1976: Deidre Hall debuted on Days of our Lives.
1984: Guiding Light's Billy was out to destroy Reva.
1993: Days' Lucas and Sami went on their first date.
All My Children's Erica got emotional with her friends."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1952: The first television version of One Man's Family aired for the final time. The once-a-week primetime take-off of the popular radio soap opera was...
1984: Guiding Light's Billy was out to destroy Reva.
1993: Days' Lucas and Sami went on their first date.
All My Children's Erica got emotional with her friends."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1952: The first television version of One Man's Family aired for the final time. The once-a-week primetime take-off of the popular radio soap opera was...
- 6/21/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
On this date in...
1970: Doug and Julie shared their first kiss on Days Of Our Lives.
2010: As The World Turns taped its final episode after 54 years.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Michael Gross (ex-River, The Young And The Restless) - 64
Leigh McCloskey (ex-Damian, General Hospital; ex-Kurt, The Young And The Restless; ex-Mitch, Dallas; ex-Drake, One Life To Live; ex-Zach, Santa Barbara) - 56
Doug Savant (Tom, Desperate Housewives; ex-Matt, Melrose Place) - 47
Carrie Preston (Arlene, True Blood) - 44
Maggie Siff (ex-Rachel, Mad Men) - 37
Tom Chroust (Writer, All That Matters aka Alles was zählt) - 34
Chris Pratt (Ché, The O.C.) - 32...
1970: Doug and Julie shared their first kiss on Days Of Our Lives.
2010: As The World Turns taped its final episode after 54 years.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Michael Gross (ex-River, The Young And The Restless) - 64
Leigh McCloskey (ex-Damian, General Hospital; ex-Kurt, The Young And The Restless; ex-Mitch, Dallas; ex-Drake, One Life To Live; ex-Zach, Santa Barbara) - 56
Doug Savant (Tom, Desperate Housewives; ex-Matt, Melrose Place) - 47
Carrie Preston (Arlene, True Blood) - 44
Maggie Siff (ex-Rachel, Mad Men) - 37
Tom Chroust (Writer, All That Matters aka Alles was zählt) - 34
Chris Pratt (Ché, The O.C.) - 32...
- 6/24/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
On this date in...
2009: As The World Turns began using a title card instead of a full opening theme. The show would continue with this until its final episode.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Michael Gross (ex-River, The Young And The Restless) - 64
Leigh McCloskey (ex-Damian, General Hospital; ex-Kurt, The Young And The Restless; ex-Mitch, Dallas; ex-Drake, One Life To Live; ex-Zach, Santa Barbara) - 56
Doug Savant (Tom, Desperate Housewives; ex-Matt, Melrose Place) - 47
Carrie Preston (Arlene, True Blood) - 44
Maggie Siff (ex-Rachel, Mad Men) - 37
Tom Chroust (Writer, All That Matters aka Alles was zählt) - 34
Chris Pratt (Ché, The O.C.) - 32...
2009: As The World Turns began using a title card instead of a full opening theme. The show would continue with this until its final episode.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Michael Gross (ex-River, The Young And The Restless) - 64
Leigh McCloskey (ex-Damian, General Hospital; ex-Kurt, The Young And The Restless; ex-Mitch, Dallas; ex-Drake, One Life To Live; ex-Zach, Santa Barbara) - 56
Doug Savant (Tom, Desperate Housewives; ex-Matt, Melrose Place) - 47
Carrie Preston (Arlene, True Blood) - 44
Maggie Siff (ex-Rachel, Mad Men) - 37
Tom Chroust (Writer, All That Matters aka Alles was zählt) - 34
Chris Pratt (Ché, The O.C.) - 32...
- 6/21/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Welcome to the 52nd edition of Gays of Our Lives, which means we’ve been here a year. Happy Birthday to us! And as with our very first edition, this week we bring you all the latest news, spoilers and clips of your favorite gay characters in soaps and dramas.
In Gool Theater, Dr. Simon Bond deals with a gay teenage boy’s first crush on Doctors, Oliver shows his butch side on One Life to Live, Lucas goes back to work and stirs up trouble on the Dutch version of Good Times, Bad Times and Christian and Olli face tragedy on Forbidden Love. Meanwhile, Santiago and Diego continue their chaste relationship on Rich Kids, Poor Parents.
In Gool Scoops And Spoilers, One Life to Live’s Nick and Oliver lay their romantic cards on the table while Kyle is questioned about a decision he’s made about his love life,...
In Gool Theater, Dr. Simon Bond deals with a gay teenage boy’s first crush on Doctors, Oliver shows his butch side on One Life to Live, Lucas goes back to work and stirs up trouble on the Dutch version of Good Times, Bad Times and Christian and Olli face tragedy on Forbidden Love. Meanwhile, Santiago and Diego continue their chaste relationship on Rich Kids, Poor Parents.
In Gool Scoops And Spoilers, One Life to Live’s Nick and Oliver lay their romantic cards on the table while Kyle is questioned about a decision he’s made about his love life,...
- 10/20/2009
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
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