#TheEdgeOfNight

2023-12-28

Today in 1984 — THE EDGE OF NIGHT ended its 28-year run.

TV's only #FilmNoir soap opera brought crime and murder mystery stories to daytime, courtesy of Emmy-winning head writer Henry Slesar.

Inexplicably not streaming, but hundreds of episodes are on YouTube

youtube.com/@SharonRoseGabet #ClassicSoaps #TheEdgeOfNight #1970sTV #1960sTV #1980sTV

2023-04-10

#ElizabethHubbard, best known as trouble-maker Lucinda Walsh on #AsTheWorldTurns, has died at 89. Hubbard received eight #DaytimeEmmy nominations for the role, but won twice for other performances -- first in 1974 for the role of Dr. Althea Davis on #TheDoctors, and then in 1976 for the TV movie "First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson". Hubbard also appeared on #GuidingLight, #TheEdgeOfNight, and #OneLifeToLive and #Anacostia, and had roles in films including #TheBellJar and #OrdinaryPeople.

2022-12-31

Today in 1976 — The daytime #SoapOpera SOMERSET ended its 6 1/2 year run on NBC.

The first #AnotherWorld spinoff was written (for 2 1/2 years) by mystery writer #HenrySlesar, who did double duty writing #TheEdgeOfNight. (Both were produced by Procter & Gamble).

After SOMERSET, star #JoelCrothers joined the cast of EDGE!

#ClassicTV #ClassicSoaps #OnThisDay #SoapOperas #DarkShadows

Joel Crothers on "Somerset"
2022-12-28

Today in 1984 — The delightfully dark soap opera #TheEdgeOfNight ended its run after 28 years.

After more than 7,000 mystery-filled episodes, it ended...with a cliffhanger!

#ClassicTV #ClassicSoaps #OnThisDay #SoapOpera #Soaps

"The Edge of Night" title card from the early 1980s.
2022-12-02

Today in 1975 — #TheEdgeOfNight kicks off a 9-year run on ABC Daytime (after nearly 20 years on CBS).

And yes that’s #DixieCarter in the ad!

#ClassicTV #1970sTV #ClassicSoaps

A 1975 TV Guide ad for THE EDGE OF NIGHT.
2022-11-29

Today in 1975 — #TheEdgeOfNight ended its 19-year run on CBS. It moved to ABC on Dec 1.

The CBS run ended w/ the discovery that Nicole Drake (#MaeveMcGuire) was alive — 18 months after she was presumed dead in an explosion on a boating trip with her husband Adam (#DonaldMay).

#OnThisDay #ClassicSoaps #ClassicTV #1970sTV #SoapOpera

Maeve McGuire and Donald May on The Edge of Night in the 1970s.
2022-11-13

#AnnFlood (1932-2022) would have been 90 today.

The #SoapOpera icon played Nancy Karr on #EdgeOfNight for 22 years.

She also appeared on #SearchForTomorrow, #AnotherWorld, #AllMyChildren, #OneLifeToLive and #AsTheWorldTurns in a 40-year career.

#ClassicTV #SoapOperas #ClassicSoaps #TheEdgeOfNight

Ann Flood and Forrest Compton on THE EDGE OF NIGHT.

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