Wintry Mix: Defunct Soap Operas

Show Coverage - Shoot Date: March 4, 1977. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives) MALCOLM GROOME;ILENE KRISTEN talent: MALCOLM GROOME;ILENE KRISTEN photographer: ABC PHOTO ARCHIVES credit: ABC keywords: RYAN'S HOPE source: American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. cap writer: LAC ABC Photo Archives

In 1977, RYAN’S HOPE’s Pat (Malcolm Groome) reeled when Delia (Ilene Kristen) told him she was pregnant with his child.

ALL MY CHILDREN - Jenny and Greg wedding -1/18/84 Jenny (Kim Delaney) and Greg (Laurence Lau) were married on ABC Daytime's "All My Children." AMC84 (AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC.) KIM DELANEY, LAURENCE LAU talent: ALL MY CHILDREN_KIM DELANEY, LAURENCE LAU_JENNY GARDNER-GREG NELSON WEDDING photographer: BOB SACHA credit: 1984 ABC, INC. keywords: ALL MY CHILDREN cap writer: WW ABC

ALL MY CHILDREN superduo Jenny (Kim Delaney) and Greg (Laurence Lau) wed in 1984.

New World Television

In 1989, Mason (Lane Davies, l.) had an out-of-body experience on SANTA BARBARA and traveled to heaven, where he encountered God — played by then-NBC Daytime Vice-President Brian Frons.

Shortly before tying the knot with Jamie (Laurence Lau) in 1989, pregnant ANOTHER WORLD bride Vicky learned that brother-in-law Jake, with whom she’d also been intimate, was not actually sterile.

ABC

Viki (Erika Slezak, r.) was devastated when daughter Megan (Jessica Tuck) succumbed to complications from lupus on ONE LIFE TO LIVE in 1992.

CBS

In 1992, Holly (Maureen Garrett) was held hostage by her murderous fiancé, Daniel (David Bishins), on GUIDING LIGHT.

SP4-5 ABC

In 2001, OLTL’s Todd (Roger Howarth) dumped Blair (Kassie DePaiva) at the altar, wrongly believing she’d cheated on him.

ATWT Airdate: 1/28/03 Michael Park (Jack Snyder) and Maura West (Carly Snyder) Credit: Walter Thomson / PGP PGP

Jack (Michael Park) asked Carly (Maura West) for a divorce on AS THE WORLD TURNS in 2003.

Anne Heche Erika Slezak Ilene Kristen

Jessica Tuck Kassie DePaiva

Kim Delaney

Lane Davies Maura West Michael Park Roger Howarth All My Children Another World

As The World Turns

Guiding Light One Life To Live

Ryan's Hope

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