Today in 1982 — The daytime #SoapOpera TEXAS ended its 2 1/2 year run on NBC.
The #AnotherWorld spinoff was a star vehicle for #BeverleeMcKinsey, who had played the devious Iris since 1972.
McKinsey quit in 1981, but returned to soaps in 1984 as Alexandra on #GuidingLight.
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!
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This week in 1977 — #LoversAndFriends debuted on NBC.
The short-lived daytime #SoapOpera was created by #AnotherWorld head writer #HardingLemay + producer #PaulRauch and replaced the AW spinoff #Somerset — but it was not an AW spinoff!
It was pulled after 17 weeks, but returned in Dec, 1977 w/ a new title #ForRicherForPoorer. This time, the lead characters *were* introduced on AW, and AW characters crossed over!
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#AnotherWorld (1964-1999, NBC) existed in what we would today call a "universe.”
Characters crossed over w/ sister shows like #AsTheWorldTurns, #TheGuidingLight and #ForRicherForPoorer + migrated to spinoffs #Somerset (1970–76) and #Texas (1980-82) and back!
And characters lived on elsewhere after the parent show was cancelled!
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@willmckinley Have you ever listened to "Wendy Warren and the News," which had its own #OldTimeRadio #SoapOpera universe -- and a crossover into the one *we* dwell in.
Wendy, the fictional character, introduced the regular noon network newscast, then when real newsman Douglas Edwards was done, she read "women's news." Then she "signed off" into her own soap adventure.
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Will McKinley
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