Sunday, January 13, 2013

Today in Soap Opera History (January 13)

The final episode of RYAN'S HOPE aired in 1989
On this date in...

1958: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Capt. Bill Marceau (Mandel Kramer) took McGinnis and Lowrey in for questioning.

1969: Joel Crothers aired for the final time on DARK SHADOWS.  He played Joe Haskell and Nathan Forbes on the show.

1978: ONE LIFE TO LIVE and GENERAL HOSPITAL each aired their final 45 minute episodes before expanding from 45 to 60 minutes per day.

1988: On THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, Cricket (Lauralee Bell) introduced Phillip (Thom Bierdz) to her mother, Jessica Blair.



1989: The final episode of RYAN'S HOPE aired on ABC. Watch the final scene below with Maeve (Helen Gallagher) singing "Danny Boy":



1992: The 7,000th episode of ANOTHER WORLD aired.

2012: The finale ABC episode of ONE LIFE TO LIVE aired. The show will be returning this year on The Online Network.



Celebrating a birthday today are:
James Carroll Jordan (ex-Steve, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 63
Sharon Gabet (ex-Raven, THE EDGE OF NIGHT; ex-Brittany, ANOTHER WORLD; ex-Melinda, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 61
Trace Adkins (Himself, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 51
Patrick Dempsey (Derek, GREY'S ANATOMY) - 47
Shonda Rhimes (Creator, GREYS ANATOMY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SCANDAL) - 43
Terry Stone (ex-Mick, EASTENDERS) - 42
Brianne Moncrief (Samantha, GOTHAM; ex-Colby, ALL MY CHILDREN) - 30
Liam Hemsworth (ex-Josh, NEIGHBOURS) - 23

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3 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday Raven Alexander Jamison Swift Whitney Devereaux Whitney! But how in the world can you be 61 years old?!?

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  2. Nice touch and so enjoyed the last episode of OLTL! Not as good as AMC's...which you do need to run the last one of AMC because it lives!!

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  3. With all the reboots, perhaps Ryan's Hope can get a New Life? Listen up, Claire Lebine!

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