Today in Soap Opera History (March 29)

1962: Search for Tomorrow's Marge was upset when adoption
plans fell through. 1982: SFT made its NBC debut.
1982: The first daytime episode of Capitol aired on CBS.
2004: All My Children's Kendall told Bianca her baby was dead.

"History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1962: On Search for Tomorrow, Marge Bergman (Melba Rae) reeled from Monica's (Barbara Baxley) decision to not give Jimmy up for adoption. She later went to friends Joanne (Mary Stuart) and Arthur Tate (Terry O'Sullivan) for solace.

Today in Soap Opera History (March 29)

1962: Search for Tomorrow's Marge was upset when adoption
plans fell through. 1982: SFT made its NBC debut.
1982: The first daytime episode of Capitol aired on CBS.
2004: All My Children's Kendall told Bianca her baby was dead.

"All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1962: On Search for Tomorrow, Marge Bergman (Melba Rae) reeled from Monica's (Barbara Baxley) decision to not give Jimmy up for adoption. She later went to friends Joanne (Mary Stuart) and Arthur Tate (Terry O'Sullivan) for solace.

Today in Soap Opera History (March 29)

1962: Search for Tomorrow's Marge was upset when adoption
plans fell through. 1982: SFT made its NBC debut.
1982: The first daytime episode of Capitol aired on CBS.
2004: All My Children's Kendall told Bianca her baby was dead.

"All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1962: On Search for Tomorrow, Marge Bergman (Melba Rae) reeled from Monica's (Barbara Baxley) decision to not give Jimmy up for adoption. She later went to friends Joanne (Mary Stuart) and Arthur Tate (Terry O'Sullivan) for solace.

Today in Soap Opera History (March 29)

1962: Search for Tomorrow's Marge was upset when adoption
plans fell through. 1982: SFT made its NBC debut.
1982: The first daytime episode of Capitol aired on CBS.
2004: All My Children's Kendall told Bianca her baby was dead.

"The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect is already in the cause."
― Henri Louis Bergson

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1962: On Search for Tomorrow, Marge Bergman (Melba Rae) reeled from Monica's (Barbara Baxley) decision to not give Jimmy up for adoption. She later went to friends Joanne (Mary Stuart) and Arthur Tate (Terry O'Sullivan) for solace.

Today in Soap Opera History (March 29)

1962: Search for Tomorrow's Marge was upset when adoption
plans fell through. 1982: SFT made its NBC debut.
1982: The first daytime episode of Capitol aired on CBS.
2004: All My Children's Kendall told Bianca her baby was dead.

"Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular. Its chief use is only to discover the constant and universal principles of human nature."
― David Hume

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1962: On Search for Tomorrow, Marge Bergman (Melba Rae) reeled from Monica's (Barbara Baxley) decision to not give Jimmy up for adoption. She later went to friends Joanne (Mary Stuart) and Arthur Tate (Terry O'Sullivan) for solace.

Today in Soap Opera History (March 29)

1982: CAPITOL made its daytime premiere. 1982: SFT moved
to NBC. 1990: GH's Casey the Alien kept himself busy while
Robin was at school. 2004: AMC's Bianca was told Miranda
had died.

"There is no present or future, only the past happening over and over again - now."
- Eugene O'Neill

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1963: NBC aired the final episode of YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE. The show was originally created by Irna Phillips as a radio soap opera in 1939. Betty Corday served as a producer.

1963: On SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, Monica (Barbara Baxley) told Marge (Melba Rae) she had decided not to give Jimmy up.

SMASH Reruns Coming To Ovation Network Starting July 19

After recently announcing over 200 hours of original programming, arts network Ovation has additionally acquired all episodes of critically acclaimed series SMASH from NBCUniversal Cable & New Media. Ovation will debut the series beginning Friday, July 19th at 8 p.m. ET. The announcement was made today by Robert Weiss, Ovation's Chief Creative Officer.

Tony Awards Lineup Includes Megan Hilty, Matthew Morrison, Audra McDonald & Sally Field

CBS has revealed the talented lineup that will be featured on THE 67TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, live from Radio City Music Hall, Sunday, June 9 (8-11 p.m., live ET/ delayed PT). The show will include appearances by the 2013 Tony-nominated musicals "A Christmas Story, The Musical," "Annie," "Bring It On: The Musical," "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella," "Kinky Boots," "Matilda The Musical," "Motown The Musical" and "Pippin."

Today in Soap Opera History (March 29)

On this date in...

1963: NBC aired the final episode of YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE. The show was created by Irna Phillips as a radio soap opera in 1939. Betty Corday served as a producer.

1967: On DARK SHADOWS, Maggie (Kathryn Leigh Scott) began to figure out what went down between her father and Roger 10 years earlier.

1967: AFTRA members called the union’s first national strike after negotiations broke down over staff announcer contracts at owned-and-operated stations in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles and over first-time contracts for “newsmen” at networks and owned-and-operated stations. Since AFTRA adhered to a bargaining principle that no general agreement exists until all Codes and Contracts are acceptable, the 13-day strike involved all 18,000 members in more than 100 locations across the country. Agreement was reached on the outstanding issues at 8:05 p.m. ET on Monday, April 10, 1967—just in time to allow broadcast of the annual Academy Awards program live from the Santa Monica Auditorium. It established the first staff newspersons contract for network correspondents at ABC, CBS and NBC.

1979: On ANOTHER WORLD, Iris (Beverlee McKinsey) informed Brian that Elena intended to seduce both their sons.

1982: CBS aired the first daytime episode of CAPITOL. The show premiered on Friday, March 26 in a one-hour primetime special after DALLAS.

TOP THREE: Ricky Martin, Judith Light, Audra McDonald, Nick Jonas & Others Entertain at the Broadway Cares Easter Bonnet Competition

We Love Soaps just returned from a Broadway show starring Nick Jonas, Michael Urie, Ricky Martin, Eric McCormack, Audra McDonald, Megan Hilty, Jerry O'Conell, Corbin Bleu, Raven-Symoné, Judith Light and many more. United for charity, with the help of the cast of almost every current Broadway production, they gathered this afternoon to compete, and to announce that they had raised an incredible $3,677,855 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Today in Soap Opera History (March 29)

On this date in...

1967: On DARK SHADOWS, Maggie began to figure out what went down between her father and Roger 10 years ago.

1979: On ANOTHER WORLD, Iris informed Brian that Elena intended to seduce both their sons.

1982: SEARCH FOR TOMORROW aired its first episode on NBC after nearly 31 years on CBS.

PREVIEW: NBC Monday Night Musical Soap SMASH

The Year of the Soap continues on NBC on Monday, March 5 with a new episode of musical soap SMASH.

In "Let's Be Bad," Karen (Katharine McPhee) finds a new use for her acting talents as she joins Dev (Raza Jaffrey) at a high-powered government party.

The drama between Michael (guest star Will Chase) and Julia (Debra Messing) heats up, as Eileen (Anjelica Huston) and Tom's (Christian Borle) ambitious assistant Ellis (Jaime Cepero) forge an alliance.

Ivy (Megan Hilty) senses trouble in her relationship with Derek (Jack Davenport).

Watch a preview below.

PREVIEW: NBC Monday Night Musical Soap SMASH

The Year of the Soap continues on NBC on Monday, February 13 with the second episode of SMASH.

In "The Callback," Ivy (Megan Hilty) and Karen (Katharine McPhee) jump through hoops for the brilliant but temperamental director Derek Wills (Jack Davenport) as they pursue the role of a lifetime.

Meanwhile, Julia (Debra Messing) and her husband Frank (Brian d'Arcy James), are frustrated by the red tape of an international adoption process, and Eileen (Anjelica Huston) fights to finance her new musical in the midst of an acrimonious divorce.

Watch a preview below.