1984: Days of our Lives' Alex didn't believe Stefano was dead.
1985: Santa Barbara's Eden left a trail of notes for Cruz.
1997: As the World Turns' David met James Stenbeck.
2001: Tamara Braun debuted as Carly on General Hospital."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...
1949: A Woman to Remember debuted in the 7:30-7:45 p.m. timeslot on the DuMont Television Network. The show was an early attempt to bring soap opera to early evening television. The leading character, Christine Baker (Patricia Wheel), was...
1985: Santa Barbara's Eden left a trail of notes for Cruz.
1997: As the World Turns' David met James Stenbeck.
2001: Tamara Braun debuted as Carly on General Hospital."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...
1949: A Woman to Remember debuted in the 7:30-7:45 p.m. timeslot on the DuMont Television Network. The show was an early attempt to bring soap opera to early evening television. The leading character, Christine Baker (Patricia Wheel), was...
- 5/2/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1980: Edge of Night's Elliot testified at Draper's trial.
1986: Days' Savannah was stabbed.
1996: AMC's Jason had a memory from the day Laurel was shot.
2006: Gh's Courtney died."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...
1947: On radio soap opera Life Can Be Beautiful, Hank and Dolly came to visit the downcast Chichi (Alice Reinheart).
1949: John Haggart's television soap opera A Woman to Remember premiered on the Dumont network. The main focus of the soap-within-a-soap series was the backstage drama of a radio serial.
1986: Days' Savannah was stabbed.
1996: AMC's Jason had a memory from the day Laurel was shot.
2006: Gh's Courtney died."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...
1947: On radio soap opera Life Can Be Beautiful, Hank and Dolly came to visit the downcast Chichi (Alice Reinheart).
1949: John Haggart's television soap opera A Woman to Remember premiered on the Dumont network. The main focus of the soap-within-a-soap series was the backstage drama of a radio serial.
- 2/21/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1984: Days of our Lives' Alex didn't believe Stefano was dead.
1985: Santa Barbara's Eden left a trail of notes for Cruz.
1997: As the World Turns' David met James Stenbeck.
2001: Tamara Braun debuted as Carly on General Hospital."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...
1949: A Woman to Remember debuted in the 7:30-7:45 p.m. timeslot on the DuMont Television Network. The show was...
1985: Santa Barbara's Eden left a trail of notes for Cruz.
1997: As the World Turns' David met James Stenbeck.
2001: Tamara Braun debuted as Carly on General Hospital."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...
1949: A Woman to Remember debuted in the 7:30-7:45 p.m. timeslot on the DuMont Television Network. The show was...
- 5/2/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1980: Edge of Night's Elliot testified at Draper's trial.
1986: Days' Savannah was stabbed.
1996: AMC's Jason had a memory from the day Laurel was shot.
2006: Gh's Courtney died."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"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...
1947: On radio soap opera Life Can Be Beautiful, Hank and Dolly came to visit the downcast Chichi (Alice Reinheart...
1986: Days' Savannah was stabbed.
1996: AMC's Jason had a memory from the day Laurel was shot.
2006: Gh's Courtney died."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"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...
1947: On radio soap opera Life Can Be Beautiful, Hank and Dolly came to visit the downcast Chichi (Alice Reinheart...
- 2/21/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
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