Showing posts with label soap opera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soap opera. Show all posts

Friday, January 13, 2012

One Life to Live (TV Series 1968 – 2012)

Premiering in 1968 and centering on the lives of the citizens of the fictional town of Llanview, PA. Concentrating on the wealthy Lord family, and the middle-class Woleks and Rileys, the show was one of the first daytime dramas to depict people from different backgrounds. The show was the first to depict an interracial relationship, and among the first to explore drug addiction. It has also depicted dissociative identity disorder, cultism, out-of-body experiences, international espionage, time travel, and even underground cities!

AVAILABLE EPISODES
Final Episode
13 January 2012

One Life to Live (TV Series 1968 – 2012)
Cast: Assorted

Thursday, February 17, 2011

27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, The (2000) (TV)

This was the year of "Timmy", you either know what that means or you're not a soap fan. Josh Ryan Evans was a special soul whose talents will now elude us forever.





The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000) (TV)
Host: Nancy O'Dell

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Search for Tomorrow (1951) TV series 1951-1986

American soap opera which premiered on September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It continued on NBC until the final episode aired on December 26, 1986. At the time of its final broadcast it was the longest-running non-news program on television, lasting thirty-five years. However, this distinction was short-lived, as these records were soon eclipsed by Guiding Light, which premiered on television nine months later.

AVAILABLE EPISODE
Season 27, Episode 1
Final Show
26 December 1986 

Search for Tomorrow (1951) TV series 1951-1986
Cast: Anita Gillette, John Cunningham, Damion Scheller, Mary Stuart, Kevin Conroy, Leslie Stevens, Jane Krakowski, Lisa Peluso, Deborah Cresswell, Marcia McCabe, Stephanie Mills, Terri Eoff, Morgan Fairchild, Ron Husmann, Sherry Mathis, Matthew Ashford

Another World (1964) TV series 1964-1999

We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds.

The continuing story of life in the midwestern town of Bay City, and the love, loss, trials, and triumph of it's residents.



AVAILABLE EPISODES
Final Two Weeks
14-25 June 1999

Another World (1964) TV series 1964-1999
Cast: Les Brandt, Joseph Barbara, Philece Sampler, Anne Heche, Victoria Wyndham, John Littlefield, Peter Austin Noto, David Teschendorf, Luke Perry, Marcus Giamatti, Jane Krakowski, Jon M. McDonnell, Joni Fritz, William James Kennedy, Ricky Paull Goldin

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

6th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards, The (1990) (TV)

From Beverly Hills, California and hosted by Dixie Carter and Terry Lester.


Uber-opulence and tons of fun.




The 6th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1990) (TV)
Cast: A Martinez, Marcy Walker, Joan Rivers

Saturday, April 3, 2010

13th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, The (1986) (TV)

This is from the days when the show was only a taped half hour daytime broadcast that pre-empted the normal "Santa Barbara" time slot. So, you have a young Jackée playing an (uncredited) switchboard operator taking calls from "Santa Barbara" fans caught unawares. Sounds like this; "Santa Barbara isn't on"! "I know Santa Barbara isn't on". "It's your favorite show"? "It's my favorite show too"! It's actually funnier than it sounds and who doesn't LOVE Jackée? At the end of the show, same thing but funnier. Coming back from the commercial break you see an "exploded" switchboard (with smoke and obvious destruction) and Ms. J. with her hair faux-fried and black powder on her face. The implication is the heavy volume of calls re: SB blew up the whole thing! Honestly, it's pretty funny, maybe funnier than I can describe fully. Brisk 30 minute weekday afternoon show with all the glitz and glamour of the most elaborate evening Black Tie event. Great television even for non-soapers.

The 13th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1986) (TV)
Cast: Assorted

Saturday, March 20, 2010

7th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards, The (1991) (TV)

The 7th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards were held in 1991. The show was aired on NBC and hosted by Robin Mattson and Kevin Dobson. Knots Landing won every award in the Primetime categories.



The 7th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1991) (TV)
Hosts: Robin Mattson, Kevin Dobson