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- Set in fictional Denison, Maryland, this daytime serial focused the on the father-and-son team of doctors Jerry and David Malone, who practiced at Valley Hospital. "Young Dr. Malone" was notable for its use of actual medical crises and lighthearted humor, both of which were generally absent in late-50's serials.
- Like CBS-TV's "The Edge of Night", this serial focused on the legal exploits of a small-town attorney. Title character Ben Jerrod practiced law in the fictional community of Indian Hill, Rhode Island, where he successfully defended young socialite Janet Donelli on a murder charge.
- Based on the novel and 1959 motion picture of the same name, this daytime soap focused on three career girls, who became friends at powerful Manhattan publishing company Key Publishing. April, Linda, and Kim soon discovered that achieving "the best of everything" was a difficult prospect, as they faced failed romance, life-threatening intrigue, and bitchy publishing magnate Amanda Key in the Big Apple.
- A small-town housewife struggles to cope with the increasingly bizarre and violent events unfolding around her.
- Helen Emerson was daytime's "valiant lady", a fortyish matron who was widowed in the serial's first year. Helen valiantly endured sudden financial hardship while alternately fretting over her children's sordid love lives. Son Mickey fell for a divorcee, daughter Diane ran off with a married man, and bratty baby Kim constantly implored Helen to teach her the latest dance step. Helen finally found peace and happiness with Governor Lawrence Walker, whom she married in the show's final year.
- The California coastal community of Paradise Bay was the setting for this daytime soap. The serial focused on the Morgan family and their involvement in the mysterious murder of teenager Sally Baxter, whose body washed ashore in the first episode. Patriarch Jeff Morgan managed a radio station, while daughter Kitty yearned to join a rock band.
- Somerset debuted as a daytime drama, revolving around the powerful conglomerate Delaney Brands and its effect on the fictional community of Somerset, Illinois. Two years into its run, the serial was transformed into a crime-laden melodrama similar to CBS's "The Edge of Night". For the next four years, newspaper publisher Julian Cannell took center stage as Somerset was besieged by arson, blackmail, extortion, and murder.
- Initially set in fictional Barrowsville, New York, this serial tells the story of extremely disparate siblings: long-suffering Vanessa Dale and her bitchy sister Meg. After Meg was written out of the series in the late 1950s, the serial's setting moved to Rosehill, New York, where Van settled down with college professor Bruce Sterling and endured the usual soap-opera maladies (murder, amnesia, incurable illness). In 1974, writers resurrected the character of Meg as the serial once again focused on the internecine struggles between two sisters.
- "Our years are as the falling leaves. We live, we love, we dream, and then we go. But somehow, we keep hoping that our dreams come true on that brighter day." These words opened this poignant daytime serial, which was set in the small Midwestern burg of New Hope. The sprawling Dennis family, headed by patriarch Rev. Richard Dennis, took center stage as stories developed around Richard's aspiring actress daughter Althea and Althea's dipsomaniacal brother Grayling.
- Set in the law office of Masonesque attorney Arthur Adams, this crime/suspense serial attempted to emulate the success of CBS's "The Edge of Night". Arthur's first-and-only case involved beautiful physician Kate Logan, who was falsely accused of causing a patient's death. By the end of the serial's brief six-month run, Arthur exonerated (and fell in love with) Dr. Logan.
- The disparity between generations, races, and genders (people who found themselves psychologically "a world apart" from one another) motivated this short-lived serial. Although generally well-written and possessing one of the most talented casts in daytime television, "A World Apart" perished quickly in its early morning time-slot, but not before exploring such relevant early 70's issues such as: racial prejudice, teenage pregnancy, and cults.
- Another Life explored the lives, faith and loves of the people of the fictional town of Kingsley, centered around the Davidson family.
- The cut-throat worlds of modeling and cosmetic. Storylines centered around acid-tongued modeling executive Racine, who held fief over the careers of young models Laurie Caswell and Taryn Blake, and cosmetics tycoon Grant Harper.
- The lives and trials of the residents of Truro, Florida.
- Tells the story of the long-suffering Ames family and their seemingly endless domestic tragedies.
- This short-lived (June, 1960 to March, 1961) daytime serial starred a very young Dyan Cannon as Lisa Crowder, a young widow who fell in love with a romantic drifter.