she was gone after about a year. She didn't work on soaps again.

Re the ever changing face of Patti Tate Whiting in the mid 60's. Variety reported Trish Van Devere taking on the role in April 67 and then reported Melinda Plank assuming the part at the end of May. Looks like Trish only lasted about 6 weeks. Melinda Plank also acted under the name Melinda Cordell.She was later on Y&R as Dorothy Stevens Dru's ballet teacher as well as GH as Natalie.

Bad hair day for Brenda... 1980 Synopsis. ]Victor Newman, sensing a closeness between Julia and Brock that went beyond friendship, became jealous. Julia agreed to stay with Victor, provided he commit completely to their marriage. But Victor was convinced that Julia and Brock Chancellor were lovers, and Victor turned to Lorie Brooks for attention. Soon after, Victor provided Julia with a gun for protection when a robber attacked her. Meanwhile, Brock caught Victor and Lorie kissing, and resumed his romance with Julia. Julia told Victor that she wanted to have a baby. But behind Julia's back, Victor had a vasectomy. Julia also began modeling at Michael Scott's studio, which was partly owned by Victor. Brock left town because of Julia's inability to end her marriage to Victor. While Victor was out of town, his former secretary, Eve Howard, suddenly surfaced. Julia had hostile feelings for Eve, who d had a one-night stand with Victor. Feeling vulnerable and confused by Eve's presence, Julia slept with Michael. Julia was immediately overwhelmed with grief. Her friendship with Brock had remained strictly platonic. But now that she had slept with Michael, Julia had actually cheated on Victor for the first time in their marriage. When Julia accepted a modeling assignment for Jabot, with Michael as the photographer, Victor suspected that they were lovers. Katherine Chancellor had a change of heart about Derek and made him head of Chancellor Industries. George Packard, a friend of Rex's, didn't trust Derek and arranged for Judy Wilson to work as Derek's secretary. But George's plan backfired. Judy led Derek to believe that she was actually his ally. Meanwhile, Douglas Austin tried unsuccessfully to pursue a romance with Katherine. With Douglas pining for Katherine, Derek turned his romantic attention to Judy. Fed up with Derek, Katherine decided to dump him. But Derek got Katherine drunk and they made love, which hurt Douglas. While on a cruise with Derek, Katherine realized that he didn't really love her. She jumped overboard. Katherine survived and ended up on a remote island. But Derek, who believed that she was dead, sought to take control of her assets. Mitchell Sherman, Katherine's lawyer, persuaded Victor to regain control of Chancellor Industries to protect Sherman s client in her absence. With trouble brewing in Lance and Lorie's marriage, Lance began an affair with Monique. Realizing, however, that he wanted his marriage to work, Lance Prentiss sent Monique back to Paris and set his sights on wining back Lorie. Lucas Prentiss told Lance and Lorie that he had located Leslie at Jona's. Jona supported Lucas's efforts to win back Leslie. But Leslie had fallen in love with Jona. Casey ended her association with Lucas after realizing that he was still hung up on his wife, Leslie. Lucas then told Lorie that Leslie had amnesia. Soon after, Lorie visited Leslie. When Leslie didn't recognize Lorie, she didn't reveal to Leslie that they were sisters. Eventually, after recalling more fragments of her past, Leslie returned to Genoa City, but the memories confused her. She didn't understand how Lance could be the father of her son. Lorie worried that Leslie would soon regain her memory and demand custody of Brooks. Meanwhile, Vanessa Prentiss became Leslie's ally because she knew that losing Brooks would destroy Lorie. But Leslie surprised Lorie when she awarded full custody of Brooks to her and Lance. Leslie explained that she couldn't be a proper mother to a child she hardly remembered. Soon after, Leslie resumed her piano career and resolved to stay in Genoa City and regain her memory. Jona also stayed behind, and he competed with Lucas for Leslie's love. Lucas was also jealous of Jona's growing friendship with Casey. Vanessa met with Jona and encouraged him to take whatever means necessary to win Leslie's love because she didn't want to see a reconciliation between Leslie and her son, Lucas. Leslie agreed to take a cruise with Lucas, which bothered Lorie. She fretted that, if Leslie and Lucas resumed their marriage, they might seek custody of Brooks. Jill Foster accepted a job at Jabot Cosmetics, owned by John Abbott. Jill immediately became interested in reporter Steve Williams, Carl s and Mary's oldest son, who stopped by Jabot on an assignment. But Peggy Brooks was also attracted to Steve. Soon after, Jill was pursued by John's playboy son, Jack, who had accepted a job at the company so that he could be close to Jill. Meanwhile, Jill took credit for Jack's decision to work at Jabot because it made her look good to John, the man whom Jill was ultimately interested in snaring. Impressed by Jill's ambition and talent, John awarded her with a promotion. He made her the liaison with Michael Scott's studio and the campaign that Jabot was launching with Julia Newman as the model. Jill also became roommates with Eve Howard. Chris Brooks befriended April Stevenson, who was distraught because of her pregnancy. Soon after, Paul Williams discovered that April was pregnant with his baby, but he refused to take responsibility. Instead, he urged April to put the baby up for adoption. April's parents tried to pressure her into revealing the identity of her unborn baby's father, but April remained silent. Part of April's parents tactics included telling her that she had a twin sister, which they had given up for adoption. Eventually, they discovered that Paul was the baby's father. After escaping the prostitution ring, Nikki turned to the New World brotherhood, a cult. Soon after, Paul, who felt guilty about April's pregnancy, also joined the cult because he thought that it would provide him with serenity. Eventually, Paul realized that the cult was a farce and quit. Greg, meanwhile, decided to let go of Nikki. A hitman arrived in Genoa City with plans to kill Greg. But he accidentally shot Liz, who recovered. When Nikki heard the news, she rushed to the hospital. Peggy Brooks joined forces with Steve Williams to write an expose about the cult and even infiltrated it, which nearly cost Peggy her life.

1979 Summary Although Katherine was once again living as Derek's wife, she worried that he would eventually leave her. To keep Derek tied to her, Katherine appointed him head of Chancellor Industries. Leslie gave birth to a healthy baby boy, which she named Brooks. Leslie's family, meanwhile, was baffled by her strange response to being a mother. Leslie eventually realized that she was suffering from exhaustion. This was brought on by her efforts to keep the truth from Lance about their child, and her strained marriage to Lucas, which she considered a charade. Although Leslie appreciated the support that Lucas gave her, she realized she didn't really love him. Leslie made arrangements to leave town. She left Brooks in Lance and Lorie's care. Shortly before Leslie's departure she had an unsettling confrontation with Lorie, who correctly surmised that Lance was really Brooks' father. Leslie was so traumatized by the confrontation that she suffered another nervous breakdown, which resulted in complete amnesia. Wandering aimlessly through Genoa City, Leslie found herself at Jona's Bar. Jona, the owner, was immediately drawn to Leslie, who identified herself as Priscilla. As Leslie became more comfortable in her new surroundings, details of her former life slowly began to return. Jona promised to help Leslie reclaim her former identity, even if it potentially meant losing her. Meanwhile, Lance and Lorie quickly adapted to their parental role and soon considered Brooks their son. After losing Leslie, Lucas turned his sights on Casey, who was making great strides in recovering from her troubled childhood. Casey was also trying to emotionally detach herself from Snapper, whose wife, Chris, had returned to Genoa City. Chris was interested in resuming a relationship with Snapper, but she had allowed too much time to pass without any contact between them. When Chris realized that Snapper was involved with Casey, she introduced herself to the new woman in her husband's life. Since Snapper couldn't decide which woman he wanted to see exclusively, Chris and Casey jointly decided to cut off contact with him until he was able to make a decision. Casey's sister, Nikki, who was not charged with killing her rapist dad, and Nikki became involved with Dr. Scott Adams. Casey was thrilled that her sister was dating a doctor because she hoped it would bring stability to Nikki's life. At first, Scott did have a positive impact on Nikki's life. She enrolled in college and she no longer had a desire to be promiscuous. As time went on, however, Nikki had difficulty committing to a healthier lifestyle and reverted to her former self-destructive behavior. It pained Scott to see Nikki behave that way and he broke off their relationship. Police officer Carl Williams and his wife, Mary, found themselves trouble by their adolescent son Paul's rebellious attitude. Like Nikki, Paul was also promiscuous. The two quickly engaged in a steamy affair. But with Paul, Nikki got more than she bargained for. He gave her gonorrhea. Soon after, Paul set his sights on April Stevens. That affair left April pregnant. Katherine Chancellor eventually replaced Derek Thurston as head of Chancellor Industries with Victor Newman. Katherine immediately saw her profits skyrocket. Victor was a ruthless and cunning businessman with a strong competitive streak. But Victor's wife, Julia, viewed him as cold and distant. He stayed late at the office, rarely phoning to say when he'd be home. On the few evenings that he did arrive home at a reasonable hour, Victor barely uttered a word to Julia. Even though she'd been Victor's wife for several years, Julia felt as if she was married to a stranger. Feeling isolated and lonely, Julia turned to Katherine's son Brock for friendship. Julia found Brock's warm nature, which was in stark contrast to Victor's coldness, appealing and it wasn't long before she was interested in more than just a friendship with him. Casey continued to work with Snapper at the clinic, where Greg was also contributing his legal services. One day when Nikki stopped by the clinic to see Casey, Nikki met Greg. She was instantly attracted to him. They began dating. Eventually, their involvement developed into serious love and they made plans to marry. But Nikki was still deal with the emotional aftermath caused by killing her father, which led her to question her self worth. When Paul learned of Nikki's plans to wed Greg, he tried to stop her. But Nikki insisted that she loved Greg and Paul settled for being good friends with his former lover. Meanwhile, married life proved too dull for Nikki, who decided to pursue a modeling career as a way of bringing excitement into her life. She soon signed with "La Plus Belle Rose," a modeling agency run by Rose DeVille. It wasn't long before Nikki discovered that Rose's models didn't specialize in walking down runways or posing for fashion shoots. Their main source of income was prostitution. By the time Nikki figured things out, however, she was in too deep to simply walk away. Rose arranged for Nikki to meet with a client in his hotel room. But when the man tried to pressure Nikki into having sex, she ultimately resisted. The man chased Nikki around the hotel room and suddenly collapsed from a heart attack. In a panic, Nikki called Rose, who arranged for two thugs to carry the client's body to a nearby alley and ditch it. A street kid named Tony stumbled upon the body and went through the corpse's pockets in search of a wallet. The police spotted Tony and booked him for murder. Ironically, Greg was appointed Tony's public defender.

1978 Summary Some of these events are from other years eg Stu and Liz marrying Newlyweds Lance and Lorie quickly sped through the honeymoon stage of their marriage and found themselves saddled with a major problem. Surprisingly, it wasn't Vanessa and her jealous feelings towards Lorie. Instead, it Lance's wayward brother, Lucas, who had a talent for stirring up trouble and an eye for the ladies. He showed up unannounced on their doorstep one day and immediately began creating havoc. Meanwhile, Lorie attempted to build a relationship with Vanessa and even suggested that she have facial surgery for her burns. Vanessa, however, wasn't interested in accepting Lorie as her daughter in-law, despite Lorie's interest in correcting her disfigurement. When Vanessa discovered that Lorie's new novel, "In my Sister's Shadow," chronicled her sister Leslie's nervous breakdown, she seized upon the opportunity to undermine Lorie. While Lorie was promoting her book, word leaked out, thanks to Vanessa, that it was actually an autobiographical account of her troubled relationship with her sister, Leslie. Soon after, Leslie, who was on a grueling concert tour, found herself hounded by reporters anxiously seeking tawdry details about her nervous breakdown. Leslie became so upset at being hurled into the frenzied media's harsh spotlight that she nearly suffered a second breakdown. When Lance heard what Lorie had done, he lashed out at her and then flew to meet Leslie and lend her emotional support. Leslie's family was also concerned for her well being. Leslie decided to cancel her tour, but with Lance's support, she slowly regained her confidence and resumed performing. One evening, after a successful performance, Lance and Leslie returned to her hotel suite, where they ended up making love. The following morning, Leslie felt so guilty about their one night encounter that she encouraged Lance to patch things up with Lorie. Soon after, Leslie discovered their lone night of lovemaking had left her pregnant. Rather than risk destroying Lance and Lorie's marriage, Leslie didn't tell Lance that she was pregnant with his baby. Lucas, who had fallen in love with Leslie, because of her kind nature, sympathized with the position she was in and proposed marriage. Leslie appreciated Lucas's concern for her and gradually developed feelings for him. She accepted his proposal and they married. Jill gave up her hopes of winning back Derek and orchestrated an elaborate campaign to seduce her mother's boyfriend, Stuart Brooks. Jill didn't care that Stuart was already romantically involved with her mom, Liz, because Jill was primarily driven by a desire to provide her son, Phillip, with financial security. Initially, Stuart resisted Jill's advances. But when Jill stepped up her efforts, Stuart eventually spent a weekend in Vegas with her. Soon after, in a sly attempt to trap Stuart into marrying her, Jill announced that she was pregnant. Stuart agreed to marry Jill, even though he was in love with Liz, who was heartbroken by the news. Shortly after the marriage, Jill accidentally tumbled down a flight of stairs. At the hospital, Stuart questioned Jill's doctor about the impact the accident would have on Jill's pregnancy. Bewildered, the doctor announced that Jill wasn't pregnant. With Jill recuperating in a nearby hospital bed, Stuart suddenly realized that she had conned him into marrying him. When Stuart told Jill that he wanted a divorce, Jill refused. Derek's ex-wife Suzanne Lynch arrived in Genoa City, determined to win him back. She pretended to befriend Katherine and then supplied her with candy that was laced with a mind-altering drug. When Katherine began acting bizarre, Derek committed her to a sanitarium. Suzanne continued her dastardly scheme by sending a box of the candy to Katherine at the sanitarium. Katherine's roommate ate some of the candy and, in a psychotic state, set fire to their room. Katherine's roommate died in the fire and her body was burned beyond recognition. It dawned on Katherine that she had been set up by Suzanne. Thinking quickly, Katherine devised a scheme to punish Suzanne. Katherine slipped her wedding ring onto the corpse's finger and led everyone to believe that she had died in the fire. Then, Katherine began "haunting" Suzanne. It seemed that everywhere Suzanne turned in the Chancellor mansion, she saw Katherine. Feeling tormented by what she had done to Katherine, Suzanne went temporarily insane and repented her actions. With Suzanne and Katherine both out of the picture, Jill realized that Derek was free to marry her. She hastily divorced Stuart and arranged to marry Derek. Soon after, Jill and Derek had a surprise guest at their wedding--Katherine. Meanwhile, Stuart and Liz married. Jill found herself without a man or financial support. And Liz, who had supported herself as a housekeeper, found it difficult to adjust to her new life as the wife of a successful newspaper publisher. Separated from Chris, Snapper fell for Casey, a fellow doctor who worked at the clinic with him. Their relationship was troubled from the start because Casey suffered from a fear of sex. She was also worried about her kid sister, Nikki, who was a promiscuous teenager. When Nikki and Casey's mother were killed in a car crash, their father, Nick, returned to Genoa City. Seeing her father again, Casey suddenly remembered a traumatic incident that had been buried deep in her subconscious. When she was a child, Nick raped her. When Casey, accompanied by her friend Brock, went to confront Nick, he was in the process of trying to rape Nikki. During Nikki's struggle to defend herself, she accidentally killed her father.

Patty Williams had a similar gal pal Gretchen played by Katherine Kelly Lang.