Well, I had always heard that Edge of Night, or EON, was different from other soaps, what with the focus on mysteries and its popularity with males. So I've been checking it out, and I am truly hooked. I usually watch two or three an evening, as they only run for twenty minutes. Right now, Draper Scott/Kirk Michaels has amnesia and is recovering in the bed of Emily Gault while back in town, Raven Swift is trying desperately to get her child back. From what I understand, what I'm watching first aired in the spring of 1980. Although there is a little too much repetition for my liking (which I probably wouldn't mind if I weren't watching back-to-back, but day-to-day), I have thoroughly enjoyed the Mansion of the Damned and the train wreck. Looking forward to what I think will be something about a carousel, as Crazy-Dream April (as I've come to know her) has been tossing and turning in her sleep again.

3 hours ago, amybrickwallace said:

You just neatly described his nearly four-year stint as Dr. John Morrison on The Doctors perfectly. 😊 Do you have the specific airdate for the 1983 episode? I'd love to see it.

lol.  Ansel Scott (Horgan) appeared for a brief reprise of his role on 2/16/1983.   He schools Ian Devereaux at the 1:18:59 mark. 

 

 

Edited October 11, 20214 yr by Broderick

3 hours ago, Broderick said:

lol.  Ansel Scott (Horgan) appeared for a brief reprise of his role on 2/16/1983.   He schools Ian Devereaux at the 1:18:59 mark. 

 

 

Thank you so much!!!!!

I like that guy!  He's funny.  And it's amazing how he can be sophisticated and refined, but smarmy at the same time.  

3 hours ago, Broderick said:

I like that guy!  He's funny.  And it's amazing how he can be sophisticated and refined, but smarmy at the same time.  

Patrick Horgan was a master of that type of role.

Susan Bedsow Horgan (writer/EP, OLTL) actually said once that the character of Patrick Thornhart was named for her husband. Both the real and fictional Patricks were originally from Ireland.

I wish I could remember more of Patrick Horgan's run on "Edge" in 1976 and 1977.  The stories that Ansel Scott had then  -- defending Tony Saxon, marrying Nadine Alexander for her money, belittling his son Draper, courting Nadine's daughter Raven -- all seem to be right in Patrick Horgan's wheelhouse.  lol.  

Cabo San Lucas, 1984:

 

I think another version of that was uploaded about 7 years ago,  although this one may be better quality, I don't know.

  

That is still on Robert Sharp's channel, if anyone wants to see the original upload. 

On 10/12/2021 at 12:55 AM, Broderick said:

I wish I could remember more of Patrick Horgan's run on "Edge" in 1976 and 1977.  The stories that Ansel Scott had then  -- defending Tony Saxon, marrying Nadine Alexander for her money, belittling his son Draper, courting Nadine's daughter Raven -- all seem to be right in Patrick Horgan's wheelhouse.  lol.  

I remember Patrick on Edge. Such good stuff. 

The above episode had two of my very favorite actress from The Edge of Night, Frances Fisher (Deborah) and Polly Adams (Carole).    I am also a fan of Denny Albee (Steve) and Joe Lambie (Logan #1).

On 11/12/2021 at 1:04 PM, danfling said:

The above episode had two of my very favorite actress from The Edge of Night, Frances Fisher (Deborah) and Polly Adams (Carole).    I am also a fan of Denny Albee (Steve) and Joe Lambie (Logan #1).

Frances, Joe, Denny, Sharon all appeared at my local college back in the day. A huge crowd attended. 

Forty six years ago on December 1, 1975, The Edge of Night moved from CBS  to ABC to make room for the expanded As the World Turns. 
This nail in the coffin was a result of poor decisions from CBS and especially Proctor and Gamble.  Moving Edge’s time slot to accommodate P and Gs plan to have all their soaps in a block resulted in lost viewers.  Then there was supposedly no room to put Edge in another time slot when ATWT expanded because P and G didn’t want their soaps to compete on other networks (like Another World).  They could have done more to keep it

I wonder if it would have done better at ABC at 3:30 instead of 4 where many affiliates preempted it   One Life to Live could have moved to 2:30   They had not expanded to 45 minutes yet although plans may have been in place 

 

 

 

 

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