I do not know the exact timeline, but CBS cancelled SFT. And Brian Frons was the exec at CBS who stated that SFT was a "dinosaur." So, he ended up cancelling the show twice!

I think CBS dropped it first.

February 1957 Radio TV Mirror

On another board the subject of Anthony George's (Tony Vincente) acting has been discussed. What did you think of his acting while he was SFT?

Edited March 1, 201312 yr by hendersonite

March 1975 TV Radio Mirror

April 1956 TV Radio Mirror

Another wonderful gift from saynotoursoap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p5OQhOlQ9Y

Variety Feb 5th 1958

"Search for Tomorrow," the CBS-TV soaper, is undergoing a virtually complete personnel changover on the production side. Charles Irving, who created the soaper with Roy Winsor, has resigned as exec producer due to his commitment on the NBC-TV "Kitty Foyle" serial; Frank Dodge is replacing.

I wonder if that's the only reason Irving left. Going for Kitty Foyle was...a mistake. I wonder if this led to the changes that upset Mary Stuart.

September 1972 TV Radio Mirror

Earl Wilson's column

I asked Kelly Wood, who's been on Search For Tomorrow for three years, how she got into it - was she discovered at a drugstore counter?

"No, it was hard work, my dear," she answered.

Hard work included playing in Call me Madam in Washington, D.C., and trying to curtsy to the delight of a hilarious audience. She was puzzled by the reaction until she discovered that her full velveteen dress split in the back and red bloomers were blooming forth in full backside view.

On another occasion she found it hard work performing in Bye, Bye Birdie in an outdoor theater in Winnipeg, when a strong breeze blew the set over.

"My parents are amazed I can be on Search For Tomorrow," she said. "They didn't know iI had a nasty side. When I was home in San Diego on my vacation, my 85-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Marie Wetzel, said, "How could you be so mean to Scott!'"

Back on the subject of Charles Irving. Kitty Foyle on NBC was a half-hour serial, while Search for Tomorrow was a quarter-hour in length.

I would presume that the pay would be more for a half-hour serial.

Does anybody know why Robert Reed's tenure as Lloyd Kendall was so brief. He joined SFT in 1986, but if I'm not mistaken, he soon left the show and the part was recast once more.

^{Thank you to CarlD and Paul Raven. Your collective articles provide so much insight and document history with accuracy. Your contributions are so invaluable because they are based on fact rather than speculations and presumptions. Please continue to post!}

Edited April 17, 201312 yr by saynotoursoap

Thanks for reading.

Thank you also.

I am reading Mary Stuart's book ''Both of Me' and will post some SFT tidbits soon.