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At the end of 1984, when Allen Potter retired as executive producer of Another World, published reports had Mary-Ellis Bunim being transferred to AW by P&G and replaced at ATWT by Robert Calhoun. Anyone know what happened that Bunim went to SB instead of AW, and Potter being replaced by Stephen Schenkel at AW.

Another World premiered on May 4, 1964- 55 years ago this week. What do you consider the 55 most significant events in AW history? I created the list below in order of importance. 1. Rachel kills Janice Frame trying to save Mac. 2. Rachel tells Alice that she is pregnant with Steve's child. 3. The death of Mac Cory. 4. Mac learns that Rachel is carrying Mitch's baby on the witness stand. 5. Pat Matthews has an illegal abortion in 1964. 6. The death of Ada Hobson. 7. Mac announces that Amanda is his first born daughter, not Iris. 8. Mac learns that Iris is The Chief. 9. Donna Love learns she gave birth to twins Marley and Victoria 10. Felicia's friends stage an intervention for her alcoholism. 11. Grant shoots Ryan on the train trestle. 12. Mary Matthews dies on Good Friday in St. Croix. 13. Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris sing the Another World theme at TOPS. 14. Pat Matthews kills Tom Baxter. 15. Carl and Rachel's courtship in New York City. 16. Steve Frame dies in a helicopter crash in Australia 17. Liz Matthews plots to keep Bill and Missy apart 18. Hour long experimental episode- the wedding of Alice and Steve - 1974 19. The 25th Anniversary of Victoria Wyndham as Rachel Cory Hutchins 20. The 20th Anniversary of Another World- Alice Frame returns and David Thatcher is murdered. 21. Pat Matthews kills Tom Baxter 22. Cecile is alive in Majorca; Sally and Catlin discover that Emily Benson is the killer 23. Sally and Catlin's wedding- Brittany is alive 24. Paulina Cory shoots Jake McKinnon 25. The 25th Anniversary of Another World on the cruise ship. 26. The death of William Matthews begins the continuing story of Another World. 27. Cecile almost marries Peter Love before he collapses on Carl's yacht 28. The double wedding of Mac and Rachel and Sandy and Blaine 29. Ada gives birth to Nancy in a late in life pregnancy 30. The 30th Anniversary of Another World- the 60s party 31. The Case of the Stolen Heart 32. Murder on the Honeymoon Express- The Vanishing Game 33. Lorna Devon is the daughter of Felicia and Lucas. 34. Vicky "dies" and is reunited with Ryan in heaven. 35. Felicia is framed for the murder of Jason Frame 36. Liberace entertains at Felicia and Zane's wedding. 37. Sandy kills Buzz and rescues Blaine in Wyoming 38. Vicky is rescued by Ryan riding horses in the field 39. Iris gives Rachel the audio tapes of Alice and Eliot 40. The final episode of Another World June 25, 1999 41. Sally Frame Ewing dies in a car crash 42. Cecile kidnaps Cass and takes him to St. Thomas 43. John Randolph dies trying to save Alice from the burning cottage. 44. Rachel gives Alice a nervous breakdown 45. The death of Wallingford 46. Amanda is pregnant with Sam's baby. 47. Jamie falls for Marley in the French Riviera 48. John Hudson is thrown from the lighthouse by the Sin Stalker- Dr. Alan Glaser 49. Summer Desire- Another World's only prime time episode 50. Michael Hudson and Shane Roberts are killed in a snowstorm.

Just Men was on at 12 PM when many affiliates preempt network programming for news. It did, however, win Betty White a Daytime Emmy for Best Game Show Host.

The next week, NBC revamped their entire daytime lineup. They were probably advertising the new shows that would premiere in January, 1983. 10 AM- The Facts of Life reruns 10:30 AM- Sale of the Century 11 AM- Wheel of Fortune 11:30 AM- Hit Man 12:00 PM- Just Men starring Betty White 12:30 PM- Search for Tomorrow 1 PM- Days of our Lives 2 PM- Another World 3 PM- Fantasy

Cecile looked great when she almost married Peter Love on Another World. The wedding took place on Carl Hutchins' yacht with a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s theme. Cecile almost married Peter, but he collapsed before he could say "I Do." Peter's seasick pills were replaced by pills that could induce a heart attack.

It will be interesting to see which episode of All in the Family and The Jeffersons that they choose to re-create. I wonder if this is a one time thing, or if they are testing the waters to see if reboots of the series will work, especially givien the launch of the Disney+ streaming service shortly.

40 years ago today- March 5, 1979- Another World aired its first 90 minute episode. AW killed one of its longest running characters- John Randolph- in a fire trying to save his sister-in-law Alice. Below are scenes from the second 90 minute episode. Does anyone know if the cabin scenes were filmed in the studio or on location? Special effects were quite elaborate for a 70s soap.

Interesting to see these ratings- this was at the height of the Watergate Scandal when many soaps were pre-empted. The Supreme Court ordered President Nixon to release the tapes to the special prosecutor during this week. On July 30, 1974, Nixon complied with the order and released the subpoenaed tapes to the public.

RIP Carmen Duncan

The character of Paulina- another forgotten illegitimate child of Mac Cory's was not even necessary on the show. Cali Timmins/ Judi Evans could have been a recast for Nancy McGowan, and their storylines could have played out as Nancy. Nancy always had a crush on Jake so it would make sense that she could have been in Jake's storylines the way Paulina was. Also, when Joe Carlino was introduced on the show, they made a point of saying that Joe went to high school with Nancy. And I'm sure Nancy would not have been pleased that Rachel married Carl- the man that tried to kill both Rachel and Nancy.

I totally agree. There was so much potential with Sally. The character could have left Bay City for awhile and return to town with a SORASED Kevin who was a teenager like Amanda Cory's age. Also, Mary Page Keller's prime time roles only lasted a few years. I think they could have lured her back to the show at some point in the 90s. Had she lived, Sally could have been given many of those "Vicky-centered" storylines to carry out rather than just have the character of Vicky dominate the show. Plus having Sally on the show would have been a good way to have Aunt Liz and Alice be viable characters who stayed in Bay City well into the 90s. And since Rachel was her step-mother and Jamie her step-brother, Sally could have stayed involved with the Corys as well.

The March 6, 1979, episode is the second 90 minute episode that aired on Tuesday of that week. The changes that NBC Chief Fred Silverman would make from 1979-1982 to the daytime lineup would impact the lineup for years to come. In 1979, the expansion of AW to 90 minutes moves AW out of the 3-4 PM time slot for the first time since the showed debuted in 1964. This moves The Doctors out of its 2:30 time slot to 2 PM and pushed Days of our Lives to 1-2 PM. In 1980, AW would introduce characters from its upcoming spinoff Texas on AW confusing viewers with many new characters. After 18 months, AW is now moved out of the 3-4 PM time slot altogether and moved to 2-3 PM. The Doctors is now moved to 12:30 PM and Texas starring Beverlee McKinsey debuts at 3-4 PM against GH and GL. In another 18 months, in March 1982, Seach for Tomorrow would take The Doctors 12:30 PM time slot moving tThe Doctors to 12:00 PM. Then in April, Texas would be moved to 11 AM for 8 months before being cancelled , along with The Doctors, on the same day. In hindsight, it probably would have been better to leave AW at 3:00 PM and placed Texas at 2:00 PM in between Days of our Lives and AW. With the move to 2 PM and the loss of Beverlee McKinsey, AW never recovered in the ratings. From 1980-1999, the show would never rise above 7th/8th place in the ratings. Texas was cancelled after a quick two year run, and The Doctors ended its almost 20 year run because of constant changes to the show.

36 years ago- January 6, 1983- Linda Dano made her debut as Felicia Gallant on Another World. Pretty much loved every storyline she was involved in except when she was the "other woman" and started seeing John Hudson while he was married to Sharlene.

I agree with you 100% about the show's misuse of Courtney in 1984-85. The ironic thing about the March 25, 1985, episode is that we may never know who was responsible for writing that great Rachel/Alice scene. The WGA was on strike from March 5th to March 19th of that year over writer royalties that would be received from videocassette recordings. Whoever was responsible for the scene should have been made headwriter of AW because both actresses were great and the history was accurate and succinct. When the writers returned from the strike, Tomlin was no longer the headwriter and was replaced by Sam Hall and Gillian Spencer who were terrible. They had Larry involved in the Miami Vice storyline about a disco, the whole Le Soleil storyline with a lot of new characters no one cared about, Carl's quest to find that Egyptian treasure, the deadly dust in the urn that was passed from character to character in Bay City, and the very miscast Taylor Miller replacing Mary Page Keller as Sally. The only storyline that Hall and Spencer did well was the introduction of Victoria as Marley's twin.

The Rachel amnesia story was right before Courtney left in 1985. The show really missed a big opportunity at this point. Rachel moved back into the Cory mansion, but she wanted a separate bedroom, eventually even moving out of the mansion for awhile. The writers should have had Mac start seeing Alice again since Rachel wanted nothing to do with him while she had amnesia. Mac and Alice were once engaged, and Alice would have had the upper hand for once over Rachel. There were kinds of storyline possibilities using the history of the show, yet the writers wrote Alice off the show. The scene starting at 19:00 was a goldmine of storyline possibilities

Was the March 30, 1977 episode a special one hour episode of The Doctors?

It's that time of year again- Thanksgiving in Bay City- 30 years ago this week...

Another World, Somerset, Lovers & Friends/For Richer For Poorer, and Texas were filmed at the NBC Studios in Brooklyn, NY. http://eyesofageneration.com/a-rare-and-detailed-look-at-nbcs-brooklyn-studios-part-1-of-2-for-me-these/ http://eyesofageneration.com/a-rare-and-detailed-look-at-nbcs-brooklyn-studios-part-2-of-2-today-we-wil/ As the World Turns would film there after Another World was canceled.

Alicia Coppola (Lorna, AW) is joining Fox’s Empire in a recurring role. Coppola will play an attorney investigating Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) and international money launderer Damon Cross (Wood Harris). She’ll do almost anything for big target convictions because she believes they’ll take her to the Governor’s mansion and then the White House. It it will be great to see her on TV again.

Carole Shelley, who temporarily played Iris on Another World in 1980, has recently passed away. RIP.... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/obituaries/carole-shelley-dead.html

Flood played Ella Hobbs on SFT. I believe this is how the story played out. Suzy was killed by Ella. Ella wanted revenge against the McCleary family after a payroll robbery that Ella orchestrated with her lover, Judge Jeremiah Henderson (William Prince), years earlier with Suzi's husband's father-in-law Malcolm McCleary (Patrick Tovatt). Malcolm turned up alive and fled to Ireland. Malcolm's twin brother was the one that was killed in the payroll robbery, not him. Ella held Jo hostage in the elevator shaft at Liberty House and she fell to her death as she attempted to kill Jo. After this, Flood immediately turned up on AW Rose Livingstone. Rose worked in the accounting department at Cory Publishing. She dated and flirted with Mac for a few months when his marriage to Rachel was strained as Mitch returned to Bay City. Flood appeared on AW the day SFT left the airwaves as Mac's date when the North Woods Inn caught on fire.

Her wedding to Alex Wheeler took place in November 1980 when Rachel was on trial for "killing" Mitch Blake. As a matter of fact, Iris' wedding to Alex may have taken place during the same week Mac learned that Rachel was carrying Mitch's baby while he was on the witness stand.

It boggles my mind that P & G did not bother to save their shows to save money reusing videotapes, but Colgate Palmolive saved all of their episodes of The Doctors as evidenced by the episodes now airing on Retro TV. Someone at P&G was not thinking down the line. It also boggles my mind that the P & G shows are currently not being streamed on Hulu, Netflix, or Amazon Prime or being broadcast on a channel like MeTV, Antenna TV, or Retro TV. There has to be a reason these programs are not available somewhere?!? 🤔

Sending her off to jail for shooting Carl at his wedding to Rachel was a bad move. Iris was many things, but a murderer was not one of them. Before she would shoot someone, Iris would hire a hitman to do it for her lol 😂 Iris left the show to go to jail and was never heard from or seen again.

Once Vivian returned in September to be the Cory maid, along with the Bennett Publishing attempted takeover of Cory Publishing, viewers could put two and two together to figure out that Iris imminent return would happen you just didn't know when. Rachel opened the door to the Cory mansion and said "Iris," however you did not see Iris until the next episode being played by Carmen Duncan. Duncan's Iris was immediately front and center on the show, and Harding Lemay took great lengths to not only make her "The Chief," he had her romantically involved with Evan Bates (Earl Battis- Janice Frame's son) who was already working at Cory Publishing with his eye on Amanda. Michael Hudson was also involved with Iris in the past, as well. The return of Iris story was clearly Lemay's idea and penned by Donna Swajeski as well. It took 6 months for Mac to discover that Iris was "The Chief" as Iris confessed on the witness stand in the Jason Frame murder trial. Mac's confrontation with Iris was one of Douglass Watson's last episodes as Mac, and everyone blamed Iris for Mac's passing from a broken heart. Carmen Duncan should have received an Emmy in 1990 just on the scenes where she confesses to Mac that she was "The Chief" and when Rachel tells her that Mac has died.