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Sep.12.2010
What a difference a year makes. When 60 Minutes reran their 2009 feature on Guiding Light back in July, it was all too clear that there would be no segment noting the end of As the World Turns. No need to warn friends to adjust their DVRs in case the men’s final runs over. No offer from a Y&R...
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Aug.31.2010
On Tuesday, As the World Turns viewers said our final goodbyes to Nancy Hughes, and the actress who played her for fifty-four years, Helen Wagner.
As Executive Producer, Christopher Goutman, promised in a TV Guide interview, it was a low key affair: "We decided not to go the traditional...
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Jun.21.2010
the daytime emmys are this sunday. and according to the pre-show publicity , the soap opera component of daytime seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle.
the show is in las vegas (interesting choice) and according to executive producer, david mckenzie, viewers should expect " very vegas-...
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May.03.2010
"Good Morning."
"Good Morning Dear."
These two lines began the introduction of Nancy Hughes, the longest running character of television history, on April 2, 1956. Nancy, the wife of lawyer Christopher Hughes, mother to Penny, Donald, and Bob, grandmother to Tom, Frannie,...
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May.02.2010
my late father had a real thing about texans -- couldn't stand them.
but over the past couple of days, two national treasures from the long star state have taken their leave. friday night, bill moyers broadcast his last show on pbs. then, sometime on saturday, helen wagner, who spoke the first...
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Sep.03.2008
to Helen Wagner, who celebrated her 90th yesterday. Thanks to Roger Newcomb at welovesoaps.blogspot.com (having technical problems and can't insert live links), who shared his memories of meeting Helen a few years ago, which, in turn, prompted me to share the first time I met her.
It was maybe...
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