1980: Days of our Lives' Marlena was devastated when her son died.
1986: Santa Barbara's Eden faced off with a shark.
1989: As the World Turns' Lily tried to leave Montega.
2004: Days' Marlena was overjoyed to find Abe alive."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"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.
On this date in...
1941: NBC Radio soap opera Buck Private and His Girl premiered. The series ran for three months.
1948: On radio soap Claudia, Claudia was late for her train.
1964: On Another World, tempers flared between Liz (Audra Lindley) and Janet (Liza Chapman).
1971: On The Doctors,...
1986: Santa Barbara's Eden faced off with a shark.
1989: As the World Turns' Lily tried to leave Montega.
2004: Days' Marlena was overjoyed to find Abe alive."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"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.
On this date in...
1941: NBC Radio soap opera Buck Private and His Girl premiered. The series ran for three months.
1948: On radio soap Claudia, Claudia was late for her train.
1964: On Another World, tempers flared between Liz (Audra Lindley) and Janet (Liza Chapman).
1971: On The Doctors,...
- 5/27/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1980: Days of our Lives' Marlena was devastated when her son died.
1986: Santa Barbara's Eden faced off with a shark.
1989: As the World Turns' Lily tried to leave Montega.
2004: Days' Marlena was overjoyed to find Abe alive."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."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"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.
On this date in...
1941: NBC Radio soap opera Buck Private and His Girl premiered. The series ran for three months.
1948: On radio soap Claudia,...
1986: Santa Barbara's Eden faced off with a shark.
1989: As the World Turns' Lily tried to leave Montega.
2004: Days' Marlena was overjoyed to find Abe alive."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."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"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.
On this date in...
1941: NBC Radio soap opera Buck Private and His Girl premiered. The series ran for three months.
1948: On radio soap Claudia,...
- 5/30/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
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