![]() The Edge of Night and Search for Tomorrow also got second lives on the USA Network cable channel in the late ‘80s, and rebroadcasts of NBC’s Another World and ABC’s Ryan’s Hope graced the airwaves of SoapNet, which faded to black at the end of last year. (So that really makes seven soaps I watched that summer before high school). A few have bucked this trend, notably the 1960s supernatural sudser Dark Shadows, which I first discovered in syndication on WNBC in 1982. ![]() Sadly, this was one of the few soaps I didn’t watch as a kid, so I’m not as over the moon as I might be if some of my old friends from Monticello, Springfield, Oakdale, Henderson and Bay City were coming back from beyond the cancellation grave.īut still, Retro’s announcement is significant for a number of reasons.įirst: daytime soap operas are almost never rerun, particularly on broadcast TV. No wonder my father used to go to bed early.Īll of this has been on my mind because Retro TV, “the original classic programming digital network,” announced this week that they’ll be airing the Emmy-winning 1963-82 NBC soap The Doctors beginning later this year. As I got older and began enduring epic battles with my mom over otherwise trivial matters, we’d call a truce every night to watch our time-shifted soaps. And, as with most things, she was proven wrong. Sister Dorothy, my teacher and tormentor, didn’t think this was a good idea, of course. By the time we got our first VCR in 1979 I was hooked like a playground crack head. When she went back to work in the late ‘70s, my job was to watch her “stories” after school and report on what happened. And yes, my obsessive (what else is new?) daytime drama habit was entirely the fault of my mother. When I tell people that, as a 13-year-old eighth grader, I watched five hours of soap operas every day, they look at me like I’m a survivor of child abuse. Here’s something I probably shouldn’t admit, but what the hell: in 1982 I was a regular viewer of six daytime soap operas: The Edge of Night, The Guiding Light, As the World Turns, Search for Tomorrow, Another World, and Texas (a daytime knock-off of Dallas.) ![]() There’s also the romance and intrigues of the doctors and nurses at General Hospital.UPDATE 12/28/15 – Updated info in italics But he hides behind the guise of a legit coffee importer. Now, the soap features the lives of the Quartermaine, Webber, Spencer, and Corinthos families, among others.Ĭentral in focus are Carly and Sonny Corinthos and his mob antics. ![]() First, the key family was the Hardy clan, headed by Dr. Then, it began as a 30-minute serial exploring the lives and loves of doctors, nurses, and locals in Port Charles, New York. ![]() It features action at both the hospital as well as among the local mob cartel, publishing companies, and legacy families.īack in the day, Frank and Doris Hursley launched the soap in 1963. Now, the ABC soap opera is the longest-running daytime drama in America. Find updated General Hospital spoilers and news every day at Soap Dirt.įrom the latest chatter behind the scenes to GH spoilers for coming daily and weekly episodes of General Hospital, we’ve got it all. ![]()
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