As The World Turns News from 20 Years Ago
Joined the cast of ATWT in this year (1987): Tamara Tunie as Jessica Griffin, William Fichtner as Josh Snyder, Luce Ennis as Maureen Peretti, Robin Morse as Pamela Wagner, Stephen Gregory as Timothy Hamilton, Melanie Smith as Emily Stewart Snyder #6, Adam Hirshan as Chris Hughes, Kelly Bishop as Grace Wescott Andrews, and Dennis Marotta as Craig Montgomery #1.
Left ATWT in this year (1987): Gregg Marx who played Thomas Christopher (a.k.a., Tommy), Ashley Crow who played Beatrice McColl, Farley Granger who played Earl Mitchell, Colleen McDermott who played Emily Stewart Snyder #5, Patrick Horgan who played Anton Cunningham, Mark Pinter who played Brian McColl, and Rosemary Prinz who played Penny Hughes Baker Wade McGuire #1.
February 1987: ATWT actress Eileen Fulton was present in Dallas for the opening of Sable on Lovers Lane boutique.
March 1987: ATWT soap queen Eileen Fulton attended the Gourmet Gala, a fund-raiser for the March of Dimes.
March 1987: Rosemary Prinz landed a role as M'Lynn in Robert Harling's "Steel Magnolias." At this time, Rosemary Prinz also played the role of Penny Hughes on ATWT.
April 2, 1987: ATWT celebrated 31 years on the air.
May 1987: ATWT, for the second consecutive year, won 20 daytime Emmy nominations. Not only did ATWT earn 20 daytime Emmy nominations in this year, they took home the daytime Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series!
May 1987: ATWT was pre-empted due to congressional hearing into the Iran-Contra affair. Because of this pre-emption, fans were outraged that politics took over their favorite soap opera.
June 30, 1987: ATWT actor Gregg Marx won the daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, he played Tom Hughes. Also taking home an Emmy was Martha Byrne. Byrne won Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series for her role as Lily Walsh, a role in which she still plays today.
November 1987: CBS' "NFL Today" aired their program from the set of ATWT.
December 1987: Lisa Brown had a miscarriage. During this time, Brown played the role of Iva Snyder on ATWT.
I hope you enjoyed the look back at ATWT news from the year 1987. If there's a soap opera you enjoy, as well as a year you would like to look back at, then don't be shy ... comment and let me know the soap opera and year, and I'll do my best to cover it for you. Just subscribe to my articles and you'll know when I've covered it.
Published by Misti Sandefur
Misti Sandefur has been writing content for SEO companies, bloggers, business owners and others in need of content for more than 10 years. In addition to writing for others, she's founder/editor of CoffeeBre... View profile
- "At the World Turns" Cancelled by CBSShort history of the daytime soap opera "As the World Turns"
- Daytime Emmys 2008: Emmy WinnersThe 35th Daytime winners were announced on June 20, 2008.
- The Veteran Shows in the World of Soap OperasThe 5 longest running soap operas.
- Most Memorable Soap CharactersDaytime's most memorable soap opera characters.
- Gift Ideas for As the World Turns FansHere are some fun gift ideas for fans of the popular CBS soap, As The World Turns.
- 35th Daytime Emmy Nominations Announced; CBS is Most-Nominated Network
- As the World Turns Canceled by CBS
- 2009 Cancellation of As the World Turns Speaks to Soap Opera Future
- As the World Turns: Who Killed Sophie Duran?
- InTurn Winner Ryan Serhart to Join as the World Turns Cast
- As the World Turns Rocks Daytime T.V
- Who Won at the 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards?
- ATWT Family Trees
- ATWT won 20 daytime Emmy nominations.
- ATWT they took home the daytime Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series!
- Fans were outraged that politics took over their favorite soap opera.
3 Comments
Post a CommentPlease keep ATWT on air.Its the best soap on televion. What it needs is new writers, writers that write good storyline, stories that the fans appreciate. The latest writers have butchered our soap. They are only interested in the new charecters when they should have stayed with the fans favorite. If these writers don't know who are the fans favorite are, just let me tell you: Helen, Bob, Kim, Lisa, Tom, Margo, Barbara, Susan, Emily, Emma, Holden, Lily, Lucinda, Jack, Carly, Katie, Henry, and Brad. I will never unterstand why the writers killed him off? The writers forgot some of these people and that was a big mistake. This soap needs to be saved from the writers and from CBS.
My favorite soap! Great article!!!
I found this amusing since this was my mother's and grandmother's favorite soap. My grandmother used to listen to ATWT on the radio! Now if you decide to take a trip down memory lane THAT far, I will definitely want to read that!!