tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post153259285074953987..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked TV: The Edge of NightJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-41403778396982208852024-03-14T06:43:32.021-05:002024-03-14T06:43:32.021-05:00Little late to the party, but I was feeling nostal...Little late to the party, but I was feeling nostalgic and remembering watching the show with my grandma, who got me hooked. The storyline that hooked me was what I refer to as โThe Molly Sherwood โ night, which went on for about two weeks and introduced my 16 year old self to more twists than Iโd ever seen before, especially the sight of Raven standing at the top of the stairs when Molly came running up after messing up April Scott. <br /> How do I remember these names?? Holy cow!! ๐Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-15633865676440224572013-03-30T18:07:52.937-05:002013-03-30T18:07:52.937-05:00The Edge of Night and Search for Tomorrow were rep...The Edge of Night and Search for Tomorrow were repeated on USA NETWORK in the late 80's. BET aired GENERATIONS. Sci-fi Channel aired Dark Shadows and PASSIONS (for a short time) The CBN soap ANOTHER LIFE was syndicated to the Christian Channels. Ans Soapnet had RYAN'S HOPE and Another World. AW they showed the 1987-91 episodes and RH 1975-81. then back to 75. Romance channel (now WE had Peyton Place .<br /> There was an attempt to get the DOCTORS on Hallmark. I had an email convo with someone from the company who owns it. The problem is with 260 A YEAR the cost to transfer the Film to something that can be played on the new digital TV or even DVD is $50,000 for 1 show. With soaps having 260 a year the cost is too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-19673555046312242712013-03-26T23:31:10.608-05:002013-03-26T23:31:10.608-05:00Thanks! My memory isn't what it once was. I...Thanks! My memory isn't what it once was. I'm not sure it ever was . . . James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-32647499100022172072013-03-26T15:17:46.315-05:002013-03-26T15:17:46.315-05:00It was the New Moon Cafe, not Blue Moon.It was the New Moon Cafe, not Blue Moon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-77323800177434492162011-10-13T11:55:40.087-05:002011-10-13T11:55:40.087-05:00How many of you watched the imbedded video, and th...How many of you watched the imbedded video, and then watched all the others that popped up at the end?<br />One memory after another, going back to the '60s and before.<br />And if I did write that book I referred to before, it would end up the size of the Metropolitan Chicago phone directory.<br />(And with almost as many words.)Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-86529849871181142162011-10-12T02:10:49.746-05:002011-10-12T02:10:49.746-05:00What happened with your local station is what happ...What happened with your local station is what happened with a lot of local stations. The show aired quite late in the day, and increasingly affiliates wanted that time period for more lucrative (for them) syndicated shows like Jerry Springer. By 1984 only 62% of ABC affiliates were carrying the show, and another 24 affiliates were planning to drop it in 1985. The show was owned by Proctor and Gamble and even though ABC offered to move the show to an earlier time slot, P&G couldn't afford to keep producing the show and pulled the plug.<br /><br />BTW, Sky Whitney was more of a Jonathon Hart type than a private eye. He did his private detecting with his wife Raven Whitney during the times when he wasn't managing the Whitney Family fortune.<br /><br />Damn, I loved and miss that show.Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-59566871910355057652011-10-11T18:32:18.098-05:002011-10-11T18:32:18.098-05:00You know, even though eventually it led to them no...You know, even though eventually it led to them not supporting it, ABC kinda knew what they were doing with slotting both DARK SHADOWS and THE EDGE OF NIGHT in those afternoon slots...EDGE was famous in soap circles for skewing male in audience Hugely in comparison to all other network soaps (MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN might've challenged it eventually there).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-18533523056017917362011-10-11T15:51:23.604-05:002011-10-11T15:51:23.604-05:00That's because you have, Cap'n.That's because you have, Cap'n.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-5284203761147896372011-10-11T14:40:56.563-05:002011-10-11T14:40:56.563-05:00I feel like I've entered the Bizarro universe....I feel like I've entered the Bizarro universe.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-90807041458165494232011-10-11T13:41:14.449-05:002011-10-11T13:41:14.449-05:00Mike,
You write the book and I'll read it, tha...Mike,<br />You write the book and I'll read it, that's for sure. One thing that gave EON its crossover appeal was its late afternoon time slot. Kids home from school and people already home from work could watch it.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-36685550075849306172011-10-11T12:51:38.266-05:002011-10-11T12:51:38.266-05:00Here's how far back I go with Edge Of Night:
A...Here's how far back I go with <i>Edge Of Night</i>:<br />As a kid in the early '60s, my brother and I did our homework while our mother watched John Larkin as Mike Karr and Larry Hagman as his young partner Ed Gibson. (Hagman's hair back then was a wonder of the world.) One of the villains back then was played by Logan Ramsey, who was only in his early '40s but played much older. <br />I followed EON off and on for years afterward; the soap magazines enabled me to kep track of what was going on.<br />Forward to 1981, when I got my first VCR; I started following EON again in earnest, and continued right to the end. Three Mike Karrs later, and Ann Flood was still playing Nancy Karr.<br />Guest stars like Frank Gorshin, Alfred Drake, Amanda Blake, and Dick Cavett as Moe Eberhardt, a shadowy underworld figure (Cavett's homage to Henry Daniell).<br />If you ask me, I could write a book ...<br /> ... and if I don't stop now, I probably will.Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-10745257123280023572011-10-11T12:39:08.236-05:002011-10-11T12:39:08.236-05:00I vaguely remember this. Mostly for the title, whi...I vaguely remember this. Mostly for the title, which I liked. I'm not sure my mom watched it or not. She always watched "The Secret Storm."Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-50202316017789808492011-10-11T09:48:27.330-05:002011-10-11T09:48:27.330-05:00I didn't know THE EDGE OF NIGHT had ever been ...I didn't know THE EDGE OF NIGHT had ever been syndicated. I remember watching DARK SHADOWS in syndication, though. It'll be interesting to see if ONE LIFE TO LIVE and ALL MY CHILDREN can achieve any sort of success as web-only series.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-90284047453998476872011-10-11T09:47:02.349-05:002011-10-11T09:47:02.349-05:00It's nice to know that one of the Ryan boys is...It's nice to know that one of the Ryan boys is still working. Kate Mulgrew, who went on to play Captain Janeway on STAR TREK: VOYAGER, was playing feisty young reporter Mary Ryan when I started watching that show. It was pretty good for a few years but eventually turned into a creative mess that ran off most of the viewers.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-44132394088173441752011-10-11T07:47:17.543-05:002011-10-11T07:47:17.543-05:00FWIW, James, there are exactly two network daytime...FWIW, James, there are exactly two network daytime soaps that have gone into syndicated repeats (iinm), albeit neither is actively syndicated now nor have they been for decades: DARK SHADOWS and THE EDGE OF NIGHT. Says something about the audience and the continuing appeal.Todd Masonhttp://www.socialistjazz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-21294850237395413202011-10-11T07:37:18.267-05:002011-10-11T07:37:18.267-05:00I watched Ryan's Hope too and one of the actor...I watched Ryan's Hope too and one of the actors who played Frank Ryan is now on Dexter. He's gottan a lot older, have we?pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-23588018522296023412011-10-11T07:24:35.257-05:002011-10-11T07:24:35.257-05:00And among Sleasar's great novels is one based ...And among Sleasar's great novels is one based on the soap opera.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.com