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Soap’s journey through the ages…
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Today in Soap Opera History (April 19)
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1985: On Santa Barbara, Mason Capwell (Lane Davies) read Lindsay Smith's (Joel Bailey) letter to Mason's late brother, Channing. "The Capwell prince was really the Capwell princess," Mason snickered to himself.
1990: Peter Reckell returned to Days of our Lives as Bo Brady after a three year absence. He had taped his first episode exactly seven years earlier (April 19, 1983).
1991: On Guiding Light, Roger Thorpe (Michael Zaslow) apologized to his daughter, Blake.
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Today in Soap Opera History (April 14)
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1983: Kristian Alfonso debuted as Hope Williams in Days of our Lives, a role she had turned down two years earlier.
2008: On One Life to Live, Starr Manning (Kristen Alderson) told Langston Wilde (Brittany Underwood) that she couldn't keep her baby.
2009: On Guiding Light, Olivia Spencer (Crystal Chappell) bared her soul at Gus Aitoro's grave.
2011: ABC canceled All My Children and One Life to Live. Brian Frons, President, Daytime, Disney ABC/Television Group, said in a statement that day: "We are taking this bold step to expand our business because viewers are looking for different types of programming these days. They are telling us there is room for informative, authentic and fun shows that are relatable, offer a wide variety of opinions and focus on 'real life' takeaways." Frons was fired from ABC on December 2, 2011, before The Revolution premiered to dead-on-arrival ratings. The Revolution was canceled on April 10, 2012.All My Children and One Life to Live returned April 29, 2013 for one season each on The OnLineNetwork.
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Today in Soap Opera History (April 6)
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1987: On DAYS OF OUR LIVES, Shawn Douglas Brady was born.
2009: On GUIDING LIGHT, Olivia (Crystal Chappell) and Natalia (Jessica Leccia) shopped for a dress for Natalia's upcoming wedding to Frank.
2011: On ONE LIFE TO LIVE, Eddie Ford’s killer was revealed.
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Today in Soap Opera History (January 2)
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1962: On The Guiding Light, Bert (Charita Bauer) cooked breakfast for her son Mike (Paul Prokopf), who was back home from Venezuela, and told Mike she knew Bill had told him about her illness and need for surgery. Bert expressed her concern about Mike being in the same town as his ex-wife, Robin. Mike asked about Robin's marriage to Alex Bowden (Ernest Graves). At home, a suspicious Alex made phone calls to check on Robin's whereabouts and, unable to track her down, poured himself an early-morning whiskey. Attorney George Hayes (Philip Sterling) stopped by, and Alex told George his suspicions about Robin and Mike now that Mike was back. Alex's ulcer acted up, and George called Dr. Bruce Banning as Alex held his head in despair. Note: Bert's uterine cancer surgery occurred soon after this episode. The impact of this story is one of the proud accomplishments writer Agnes Nixon speaks about often when discussing her career.
1970: Augusta Dabney debuted as Barbara Norris on The Guiding Light.
1986: On Santa Barbara, Mason Capwell (Lane Davies) woke up with a massive New Year's hangover. Meanwhile, Dr. Mark McCormick (Jon Lindstrom) found his long lost wife, Wendy (aka Janice Harrison), after seeing her on the cover of a magazine. She ran out on him two years earlier.
1991: Guiding Light's "Hold On To Love" theme debuted.
2004: on One Life to Live, Kevin was upset to learn that Kelly faked a threatening note from the "Music Box Killer." Natalie accepted John's invitation to a party at Ultra Violet on New Year's Eve. Jen refused Rex's advances at the party. Nora was stunned to find Troy waiting for her in the ladies room at the Palace, and begged Troy to turn himself in. Troy refused, and took off. After another fight with Walker/Todd, Blair and Kevin made love. Gabrielle Medina (Fiona Hutchison) was the next victim of the Music Box Killer.
2007: Guiding Light's 2005-2007 opening aired for the final time.
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Today in Soap Opera History (November 8)
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1985: On Days of our Lives, Patch (Stephen Nichols) kidnapped Hope Williams Brady (Kristian Alfonso) at knifepoint.
1995: On One Life to Live, David Vickers (Tuc Watkins) told Kelly Cramer (Gina Tognoni) that she was the only woman for him. Later, Joey Buchanan (Nathan Fillion) interrupted the happy couple to reveal David was with "Madeline Helmore" last night.
1999: On As the World Turns, Vicky McKinnon (Jensen Buchanan) was presumed dead in a plane crash.
2010: John Wesley Shipp debuted as Eddie Ford on One Life to Live.
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Today in Soap Opera History (October 12)
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1993: Matthew Ashford left Days of our Lives and the role of Jack Deveraux. The part would be recast with Mark Valley and Steve Wilder before Ashford eventually returned in 2001.
2001: On As the World Turns, Paul Ryan (Scott Holroyd) was impressed by Carly Tenney's (Maura West) designs, but she wasn't happy when he admitted he had not told his mother, Barbara Ryan (Colleen Zenk) that Carly was working for BRO.
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Today in Soap Opera History (October 1)
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2003: Michael Easton debuted as John McBain on One Life to Live.
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Today in Soap Opera History (July 4)
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1983: On Days of our Lives, Bo Brady (Peter Reckell) and Hope Williams (Kristian Alfonso) shared their first kiss in a kissing booth.
1988: On Guiding Light, Fletcher Reade (Jay Hammer) and Maeve Stoddard (Leslie Denniston) were married at the Bauer Barbecue.
2001: On Guiding Light, the Bauer family held their annual Bauer Barbecue. Meta Bauer (Mary Stuart) gathered everyone around to read the Declaration of Independence.
2001: ABC aired a special "Trading Places" episode of One Life to Live.
2002: ABC aired the "Babes Behind Bars" One Life to Live special episode.
2003: On As the World Turns, Carly (Maura West) revealed to Jack (Michael Park) that he was Sage's father.
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Today in Soap Opera History (June 7)
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1985: On Days of our Lives, Hope (Kristian Alfonso) worried that Bo (Peter Reckell) regretted being married, while Bo started working with Theo.
1999: Christopher Goutman took over as executive producer of As the World Turns.
2002: Actor James Luisi died at age 73. His soap roles included Duke Johnson on Days of our Lives, Ben Clark on Santa Barbara and Philip Wainwright on Another World.
2010: On One Life to Live, Bo (Robert S. Woods) and Nora (Hillary B. Smith) got married after Clint (Jerry verDorn) put away his gun.
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Today in Soap Opera History (October 28)
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1978: On Dallas, Lucy Ewing (Charlene Tilton) ran away from home and hooked up with bad seed Willie Gust (Greg Evigan).
1985: On Days of our Lives, Steve Johnson (Stephen Nichols) attacked Hope Brady (Kristian Alfonso).
1986: On Santa Barbara, Martin Ellis (John Wesley Shipp) almost hit Eden Capwell (Marcy Walker) during a confrontation.
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Today in Soap Opera History (June 13)
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1984: On Guiding Light, Beth (Judi Evans) and Lujack (Vincent Irizarry) walked on the beach, while Reva (Kim Zimmer) fretted over Josh's (Robert Newman) condition.
1985: Stephen Nichols debuted as "Patch" on Days of our Lives.
2007: On As the World Turns, Luke (Van Hansis), Noah (Jake Silbermann) and Maddie (Alexandra Chando) worked on an intern project for WOAK.
2013: On One Life to Live, Todd (Roger Howarth) told Blair (Kassie DePaiva) that he must kill Victor (Trevor St. John) or everyone he loves will die.
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Today in Soap Opera History (May 29)
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1980: On Guiding Light, Dr. Ingrid Fisher told Lucille Wexler that she was capable of inflicting serious physical harm to those closest to her.
1984: On Guiding Light, Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer) told her sons, Ed (Peter Simon) and Mike (Don Stewart), that it still felt like her amputated leg was still there.
2001: On As the World Turns, Damian Grimaldi (Paolo Seganti) felt the walls closing in after receiving a mysterious phone call.
2006: On One Life to Live, Todd Manning's (Trevor St. John) execution began as he was injected with the drugs that would end his life.
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Today in Soap Opera History (May 28)
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1980: On Guiding Light, Morgan (Kristen Vigard) became upset with Kelly (John Wesley Shipp) for giving Tim (Kevin Bacon) false encouragement.
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Today in Soap Opera History (May 27)
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1992: On Santa Barbara, Reese (Forry Smith) arrived home just in time to save B.J. (Sydney Penny) from Ramon's assault.
1994: On Guiding Light, Julie agreed to testify against Bridget.
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