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The Edge of Night was a long-running American television soap opera. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956. It ran on that network until November 28, 1975 and aired on ABC from December 1, 1975 until December 28, 1984. 7420 episodes were produced, with some 1800 available for syndication.1 Format
It was the second of the two original half-hour soaps; As the World Turns also premiered in this format earlier the same day. These two programs were the last two American soap operas generally to be aired live, which they were into the 1970s and which also accounts why only about one-fourth of the episodes of The Edge of Night are available for syndication. The last live episode aired on November 28, 1975, which, coincidentally, was the last episode aired on CBS. The episode ended with Serena Faraday ( Louise Shaffer) shooting her husband on the steps of the courthouse. The next Monday, ABC aired a special 90-minute episode, which started with dowager Geraldine Whitney ( Lois Kibbee ) in a coma after she was knocked unconscious in a robbery.
The show was originally adapted as the daytime version of Perry MasonPerry Mason is a fictional defense attorney who originally appeared in novels by Erle Stanley Gardner and who was portrayed by Raymond Burr in a television series which ran on CBS from 1957 to 1966. The general plot involves Perry Mason unmasking the actu, which was popular in novel and radio formats at the time. Erle Stanley GardnerErle Stanley Gardner ( July 17, 1889 March 11, 1970) was an American lawyer and author of detective stories who also published under the names Kyle Corning, Charles M. Green, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J. Kenny, Les Tillray, and Robert Parr. He created th was to create and write the show, but a last-minute tiff between him and the network caused Gardner to pull his support from the idea. A writer from the Perry Mason radio show, Irving Vendig , created a retooled idea and the show as we know it was born. Gardner would eventually patch up his differences with CBS and Perry Mason would debut in primetime the next year.
Unlike Mason, whose adventures took place in Southern CaliforniaSouthern California sometimes called SoCal is the southern portion of the state of California. Geographically, the division between central and southern California is customarily at the Tehachapi Mountains. Politically, the region is defined roughly by th, Monticello, the city of The Edge of Night, was somewhere in a generic state in the MidwestMidwest States United States of America, ND to OH The Midwest is a common name for a region of the United States of America. The term originated in the 19th century, along with 'Middle West' and 'Heartland', and referred to generally the same areas and st -- a state so generic that its capital city was "Capital City". It was admitted that the city skyline seen in the opening credits was that of Cincinnati, OhioThis article is about Cincinnati, Ohio. For the town of the same name in Iowa, see Cincinnati, Iowa. Cincinnati 'The Queen of the West', is a city in Southwestern Ohio on the Ohio River and is the county seat of Hamilton County 6. Introduction As of the 2.
The Edge of Night was unique among daytime soap operas in focusing on crime, rather than domestic and romantic matters. The police, district attorneyDistrict attorney can refer to two kinds of American public officials: United States Attorney of one of the district courts of the federal government of the United States, who serves under the Attorney General A district attorney (city) who serves as thes and medical examiners of fictional Monticello, USA dealt with a steady onslaught of gangstersOrganized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. The Organized Crime Control Act ( US 1970) defines organized crime as: "The unlawful activities of. a highly organized, disciplined association. Some Criminal Organizati, drug dealers, blackmailers, cultistsThis article discusses only religious or sociological cultist groups, and small or new religious groups considered harmful or strange by the public, media or anti-cult activists. This article does not discuss "cult" in its original sense of "religious pra, international spies, corrupt politicians, psychopaths and murderous debutantes while coping with more usual soap opera problems such as courtship, marriage, divorce, custody battles and amnesia.
