Click here to check out a ReMIND article about OLTL alum Catherine Hickland.

1 hour ago, FlyRightOrchestraGuy said:

Click here to check out a ReMIND article about OLTL alum Catherine Hickland.

Thanks.

21 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Oh I love this - I honestly had no idea that OLTL and GH were only 30 minutes for awhile, and I guess AMC was always an hour once it premiered in 70?

@Maxim - hope you're doing ok, we miss you and your reviews! I know life gets in the way :)

1 minute ago, alwaysAMC said:

Oh I love this - I honestly had no idea that OLTL and GH were only 30 minutes for awhile, and I guess AMC was always an hour once it premiered in 70?

The first soap opera to premiere as a 60-minute program was Texas in 1980.

AMC, OLTL, and GH all debuted as 30-minute shows and expanded. OLTL and GH expanded to 45 minutes each in 1976, followed by AMC to an hour in 1977, and OLTL and GH to an hour each in 1978.

1 hour ago, Franko said:

The first soap opera to premiere as a 60-minute program was Texas in 1980.

AMC, OLTL, and GH all debuted as 30-minute shows and expanded. OLTL and GH expanded to 45 minutes each in 1976, followed by AMC to an hour in 1977, and OLTL and GH to an hour each in 1978.

Oh wow, very interesting. So 45-minutes... I guess the last 15 minutes were just commercials, or maybe local news or something?

37 minutes ago, alwaysAMC said:

Oh wow, very interesting. So 45-minutes... I guess the last 15 minutes were just commercials, or maybe local news or something?

Nope, actually it went back to back. From 2:30-3:15 p.m., it was OLTL, followed by GH from 3:15-4 p.m.