"As the World Turns" (1956)Series de televisión 1956-????

Creator:

Irna Phillips

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

2 abril 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, this long-running serial focuses on the relationships and difficulties of its inhabitants.

Plot Keywords:

Atwt | Coming Out | Beautiful Woman | Gay Kiss | Shipper

Awards:

61 wins & 328 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Best Writing Winner, and deservedly so

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 28	2:00 PM	CBS
Tue. July 29	2:00 PM	CBS

Cast

Maura West	...	Carly Tenney / ... (535 episodes, 1995-2008)
Michael Park	...	Jack Snyder (513 episodes, 1997-2008)
Terri Colombino	...	Katie Peretti / ... (489 episodes, 1998-2008)
Roger Howarth	...	Paul Ryan / ... (486 episodes, 2003-2008)
Jennifer Landon	...	Gwen Norbeck Munson / ... (482 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jesse Lee Soffer	...	Will Munson (478 episodes, 2004-2008)
Marie Wilson	...	Meg Snyder / ... (435 episodes, 2005-2008)
Kelley Menighan Hensley	...	Emily Stewart / ... (404 episodes, 1992-2008)
Grayson McCouch	...	Dusty Donovan / ... (388 episodes, 2003-2008)
Martha Byrne	...	Lily Walsh Snyder / ... (372 episodes, 1985-2008)
Jon Hensley	...	Holden Snyder (363 episodes, 1985-2008)
Trent Dawson	...	Henry Coleman / ... (320 episodes, 1998-2008)
Ellen Dolan	...	Margo Montgomery Hughes / ... (314 episodes, 1989-2008)
Colleen Zenk-Pinter	...	Barbara Ryan / ... (305 episodes, 1978-2008)
Alexandra Chando	...	Maddie Coleman (293 episodes, 2005-2007)
Zach Roerig	...	Casey Hughes / ... (274 episodes, 2005-2007)
Don Hastings	...	Dr. Bob Hughes / ... (274 episodes, 1960-2008)
Mark Collier	...	Mike Kasnoff / ... (262 episodes, 2003-2007)
Van Hansis	...	Luke Snyder / ... (249 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jennifer Ferrin	...	Jennifer Munson / ... (246 episodes, 2003-2006)
Elizabeth Hubbard	...	Lucinda Walsh / ... (236 episodes, 1984-2008)

Duración:

Netherlands:55 min (including commercials) | USA:30 min (1956-1975) | USA:60 min (1975-)

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Black and White (1956-1967) | Color (1967-)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital (1999-) | Mono (1956-1987) | Stereo (1987-1999)

Clasificación:

USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP)

Trivialidades:

The episode of 22 November 1963 was broken into by CBS to announce the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The actors, however, continued performing (as it was done live until 1975), and a complete, uninterrupted copy of this episode still survives.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: On the episode that aired 1-4-05, Julia refers to Holden (Jon Hensley) as "Jon" in an emotional scene at the Lakeview Lounge while talking to Lisa.

Quotes:

Detective Margo Montgomery Hughes #3: Will you keep your pants on when you're alone with Maddie?
Casey Hughes #5: I can't believe you said that!
Detective Margo Montgomery Hughes #3: All right, come on, it freaks me out, too.
Casey Hughes #5: You're my mom! I'm your impressionable teenage son! Geez!
Detective Margo Montgomery Hughes #3: Well, look, I finally got more than one word out of you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: As Westbridge Turns (#1.21)" (1997)

Best Writing Winner, and deservedly so

I am an aspiring soap writer, and I have watched most of the shows on the air as research. Somewhere along the way, I discovered As The World Turns. When I first caught glimpses of it, Carly was just home from The Spa, found in a carnival fun house after Hal was brainwashed by James Stenbeck. Emily was being kept in a trunk. Bonnie was a duchess. Molly's family was being threatened by an evil babysitter, eventually resulting in Jake's death and the near-death of Oakdale's neighbor, Bay City. It was sort of weird and awful at first, but I would tune in just to see the Oakdale hunks, especially Jack Snyder. Woof!

I can't remember when the tides really turned with this show. All I know for sure is, I discovered Ben Harris when Bonnie finally came home. Not only Grade A prime soap beef, but he and Jessica were electric on the screen. These were clearly two people who deserved much more screen time, and eventually got it. Margo, a staple character for years according to the ATWT scrapbook, got to be on the front burner for a week or two when she discovered she had hepatitis, contracted during a rape she was now being forced to relive. It would take a while, but eventually she moved back to the front burner again as well. In short, this show has an incredible pool of talented actors, and the writing team, receiving back to back Emmys for their work, have a knack for utilizing the vast talents of their cast.

It's not always perfect. The Oakdale 3 were awful. But from that terrible plot we eventually got a (somewhat) reformed Allison, who is now one of my favorite characters on the show. And, as with most shows, an emergency rewrite for a departing or pregnant actor can yield some substandard plots. Of course, I blame a lot of that on the soap fans, who can be pretty unwelcoming of temporary recasts (and that means you especially, Passions fans!) But As The World Turns is honestly the best soap on TV, and that includes the primetime dramas, and reality shows which are nothing more than soaps with real people for characters. I would love to see another attempt at Our Private World, a primetime spin-off featuring the amazing Eileen Fulton, following Lisa Hughes as she moved from Oakdale to Chicago. Imagine a revamped Another World, where Molly goes back to Bay City to fight for her daughters Bridget and Michelle. With enough shared writers, I'd watch both series faithfully. In the meantime, I will have to settle for the five hours a week of ATWT I have now and hope a few other writing teams can tune in and take a few notes.