40 years ago this summer.  To me this is the GOAT CBS daytime promo and the yardstick to which all CBS daytime promos are measured.

 

Thanks @GymnastGuy for posting this Summer 1986 promo for all four shows. So few Summer 1986 promos have surfaced.

 

I saw this quote from The Boston Globe on the We Love Soaps this day in history column...

In a last-ditch effort to save the soap, Brian Frons, CBS manager of daytime programs, is hoping that forthcoming episodes of SEARCH, featuring expensive location footage of Hong Kong, will provide much-needed excitement, along with some adrenalin for the ratings. However, if the numbers fail to improve, there are two scenarios under way: CBS will either move the soap to the 4 p.m. graveyard time slot or simply cancel it altogether.

So, if Search didn’t move to NBC it seemed likely that Capitol would still debut but SFT would get the Love of Life treatment with certain cancellation soon afterward.  Could you imagine Edge vs Search at 4pm?

SFT didn't need another ill conceived adventure plot with location filming. It couldn't hurt but more attention paid to the structure and history of the show was what was needed. Turning it into the Travis and Liza show was a mistake.

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