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Overview
Release Date:
2 April 1956 (USA)
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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:
62 wins
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331 nominations
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User Comments:
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 | Maura West | ... | Carly Tenney / ... (553 episodes, 1995-2008) |
| Michael Park | ... | Jack Snyder (528 episodes, 1997-2008) |
| Roger Howarth | ... | Paul Ryan / ... (500 episodes, 2003-2008) |
| Terri Colombino | ... | Katie Peretti / ... (499 episodes, 1998-2008) |
| Jennifer Landon | ... | Gwen Norbeck Munson / ... (481 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Jesse Lee Soffer | ... | Will Munson (477 episodes, 2004-2008) |
| Marie Wilson | ... | Meg Snyder / ... (450 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Kelley Menighan Hensley | ... | Emily Stewart / ... (414 episodes, 1992-2008) |
| Grayson McCouch | ... | Dusty Donovan / ... (387 episodes, 2003-2008) |
| Jon Hensley | ... | Holden Snyder (380 episodes, 1985-2008) |
| Martha Byrne | ... | Lily Walsh Snyder / ... (372 episodes, 1985-2008) |
| Trent Dawson | ... | Henry Coleman / ... (327 episodes, 1998-2008) |
| Ellen Dolan | ... | Margo Montgomery Hughes / ... (323 episodes, 1989-2008) |
| Colleen Zenk-Pinter | ... | Barbara Ryan / ... (313 episodes, 1978-2008) |
| Alexandra Chando | ... | Maddie Coleman (293 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Don Hastings | ... | Dr. Bob Hughes / ... (280 episodes, 1960-2008) |
| Zach Roerig | ... | Casey Hughes / ... (274 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Mark Collier | ... | Mike Kasnoff / ... (263 episodes, 2003-2008) |
| Van Hansis | ... | Luke Snyder / ... (258 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Jennifer Ferrin | ... | Jennifer Munson / ... (246 episodes, 2003-2006) |
| Elizabeth Hubbard | ... | Lucinda Walsh / ... (241 episodes, 1984-2008) |
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| Jennifer Pepperman | | (148 episodes, 2004-2008) |
| Michael Eilbaum | | (100 episodes, 2004-2008) |
| Habib Azar | | (66 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| Sonia Blangiardo | | (54 episodes, 2005-2008) |
| John O'Connell | | (53 episodes, 2002-2008) |
| Maria Wagner | | (47 episodes, 1984-2008) |
| Christopher Goutman | | (25 episodes, 1996-2008) |
| Grant Aleksander | | (9 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Ian Toporoff | | (6 episodes, 2007) |
| Greg Saccaro | | (2 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Conal O'Brien | | (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Ellen Wheeler | | (1 episode, 1999-2004) |
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| Charles C. Dyer | | (unknown episodes, 1993) |
| Paul Lammers | | (unknown episodes, 1993) |
| Susan Dansby | | (unknown episodes, 1997) |
| James DePaiva | | (unknown episodes, 2003) |
| Steven Williford | | (unknown episodes, 2003) |
| Lisa Brown | | (unknown episodes) |
| Larry Carpenter | | (unknown episodes) |
| Casey Childs | | (unknown episodes) |
| Ted Corday | | (unknown episodes) |
| Heather Hill | | (unknown episodes) |
| Scott McKinsey | | (unknown episodes) |
| Jenny O'Hara | | (unknown episodes) |
| Portman Paget | | (unknown episodes) |
| Andrew D. Weyman | | (unknown episodes) |
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| Melissa Salmons | | (305 episodes, 2003-2008) |
| Hogan Sheffer | | (197 episodes, 2000-2005) |
| Trent Jones | | (106 episodes, 2005) |
| Jean Passanante | | (52 episodes, 2001-2008) |
| Frederick Johnson | | (29 episodes, 2004-2005) |
| Susan Dansby | | (14 episodes, 1998-2008) |
| Richard Culliton | | (12 episodes, 1995-2008) |
| Leslie Nipkow | | (6 episodes, 2008) |
| David A. Levinson | | (5 episodes, 2001-2008) |
| Christopher Whitesell | | (4 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Anna Fields | | (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Courtney Sherman | | (3 episodes, 1984-2005) |
| Leah Laiman | | (3 episodes, 1999-2008) |
| Judith Donato | | (3 episodes, 1999-2006) |
| Judy Tate | | (3 episodes, 2000-2006) |
| Elizabeth Page | | (3 episodes, 2004-2006) |
| Peter Brash | | (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Cheryl L. Davis | | (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Lisa Connor | | (2 episodes, 1997-2008) |
| Lynn Martin | | (2 episodes, 1999-2005) |
| Paula Cwikly | | (2 episodes, 2003-2005) |
| Charlotte Gibson | | (2 episodes, 2003-2005) |
| Meg Kelly | | (2 episodes, 2005) |
| Caroline Franz | | (1 episode, 1983-1985) |
| Susan Bedsow-Horgan | | (1 episode, 1984-1985) |
| Cynthia Benjamin | | (1 episode, 1984-1985) |
| Juliet Law Packer | | (1 episode, 1984) |
| Julie Poll | | (1 episode, 1984) |
| Garin Wolf | | (1 episode, 1984) |
| Douglas Marland | | (1 episode, 1990) |
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| Agnes Nixon | | (unknown episodes, 1956) |
| William J. Bell | | (unknown episodes, 1957-1966) |
| David Lesan | | (unknown episodes, 1971-1973) |
| Don Hastings | | (unknown episodes, 1971-1972) |
| Warren Swanson | | (unknown episodes, 1971) |
| Winifred Wolfe | | (unknown episodes, 1971) |
| Robert Soderberg | | (unknown episodes, 1973-1978) |
| Edith R. Sommer | | (unknown episodes, 1973-1978) |
| Ralph Ellis | | (unknown episodes, 1979) |
| Eugenie Hunt | | (unknown episodes, 1979) |
| K.C. Collier | | (unknown episodes, 1981-1982) |
| Paul Roberts | | (unknown episodes, 1981) |
| John Saffron | | (unknown episodes, 1983) |
| Millee Taggart | | (unknown episodes, 1984-1985) |
| Scott Hamner | | (unknown episodes, 1994-1997) |
| Lorin Wertheimer | | (unknown episodes, 1994-1996) |
| Stephen Black | | (unknown episodes, 1996-1997) |
| Hal Corley | | (unknown episodes, 1997-2001) |
| Lorraine Broderick | | (unknown episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Addie Walsh | | (unknown episodes, 1997-1999) |
| Carolyn Culliton | | (unknown episodes, 1999-2002) |
| Jeff Beldner | | (unknown episodes, 1999-2001) |
| Stephen Demorest | | (unknown episodes, 1999-2001) |
| Christina Covino | | (unknown episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Susan Kirshenbaum | | (unknown episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Lynda Myles | | (unknown episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Louise Shaffer | | (unknown episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Peggy Sloane | | (unknown episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Ted Sullivan | | (unknown episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Richard J. Allen | | (unknown episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Stephanie Braxton | | (unknown episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Tom Casiello | | (unknown episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Laura Maria Censabella | | (unknown episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Karen Lewis | | (unknown episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Marie Masters | | (unknown episodes, 2000-2001) |
| Craig Heller | | (unknown episodes, 2001-2004) |
| Josh McCaffrey | | (unknown episodes, 2003) |
| Heather Allyn | | (unknown episodes, 2004) |
| Josh Griffith | | (unknown episodes, 2005) |
| Richard Backus | | (unknown episodes) |
| Cherie Bennett | | (unknown episodes) |
| Clarice Blackburn | | (unknown episodes) |
| Mel Brez | | (unknown episodes) |
| Bridget Dobson | | (unknown episodes) |
| Jerome Dobson | | (unknown episodes) |
| Nancy Ford | | (unknown episodes) |
| Jeannie Glynn | | (unknown episodes) |
| Richard Holland | | (unknown episodes) |
| Tom King | | (unknown episodes) |
| Penelope Koechl | | (unknown episodes) |
| John Kuntz | | (unknown episodes) |
| Royal Miller | | (unknown episodes) |
| Tom Petitjean | | (unknown episodes) |
| Irna Phillips | | (unknown episodes) |
| Meredith Post | | (unknown episodes) |
| Dorothy Ann Purser | | (unknown episodes) |
| Tom Reilly | | (unknown episodes) |
| Jean Rouverol | | (unknown episodes) |
| Gillian Spencer | | (unknown episodes) |
| Elizabeth Tillman | | (unknown episodes) |
| Phyllis White | | (unknown episodes) |
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| Christopher Goutman | .... | executive producer (1,057 episodes, 1999-2008) |
| Vivian Gundaker | .... | producer (13 episodes, 2003-2008) |
| Carole Shure | .... | senior producer / producer (8 episodes, 2003-2008) |
| Brenda Greenberg | .... | producer (6 episodes, 1982-1984) |
| Kelsey Bay | .... | coordinating producer / producer (4 episodes, 2002-2005) |
| Jennifer Maloney | .... | associate producer / coordinating producer / ... (4 episodes, 2003-2006) |
| Sonia Blangiardo | .... | line producer / producer (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Christine S. Banas | .... | associate producer / producer (2 episodes, 1984-1991) |
| Robert Calhoun | .... | executive producer (1 episode, 1984-1988) |
| Kenneth L. Fitts | .... | supervising producer (1 episode, 1984) |
| John Valente | .... | producer (1 episode, 1990-1996) |
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| Ted Corday | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes, 1956-1965) |
| Joe Rothenberger | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes, 1978-1980) |
| Freddie Bartholomew | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes, 1980-1981) |
| Mary-Ellis Bunim | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes, 1981-1984) |
| Laurence Caso | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes, 1988-1995) |
| David Domedion | .... | producer (unknown episodes, 1990-1991) |
| Lisa Anne Wilson | .... | coordinating producer (unknown episodes, 1990-1991) |
| Leela Pitenis | .... | associate producer (unknown episodes, 1995-1997) |
| Felicia Minei Behr | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes, 1996-1999) |
| Molly Shifferly | .... | associate producer (unknown episodes, 2006) |
| Joe Willmore | .... | executive producer (unknown episodes) |
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| Aline Larrison Campbell | .... | writing assistance (51 episodes, 2002-2005) |
| Shohreh Tolou | .... | production intern (2 episodes, 2006-2007) |
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| Dan Region | .... | announcer (unknown episodes, 1982-1998) |
| Jef Spenser Hira | .... | production coordinator (unknown episodes, 1992-1995) |
| Joel Aronowitz | .... | associate director (unknown episodes, 1993) |
| Michael Kerner | .... | associate director (unknown episodes, 1993) |
| Benilda 'Bunny' Capule | .... | budget supervisor (unknown episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Karen Lewis | .... | script editor (unknown episodes, 1999-2000) |
| Bill Aylward | .... | title designer (unknown episodes, 2000) |
| Amanda Cortinas | .... | intern (unknown episodes, 2001) |
| Larkin Malloy | .... | acting coach (unknown episodes, 2001) |
| Alan Locher | .... | publicist (unknown episodes, 2003-2004) |
| Hadley Klein | .... | production intern (unknown episodes) |
| Harding Lemay | .... | story consultant (unknown episodes) |
| Billy Pittard | .... | title designer (unknown episodes) |
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Additional Details
Runtime:
Netherlands:55 min (including commercials) | USA:30 min (1956-1975) | USA:60 min (1975-)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Since the cancellation of
"Another World" (1964) in 1999, several characters from that show (Jake, Cass, Vicky, Donna and Marley) have made appearances on this one.
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Goofs:
Errors in geography: When Rose is in a spa in Switzerland and escapes, she ends up in Belgium and Belgian farmers tell her she is in 's Hertogenbosch. 's Hertogenbosch does not lie in Belgium, in fact, you must have walked 30km and crossed a borders, for it is a city in the Netherlands.
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Quotes:
Henry Coleman:
[
Looking through the Hughes' refrigerator] Give it a few weeks. I've got to tell you something, I've got some irons in the fire. My ship is coming in. I can see a silver lining in that cloud that's been hanging over me for so long. I'm all out of clichés, baby. But I think you get my drift, don't you?
Maddie Coleman:
Yes I do. But I don't think you understand the urgency of my plight.
Henry Coleman:
A-ha!
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pulls out a bottle and looks at the lable]
Henry Coleman:
Creme de menthe? Oh Lord, who are these people, mad?
Maddie Coleman:
Please, please, please. I can not bear it any longer, okay. Okay, all right, I will let you - I give you permission to use a little of that money from B.J. Henry, we can share a place. You can use it and we can share a place.
Henry Coleman:
That money - that money's off limits for now, okay?
Maddie Coleman:
You're right. I shouldn't even mentioned - what was I thinking?
Henry Coleman:
I don't know. Shame on you, shame on you.
[
takes a drink and spits it out]
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If you have never watched ATWT, do yourself a favor and check out this wonderful program. I have been a faithful viewer of this show since 1986 when the legendary Douglas Marland penned those well-crafted stories that incorporated the show's history and kept the viewer glued to the television set. Actually, if you count the time that my mother watched when I was a little kid, then I have been watching a lot longer than that! Incredibly, there are still many talented actors (and their characters) whom I remember from that time who are still on the show today: Helen Wagner (Nancy), Don Hastings (Bob), Eileen Fulton (Lisa), Kathryn Hays (Kim), Larry Bryggman (John) and Marie Masters (Susan). There have also been many great actors who have appeared later who are equally as brilliant and have been on the show for more that 10 years: Elizabeth Hubbard (Lucinda), Colleen Zenk Pinter (Barbara), Benjamin Hendrickson (Hal), Tamara Tunie (Jessica), Scott Holmes (Tom), Ellen Dolan (Margo), Kelley Menighan Hensley (Emily), Jon Hensley (Holden), and Martha Byrne (Lily/Rose). Other notable actors who just grab your attention in the current storylines include: Maura West (Carly), Lesli Kay (Molly), Michael Park (Jack), Mark Collier (Mike), Lamman Rucker (Marshall), Scott Holroyd (Paul) and Hunt Block (Craig).
The entire cast is great and the stories are more rooted in reality than most other shows (no aliens, demonic possessions or stereotypical mobster types here!) and this is exactly why I watch this show! Yes, there have been people coming back from the dead (remember James Stenbeck?), the premature aging syndrome of children (Bonnie is supposed to be 11 years old in "real time"!) and some things that seem odd to the very astute viewer (I must have missed the episode where Ellen Stewart left town and entrusted her home to Susan Stewart, her ex-daughter-in-law with whom she never really got along!), but, for the most part, things make sense and characters behave in ways that are logical and therefore help to maintain their integrity. Hogan Sheffer is doing a fine job of writing and developing stories. Actors Marie Masters and Courtney Sherman (Dr. Susan Stewart and Dr. Lynn Michaels, respectively) are also on the writing team.
Another thing I appreciate as a longtime viewer is characters who come back for brief visits and are played by the original actors. Caleb Snyder and his wife Julie recently came to town to visit their son Aaron and the rest of the Snyder clan. And Iva Snyder returned when the Lily/Rose story was initially unraveling. It would be great to see other old favorites come back to visit or permanently move back to town. It was a real disservice when Patricia Bruder, who played Ellen Stewart, was let go in 1995. She joined the show in 1960 and was the last remnant of the Lowell/Stewart family. She should move back (and reclaim her house!) and then get involved in the life of her granddaughter, Emily. She might even help Alison (she needs it!) who would be both her step-granddaughter and great-granddaughter. (Too long to explain here!) It would be great if the other Snyder family members would return. Or, perhaps, the other lost members of the Hughes family--they've been in fictional Montega long enough! Personally, I would like to see these actors and their characters again: Allyson Rice (Connor Walsh, Lucinda's despised relative & a great business foil for Lucinda); Greg Watkins (Evan Walsh, Connor's brother & Rosanna's old beau); Scott DeFrietas (Andy Dixon, son of Kim and John & Paul's cousin); Lindsay Frost (Betsy Stewart Andropoulos, Ellen's other granddaughter and Emily's half-sister); Anne Sward (Lyla Montgomery Peretti, mother of Margo, Craig, Cricket and Katie); and Robin Morse (Pamela Wagner, John's niece who was a no-nonsense, independent student nurse trainee). Allyson Rice (Connor) and Daniel Markel (David Allen/Stenbeck) should never have been let go! It would be great if Trent Dawson (Henry Coleman) and Anne Sayre (Mitzi Matters) were given contracts and more air time--their characters are really outrageously funny!
So, watch this soap opera that will soon be turning 47 years old this year. What other program--daytime or nighttime--can boast that it has a character (Nancy Hughes McClosky) that's been played by the same actress (Helen Wagner) since the premiere episode for the last 47 years??? Not one!
There's also a book called "As the World Turns: The Complete Family Scrapbook" by Julie Poll that was written to coincide with the show's 40th anniversary in 1996. This will help new viewers get the entire storyline (up to 1996) of the members of the Hughes, Lowell, Stewart, Montgomery, Walsh and Snyder families and all of their friends and enemies.