Members juniorz1 Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 So I was thinking, what would your perfect soap lineup be if you were in charge of daytime programming for a network? You can pick any 4 soaps you like, past or present, but you must only choose 4 and in the traditional lineup sense- 1 half hour soap at 12:30 and 3 hour long soaps to follow. I guess you can sub in 2 half hour soaps for 1 of your hour slots, but choose no more than 3 1/2 hours of soap programming. My lineup: 12:30- Loving (not The City, LOVING!) 1:00- Days of our Lives 2:00- Another World 3:00- Santa Barbara Honorable Mention- The Young and the Restless, but those 4 I have shared a lifetime of affection for, whereas I didn't get into Y&R until 92/93. I almost put it in there over DAYS, but, like a typical long-time soap viewer, my loyalty to DAYS won out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members darraholic Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 Days of our Lives Santa Barbara Another World As The World Turns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 12:30 The Edge of Night 1:00 Days of our Lives 2:00 General Hosptial 3:00 Guiding Light Mind you, i'd never put Edge at anything but 3:30 or 4, but using the guidelines I've got to work with, the lunch hour would come a close second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juniorz1 Posted November 9, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 Yeah, I thought about ATWT too, but again, loyalty. I didn't start watching regularly until 2000 (I had watched sporadicaly through the 90s, during Debbie/Hutch/Rosanna and most of Maura West's first run) so I don't have as much of an attachment to it as I do to the 4 soaps I chose. I will say that from 2000-2006 and again from 2009-2010, ATWT was my favorite of all my soaps I was watching at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 My Perfect CBS Soap Lineup (...you know, just in case the choice of shows was not that clear to certain post-ers here) 12:30 pm ~ AS THE WORLD TURNS 1:30 pm ~ SEARCH FOR TOMORROW 2:00 pm ~ GUIDING LIGHT 3:00 pm ~ THE EDGE OF NIGHT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 12:30 PM - The Secret Storm 1:30 PM - Brookside 2:00 PM - One Life to Live 3:00 PM - The Edge of Night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 12:30 - Port Charles 1:00 - All My Children 2:00 - One Life to Live 3:00 - Sunset Beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 12:30 Ryan's Hope 1:00 Young & The Restless 2:00 All My Children 3:00 The Edge Of Night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 12:30 Ryan's Hope 1:00 Another World 2:00 As the World Turns 3:00 Guiding Light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfan770 Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 I've always thought the June 8th, 1981 to March 26th 1982 CBS schedule was perfect: 12:30 Y&R 1:30 ATWT 2:30 SFT 3:00 GL Mind you, I wasn't even alive but looking back I can understand CBS' logic, in fact it corrected their disastrous 1980-81 line up in the long run. Shame on CBS and P&G for not giving SFT a chance in the 2:30 slot. My honorable mention would be Days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 The Young & The Restless All My Children Days of our Lives Another World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAYSjunkie1987 Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 After further deliberation, I couldn't choose just 4 either. 12:30--Search For Tomorrow 1:00--Days Of Our Lives 2:00--Another World 3:00--As The World Turns 4:00--Guiding Light 5:00--The Edge Of Night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sindacco Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 Days of our Lives Sunset Beach The Bold and the Beautiful General Hospital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cat Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 NBC once had a perfect lineup -- Days/AW/Santa Barbara -- but they squandered it, the idiots. Gah! So many great soaps, not enough timeslots! 12pm Love of Life 12.30pm Loving 1pm Days of our Lives 2pm Another World 3pm Santa Barbara 4pm General Hospital 5pm Sunset Beach IOW, I can't choose. I could barely decide between my love for Days way back when and Y&R. And how to choose between Santa Barbara and GH? Impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted November 9, 2010 Members Share Posted November 9, 2010 11:30a: Ryan's Hope 12:00p: All My Children 1:00p: As the World Turns 2:00p: Dark Shadows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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