Time Capsule 1995

ALL MY CHILDREN tapped newcomer Mark Consuelos as Mateo; Sarah Michelle Gellar (Kendall), who won the Daytime Emmy for Younger Actress, quit; Marcy Walker (Liza) and Jennifer Bassey (Marian) returned; and Chris Bruno (Michael), Michael Sabatino (Jonathan), Olivia Birkelund (Arlene) and Brian Gaskill (Bobby) joined the Pine Valley ranks.... Erica and Dimitri remarried and she became hooked on pills.... Hayley fell for Mateo and extracted herself from her miserable marriage to Alec (who cheated with her mom, Arlene).... High school teacher Michael Delaney came out as gay.... Back-in-town Liza slept with Jake, not realizing he was little Joey, Tad’s brother, all grown up.... ABC celebrated AMC’s 25th anniversary with a primetime special hosted by super-fan Carol Burnett (ex-Verla).... Megan McTavish was out as head writer, succeeded temporarily by Agnes Nixon, then long-term by Lorraine Broderick.... At the Soap Opera Digest Awards, Keith Hamilton Cobb (Noah) won Male Newcomer, and Male Scene Stealer went to Michael E. Knight (Tad). Victoria Wyndham (Rachel) began playing a second character, evil Justine, on ANOTHER WORLD; Paul Michael Valley quit as Ryan; Tom Eplin (Jake) took a break from the show; Kale Browne was back as Michael; Joseph Barbara (Joe), Timothy Gibbs (Gary) and John Bolger (Gabe) began; and GREY’S ANATOMY’s Justin Chambers briefly played Michael’s surprise son, Nick.... Vicky was heartbroken when Ryan was shot dead (by his brother, Grant).... Matt and Donna tied the knot; John and Sharlene remarried; and the Joe/ Paulina nups were spoiled by Jake’s return from the dead.... Carl fatally stabbed his deranged baby mama, Justine.... Jill Farren Phelps was tapped as executive producer, replacing John Valente, and after Carolyn Culliton was ousted as head writer, Tom King and Craig Carlson shared the duties.... Tom Eplin nabbed the Digest Award for Lead Actor.

AS THE WORLD TURNS introduced daytime audiences to Maura West (Carly, now GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Ava); Jon Hensley (Holden) and Paolo Seganti (Damian) quit; veterans Patricia Bruder (Ellen) and Kathleen Widdoes (Emma) were bumped to recurring status; Jordana Brewster (Nikki) began; Michael Swan (Duncan), Margaret Reed (Shannon), Susan Marie Snyder (Julie), Jason Biggs (Pete), Graham Winton (Caleb), Greg Watkins (Evan) and Ed Fry (Larry) were written out.... Behind the scenes, the show notched its 10,000th episode, and replaced EP Laurence Caso with John Valente. Garin Wolf and Juliet Packer left the head-writing team, but Richard Culliton remained.... Lily gave birth to her son with Damian, Luciano (Luke).... Lisa wed Eduardo, who then died.... Rosanna dumped Mike at the altar over his tryst with her half sister, Carly. BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL imported Tracey E. Bregman from Y&R full-time as Lauren; Kin Shriner (now Scott, GH) and Ellen Wheeler joined as Brian and Sarah; Barbara Crampton debuted as Maggie.... Thorne and Macy got hitched again.... Eric and Sheila divorced. THE CITY, LOVING’s spin-off, debuted on ABC on November 13, with an original cast that included Laura Wright (Ally, now GH’s Carly), Debbi Morgan (Angie), Ted King (Danny), Darnell Williams (Jacob) and Morgan Fairchild (Sydney). The show was created by LOVING Co-Creator Agnes Nixon and its head writers, Barbara Esensten and James Harmon Brown.

Robert Kelker-Kelly was axed from DAYS OF OUR LIVES to make room for the return of the original Bo, Peter Reckell.... Melissa Reeves quit, so Jennifer was recast with Stephanie Cameron.... Austin Peck succeeded the exiting Patrick Muldoon as Austin; and Lisa Rinna (Billie), Deborah Adair (Kate) and Thaao Penghlis (Tony, now Andre) wrapped up.... Possessed by the devil, Marlena wreaked havoc; John performed a successful exorcism, earning his release from the priesthood.... Though the baby she was carrying was really Lucas’s, Sami interrupted the Austin/ Carrie nuptials and announced that she was preggers by the groom.... Vivian tricked Victor into marrying her, and Jennifer said, “I do,” to Peter, while the Bo/Billie union was nullified when “Gina” proved to be Hope.... Vivian gave birth to Philip, the bio son of Victor and Kate, while Sami welcomed baby Will.... Tony seemingly committed suicide and framed John for his “murder”.... DAYS won Favorite Show, Lead Actress (Deidre Hall as Marlena), Hottest Male Star (Drake Hogestyn as John), Hottest Couple (Robert Kelker-Kelly and Lisa Rinna as Bo and Billie), Female Scene Stealer (Louise Sorel as Vivian) and Villain (Jason Brooks as Peter) at the Digest Awards.

Jack Wagner (Frisco), Finola Hughes (Anna) and Tristan Rogers (Robert) popped in to GH for visits; Amber Tamblyn was introduced as Emily; Matthew Ashford was the new Tom; Ricky Martin (Miguel) and Michael Sutton (Stone) wrapped up; John Reilly (Sean) and Sharon Wyatt (Tiffany) were out; Ron Hale began as Mike, Sonny’s estranged father.... Ned and Lois got hitched in Brooklyn.... Stone succumbed to AIDS, while Robin was diagnosed as HIVpositive.... Alan and Monica adopted Emily, who lost her bio mom, Page, to breast cancer.... Sonny and Brenda split when she wore a wire.... Felicia welcomed Georgie, her second daughter with Frisco, who survived a kidnapping ordeal when crazed Ryan snatched her.... Pooches Annabelle and Foster had a pup, Raoul.... The show won Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Drama and Writing, while Rena Sofer picked up the Supporting Actress trophy for her work as Lois, and Jonathan Jackson (Lucky) nabbed the Younger Actor prize.... Claire Labine resigned from her head-writing position and received the Editors’ Award at the Digest Awards. Other winners were Kristina Wagner (Felicia) as Hottest Female Star, Supporting Actor Brad Maule (Tony), Younger Lead Actress Rena Sofer and Child Actor Jonathan Jackson. Kim Zimmer (Reva), Michael O’Leary (Rick) and Lisa Brown (Nola) returned to GUIDING LIGHT; Rebecca Budig (now Hayden, GH) made her soap debut as Michelle; Larry Gates made his final appearance as H.B.; the role of Eleni was recast with Jennifer Roszell when Melina Kanakaredes exited; the show said goodbye to Jean Carol (Nadine), Marcy Walker (Tangie), Hilary Edson (Eve), Barbara Crampton (Mindy), Monti Sharp (David) and Rachel Miner (Michelle); and Frank Beaty (Brent) and Marshall Hilliard (Hart) joined the Springfield ranks.... Alan found presumed-dead Reva living as “Rebecca” in Amish country.... Marriage licenses were granted to Matt and Vanessa, Holly and Fletcher, Roger and Dinah, and Josh and Annie.... Hart discovered that he had sired Peter.... Psycho Brent (who returned from the dead in the guise of “Marian Crane”) raped Lucy and murdered Nadine, while Eve passed away from leukemia.... Jerry verDorn (Ross) picked up his first Daytime Emmy for Supporting Actor.... Jill Farren Phelps was out as executive producer, replaced by Michael Laibson, and after short head-writing runs by Stephen Demorest and Douglas Anderson, Megan McTavish was tapped as chief scribe. LOVING axed Co-Head Writers Laurie McCarthy and Addie Walsh; James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten took over.... Jane Elliot (GH’s Tracy) worked behind the scenes as a producer.... As the show raced toward its finale, cast changes abounded: Robert Tyler (Trucker), Paul Anthony Stewart (Casey), Lauren-Marie Taylor (Stacey), Jean LeClerc (Jeremy), Wesley Addy (Cabot), Augusta Dabney (Isabelle), Dennis Parlato (Clay), Lisa Peluso (Ava), Christine Tudor (Gwyneth), Amelia Heinle (Steffi, now Y&R’s Victoria), and Elizabeth Mitchell (Dinah Lee) were written out, while Darnell Williams (Jacob) and Roscoe Born (Nick) were introduced, and Noelle Beck popped in as Trisha.... A rash of characters were killed off: Casey was shot dead, then “the Loving Murders”, orchestrated by an off-her-rocker Gwyneth, claimed the lives of Stacey, Clay, Curtis, Cabot, Isabelle and Jeremy. Gwyn then committed suicide.... Angie married Charles but fell for Jacob, a dead ringer for her late hubby, Jesse.... After a 12-year run, the show went off the air on November 10 (and was rebranded as THE CITY).

Thorsten Kaye (now B&B’s Ridge) and Gina Tognoni (now Y&R’s Phyllis) notched their first soap roles as Patrick and Kelly on ONE LIFE TO LIVE; Roger Howarth (Todd, now GH’s Franco) quit; Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio) and Patricia Mauceri (Carlotta) debuted; Susan Batten (Luna) left; and Crystal Chappell was in as Maggie, while Roy Thinnes was out as Sloan.... Pregnant Blair was widowed after remarrying Todd (who was revealed to be Viki’s half brother, the son of Victor Lord and the beneficiary of a $28 million trust fund) when he was presumed dead in Ireland.... Viki’s psyche shattered into several new alters, one of whom took Dorian hostage, as she wrestled with the realization that her father had raped her.... Little Richard presided over Bo and Nora’s wedding.... After Luna and Max welcomed twins Frankie and Leslie, she was shot dead.... Viki’s hubby, Sloan, passed away.... David wed Tina, then was forced by Viki’s alter Jean to dump her and wed Dorian.... Marty fell for Patrick.... Erika Slezak (Viki) took home the Daytime Emmy for Lead Actress, and Roger Howarth won the Digest Award for Younger Lead Actor.... Josh Griffith exited as Michael Malone’s co-head writer.

Y&R wrote out Signy Coleman (Hope, the Digest Award-winner for Supporting Actress), Brenda Epperson (Ashley) and Michael Tylo (Blade).... Sharon and Nick’s elopement proved invalid.... Victor and Hope welcomed son Victor, Jr., better known as Adam.... Drucilla and Neil welcomed baby Lily, even as Dru feared that Malcolm was the bio dad.... Matt raped Sharon.... Jack wed Luan.... Nikki and Brad became an item.... Phyllis mowed down Cricket and Paul.... Emmy-winning Costume Designer Greg York died from AIDS.... The show aired a special prime-time episode in October that earned a 9.1 rating.