2000: Days of our Lives' ghoul girl revealed herself.
2001: Guiding Light's Meta read the Declaration of Independence.
2002: One Life to Live featured "Babes Behind Bars."
2003: As the World Turns' Jack learned he was Sage's father."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"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...
1955: Backstage Wife switched networks, moving from CBS Radio to NBC Radio.
1965: Actress turned news anchor Lisa Howard committed suicide with an overdose of pills at her East Hamptom home at age 35. Howard played Trudy Bauer on The Guiding Light before she...
2001: Guiding Light's Meta read the Declaration of Independence.
2002: One Life to Live featured "Babes Behind Bars."
2003: As the World Turns' Jack learned he was Sage's father."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"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...
1955: Backstage Wife switched networks, moving from CBS Radio to NBC Radio.
1965: Actress turned news anchor Lisa Howard committed suicide with an overdose of pills at her East Hamptom home at age 35. Howard played Trudy Bauer on The Guiding Light before she...
- 7/5/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
2000: Days of our Lives' ghoul girl revealed herself.
2001: Guiding Light's Meta read the Declaration of Independence.
2002: One Life to Live featured "Babes Behind Bars."
2003: As the World Turns' Jack learned he was Sage's father."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...
1955: Backstage Wife switched networks, moving from CBS Radio to NBC Radio.
1965: Actress turned news anchor Lisa Howard committed suicide with an...
2001: Guiding Light's Meta read the Declaration of Independence.
2002: One Life to Live featured "Babes Behind Bars."
2003: As the World Turns' Jack learned he was Sage's father."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...
1955: Backstage Wife switched networks, moving from CBS Radio to NBC Radio.
1965: Actress turned news anchor Lisa Howard committed suicide with an...
- 7/5/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Irna Phillips was born 116 years ago today. She is pictured
above dictating stories to her assistant, Rose Cooperman."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...
1901: Legendary soap opera creator Irna Phillips was born in Chicago, the youngest of ten children. She was educated at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois. She took graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. Miss Phillips also had an adopted son and daughter.
above dictating stories to her assistant, Rose Cooperman."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...
1901: Legendary soap opera creator Irna Phillips was born in Chicago, the youngest of ten children. She was educated at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois. She took graduate work at the University of Wisconsin. Miss Phillips also had an adopted son and daughter.
- 7/1/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Days Of Our Lives star Melissa Reeves previews the return of Jack Deveraux. Former soap actress Leslie Denniston is starring in "Bye Bye Birdie" at The Muny. Vanessa Lengies enrolls at Glee's McKinley High where Lamarcus Tinker will play a new love interest for Mercedes. True Blood's Alan Ball will have a new series, Banshee -- on Cinemax. Sam Trammell welcomes twin boys. NBC remaking The Munsters.
Days Of Our Lives star Melissa Reeves previews the return of Jack Deveraux
“I just assumed Jack was gone; I divorced him; he’s never coming back. Okay, I’m moving on with Daniel; I love this man; he’s so solid. You know, he saved her life, and that’s so different than what Jennifer’s used to. But all of a sudden [Jack] shows up at the big celebration-- you know, the Horton Square-- falling into the cake. It was so perfect,...
Days Of Our Lives star Melissa Reeves previews the return of Jack Deveraux
“I just assumed Jack was gone; I divorced him; he’s never coming back. Okay, I’m moving on with Daniel; I love this man; he’s so solid. You know, he saved her life, and that’s so different than what Jennifer’s used to. But all of a sudden [Jack] shows up at the big celebration-- you know, the Horton Square-- falling into the cake. It was so perfect,...
- 8/11/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
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