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"As the World Turns" (1956): :  -- Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, this long-running serial focuses on the relationships and difficulties of its inhabitants.

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Release Date:
2 April 1956 (USA) more
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Plot:
Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, this long-running serial focuses on the relationships and difficulties of its inhabitants.
Awards:
69 wins & 351 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(101 articles)
Battle of the Network Gays (November 19, 2009)
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Interview with Ming-Na
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2000-01 was a great season for this series more (24 total)

Cast

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Maura West ... Carly Tenney / ... (685 episodes, 1995-2009)
Michael Park ... Jack Snyder / ... (658 episodes, 1997-2009)
Roger Howarth ... Paul Ryan / ... (632 episodes, 2003-2009)

Terri Colombino ... Katie Peretti / ... (596 episodes, 1998-2009)

Marie Wilson ... Meg Snyder / ... (573 episodes, 2005-2009)
Grayson McCouch ... Dusty Donovan / ... (507 episodes, 2003-2009)
Kelley Menighan Hensley ... Emily Stewart / ... (495 episodes, 1989-2009)

Jennifer Landon ... Gwen Norbeck Munson / ... (480 episodes, 2005-2008)

Jesse Lee Soffer ... Will Munson (476 episodes, 2004-2008)
Jon Hensley ... Holden Snyder (471 episodes, 1985-2009)
Trent Dawson ... Henry Coleman (416 episodes, 1998-2009)
Ellen Dolan ... Margo Montgomery Hughes / ... (414 episodes, 1989-2009)
Martha Byrne ... Lily Walsh Snyder / ... (377 episodes, 1985-2008)
Colleen Zenk Pinter ... Barbara Ryan / ... (371 episodes, 1978-2009)
Van Hansis ... Luke Snyder (347 episodes, 2005-2009)
Don Hastings ... Bob Hughes / ... (312 episodes, 1960-2009)

Austin Peck ... Brad Snyder (301 episodes, 2007-2009)

Alexandra Chando ... Maddie Coleman (295 episodes, 2005-2009)
Elizabeth Hubbard ... Lucinda Walsh / ... (289 episodes, 1984-2009)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Netherlands:55 min (including commercials) | USA:30 min (1956-1975) | USA:60 min (1975-)
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Color:
Black and White (1956-1967) | Color (1967-)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital (1999-) | Mono (1956-1987) | Stereo (1987-1999)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of the first two half-hour soap operas in television. (The other being "The Edge of Night" (1956), which premiered the same day.) more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: On the episode that aired 1-4-05, Julia refers to Holden (Jon Hensley) as "Jon" in an emotional scene at the Lakeview Lounge while talking to Lisa. more
Quotes:
Luke Snyder: [Damian and Lily have run downstairs half dressed] I really don't know what to say right now.
Damian Grimaldi: Luke, I f-... I found your mother outside, and I brought her home. She was so upset, I couldn't leave her on her own.
Luke Snyder: So you decided to take her clothes off? Mom?
Damian Grimaldi: Go easy on your mother, Luciano.
Luke Snyder: Faith walked in on the two of you in bed, didn't she? That's why she ran out of here! UGH! What is *wrong* with you? With both of you?
Lily Snyder: I should have locked the door...
Luke Snyder: You should have locked the door? Is that what you have to say for yourself?
Lily Snyder: I need to find Faith before something happens.
Luke Snyder: It's too late.
Lily Snyder: No, I can explain! I-I need to make her understand...
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Try Before You Die: (#2.4)" (2006) more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
2000-01 was a great season for this series, 15 June 2001
Author: DeweyQ from Toronto, Canada

The number of nominations this soap opera received at the 2001 Daytime Emmy Awards is just one indicator of how excellent this show has been lately. The writing has been especially good, and the acting seems much better than most daytime fare. Of particular interest is the dual roles of long-estranged twin sisters Lily/Rose played to perfection by the talented Martha Byrne. Her scenes opposite herself are brilliant.

This soap opera's best feature, though, is the pace at which story lines move along. There is no spoon-feeding the audience. You have to watch consistently to get involved in the plots: there are no recaps of the past month's twists. Conversely, there have been incredible flashbacks and memories using real original footage from as far back as the series first season (1956). This really adds a warm sense of continuity for characters like Nancy Hughes, played since the beginning by Helen Wagner.

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