Thursday, June 7, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (June 7)

On this date in...

1944: The CBS Radio lineup with sponsors and a synopsis.

9:45 a.m. THIS LIFE IS MINECommercials suspended. Eden is concerned that Bob's ex-wife Lois is still very much a part of his life.
10:30. THE OPEN DOORRoyal Puddings and Gelatins. John threatens to sell the family feed and grain store.
10:45. BACHELOR'S CHILDRENWonder Bread and Hostess Cakes. To everyone's surprise, a real Joan Gray turns up in town.
11:15. SECOND HUSBANDDr. Lyons Tooth Powder. Mildred is ineffective in trying to persuade Elsa to send Fran back home.
11:30. BRIGHT HORIZON. Swan Soap. An inscription on a bronze vase may cause Michael West to drop out of the race for governor.
11:45. AUNT JENNY'S REAL LIFE STORIES. Spry All-Vegetable Shortening. White ruffled curtains bring hope to Jim and Claire's relationship.
12:15 p.m. BIG SISTER. Rinso. Frank takes Steve to a semi-conscious Ricky.
12:30. THE ROMANCE OF HELEN TRENT. Bisodol. Gil ponders his decision while Helen worries.
12:45. OUR GAL SUNDAY. Anacin. Lord Henry and Sunday discuss the whereabouts of villainous Ambrose Fairbrook, III.
1:00. LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL. Ivory Soap (commercials omitted). Chichi will marry Stephen and accompany him on his trip to South America.
1:15. MA PERKINS. Oxydol. The Pendletons both want to see Jeffrey Powell, but for vastly different reasons.
2:00. PORTIA FACES LIFE. Grape Nuts Flakes and Grape Nuts Wheat Meal. Portia and Colonel Wakefield try to thwart the evil Nazi, Herr Doktor.
2:15. JOYCE JORDAN, M.D. Postum. A kiss between Vic Manion and Carol Brewster.
3:00. THE STORY OF MARY MARLIN. Tenderleaf Tea. Wealthy constituent Reed Morton chooses a clever way of introducing himself to Mary.
1972: On ANOTHER WORLD, Rachel (Robin Strasser) became furious at Ted (Stephen Bolster) for criticizing her father.

1978: At the 5th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, DAYS OF OUR LIVES won as Outstanding Drama Series. The acting winners were James Pritchett from THE DOCTORS and ANOTHER WORLD's Laurie Heineman.

1982: Terri Garber debuted as Allison Linden on TEXAS.

1999: Christopher Goutman took over as executive producer of AS THE WORLD TURNS.

2002: Actor James Luisi died at age 73.  His soap roles included Duke Johnson on DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Ben Clark on SANTA BARBARA and Philip Wainwright on ANOTHER WORLD.

2002: Carly thanked Jason for not telling Sonny the truth on GENERAL HOSPITAL.



Celebrating a birthday today are:
George Guidall (ex-Baron von Halkein, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Robert, ANOTHER WORLD) - 74
A.C. Weary (ex-Gary, THE EDGE OF NIGHT; ex-Theo, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; ex-Paramedic, RYAN'S HOPE) - 61
William Forsythe (ex-Manny, BOARDWALK EMPIRE) - 57
Dean Sullivan (ex-Jimmy, BROOKSIDE) - 57
Chris Marcantel (ex-Curtis, LOVING; ex-Pete, ANOTHER WORLD; ex-Tim, GUIDING LIGHT) - 54
Kathryn Meisle (ex-Juliet, LOVING; ex-Cindy, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 52
Mark Steines (ex-Escort, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS)  - 48
Kim Rhodes (ex-Cindy, ANOTHER WORLD/AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 43
Austin Miller (ex-Hawk, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 36
Adrienne Frantz (Amber, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Amber, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Amber, L.A. DIARIES; ex-Tiffany, SUNSET BEACH) - 34
Daryn Strauss (Beth, DOWNSIZED)

4 comments:

  1. Just wondering ... Where was "The Guiding Light" in the CBS line up? Wasn't it on since 1937?

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  2. woodstock, TGL was actually on NBC Radio until 1947 when it moved to CBS Radio (and later CBS TV).

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  3. Just looked up TGL and it aired at various 15-minute timeslots from 3:45-4, 3:30-3:45 and 2-2:15 at NBC Radio.

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  4. Thanks, Roger. Wow. I thought it always aired on CBS. Go figure.

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