As the World Turns - History

As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera, airing each weekday on CBS. It debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30 in the afternoon. Before this show (and The Edge of Night, which premiered on the same day), all soaps were fifteen minutes in length; ATWT was the first half-hour serial. At first, viewers did not respond to the new half-hour serial, but ratings picked up in its second year, eventually reaching the top spot in the daytime Nielsen ratings by ...

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• As the World Turns - Premise
• As the World Turns - History
• As the World Turns - Credits sequences
• As the World Turns - History of show announcements
• As the World Turns - Cast
• As the World Turns - Current cast members
• As the World Turns - Recurring cast members
• As the World Turns - Child cast members
• As the World Turns - Coming and going cast members
• As the World Turns - Famous stars
• As the World Turns - Awards
• As the World Turns - Daytime Emmy Awards
• As the World Turns - Trivia

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As the World Turns - Current cast members. Martha Byrne (Lily Walsh Snyder) 1985-1989 ; 1993-present Alexandra Chando (Maddie Coleman) 2005-present Mark Collier (Mike Kasnoff) 2002-present Terri Colombino (Katie Peretti) 1998-present Trent Dawson (Henry Coleman) 1999-present Ellen Dolan (Margo Montgomery Hughes) 1989-1993 ; 1994-present Jennifer Ferrin (Jennifer Munson) 2003-present Eileen Fulton (Lisa Miller Grimaldi) 1960-presentSee also:

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As the World Turns - Daytime Emmy Awards. 2005 "Outstanding Writing Team" 2004 "Outstanding Writing Team" 2003 "Outstanding Drama Series" 2002 "Outstanding Writing Team" 2001 "Outstanding Writing Team" 2001 "Outstanding Drama Series" 1993 "Outstanding Directing Team" 1991 "Outstanding Drama Series"See also:

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From the show's inception until October of 1981, the show's announcer (and the most remembered of all of ATWT's announcers) was Dan McCullough. His voice-overs were utilized as follows: Opening titles--"And now, for the next 30 minutes (or full hour), As The World Turns, brought to you today by..." (the extra words presented live were added after "and now..." when the show went to the color standard in 1967) Mid-program break--"The first part of this program has been brought to you today b ...

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The show has only changed opening visuals from the original format four times: in 1981, 1993, 1999, and 2002, with a slight modification of the 2002 visuals redone in 2003. As a testament to the show's unwillingness to change in the early years, the show had the same theme song (an organ tune which transitioned into a pre-recorded version in 1973) and opening visual (a globe spinning in the distance, with the globe moving toward the center to spin stationary) from 1956 to 1981. The visual was not marke ...

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As the World Turns was the creation of Irna Phillips who, beginning in the 1930s, had been one of the foremost creators and writers of radio soap operas. As a writer, Phillips favored character development and psychological realism over melodrama, and her previous creations (which included The Guiding Light) were especially notable for placing professionals - doctors, lawyers, and cle ...

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