Thanks to Jennifer for sending in the item above.ġ980: On The Edge of Night, Logan (Joe Lambie) confronted Raven (Sharon Gabet) about trying to take Jamey (James Noseworthy).ġ981: On Another World, Rachel (Victoria Wyndham) and Mac (Douglass Watson) argued over Mitch's rights as Matthew's biological father. She had only shot four episodes of her new series, Eight is Enough, when she passed away after a battle with breast cancer.ġ979: On Ryan's Hope, Rae (Louise Shaffer) plotted to have Thatcher at her place when Frank arrived. Knotts said decades later it was the only serious role he ever played professionally.ġ967: On Dark Shadows, Elizabeth invited Jason McGuire to stay at Collinwood.ġ977: Actress Diana Hyland, who played Susan Winter in the primetime soap Peyton Place, died at age 41. The man would turn out to be Wilbur Peterson, a character Knotts played on SFT for two years. Six months later it was picked up by CBS then it went back to NBC and ran another three years.ġ953: On Seach for Tomorrow, Joanne (Mary Stuart) tried to help a mysterious coma patient (played by Don Knotts). Most of the audience returned but the show was canceled again in 1940. Nothing came of it until six months later, when the Red Network picked up the story as if there had been no gap at all. Some suggested boycotting the sponsor interest was aroused by a "code of rights," to force networks and sponsors to keep faith with the audience some listeners proposed to appeal to the Federal Communications Commission. They responded with a flood of vitriolic mail to NBC, to Ponds Cream, and to such trade journals as Radio Guide. It was canceled so abruptly the story was left in limbo which outraged fans. It was the story of the Marshall family of Westbridge, Connecticut, and featured Universal starlet Nan Grey. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.ġ939: Primetime radio soap opera Those We Love was canceled and taken off the air by NBC's Blue Network.
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. "All true histories contain instruction though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut." 1953: Search for Tomorrow's Jo tried to help a mystery patient.ġ979: Ryan's Hope's Rae wanted to make Frank jealous.ġ989: Daytime soap opera Generations premiered on NBC.Ģ001: Passions aired a Jerry Springer parody.
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