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The First Hundred Years

📺 Series 2 seasons US
โ˜… 6.0 /10 1950

The First Hundred Years is the first ongoing TV soap opera in the United States that began as a daytime serial, airing on CBS from December 4, 1950 until June 27, 1952. A previous daytime drama on NBC, These Are My Children, aired in 1949 but only lasted one month, and NBC's Hawkins Falls began in June 1950 as a primetime "soap" and didn't move to daytime until April 1951. The drama involved two couples who were next-door neighbors. The series did not succeed due to very low viewership, as few American households had television sets, and fewer still watched during the afternoon. The series was replaced with the television version of Guiding Light, which would prove to be much more successful, airing for 57 years.

Cast

Jimmy Lydon
Jimmy Lydon
Chris Martin
Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
Mr. Martin
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Nancy Malone
Margie
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Nancy Malone
Margie Martin
Dan Tobin
Dan Tobin
Mr. Thayer
Nana Bryant
Nana Bryant
Mary Martin
Nana Bryant
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Martin
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Valerie Cossart
Claire Thayer
Robert Donley
Robert Donley
George Graham
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Olive Stacey
Connie Martin
Anne Sargent
Anne Sargent
Connie Thayer
Anne Sargent
Anne Sargent
Connie Martin
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Don Tobin
Mr. Thayer (1950-1952)
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Nancy Malone