1964: Another World premiered.
1982: Dynasty's Cecil died while making love with Alexis.
1984: Guiding Light's "Dreaming Death" virus killed Lesley Ann.
1987: Days of our Lives' Kim and Shane were married."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...
1943: On Vic and Sade, Chuck Brainfeeble visited Sade with a gross of "Little Leather Ringmasters." He proposed to use them to repay his $40 debt to Vic, and wouldn't take "no" for an answer.
1958: Elaine S. Carrington, the radio writer who created Pepper Young's Family and other daytime dramas,...
1982: Dynasty's Cecil died while making love with Alexis.
1984: Guiding Light's "Dreaming Death" virus killed Lesley Ann.
1987: Days of our Lives' Kim and Shane were married."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...
1943: On Vic and Sade, Chuck Brainfeeble visited Sade with a gross of "Little Leather Ringmasters." He proposed to use them to repay his $40 debt to Vic, and wouldn't take "no" for an answer.
1958: Elaine S. Carrington, the radio writer who created Pepper Young's Family and other daytime dramas,...
- 5/8/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1953: Guiding Light's Alice testified at Kathy's grand jury hearing.
1981: General Hospital's Anne prayed for guidance.
1994: All My Children's Kendall leaned more about her father.
2008: Days of our Lives' Daniel Jonas arrived in Salem."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...
1953: On The Guiding Light, the grand jury began hearing the case of California versus Kathy Lang Grant (Susan Douglas Rubes) with Alice Graham's testimony. This was 13 years before the setting of the show would move from Selby Flats (a suburb of Los Angeles) to Springfield.
1981: General Hospital's Anne prayed for guidance.
1994: All My Children's Kendall leaned more about her father.
2008: Days of our Lives' Daniel Jonas arrived in Salem."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...
1953: On The Guiding Light, the grand jury began hearing the case of California versus Kathy Lang Grant (Susan Douglas Rubes) with Alice Graham's testimony. This was 13 years before the setting of the show would move from Selby Flats (a suburb of Los Angeles) to Springfield.
- 3/5/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1964: Another World premiered.
1982: Dynasty's Cecil died while making love with Alexis.
1984: Guiding Light's "Dreaming Death" virus killed Lesley Ann.
1987: Days of our Lives' Kim and Shane were married."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...
1943: On Vic and Sade, Chuck Brainfeeble visited Sade with a gross of "Little Leather Ringmasters." He proposed to use them to repay his $40 debt to Vic, and wouldn't take "no" for an answer.
1982: Dynasty's Cecil died while making love with Alexis.
1984: Guiding Light's "Dreaming Death" virus killed Lesley Ann.
1987: Days of our Lives' Kim and Shane were married."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...
1943: On Vic and Sade, Chuck Brainfeeble visited Sade with a gross of "Little Leather Ringmasters." He proposed to use them to repay his $40 debt to Vic, and wouldn't take "no" for an answer.
- 5/4/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1953: Guiding Light's Alice testified at Kathy's grand jury hearing.
1981: General Hospital's Anne prayed for guidance.
1994: All My Children's Kendall leaned more about her father.
2008: Days of our Lives' Daniel Jonas arrived in Salem."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...
1953: On The Guiding Light, the grand jury began hearing the case of California versus...
1981: General Hospital's Anne prayed for guidance.
1994: All My Children's Kendall leaned more about her father.
2008: Days of our Lives' Daniel Jonas arrived in Salem."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...
1953: On The Guiding Light, the grand jury began hearing the case of California versus...
- 3/4/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
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