Members robbwolff Posted September 16, 2013 Members Share Posted September 16, 2013 I recollect that commercial web tv was Variety's term for network television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted September 17, 2013 Members Share Posted September 17, 2013 It seems strange to want to adapt Mary Worth in the 70s when it already was starting to seem pretty old fashioned (of course the comic strip is still running in some markets, so...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted September 17, 2013 Author Members Share Posted September 17, 2013 Variety Feb 5th 1969 7 Year Itch' May Be NBC Soaper "The Seven Year Itch," first a Broadway success and later a theatrical film, may come to television in the form of a daytime soaper. Hard to imagine how this could be fashioned into a daily soap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted November 9, 2013 Author Members Share Posted November 9, 2013 Variety Feb 9th 1973 "Salem Village," half-hour soaper created by Ken Johnson and Justin Edgerton, written by Rita Lakin. No network mentioned or whether it was for daytime or primetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dc11786 Posted November 9, 2013 Members Share Posted November 9, 2013 It would appear "Salem Village" was restructured into a television film that aired on ABC as "The Last Bride of Salem." Saynotoursoap has the film available on his channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cassadine1991 Posted November 9, 2013 Members Share Posted November 9, 2013 Would be awesome if someone would bring up these ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allmc2008 Posted November 9, 2013 Members Share Posted November 9, 2013 Or even shows that didn't quite work like LIAMST or Hawkins Falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted November 9, 2013 Members Share Posted November 9, 2013 Oh LIAMST worked. VERY well. It's the recasts and changes in writers that ended up killing the show off. They made it to #5 in '69-70 I believe... Would've loved to have an original Rita Lakin show on the air. Everything I've heard about her sounds like she'd have been a great asset to daytime if she'd stuck around after leaving The Doctors. Anyone know what she's done since then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted November 9, 2013 Author Members Share Posted November 9, 2013 Rita Lakin has a website.She now writes light hearted mystery novels.The website details some of her primetime work but ignores The Doctors. http://www.ritalakin.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted November 9, 2013 Members Share Posted November 9, 2013 You know, I never realized she helped create Flamingo Road, or that she'd been involved with Dynasty. I'm glad she's had a good, long career. It's a shame talented folks like her aren't involved in daytime anymore. They certainly are needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted February 12, 2014 Members Share Posted February 12, 2014 Millie Taggart's Saints & Sinners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted February 24, 2014 Author Members Share Posted February 24, 2014 Here's a link to the 1954 pilot of 'Heart of Juliet Jones' based on the comic strip and intended for syndication. Produced and directed by Charles Irving and written by Charles Gussman, both of whom worked on Search for Tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 26, 2014 Members Share Posted February 26, 2014 Thanks. That wasn't too bad, although the dialogue between the younger sister and the boyfriend creeped me out and he seemed like a creep period. I think that part was a little bit much for 1954 TV, and the melancholy of the bedridden father may have been as well. Was that a story in the comics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dc11786 Posted March 2, 2014 Members Share Posted March 2, 2014 I was looking through the comics. The story starts with Juliet engaged to a school teacher in April 1953, then she is involved with and engaged to Dan Mason (a banker's son's) by June 1953, and to a doctor (not named Rex Palmer) in October. I'm not sure how long the romance with the doctor went on, but it seems that this would be the basis of the television version. I was rather impressed with the technical aspects of the pilot, but I don't think they could have kept it up. I wonder if they filmed more than just a pilot. I didn't see the other Palmers listed in the cast list in the episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted April 3, 2014 Author Members Share Posted April 3, 2014 October 1980 CBS has a proposed gothic soap for late night entitled 'Castle Rock'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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