General Hospital surges total Viewers and the Women 25-54 demo Featuring an appearance by Michael James Scott, best k…

1982: Days of our Lives' Salem Strangler "killed" Marlena. 1999: Pop group 98 Degrees sang on As the …

There aren’t many performers left from the earliest days of television soap operas, which makes a conversation with Bon…

1985: Nancy Lee Grahn debuted as Julia on Santa Barbara . 1985: GH's Rick began to suspect Derrick was Mike'…

1965: As the World Turns spin-off Our Private World premiered. 1985: Days or our Lives' John rescued Marlena. …

In the 1970s, daytime television made a high-stakes move: expanding soap operas from 30 minutes to a full hour. Anothe…