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@Soapsuds Remember too that from September 1985 until B&B premiered the first half of As the World Turns was head-to-head w/ second half of All My Children and supercouple Days.

All My Children weakens in 1986 and Y&R overtakes them for 2nd.

Days I think will continue to grow. 1986 had some big cast arrivals: Christie Clark, Judi Evans, Mary Beth Evans, Drake Hogestyn, Wally Kurth. 

As for Guiding Light, Pamela Long departs as HW and there's numerous changes to the writing team, thus the drop. I don't believe GL was in cancel territory in 1986 though.

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I just found out that Wendy Fishburn was a Producer at Pure Soap on E where Alina Sivorinevsky Wickham was a Writer & in 1994 she filled Wendy in on 50 years of history of GL because she was headed to NYC to work on ATWT & GL. I believe it was 1998 when Dolly the clone died. 

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1986 we'll also see Capitol losing clearance and the end of Search for Tomorrow.

We are some 7 months away from Oprah going national. I think we'll see clearances dropping on the lower rated soaps during the fall.

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Gail Kobe/Pamela Long era ends January 1986 and there's turnover in the EP/HW ranks for the rest of the decade.

EP: Joe Willmore January 1986-June 1989. Robert Calhoun June 1989-July 1991.

HW: Jeff Ryder January 1986. Jeff Ryder/Mary Ryan Munisteri February-September 1986. Mary Ryan Munisteri/Ellen Barrett September 1986. Joseph Manetta October 1986. Joseph Manetta/Sheri Anderson November 1986-July 1987. Pamela Long July 1987-December 1990.

Also writer's strike March-August 1988.

Somehow GL managed to have enough ratings from 1986-1989 to avoid cancel territory.

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January 31, 1986 Y&R Nikki tells Victoria the wicked witch bedtime story. MTS 40th anniversary she commented on that scene saying it was worse than she remembered it being and told all mothers out there not to do this.

February 18, 1986 Y&R Nikki summons Ashley to the ranch and confronts Ashley about Ashley's involvement with Victor. A pivotal scene in their rivalry.

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