Monday, December 26, 2011

Today in Soap Opera History (December 26)

On this date in...

1966: On ANOTHER WORLD, Sam Groom debuted as Russ Matthews. Russ returned to do his internship at Memorial Hospital.

1979: On THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Christmas continued with Martha Cory and barbiturates in a fruit cake.



1985: On GUIDING LIGHT, Reva learned the location of Kyle's wedding.



1986: SEARCH FOR TOMORROW aired its final episode after a more than 35 year run on CBS and NBC. Read Nelson Aspen's take on the end of SFT here. And watched the beloved final scene between Stu and Jo below.



1986: On AS THE WORLD TURNS, Craig asked Iva to marry him.



2006: Phillip Jeanmarie (now starring in WORKSHOP) debuted on PASSIONS as Vincent at Chad and Whitney's wedding.

2008: On GENERAL HOSPITAL, Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers) walked Robin down the aisle during her wedding to Patrick.



Celebrating a birthday today are:
Colleen Dion (ex-Felicia, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Leslie, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Brett, ANOTHER WORLD; ex-Ramona, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Evie, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW; ex-Cecilia, LOVING; ex-Dahlia, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 47
Gerald Hopkins (ex-A.J., GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Richard, SCRIPTS & SCRUPLES) - 46

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