Sunday, October 16, 2011

Today in Soap Opera History (October 16)

On this date in...

1939: THE RIGHT TO HAPPINESS premiered on the NBC Blue Network. This spinoff of radio's THE GUIDING LIGHT initially focused on TGL character Rose Kransky. Eventually the character of Carolyn Allen (played first by Eloise Kummer and most memorably and longest by Claudia Morgan) took center stage, and she remained the central character of the program (eventually becoming the most-married radio soap opera heroine, with four husbands) until it ended on November 25, 1960, the day that network radio soap operas died.

1972: UK's EMMERDALE FARM (now just EMMERDALE) premiered.



1974: Welsh-language television soap POBOL Y CWM premiered. Like EMMERDALE, it's still on the air today.

1984: On DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Roman and Marlena's twins, Eric Roman and Samantha Gene (Sami), were born.

1985: On AS THE WORLD TURNS, Lily instantly disliked Holden when she met him at the stables.





1987: Duke (Ian Buchanan) and Anna (Finola Hughes) were married on GENERAL HOSPITAL.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Michael Tylo (ex-Quint, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Matt, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Charlie, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Blade, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Sherman, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) - 63
Ellen Dolan (ex-Margo, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Maureen, GUIDING LIGHT) - 56
David 'Shark' Fralick (ex-Larry, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) - 49

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