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July 15, 1968…’One Life To Live’ Debuts On ABC<\/p>\n
In its 43 year history, ‘One LIfe To Live’ covered a lot of ground in it’s plot lines, but none were more extraordinary than the “heaven” scenes done in 1987, 2008 and 2012.<\/p>\n
Above is our friend Howie Zeidman (left) and Rich Westlein on camera in ABC TV 1 shooting the first visit to “heaven” in 1989 with Ikegami HK 312s and their side mounted teleprompters. The other photo shows how “heaven” would have looked on the screen.<\/p>\n
I think the show spent most of it’s life in ABC TV 17 but in 2009 it moved to TV 23 which was about 30% larger. After months of cancellation rumors, ABC announced on April 14, 2011 that ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life To Live’ would end their runs.<\/p>\n
While the cancellations of both soap operas were announced on the same day, ‘One Life To Live’ was to remain on the air 4 months longer because its replacement would not be ready in time. In response to the cancellations, Hoover Vacuums withdrew its advertising from all ABC programs out of protest.<\/p>\n
The final episode aired on January 13, 2012, with an open-ended story because the serial was supposed to continue on a cable\/internet network at the time the last scenes were taped.<\/p>\n
The departure of ‘One Life to Live’ ended a 62-year history of daytime television soap operas broadcast from New York which started in 1950 with the CBS’s daytime drama ‘The First Hundred Years’. Enjoy and share!<\/p>\n