From the Star Billing Blog: 

On September 29, 1969 Bright Promise debuted on NBC. The scene opened outside with people walking & the words Bright Promise appear big & bold on this visual field & as Dana Andrews walks into the frame & the words are replaced with "Starring Dana Andrews".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVnhhGoDkEk

 

 

On 5/19/2024 at 8:11 AM, dc11786 said:

From what's been made available in soap books, Dabney Coleman's Dr. Tracey Graham was the end run love interest of Susan Brown's Martha Ferguson. They even got married in the final episode after Martha was released from prison when it was suspected she had murdered Sylvia Bancroft, the biological mother of Martha's adopted son David Lockhart (Tony Geary). 

Thank you!

Pomona Progress Bulletin 1969 Sept 28

Bright Promise The controversy created by an English professor who endorses an anti-curfew crusade by women college students highlights the premiere week of NBC's new weekday dramatic serial, Bright Promise, Mondays thru Fridays at 2 PM. Dana Andrews stars as Bancroft College President Thomas Boswell in this contemporary series, which centers on Bancroft's administration, faculty and students and their reactions to the rapidly changing and increasingly permissive presentday society.

Featured in the cast are Paul Lukather as Bill Ferguson, Suzanne Darrow as Sandy Jones, Coleen Gray as Ann Boyd, Susan Brown as Martha Ferguson, Richard Eastham as Red Wilson, Sydna Scott as Alice Porter, Peter Hobbs as Albert Porter, Nancy Stevens as Jennifer Mathews, Gary Pillar as Chet Mathews, Ruth McDevitt as Clara Ryan, Tod Andrews as Henry Pierce, David Pritchard as David Martin, Kimentha Laurie as Fay Kendall, Nigal McKeard as George Townley and Timothy Brown as Harold

Thanks @Paul Raven . Hamtramck, now known for much uglier things than Gail Kobe...

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A little known but surprising fact: “Bright Promise” still exists! Since it was independently produced by Frandor Productions (yes, Frank and Doris Hursley who created GH as well!) in association with Bing Crosby Productions the tapes for all 605 episodes were saved for posterity. CBS/Paramount now owns the Crosby catalog (including “Ben Casey” and “Hogan’s Heroes”) and “Bright Promise” is available for syndication. Hopefully like “Dark Shadows” and “The Doctors” BP will show up on a streaming service or cable.

Can someone confirm that all episodes were saved ?

3 hours ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

Someone Said on Facebook:

A little known but surprising fact: “Bright Promise” still exists! Since it was independently produced by Frandor Productions (yes, Frank and Doris Hursley who created GH as well!) in association with Bing Crosby Productions the tapes for all 605 episodes were saved for posterity. CBS/Paramount now owns the Crosby catalog (including “Ben Casey” and “Hogan’s Heroes”) and “Bright Promise” is available for syndication. Hopefully like “Dark Shadows” and “The Doctors” BP will show up on a streaming service or cable.

Can someone confirm that all episodes were saved ?

I've seen that brought up by others in the past in various social media places. Never confirmed officially. I believe someone claimed they spoke to a person who works at CBS/Paramount or whoever owned the catalogue before them and they confirmed it. I think at some point also it was listed on some official website as available for syndication, along with the other Bing Crosby Productions, but that could of been an error. Honestly, it would make sense. I feel like these smaller less known production companies were more likely to pay to preserve their programs, like Dan Curtis Productions or Colgate-Palmolive.

I would imagine though if somehow it did exist, it was probably saved on the same reels The Doctors were saved on, and from what Retro TV said it was a HUGE process to digitize those episodes for rebroadcasting. They could only do a few a day, and sadly the longer the reels sit, the more damaged they become, so it's kind of a race against time to save them. Apparently there is only one person in the whole United States who can fix any damaged reels, and again they claim that takes forever. It would be fantastic if it were true though, and they somehow were re-aired some day! Would be a great day for classic soap fans!

Would be so nice to see this pop up. By soap standards, this isn't a huge amount of episodes so it would be an easy watch as well. I would also stress, never say never. I remember we knew about The Doctors for years before it made it to syndication, so anything is possible.

The bigger shock to me is that nobody has touched Sunset Beach or Passions. One would think those would be an easy sell. We also have Agnes Nixon's family trying to get AMC streaming in the US. 2026 has potential to be a good year for soap treasures.