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Has Agnes ever spoken about her decision to leave P&G and branch out on her own?

I think P&G made at least two attempts to sell ALL MY CHILDREN -- one, to CBS; the other, NBC -- but neither network had the space for it. Nixon, though, took that as a sign that the material wasn't strong enough and infamously put it away in her drawer until ABC asked for another show after ONE LIFE TO LIVE's initial success. However, in the past, Nixon has said she left P&G for two reasons: to own her own soap (which she ended up doing at ABC), and to write stories featuring more diverse characters.

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I think P&G made at least two attempts to sell ALL MY CHILDREN -- one, to CBS; the other, NBC -- but neither network had the space for it. Nixon, though, took that as a sign that the material wasn't strong enough and infamously put it away in her drawer until ABC asked for another show after ONE LIFE TO LIVE's initial success. However, in the past, Nixon has said she left P&G for two reasons: to own her own soap (which she ended up doing at ABC), and to write stories featuring more diverse characters.

Variety reported in Dec 67 that Agnes,who for more than a decade had worked exclusively for P&G was about to go solo as an independent packager repped by the William Morris Agency.

By March 68,they reported that she had sold 'Between Heaven and Hell' to ABC.

i wonder if the failure to get AMC off the ground contributed to this.Variety reported that CBS were interested in 65 and planned to put it on at noon,but that American Home Products objected to Love of Life being pushed out of its timeslot and CBS backed down.

Has Agnes ever spoken about her decision to leave P&G and branch out on her own?

Has it ever been addressed re: why P&G didn't try to sell AMC to ABC when they were first shopping it around for Nixon? Was GH already enough of a success that ABC didn't think they needed P&G as a middle-man? For that matter, did ABC own GH outright at that point, or was it initially owned by the Hursleys like Nixon owned her shows and Labine and Mayer owned Ryan's Hope?

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Has it ever been addressed re: why P&G didn't try to sell AMC to ABC when they were first shopping it around for Nixon?

AFAIK, it hasn't. But maybe someone here knows more?

For that matter, did ABC own GH outright at that point, or was it initially owned by the Hursleys like Nixon owned her shows and Labine and Mayer owned Ryan's Hope?

I don't think ABC owned GH initially, no.

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I don't think P&G did any daytime advertising at ABC in the 60's.They were the perennial third network and I don't think P&G thought it was an effective use of their ad dollars.

GH was originally a Selmur production.

This from actor Rick Jason's website talking about his primetime ABC series Combat.

Selig Seligman, the executive producer, was an old chum of ABC president Leonard Goldenson; they’d gone to law school together. Selig had worked for ABPT pictures in Ohio as a buyer for the movies that played theaters throughout the Mid-West. When ABC decided to try producing their own shows, Goldenson tapped his friend Selig, who formed a company and called it Selmur Productions, from his and his wife Muriel’s first names.

They moved to California and did a daytime court show, which proved highly successful. ABC then decided to invade night-time production, bought Selig’s production company, keeping him on as executive producer.

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I don't think P&G did any daytime advertising at ABC in the 60's.They were the perennial third network and I don't think P&G thought it was an effective use of their ad dollars.

I might be wrong about this, but I thought I read somewhere that ABC was sponsored by P&G's rival Colgate-Palmolive and those two companies each exclusively advertised on the networks they chose.

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I went to the Paley Center today and watched the 5th Annual Daytime Emmys from 1978. Here is a screenshot of La Lucci. This is her first nomination.

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Also, here is one of Tad the Cad in a commercial for STUD.

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Jonathan, who do you think you are, Eddie Drueding? tongue.png

:lol: I didn't know who that was until I googled the name. I didn't even go to watch All My Children videos, it just...happened.

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Which scenes did Susan Lucci submit that year?

It probably had something to do with Erica having sex with Nick whilst engaged to Tom.

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Which scenes did Susan Lucci submit that year?

It probably had something to do with Erica having sex with Nick whilst engaged to Tom.

I'm not sure. During the ceremony, they didn't show actress clips. However, for the Outstanding Writing award, they did show a clip of Erica and Nick.

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