Friday, July 7, 2017

Today in Soap Opera History (July 7)

1975: Ryan's Hope premiered on ABC.
"History is a vast early warning system."
― Norman Cousins

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1947: On Lora Lawton, Lora (Jan Miner) continued to worry about Peter. The Frank and Anne Hummert radio soap opera ran from 1943 to 1950 on NBC.

1954: On Portia Faces Life, Portia (Frances Reid) was busy taking non-stop phone calls.



1966: On Dark Shadows, Bill Malloy (Frank Schofield), manager of the Collins Fishing Fleet, warned Elizabeth (Joan Bennett) that Burke wanted to take everything the Collins family owned.



1971: On Another World, when Alice (Jacqueline Courtney) returned to Bay City, Steve (George Reinholt) was the first to greet her at the airport.

1975: Daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope premiered on ABC. Created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, the early years of Ryan's Hope are considered by many critics and historians to be one of the best eras ever on a soap opera. The show remained on the air until January 13, 1989. When SOAPnet started rerunning old episodes from the beginning, a whole new generation of fans discovered the series.



1978: On Ryan's Hope, Siobhan (Sarah Felder) was welcomed home by her family.



1981: On The Edge of Night, Raven (Sharon Gabet) and Sky (Larkin Malloy) enjoyed New York City.



1982: On Capitol, Judson Tyler (Rory Calhoun) told Sloane Denning (Debrah Farentino) that his autobiography would be published, whether or not his daughter Clarissa (Constance Towers) objected. He said he wanted his grandson, Tyler McCandless, (David Mason Daniels) to have a written record of exactly what happened to the family in the fifties, to protect him from lies.

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1983: On All My Children, a pregnant Angie (Debbi Morgan) weighed her options.



1984: Hum Log, Indian television's first soap-opera, premiered on Doordarshan, India's national network, then the only television channel in the country. The series, which ran for 156 episodes, told the story of a middle class family and its struggles and aspirations.

1988: On General Hospital, Cheryl (Jennifer Anglin) confessed to Robert (Tristan Rogers) about what Scott had been planning with Meditech, and how he had been blackmailing her.



1992: Patrick Muldoon debuted as Austin Reed in Days of our Lives.

2003: On The Bold and the Beautiful, Nick (Jack Wagner) revealed to Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) that Massimo was his father.

2003: On All My Children, just as Erica (Susan Lucci) was having memories of her rape, Bianca (Eden Riegel) was grabbed by Michael Cambias (William deVry) at Myrtle's. Michael raped Bianca in the next episode.



2011: ABC formally confirmed Prospect Park's plans to license All My Children and One Life to Live and air them on the web.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Carmen Duncan (ex-Iris, Another World; ex-Lisa, As the World Turns) - 75
Jean LeClerc (ex-Jeremy, All My Children; ex-Jeremy, Loving; ex-Peter, One Life to Live; ex-Antoine, As the World Turns; ex-Jean Marc, The Edge of Night; ex-Gui, The Doctors) - 69
Jill Farren Phelps (Executive Producer, The Young and the Restless; Former EP of Hollywood Heights; General Hospital, Guiding Light, Santa Barbara, Another World, One Life to Live) - 65
Cindy Eilbacher (ex-April, The Young and the Restless) - 59
John J. Dalesandro (ex-Mr. Trask, Generations) - 59
Billy Campbell (ex-Darren, The Killing; ex-Carter, The O.C.) - 58
Reggie Rock Bythewood (ex-R.J., Another World) - 52
Amy Carlson (ex-Josie, Another World; ex-Harley, Guiding Light) - 49
Jorja Fox (ex-Gina, The West Wing) - 49
Christian Camargo (Michael, House of Cards; ex-Mark, Guiding Light) - 46
Kirsten Vangsness (ex-Meredith, Pretty) - 45
Hamish Linklater (ex-Jerry, The Newsroom) - 41
Ben Baur (Alex, Hunting Season)
Julianna Guill (Becca, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce) - 30
Jamie Johnston (ex-Peter, Degrassi) - 28
Dylan Sprayberry (Liam, Teen Wolf) - 19

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