On this date in...
1965: NBC's MORNING STAR, created by Ted Corday, premiered. The show ran until July 1, 1966. MORNING STAR was one of the first soap operas to air in color.
1965: THE NURSES premiered on ABC and ran until March 31, 1967. Mary Fickett and Paul Stevens were among the stars.
1965: ABC also premiered on the same day NEVER TOO YOUNG, a soap geared toward a teen audience. Dack Rambo and Tony Dow were among the stars. The series featured several musical guests who performed at The High Dive, including: The Castaways, The Sunrays, Marvin Gaye, Johnny Rivers, Mel Carter, Freddie Cannon, and the Ramsey Lewis Trio.
1984: On SANTA BARBARA, Mason (Lane Davies) accused Kelly (Robin Wright) of having a case of "divided loyalties."
2007: DirecTV announced they would provide an All Access Pass to PASSIONS to view all new episodes on the Official PASSIONS website at NBC.com for a monthly fee.
2009: DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES' sixth season premiered. The main mystery of this season was surrounding new neighbor Angie Bolen and her family.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Peter Simon (ex-Ed, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Scott, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW; ex-Ian, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 68
A Martinez (ex-Ray, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Roy, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Cruz, SANTA BARBARA) - 63
Shaun Cassidy (ex-Dusty, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 53
Patrick Muldoon (Austin, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 43
Gwyneth Paltrow (Holly, GLEE) - 39
Tom Casiello (Writer, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-ANOTHER WORLD; ex-ONE LIFE TO LIVE)
Derrell Whitt (Will, THE BAY; ex-Lucas, SCRIPTS & SCRUPLES) - 23
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You know what would be great timing now DOOL is in reboot, maybe show some episodes of Days of ole and let new viewers (like myself) or past viewers returning to get a feeling of what is like to come visit Salem, USA and see what Days is really like so many years....then I might end up putting roots down for long stay.
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