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Today in Soap Opera History (December 4)

1950: The First Hundred Years premiered.  1981: Falcon Crest premiered. 2000: Port Charles kicked off the "Fate" a…

Roger Newcomb • December 04, 2025

This Week in Soap Opera History: A Look Back at the Moments That Made Daytime Magic

Every day, I share highlights from Today in Soap Opera History—but some weeks are simply too rich not to revisit in a bigger way.…

Roger Newcomb • November 29, 2025

Today in Soap Opera History (November 25)

ON THIS DAY IN... 1960: Often referred to by aficionados as "the day radio drama died" or "the day the radio soap…

Roger Newcomb • November 25, 2025

Today in Soap Opera History (December 4)

1950: The First Hundred Years premiered. 1981: Falcon Crest premiered. 2000: Port Charles kicked off the "Fate" a…

Roger Newcomb • December 04, 2018

Today in Soap Opera History (November 25)

November 25, 1960: "The Day Radio Drama Died" "The best prophet of the future is the past." ― Lord Byron …

Roger Newcomb • November 25, 2018

Today in Soap Opera History (December 4)

1950: The First Hundred Years premiered. 1981: Falcon Crest premiered. 2000: Port Charles kicked off the "Fate" a…

Roger Newcomb • December 04, 2017

Today in Soap Opera History (November 25)

November 25, 1960: "The Day Radio Drama Died" "History is a vast early warning system." ― Norman Cousins …

Roger Newcomb • November 25, 2017

Today in Soap Opera History (December 4)

1950: The First Hundred Years premiered. 1981: Falcon Crest premiered.  2000: Port Charles kicked off "Fate." 2009…

Roger Newcomb • December 04, 2016

Today in Soap Opera History (November 25)

November 25, 1960: "The Day Radio Drama Died" "More and more, I tend to read history. I often find it more up t…

Roger Newcomb • November 25, 2016

Today in Soap Opera History (December 4)

1950: The First Hundred Years premiered. 1981: Falcon Crest premiered.  2000: Port Charles kicked off "Fate." 2009…

Roger Newcomb • December 04, 2015

Today in Soap Opera History (November 25)

November 25, 1960: "The Day Radio Drama Died" "The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is foun…

Roger Newcomb • November 25, 2015

Today in Soap Opera History (December 4)

1950: The First Hundred Years premiered. 1981: Falcon Crest premiered.  2000: Port Charles kicked off "Fate." 2009…

Kev • December 04, 2014

Today in Soap Opera History (November 25)

November 25, 1960: "The Day Radio Drama Died" "Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and …

Kev • November 25, 2014

Today in Soap Opera History (December 4)

1950: THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS premiered. 1981: FALCON CREST made its debut.  2000: PORT CHARLES kicked off "Fate." 2…

Roger Newcomb • December 04, 2013

Today in Soap Opera History (November 25)

1960: Known as "The Day Radio Drama Died." "That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best gu…

Roger Newcomb • November 25, 2013

Today in Soap Opera History (December 4)

On this date in... 1933: Radio soap MA PERKINS moved to the NBC Red network. It had debuted on August 14 on WLW in Cincinnati.…

Roger Newcomb • December 04, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (November 25)

On this date in... 1960: Has been identified as a watershed in broadcasting. It's often referred to by aficionados as &quo…

Roger Newcomb • November 25, 2012

FLASHBACK: Bill & Susan Seaforth Hayes Cover Time Magazine's Sex and Suffering in the Afternoon Issue (1976)

Sex and Suffering in the Afternoon TIME Magazine January 12, 1976 Sometimes it seems that there is no escape from the world …

Roger Newcomb (We Love Soaps) • September 05, 2012

Mike Wallace Dead at 93; 60 MINUTES Icon, Announcer for THE GUIDING LIGHT, MA PERKINS, THE ROAD OF LIFE

CBS News legend Mike Wallace, the 60 MINUTES pit-bull reporter whose probing, brazen style made his name synonymous with the toug…

Roger Newcomb • April 08, 2012

Today in Soap Opera History (December 4)

On this date in... 1933: Radio soap MA PERKINS moved to the NBC Red network. It had debuted on August 14 on WLW in Cincinnati.…

We Love Soaps • December 04, 2011