Time Capsule 1975
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ALL MY CHILDREN’s Erica said, “I do” for the second time, becoming Mrs. Phil Brent (she also had a post-miscarriage nervous breakdown to accommodate portrayer Susan Lucci’s maternity leave with her firstborn, Liza Huber).... Mary, newly wed to Erica’s first husband, Jeff Martin, was killed in a home invasion, which is how their ward, Tad, first went to live with future adoptive parents Ruth and Joe. In other Martin family news, Phil was stunned to learn that he, not Chuck, was the biological father of Tara’s boy, Little Phil.
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ANOTHER WORLD axed two of its most popular stars, Jacqueline Courtney and George Reinholt (the latter for appearing in a nude centerfold, thus violating the “scandal clause” in his contract). The duo, who played Alice and Steve, was subsequently hired by OLTL (as Pat and Tony)....Classic couple Mac and Rachel married for the first of three times — despite the machinations of his possessive daughter, Iris, such as hiring a gigolo to seduce Rachel.... The show expanded to an hour on January 6 and won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Writing. Along with EDGE OF NIGHT, it became the last soap to broadcast
live.
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Judith Chapman (Gloria, YOUNG AND RESTLESS) made her soap debut on AS THE WORLD TURNS as Natalie Bannon.... On December 1, the show expanded to an hour and finished the year in first place in the Nielsen ratings.
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Judith Chapman (Gloria, YOUNG AND RESTLESS) made her soap debut on AS THE WORLD TURNS as Natalie Bannon.... On December 1, the show expanded to an hour and finished the year in first place in the Nielsen ratings.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES’s Laura, Susan Flannery (pictured), left the show after a nine-year run. She took home the Emmy Chapman for Outstanding Lead Actress, and co-star Macdonald Carey (Tom) won Lead Actor. The show went to 60 minutes on April 21.
THE EDGE OF NIGHT signed off of CBS in November and moved to ABC in December.
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Judith Chapman (Gloria, YOUNG AND RESTLESS) made her soap debut on AS THE WORLD TURNS as Natalie Bannon.... On December 1, the show expanded to an hour and finished the year in first place in the Nielsen ratings.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES’s Laura, Susan Flannery (pictured), left the show after a nine-year run. She took home the Emmy Chapman for Outstanding Lead Actress, and co-star Macdonald Carey (Tom) won Lead Actor. The show went to 60 minutes on April 21.
THE EDGE OF NIGHT signed off of CBS in November and moved to ABC in December.
GENERAL HOSPITAL introduced the character of Laura (pictured); Jessie was exonerated of the murder of her ex-husband, Phil, when his true killer, Augusta, was exposed.
Spouses and future SANTA BARBARA co-creators Bridget and Jerome Dobson left the head-writing job at GH (which her parents cocreated) and took over GUIDING
LIGHT’s writing team. One of the scribes they replaced? James Lipton, future host of INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO. The show also underwent its first executive producer
change in 23 years. On-air, Roger and Holly became parents to baby Chrissy, later known as Blake.
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RYAN’S HOPE hit the ABC airwaves on July 7. Co-created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, the show broke new ground with its real-world setting (New York City) and the strong Roman Catholic identification of its core family, the Ryans.The show’s original cast featured Helen Gallagher and Bernard Barrow as Maeve and Johnny, along with newbies Ilene Kristen (Delia), Justin Deas (Bucky) and Kate Mulgrew (Mary).
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Photo credit: ABC
RYAN’S HOPE hit the ABC airwaves on July 7. Co-created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, the show broke new ground with its real-world setting (New York City) and the strong Roman Catholic identification of its core family, the Ryans.The show’s original cast featured Helen Gallagher and Bernard Barrow as Maeve and Johnny, along with newbies Ilene Kristen (Delia), Justin Deas (Bucky) and Kate Mulgrew (Mary).
LOVE OF LIFE vacated its Manhattan production facilities, which were converted into a nightclub: Studio 54.
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Photo credit: ABC
RYAN’S HOPE hit the ABC airwaves on July 7. Co-created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, the show broke new ground with its real-world setting (New York City) and the strong Roman Catholic identification of its core family, the Ryans.The show’s original cast featured Helen Gallagher and Bernard Barrow as Maeve and Johnny, along with newbies Ilene Kristen (Delia), Justin Deas (Bucky) and Kate Mulgrew (Mary).
LOVE OF LIFE vacated its Manhattan production facilities, which were converted into a nightclub: Studio 54.
ONE LIFE TO LIVE frenemies Viki and Dorian became intimately linked when the latter
became the former’s stepmother via her marriage to Victor Lord.... Future Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones wrapped up his run as Dr. Mark Toland.
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Photo credit: ABC
RYAN’S HOPE hit the ABC airwaves on July 7. Co-created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, the show broke new ground with its real-world setting (New York City) and the strong Roman Catholic identification of its core family, the Ryans.The show’s original cast featured Helen Gallagher and Bernard Barrow as Maeve and Johnny, along with newbies Ilene Kristen (Delia), Justin Deas (Bucky) and Kate Mulgrew (Mary).
LOVE OF LIFE vacated its Manhattan production facilities, which were converted into a nightclub: Studio 54.
ONE LIFE TO LIVE frenemies Viki and Dorian became intimately linked when the latter
became the former’s stepmother via her marriage to Victor Lord.... Future Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones wrapped up his run as Dr. Mark Toland.
The rivalry of Y&R’s Jill and Katherine saw one of its most important building blocks: Phillip impregnated Jill, then flew to Haiti to get a quickie divorce from Kay.... The show won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Drama.... The unknown David Hasselhoff (pictured) was tapped to replace departing original cast member William Grey Espy as Snapper.
Quick Takes:
AW, DAYS and ATWT expanded from 30 minutes to an hour.... ATWT became the last soap to broadcast live.... AMC and OLTL Creator Agnes Nixon sold the rights to her shows
to ABC.
ALL MY CHILDREN’s Erica said, “I do” for the second time, becoming Mrs. Phil Brent (she also had a post-miscarriage nervous breakdown to accommodate portrayer Susan Lucci’s maternity leave with her firstborn, Liza Huber).... Mary, newly wed to Erica’s first husband, Jeff Martin, was killed in a home invasion, which is how their ward, Tad, first went to live with future adoptive parents Ruth and Joe. In other Martin family news, Phil was stunned to learn that he, not Chuck, was the biological father of Tara’s boy, Little Phil.
Photo credit: ABC
ANOTHER WORLD axed two of its most popular stars, Jacqueline Courtney and George Reinholt (the latter for appearing in a nude centerfold, thus violating the “scandal clause” in his contract). The duo, who played Alice and Steve, was subsequently hired by OLTL (as Pat and Tony)....Classic couple Mac and Rachel married for the first of three times — despite the machinations of his possessive daughter, Iris, such as hiring a gigolo to seduce Rachel.... The show expanded to an hour on January 6 and won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Writing. Along with EDGE OF NIGHT, it became the last soap to broadcast
live.
Photo credit: NBC
Judith Chapman (Gloria, YOUNG AND RESTLESS) made her soap debut on AS THE WORLD TURNS as Natalie Bannon.... On December 1, the show expanded to an hour and finished the year in first place in the Nielsen ratings.
Photo credit: ABC
DAYS OF OUR LIVES’s Laura, Susan Flannery (pictured), left the show after a nine-year run. She took home the Emmy Chapman for Outstanding Lead Actress, and co-star Macdonald Carey (Tom) won Lead Actor. The show went to 60 minutes on April 21.
THE EDGE OF NIGHT signed off of CBS in November and moved to ABC in December.
GENERAL HOSPITAL introduced the character of Laura (pictured); Jessie was exonerated of the murder of her ex-husband, Phil, when his true killer, Augusta, was exposed.
Spouses and future SANTA BARBARA co-creators Bridget and Jerome Dobson left the head-writing job at GH (which her parents cocreated) and took over GUIDING
LIGHT’s writing team. One of the scribes they replaced? James Lipton, future host of INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO. The show also underwent its first executive producer
change in 23 years. On-air, Roger and Holly became parents to baby Chrissy, later known as Blake.
RYAN’S HOPE hit the ABC airwaves on July 7. Co-created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, the show broke new ground with its real-world setting (New York City) and the strong Roman Catholic identification of its core family, the Ryans.The show’s original cast featured Helen Gallagher and Bernard Barrow as Maeve and Johnny, along with newbies Ilene Kristen (Delia), Justin Deas (Bucky) and Kate Mulgrew (Mary).
Photo credit: ABC
LOVE OF LIFE vacated its Manhattan production facilities, which were converted into a nightclub: Studio 54.
ONE LIFE TO LIVE frenemies Viki and Dorian became intimately linked when the latter
became the former’s stepmother via her marriage to Victor Lord.... Future Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones wrapped up his run as Dr. Mark Toland.
The rivalry of Y&R’s Jill and Katherine saw one of its most important building blocks: Phillip impregnated Jill, then flew to Haiti to get a quickie divorce from Kay.... The show won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Drama.... The unknown David Hasselhoff (pictured) was tapped to replace departing original cast member William Grey Espy as Snapper.
Quick Takes:
AW, DAYS and ATWT expanded from 30 minutes to an hour.... ATWT became the last soap to broadcast live.... AMC and OLTL Creator Agnes Nixon sold the rights to her shows
to ABC.
