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Another World | |
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Genre | Soap opera |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 35 |
No. of episodes | 8,891 |
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Production company | Procter and Gamble Productions |
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Network | NBC |
Release | May 4, 1964 – June 25, 1999 |
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Another Worldis an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. [1] [2] It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J. Bell, and was produced by Procter & Gamble Productions at NBC Studios, 1268 East 14th Street in Brooklyn.
Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the series originally opened with announcer Bill Wolff intoning its epigram, "We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds," which Phillips said represented the difference between "the world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for." [3] Another World focused less on the conventional drama of domestic life as seen in other soap operas, and more on exotic melodrama between families of different classes and philosophies.
In 1964, Another World was the first soap opera to talk about abortion when such subjects were taboo. It was the first soap opera to do a crossover, with the character of Mike Bauer from Guiding Light , which was also created by Irna Phillips, coming from Springfield to Bay City. It was also the first to expand to one hour, then to ninety minutes, and then back to an hour. It was the first soap opera to launch two spin-offs, Somerset and Texas , as well as an indirect one, Lovers and Friends , which would be renamed For Richer, For Poorer. Another World was also the second soap opera with a theme song to chart on the Billboard record charts, "(You Take Me Away To) Another World" by Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris, in 1987.
On April 12, 1999, NBC announced it was canceling Another World. Its final episode aired on June 25, 1999. It was replaced with another soap opera, Passions , on July 5, 1999.
In 1963, NBC approached PGP about Irna Phillips creating a new serial for them. She decided to base it on the concept of living not only in real life, but simultaneously living in an alternate world of hopes and desires. [4] Attorney Mitchell Dru (played by Geoffrey Lumb), who had previously been a character on As the World Turns , became a character on Another World during the early years of the program (1964-1971). [5] Two characters from another CBS soap opera, The Guiding Light —attorney Mike Bauer and his daughter Hope—did cross over in 1966, remaining for a year before returning to The Guiding Light. Expectations were so high that Another World had six weeks of commercial time sold in advance. [6]
On November 22, 1963, a group of executives (including Executive producer Allen M. Potter and director Tom Donovan) met at the VMLY&R ad agency in New York to discuss the show's opening story, the death of William Matthews, when they heard the news of another death in Dallas: the assassination of President Kennedy. [7]
After opening with a death in the core Matthews family, Irna planned to follow up with an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, a septic abortion, a shooting, and a murder trial. As Allen M. Potter explained, "Irna just didn't want to take a chance on waiting for the ratings. She felt that with this kind of showy story she could build an audience more quickly." [8] Said Tom Donovan, "In construction, Irna was attempting to follow the structure of As the World Turns. Irna would never conceive of a story not based on a family." [9]
On April 12, 1999, as part of a shakeup of the network's daytime and early morning schedules (in which NBC also canceled NBC News at Sunrise (with newcomer Early Today replacing it as the network's early-morning newscast) and picked up the daytime talk show Later Today (a short-lived spinoff of Today ) in exchange for the withdrawal of the talk show Leeza (which was renewed for the 1999–2000 season and subsequently sold into first-run syndication) from the network's schedule), NBC announced that it would not renew Another World, ending the series' run after 35 years once the show's previous renewal agreement ended that June. [2] [10] Many reasons abounded for Another World's cancellation, with one of the more notable events occurring in the summer of 1998: the network's San Francisco affiliate at the time, KRON-TV (now a CW owned-and-operated station) – at the time one of NBC's highest-rated stations – stopped airing the show altogether to air the syndicated Howie Mandel Show in its timeslot, leaving Days of Our Lives and Sunset Beach as the only NBC soap operas that the station cleared on its schedule, and resulting in additional erosion of the program's already below-mediocre ratings. Independent station KICU-TV picked up the show and aired it for the rest of its run (with NBC logo bugs and end-credit vocal network promotions removed), but the series still experienced a steep ratings decline in the Bay Area market as KRON refused to guide viewers to the program's new home. [11]
Actor | Character | Duration |
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David Ackroyd | Dave Gilchrist | 1974–77 |
Mason Adams | Frank Prescott | 1976–77 |
Denise Alexander | Mary McKinnon | 1986–89, 1991 |
Vera Allen | Grandma Matthews | 1964 |
Christopher Allport | Tim McGowan | 1973–74 |
Christine Andreas | Taylor Benson | 1990–91 |
Gerald Anthony | Rick Madison | 1991–92 |
John Aprea | Lucas Castigliano | 1989–93 |
Alexander Nikos | 1997–98 | |
Elizabeth Ashley | Emma Frame Ordway | 1990 |
Lewis Arlt | David Thatcher | 1983–84 |
Ken Jordan | 1990–91 | |
Humbert Allen Astredo | Joe Bruno | 1970 |
Richard Backus | Ted Bancroft | 1979 |
David Bailey | Russ Matthews | 1973–81, 1989, 1992 |
Christine Baranski | Beverly Tucker | 1983 |
Joseph Barbara | Joe Carlino | 1995–99 |
Judith Barcroft | Lenore Moore | 1966–71 |
Pharmacist | 1988 | |
Alice Barrett | Frankie Frame | 1989–96, 1999 |
Anne O'Donnell | 1999 | |
Brad Bedford | Jamie Frame | 1972–73 |
Richard Bekins | Jamie Frame | 1979–83 |
Doris Belack | Madge Murray | 1966–68 |
Joy Bell | Caroline Stafford | 1988–91 |
Barbara Berjer | Bridget Connell | 1985–98 |
Theodore Bikel | Henry Davenport | 1982–83 |
Pamela Blair | Bonnie Broderick | 1994 |
Stephen Bogardus | Sandy Cory | 1993 |
John Bolger | Gabe McNamara | 1995–97 |
Laura Bonarrigo | Lindsay | 1991 |
Jay Bontatibus | Russell Boyd | 1996 |
Linda Borgeson | Alice Matthews Frame | 1981–82 |
Carla Borelli | Reena Bellman | 1979–80 |
Jennifer Bransford | Pamela | 1982 |
Lisa Brenner | Maggie Cory | 1995–96 |
Jacqueline Brookes | Beatrice Gordon | 1975–76 |
Anne Rose Brooks | Diana Frame Shea | 1981–82 |
Randy Brooks | Marshall Lincoln Kramer III | 1994–95 |
Gail Brown | Clarice Hobson Ewing | 1975–86 |
Kimberlin Brown | Shelly Clark | 1999 |
Kale Browne | Michael Hudson | 1986–93, 1995–98 |
Chris Bruno | Dennis Wheeler | 1991–93 |
Jensen Buchanan | Marley Hudson | 1991–94, 1997–98 |
Vicky Hudson | 1991–99 | |
Richard Burgi | Chad Rollo | 1986–88 |
Warren Burton | Jason Dunlap | 1980–82 |
Jordi Caballero | Pedro | 1993 |
Jane Cameron | Nancy McGowan | 1984–87, 1989, 1993 |
David Canary | Steve Frame | 1981–83 |
Amy Carlson | Josie Watts Sinclair | 1993–98 |
Kevin Carrigan | Derek Dane | 1989–90 |
Gabrielle Carteris | Tracy Julian | 1988 |
Justin Chambers | Nick Hudson | 1995 |
Liza Chapman | Janet Matthews | 1964–66 |
Jordan Charney | Sam Lucas | 1967–70, 1973–74 |
Hank Cheyne | Scott LaSalle | 1986–88 |
Robin Christopher | Lorna Devon | 1994–97 |
Brent Collins | Wallingford | 1984–88 |
Kevin Conroy | Jerry Grove | 1980-81 |
John Considine | Vic Hastings | 1974–76 |
Reginald Love | 1986–88 | |
Alicia Coppola | Lorna Devon | 1991–94 |
Nicolas Coster | Robert Delaney | 1970, 1972–76, 1979-80 |
Jacqueline Courtney | Alice Matthews Frame | 1964–75, 1984–85, 1989 |
Christopher Cousins | Greg Houston | 1986–87 |
Matt Crane | Matthew Cory | 1988–99 |
Steven Culp | Tom Nelson | 1982 |
Russell Curry | Carter Todd | 1984–86 |
Augusta Dabney | Laura Baxter | 1964–65 |
Patti D'Arbanville | Christy Carson | 1992–93 |
Irene Dailey | Liz Matthews | 1974–86, 1987–94 |
Lenore Dana | Sylvie Kosloff | 1978–79 |
Linda Dano | Felicia Gallant | 1983–99 |
Terry Davis | Stacey Winthorp | 1982–84 |
Wanda De Jesus | Gomez | 1986 |
Judy Dewey | Blaine Ewing Cory | 1984–85 |
Colleen Dion | Brett Gardener | 1992–94 |
Robert Doran | Jamie Frame | 1973–78 |
James Douglas | Eliot Carrington | 1972–74 |
Val Dufour | Walter Curtin | 1967–72 |
Carmen Duncan | Iris Wheeler | 1988–94 |
Charles Durning | Gil McGowan | 1972 |
Virginia Dwyer | Mary Matthews | 1964–75 |
Hilary Edson | Stacey Winthrop | 1989–91 |
Robert Emhardt | Mac Cory | 1973–74 |
Tom Eplin | Jake McKinnon | 1985–86, 1988–99 |
William Gray Espy | Mitch Blake | 1979–82, 1986–90 |
Judi Evans | Paulina Cory Carlino | 1991–99 |
Sandra Ferguson | Amanda Cory Sinclair | 1987–93, 1998–99 |
Jose Ferrer | Reuben Moreno | 1983 |
John (Jerry) Fitzpatrick | Willis Frame | 1975-76 |
Steve Fletcher | Hank Kent | 1992–94 |
Ann Flood | Rose Livingston | 1986-87 |
Constance Ford | Ada Lucas Hobson | 1967–92 |
Faith Ford | Julia Shearer | 1983–84 |
David Forsyth | John Hudson | 1987–97 |
Nancy Frangione | Cecile DePoulignac | 1981–84, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995–96 |
Elizabeth Franz | Alma Rudder | 1982-83 |
Morgan Freeman | Roy Bingham | 1982–84 |
Ed Fry | Adam Cory | 1986–89 |
Sharon Gabet | Brittany Peterson | 1985–87 |
Joseph Gallison | Bill Matthews | 1964–69 |
Priscilla Garita | Kathy Wolikowski | 1993 |
Robert Gentry | Philip Lyons | 1979–81 |
Timothy Gibbs | Gary Sinclair | 1995–98 |
Thomas Gibson | Sam Fowler | 1990 |
Joanna Going | Lisa Grady | 1987–89 |
Ricky Paull Goldin | Dean Frame | 1990–93, 1995, 1998 |
James Goodwin | Kevin Anderson | 1991–93 |
Elain R. Graham | Etta Mae Burrell | 1996–99 |
Kelsey Grammer | Dr Canard | 1982 |
Charles Grant | Evan Frame | 1988–90 |
Micki Grant | Peggy Nolan | 1965–72 |
Brian Lane Green | Sam Fowler | 1991–93 |
Cathy Greene | Sally Ewing | 1975–78 |
Kim Morgan Greene | Nicole Love | 1983–84 |
Thomas Ian Griffith | Catlin Ewing | 1984–87 |
Robyn Griggs | Maggie Cory | 1993–95 |
Sam Groom | Russ Matthews | 1966–71 |
Jacob McAllister | 1999 | |
Troy Hall | Tito Banacek | 1998–99 |
Mike Hammett | Dennis Wheeler | 1972–78 |
Susan Harney | Alice Matthews Frame | 1975–79 |
Harriet Sansom Harris | Cathy Harris | 1983 |
Steve Richard Harris | Zak Wilder | 1998–99 |
Jackée Harry | Lily Mason | 1983–86 |
Edmund Hashim | Wayne Addison | 1969 |
Anne Heche | Marley Love | 1987–91 |
Vicky Hudson | 1987–91 | |
David Hedison | Spencer Harrison | 1991–96, 1999 |
Laurie Heineman | Sharlene Hudson | 1975–77 |
Robert Hogan | Vince McKinnon | 1987–89, 1991 |
Anna Kathryn Holbrook | Sharlene Frame Hudson | 1988–91, 1993–97, 1999 |
Seth Holzlein | Jamie Frame | 1970 |
Tim Holcomb | Jamie Frame | 1978–79 |
Kaitlin Hopkins | Kelsey Harrison | 1992–94 |
James Horan | Denny Hobson | 1981–82 |
Allison Hossack | Olivia Matthews | 1989–92 |
Robert Hover | Russ Mathews | 1971–72 |
Anne Marie Howard | Nicole Love | 1987–89, 1993 |
Tresa Hughes | Emma Frame Ordway | 1975–76 |
Michelle Hurd | Dana Kramer | 1991–97 |
Sarah Hyland | Rain Wolfe | 1997–98 |
Maggie Impert | Rachel Cory Hutchins | 1971–72 |
Clifton James | Striker Bellman | 1979–80 |
B.J. Jefferson | Ronnie Lawrence | 1988–91 |
Barry Jenner | Evan Webster | 1976–77 |
Georgann Johnson | Ellen Bishop Grant | 1970 |
Christine Jones | Amy Gifford | 1977 |
Janice Frame Cory | 1978–80, 1989 | |
John Karlen | Casey | 1970 |
Billy Kay | Jeremy | 1998 |
Charles Keating | Carl Hutchins | 1983–85, 1991–99 |
Susan Keith | Cecile DePoulignac | 1979–81 |
Robert Kelker-Kelly | Sam Fowler | 1987–90 |
Shane Roberts | 1996–98 | |
Mary Page Keller | Sally Frame Ewing | 1983–85 |
Ted King | Ron Nettles | 1993 |
Charles Kimbrough | Dr. Abbott | 1988 |
Maeve Kinkead | Angie Perrini | 1977–80 |
Christopher Knight | Leigh Hobson | 1980–81 |
Alla Korot | Jenna Norris | 1991–93 |
Jane Krakowski | Tonya | 1989 |
Brian Krause | Matthew Cory | 1997–98 |
Ilene Kristen | Madeline Thompson | 1995 |
Eriq La Salle | Charles Thompson | 1987 |
Sofia Landon Geier | Jennifer Thatcher | 1983 |
Donna Love | 1990–91, 1993 | |
Laurie Landry | Nicole Love | 1986–1987 |
Laurence Lau | Jamie Frame | 1986–1990 |
Kathleen Layman | M.J. McKinnon | 1984-1986 |
Jennifer Leak | Olive Randolph | 1976–1979 |
Mark Lenard | Dr. Ernest Gregory | 1964-1965 |
Rosetta LeNoire | Gloria Metcalf | 1972 |
Rhonda Lewin | Vicky Hudson | 1986 |
Jennifer Lien | Hannah Moore | 1991–92 |
Audra Lindley | Liz Matthews | 1964–69 |
Ray Liotta | Joey Perrini | 1978–81 |
Cleavon Little | Captain Hancock | 1982 |
John Littlefield | Gary Sinclair | 1998–99 |
Lindsay Lohan | Alli Fowler | 1996–97 |
Geoffrey Lumb | Mitchell Dru | 1964–71 |
Robert LuPone | Neal Cory | 1985–86 |
Dorothy Lyman | Gwen Parish Frame | 1976–80, 1989 |
Carol Lynley | Judge Martha Dunlay | 1989 |
David Andrew Macdonald | Jordan Stark | 1998–99 |
Elizabeth MacRae | Gertrude Beaudine | 1980 |
Aunt Rose | 1988 | |
William H. Macy | Frank Fisk | 1982 |
Laura Malone | Blaine Ewing Cory | 1978–84 |
Kristen Marie | Cheryl McKinnon | 1986–88 |
Daniel Markel | Sam Fowler | 1990–91 |
Hugh Marlowe | Jim Matthews | 1969–82 |
Ben Masters | Vic Strang | 1982 |
Patricia Mauceri | Angie Perrini | 1976–77 |
Donald May | Grant Wheeler | 1982 |
Kevin McClatchy | Nick Hudson | 1995–96 |
Grayson McCouch | Morgan Winthrop | 1993–96 |
Malachy McCourt | Priest | 1989 |
John C. McGinley | Ned | 1985–86 |
Maeve McGuire | Elena DePoulignac | 1982–83 |
Beverlee McKinsey | Emma Frame Ordway | 1972 |
Iris Carrington | 1972–80 | |
Julian McMahon | Ian Rain | 1993–95 |
Aiden McNulty | Jamie Frame | 1972 |
Anne Meacham | Louise Goddard | 1972–82 |
Joanna Merlin | Dr. Emily Cole | 1982 |
Vivian Cory | 1987 | |
Taylor Miller | Sally Frame Ewing | 1985–86 |
Mike Minor | Royal Dunning | 1983–84 |
Mark Mortimer | Nick Hudson | 1996–99 |
Joe Morton | Abel Marsh | 1983–84 |
Leo Mars | 1983–84 | |
Laura Moss | Amanda Cory Sinclair | 1996–98 |
James Noble | Rev. Harris | 1977 |
Christopher Noth | Dean Whitney | 1988 |
David O'Brien | Alan Glaser | 1986–87 |
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe | Maggie Cory | 1995 |
Gretchen Oehler | Vivien Gorrow | 1978–80, 1983–84, 1988–90 |
David Oliver | Perry Hutchins | 1983–85 |
Julie Osburn | Kathleen McKinnon | 1984–86, 1989, 1991, 1993 |
Beverley Owen | Paula McCrea | 1971–72 |
Petronia Paley | Quinn Harding | 1981–87 |
Lee Patterson | Kevin Cooke | 1979–80 |
Pamela Payton-Wright | Hazel Parker | 1979–80 |
Lisa Peluso | Lila Roberts | 1997–99 |
Beverly Penberthy | Pat Matthews Randolph | 1967–82, 1989 |
Luke Perry | Kenny | 1988–89 |
Valarie Pettiford | Courtney Walker | 1988–90 |
Wesley Ann Pfenning | Alice Matthews Frame | 1979 |
Jeff Phillips | Matthew Cory | 1998 |
Julie Phillips | Sally Frame Ewing | 1979–80 |
James Pickens, Jr. | Zack Edwards | 1986–90 |
Christina Pickles | Elena DePoulignac | 1977–79 |
Mark Pinter | Grant Harrison | 1991–99 |
John Pititto | Manny | 1990–93 |
Brad Pitt | Chris | 1987 |
Rick Porter | Larry Ewing | 1978–86, 1989 |
Jim Poyner | Dennis Carrington Wheeler | 1978–80 |
Clayton Prince | Reuben Lawrence | 1988–90 |
William Prince | Ken Baxter | 1964–65 |
Nicholas Pryor | Tom Baxter | 1964 |
Dack Rambo | Grant Harrison | 1990–91 |
Luke Reilly | Ted Bancroft | 1983–84 |
George Reinholt | Steve Frame | 1968–75, 1989 |
Ving Rhames | Czaja Carnek | 1986 |
Kim Rhodes | Cindy Brooke | 1996–99 |
Christopher Rich | Sandy Cory | 1981–85 |
Joan Rivers | Meredith Dunston | 1997 |
Eric Roberts | Ted Bancroft | 1977 |
Chris Robinson | Jason Frame | 1987–89 |
Barbara Rodell | Lee Randolph | 1967–69 |
Michael Rodrick | Cameron Sinclair | 1998–99 |
Howard Rollins | Ed Harding | 1982 |
Julius La Rosa | Renaldo | 1980 |
Rhonda Ross Kendrick | Toni Burrell | 1997–99 |
Carol Roux | Melissa Matthews | 1964–70 |
Hansford Rowe | Louis Washburn | 1981 |
Jennifer Runyon | Sally Frame Ewing | 1981–83 |
William Russ | Burt McGowan | 1977–78 |
Leon Russom | Willis Frame | 1976–80 |
Jack Ryland | Vince McKinnon | 1984–85 |
Michael M. Ryan | John Randolph | 1964–79 |
Gary Sandy | Michael Thayer | 1969 |
Carlos Sanz | Victor Rodriguez | 1993–94 |
Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Billy Cooper | 1990–93 |
Dahlia Salem | Sofia Carlino | 1995–98 |
Philece Sampler | Donna Love Hudson | 1987–89 |
John Saxon | Edward Gerald | 1985–86 |
Don Scardino | Chris Chapin | 1985–86 |
Stephen Schnetzer | Cass Winthrop | 1982–99 |
Fred J. Scollay | Charley Hobson | 1977–80 |
Kyra Sedgwick | Julia Shearer | 1982–83 |
Robert Sedgwick | Hunter Bradshaw | 1984–85 |
Diego Serrano | Tomas Rivera | 1994–97 |
Ted Shackelford | Ray Gordon | 1975–77 |
Jonathan Sharp | Sergei Radzinsky | 1999 |
Carole Shelley | Iris Wheeler | 1980 |
Charles Siebert | Stuart Philbin | 1972 |
Henry Simmons | Tyrone Montgomery | 1997–99 |
Joseph Siravo | Barry Denton | 1994 |
Tina Sloan | Dr. Olivia Delaney | 1980–81 |
Marcus Smythe | Peter Love | 1985–87 |
Sally Spencer | M.J. McKinnon | 1986–87 |
Taylor Stanley | Remy Woods | 1998–99 |
Helen Stenborg | Helga Lindeman | 1977–78 |
Nadine Stenovitch | Josie Watts Sinclair | 1998–99 |
Frances Sternhagen | Jane Overstreet | 1971 |
Paul Stevens | Brian Bancroft | 1977–85 |
Rich Stevens | Himself | 1987–89 |
Robin Strasser | Rachel Cory Hutchins | 1967–72 |
Duke Stroud | Vince McKinnon | 1986 |
Shepperd Strudwick | Jim Matthews | 1964–69 |
Anna Stuart | Donna Love Hudson | 1983–86, 1989–99 |
Eric Morgan Stuart | Chris Madison | 1996–99 |
Susan Sullivan | Lenore Moore | 1971–75 |
Dolph Sweet | Gil McGowan | 1972–77 |
Robin Thomas | Mark Singleton | 1983–85 |
Victoria Thompson | Janice Frame Cory | 1972–74 |
Cali Timmins | Paulina Cory Carlino | 1990–91 |
Russell Todd | Jamie Frame | 1990–93 |
Gary Tomlin | Morgon Simpson | 1979 |
Patrick Tovatt | Zane Lindquist | 1985–86 |
Joey Trent | Russ Matthews | 1964–65 |
Susan Trustman | Pat Matthews Randolph | 1964–67 |
Vana Tribbey | Alice Matthews Frame | 1981 |
Christine Tucci | Amanda Cory Sinclair | 1993–95 |
Janine Turner | Patricia Kirkland | 1986–87 |
Michael Tylo | Lord Peter Belton | 1980 |
Mark Valley | Father Pete | 1993 |
Paul Michael Valley | Ryan Harrison | 1990–97 |
Paul Wasilewski | Sean McKinnon | 1999 |
Cynthia Watros | Vicky Hudson | 1998 |
Douglass Watson | Mac Cory | 1974–89 |
Ann Wedgeworth | Lahoma Lucas | 1967–70 |
Ellen Wheeler | Marley Love | 1984–86, 1998–99 |
Vicky Hudson | 1985–86 | |
Betty White | Brenda Barlowe | 1988 |
Persia White | K.C. Burrell | 1999 |
Nancy Wickwire | Liz Matthews | 1969–71 |
Kathleen Widdoes | Rose Perrini | 1978–80 |
Kate Wilkinson | Clara Hudson | 1987–89 |
Murial Williams | Helen Moore | 1965–68, 1970–76 |
Alicia Leigh Willis | Alexandra Fowler | 1999 |
Alexandra Wilson | Josie Watts Sinclair | 1988–91 |
Henry Winkler | Intern | 1972 |
Eric Scott Woods | Evan Frame | 1994–95 |
Victoria Wyndham | Rachel Cory Hutchins | 1972–99 |
Justine Duvalier | 1995, 1997 | |
Stephen Yates | Jamie Frame | 1983–85 |
The show spawned two spin-offs: Somerset (1970–1976) and Texas (1980–1982). (In 1970, the two shows were known as Another World: Bay City and Another World: Somerset before reverting to their unique names.) One primetime special aired in 1992: Another World: Summer Desire .
A "viewer-directed," text-based continuation of the series called Another World Today existed online, initially sanctioned by TeleNext Media, the production arm of Procter & Gamble. [12]
While individual NBC affiliates had the right to air any show whenever they wished, most of the affiliates (almost all of them, in the earlier days of television) aired the show when it would be transmitted to the network's direct affiliates.
In the mid-to-late 1990s, when Another World was in its final ratings slump, many affiliates swapped Another World's time slot with Days of Our Lives , which usually aired an hour earlier. Other affiliates transferred Another World to their morning schedule. One station, KXAS, aired Another World on a different local channel (KXTX) that had a programming and promotion agreement with KXAS, for a time in the late 1990s.
The network aired the show at the following times throughout its history:
A number of theme songs were used throughout the run of the series. The most sustained was "(You Take Me Away to) Another World," which was performed by Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris. The song was used from 1987 to 1996.
Morris's and Gayle's song was only the second daytime serial theme to become a chart hit; released as a country pop single in 1987, it rose to number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. (The first was "Nadia's Theme" from The Young and the Restless , which had charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976.)
Many well-known film and television actors and celebrities appeared on Another World early in their careers:
Others who were dayplayers or extras included: Dan Futterman, Zach Grenier, Melissa Joan Hart, Frankie Muniz, Donna Pescow, Reginald VelJohnson, and Ming-Na Wen.
Category | Recipient | Role(s) | Year(s) |
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Outstanding Drama Series | N/A | N/A | 1976 [13] |
Lead Actor | Douglass Watson Charles Keating | Mac Cory Carl Hutchins | 1980, [14] 1981 [15] 1996 [16] |
Lead Actress | Laurie Heineman Irene Dailey Linda Dano | Sharlene Frame Liz Matthews Felicia Gallant | 1978 [17] 1979 [18] 1993 [19] |
Supporting Actress | Anna Kathryn Holbrook | Sharlene Hudson | 1996 [16] |
Younger Actress | Ellen Wheeler Anne Heche | Marley Hudson/Vicky Hudson Marley Hudson/Vicky Hudson | 1986 [20] 1991 [21] |
The following helmed Another World during its 35-year run: [22]
Years | Executive Producer(s) | Head writer(s) |
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May 1964 – March 1965 | Allen M. Potter | Irna Phillips with William J. Bell |
March – October 1965 | Doris Quinlan | James Lipton |
November 1965 – February 1969 | Paul Robert 1965–1966; Mary Harris 1966–1969 | Agnes Nixon |
February 1969 – August 1971 | Mary Harris; Lyle B. Hill | Robert Cenedella |
August 1971 – May 11, 1979 | Paul Rauch | Harding Lemay |
May 14, 1979 – November 1979 | Paul Rauch | Tom King |
November 1979 – December 1980 | Paul Rauch | Tom King, Robert Soderberg |
December 1980 - November 1981 | Paul Rauch | L. Virginia Browne |
November 1981 – November 1982 | Paul Rauch | Corinne Jacker |
November 1982 | Paul Rauch | Robert Soderberg |
November 1982 – December 1983 | Paul Rauch; Allen M. Potter | Robert Soderberg, Dorothy Ann Purser |
December 1983 – February 1984 | Allen M. Potter | Dorothy Ann Purser |
March – June 1984 | Allen M. Potter | Richard Culliton |
July 1984 – January 1985 | Allen M. Potter | Richard Culliton, Gary Tomlin |
January – July 1985 | Stephen Schenkel | Gary Tomlin |
August 1985 – March 1986 | Stephen Schenkel, John Whitesell | Sam Hall, Gillian Spencer |
March 1986 – January 1988 | John Whitesell | Margaret DePriest |
February – April 1988 | John Whitesell; Michael Laibson | Sheri Anderson |
April – September 1988 | Michael Laibson | Donna Swajeski (WGA Strike) |
September 12, 1988 – November 10, 1988 | Michael Laibson | Harding Lemay |
November 1988 – November 1992 | Michael Laibson | Donna Swajeski |
November 1992 – November 1994 | Michael Laibson; Terri Guarnieri; John Valente | Peggy Sloane, Samuel D. Ratcliffe |
November 1994 – August 1995 | John Valente; Jill Farren Phelps | Carolyn Culliton |
August 1995 – May 1996 | Jill Farren Phelps | Tom King, Craig Carlson |
May 1996 – January 1997 | Jill Farren Phelps; Charlotte Savitz | Margaret DePriest |
January – March 1997 | Charlotte Savitz | Elizabeth Page, Tom King, Craig Carlson |
March – April 1997 | Charlotte Savitz | Tom King, Craig Carlson |
April – December 1997 | Charlotte Savitz | Michael Malone |
December 1997 – May 1998 | Charlotte Savitz | Richard Culliton |
May – July 1998 | Charlotte Savitz | Richard Culliton, Jean Passanante |
July 1998 | Charlotte Savitz | Jean Passanante |
July 1998 – June 1999 | Charlotte Savitz; Christopher Goutman | Leah Laiman, Jean Passanante |
Another World production left the studio to film exterior scenes several times. Some of these locations included:
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Linda Dano is an American actress and television host. She began her career appearing in film and prime time television before she was cast as Rae Cummings on the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live from 1978 to 1980. Three years later, Dano starred as Felicia Gallant in the NBC soap opera Another World from 1983 to 1999. She returned to One Life to Live starring in the show from 1999 to 2004. Dano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award seven times, winning once for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1993 for her work on Another World.
Judi Evans is an American actress.
Search for Tomorrow is an American television soap opera. It began its run on CBS on September 3, 1951, and concluded on NBC, 35 years later, on December 26, 1986.
Generations is an American soap opera that aired on NBC from March 27, 1989, to January 25, 1991. The show was groundbreaking in that it was the first soap opera to feature an African-American family from its inception.
The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), the Daytime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. The first ceremony was held in 1974, expanding what was originally a prime time-themed Emmy Award. Ceremonies generally are held in May or June.
Donald Francis Michael Hastings is an American television actor, singer, and writer. He is best known for his 50-year role as Dr. Robert "Bob" Hughes on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. For his work on As the World Turns, Hastings received an Editor's Award at the Soap Opera Digest Awards in 1998 and a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. In the 1940s, he appeared on Broadway in I Remember Mama, On Whitman Avenue, A Young Man's Fancy, and Summer and Smoke. He also starred as the Video Ranger on DuMont's Captain Video and His Video Rangers and as Jack Lane on the CBS soap opera The Edge of Night.
Kathleen Noone is an American actress. She began her career as a singer in nightclubs and performed in musicals off-Broadway before making her television debut in the CBS daytime soap opera, As the World Turns (1975–1976).
Wilma Jeanne Cooper was an American actress, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (1973–2013). At the time of her death, she had played Katherine for nearly 40 years, and her name appears on the list of longest-serving soap opera actors in the United States.
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. The award categories are divided into three classes: the regular Primetime Emmy Awards, the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards to honor technical and other similar behind-the-scenes achievements, and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for recognizing significant contributions to the engineering and technological aspects of television. First given out in 1949, the award was originally referred to as simply the "Emmy Award" until the International Emmy Award and the Daytime Emmy Award were created in the early 1970s to expand the Emmy to other sectors of the television industry.
Gary Tomlin is an American soap opera actor, writer, producer and director.
Ryan's Hope is an American soap opera created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, airing for 13 years on ABC from July 7, 1975, to January 13, 1989. It revolves around the trials and tribulations within a large Irish-American family in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
Days of Our Lives is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed new episodes on Peacock since September 12, 2022. The soap is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965. A co-production of Corday Productions and Sony Pictures Television, the series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday. During Days of Our Lives' early years, Irna Phillips served as a story editor for the program and many of the show's earliest storylines were written by William J. Bell, who would depart the series in 1975 to focus full-time on The Young and the Restless, which he created for CBS in 1973. Following the 2007 cancellation of Passions, Days of Our Lives remained the only soap opera airing on NBC. On August 3, 2022, NBCUniversal announced that it would relocate the series exclusively to its Peacock streaming service beginning September 12, after 57 years on the network, leaving NBC as the only Big Three network without a daytime serial.
The 44th Daytime Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), "recognizes outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the 2016 calendar year". The ceremony took place on April 30, 2017 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, in Pasadena, California, and began at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST. The ceremony, livestreamed in the United States by Facebook Live and Periscope Producer, was executively produced by Michael Levitt, David Parks, and the Senior Vice President of the Daytime Emmy Awards, David Michaels. Actors and television hosts Mario Lopez and Sheryl Underwood hosted the ceremony for the first time.