Another World (TV series)


Another World is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from May 4, 1964, to June 25, 1999. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J. Bell, and was produced by Procter & Gamble Productions at NBC Studios, 1268 East 14th Street in Brooklyn.
Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the series originally opened with announcer Bill Wolff intoning its epigram, "We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds," which Phillips said represented the difference between "the world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for." Another World focused less on the conventional drama of domestic life as seen in other soap operas, and more on exotic melodrama between families of different classes and philosophies.
In 1964, Another World was the first soap opera to talk about abortion when such subjects were taboo. It was the first soap opera to do a crossover, with the character of Mike Bauer from Guiding Light, which was also created by Irna Phillips, coming from Springfield to Bay City. It was also the first to expand to one hour, then to ninety minutes, and then back to an hour. It was the first soap opera to launch two spin-offs, Somerset and Texas, as well as an indirect one, Lovers and Friends, which would be renamed For Richer, For Poorer. Another World was also the second soap opera with a theme song to chart on the Billboard record charts, " Another World" by Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris, in 1987.
On April 12, 1999, NBC announced it was canceling Another World. Its final episode aired on June 25, 1999. It was replaced with another soap opera, Passions, on July 5, 1999.

Development

In 1963, NBC approached PGP about Irna Phillips creating a new serial for them. She decided to base it on the concept of living not only in real life, but simultaneously living in an alternate world of hopes and desires. Attorney Mitchell Dru, who had previously been a character on As the World Turns, became a character on Another World during the early years of the program. Two characters from another CBS soap opera, The Guiding Light—attorney Mike Bauer and his daughter Hope—did cross over in 1966, remaining for a year before returning to The Guiding Light. Expectations were so high that Another World had six weeks of commercial time sold in advance.
On November 22, 1963, a group of executives met at the VMLY&R ad agency in New York to discuss the show's opening story, the death of William Matthews, when they heard the news of another death in Dallas: the assassination of President Kennedy.
After opening with a death in the core Matthews family, Irna planned to follow up with an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, a septic abortion, a shooting, and a murder trial. As Allen M. Potter explained, "Irna just didn't want to take a chance on waiting for the ratings. She felt that with this kind of showy story she could build an audience more quickly." Said Tom Donovan, "In construction, Irna was attempting to follow the structure of As the World Turns. Irna would never conceive of a story not based on a family."

Cancellation

On April 12, 1999, as part of a shakeup of the network's daytime and early morning schedules and picked up the daytime talk show Later Today in exchange for the withdrawal of the talk show Leeza, NBC announced that it would not renew Another World, ending the series' run after 35 years once the show's previous renewal agreement ended that June. Many reasons abounded for Another World cancellation, with one of the more notable events occurring in the summer of 1998: the network's San Francisco affiliate at the time, KRON-TV —at the time one of NBC's highest-rated stations—stopped airing the show altogether to air the syndicated Howie Mandel Show in its timeslot, leaving Days of Our Lives and Sunset Beach as the only NBC soap operas that the station cleared on its schedule, and resulting in additional erosion of the program's already below-mediocre ratings. Independent station KICU-TV picked up the show and aired it for the rest of its run, but the series still experienced a steep ratings decline in the Bay Area market as KRON refused to guide viewers to the program's new home.

Cast

ActorCharacterDuration
David AckroydDave Gilchrist1974–77
Mason AdamsFrank Prescott1976–77
Denise AlexanderMary McKinnon1986–89, 1991
Vera AllenGrandma Matthews1964
Christopher AllportTim McGowan1973–74
Christine AndreasTaylor Benson1990–91
Gerald AnthonyRick Madison1991–92
John ApreaLucas Castigliano1989–93
John ApreaAlexander Nikos1997–98
Elizabeth AshleyEmma Frame Ordway1990
Lewis ArltDavid Thatcher1983–84
Lewis ArltKen Jordan1990–91
Humbert Allen AstredoJoe Bruno1970
Richard BackusTed Bancroft1979
David BaileyRuss Matthews1973–81, 1989, 1992
Christine BaranskiBeverly Tucker1983
Joseph BarbaraJoe Carlino1995–99
Judith BarcroftLenore Moore1966–71
Judith BarcroftPharmacist1988
Alice BarrettFrankie Frame1989–96, 1999
Alice BarrettAnne O'Donnell1999
Brad BedfordJamie Frame1972–73
Richard BekinsJamie Frame1979–83
Doris BelackMadge Murray1966–68
Joy BellCaroline Stafford1988–91
Barbara BerjerBridget Connell1985–98
Jack BettsLouis St. George1982-83
Theodore BikelHenry Davenport1982–83
Pamela BlairBonnie Broderick1994
Stephen BogardusSandy Cory1993
John BolgerGabe McNamara1995–97
Laura BonarrigoLindsay1991
Jay BontatibusRussell Boyd1996
Linda BorgesonAlice Matthews Frame1981–82
Carla BorelliReena Bellman1979–80
Jennifer BransfordPamela1982
Lisa BrennerMaggie Cory1995–96
Jacqueline BrookesBeatrice Gordon1975–76
Anne Rose BrooksDiana Frame Shea1981–82
Randy BrooksMarshall Lincoln Kramer III1994–95
Gail BrownClarice Hobson Ewing1975–86
Kimberlin BrownShelly Clark1999
Kale BrowneMichael Hudson1986–93, 1995–98
Chris BrunoDennis Wheeler1991–93
Jensen BuchananMarley Hudson1991–94, 1997–98
Jensen BuchananVicky Hudson1991–99
Richard BurgiChad Rollo1986–88
Warren BurtonJason Dunlap1980–82
Jordi CaballeroPedro1993
Jane CameronNancy McGowan1984–87, 1989, 1993
David CanarySteve Frame1981–83
John CapodiceLuigi1987
Amy CarlsonJosie Watts Sinclair1993–98
Kevin CarriganDerek Dane1989–90
Gabrielle CarterisTracy Julian1988
Justin ChambersNick Hudson1995
Liza ChapmanJanet Matthews1964–66
Jordan CharneySam Lucas1967–70, 1973–74
Hank CheyneScott LaSalle1986–88
Robin ChristopherLorna Devon1994–97
Brent CollinsWallingford1984–88
Kevin ConroyJerry Grove1980-81
John ConsidineVic Hastings1974–76
John ConsidineReginald Love1986–88
Alicia CoppolaLorna Devon1991–94
Nicolas CosterRobert Delaney1970, 1972–76, 1979–80
Jacqueline CourtneyAlice Matthews Frame1964–75, 1984–85, 1989
Christopher CousinsGreg Houston1986–87
Matt CraneMatthew Cory1988–99
Steven CulpTom Nelson1982
Russell CurryCarter Todd1984–86
Augusta DabneyLaura Baxter1964–65
Patti D'ArbanvilleChristy Carson1992–93
Irene DaileyLiz Matthews1974–86, 1987–94
Lenore DanaSylvie Kosloff1978–79
Linda DanoFelicia Gallant1983–99
Terry DavisStacey Winthorp1982–84
Wanda De JesusGomez1986
Judy DeweyBlaine Ewing Cory1984–85
Colleen DionBrett Gardener1992–94
Robert DoranJamie Frame1973–78
James DouglasEliot Carrington1972–74
Val DufourWalter Curtin1967–72
Carmen DuncanIris Wheeler1988–94
Charles DurningGil McGowan1972
Virginia DwyerMary Matthews1964–75
Hilary EdsonStacey Winthrop1989–91
Robert EmhardtMac Cory1973–74
Tom EplinJake McKinnon1985–86, 1988–99
William Gray EspyMitch Blake1979–82, 1986–90
Judi EvansPaulina Cory Carlino1991–99
Sandra FergusonAmanda Cory Sinclair1987–93, 1998–99
Jose FerrerReuben Moreno1983
John FitzpatrickWillis Frame1975-76
Steve FletcherHank Kent1992–94
Ann FloodRose Livingston1986-87
Constance FordAda Lucas Hobson1967–92
Faith FordJulia Shearer1983–84
David ForsythJohn Hudson1987–97
Nancy FrangioneCecile DePoulignac1981–84, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995–96
Elizabeth FranzAlma Rudder1982-83
Morgan FreemanRoy Bingham1982–84
Ed FryAdam Cory1986–89
Sharon GabetBrittany Peterson1985–87
Joseph GallisonBill Matthews1964–69
Priscilla GaritaKathy Wolikowski1993
Robert GentryPhilip Lyons1979–81
Timothy GibbsGary Sinclair1995–98
Thomas GibsonSam Fowler1990
Joanna GoingLisa Grady1987–89
Ricky Paull GoldinDean Frame1990–93, 1995, 1998
James GoodwinKevin Anderson1991–93
Elain R. GrahamEtta Mae Burrell1996–99
Kelsey GrammerDr Canard1982
Charles GrantEvan Frame1988–90
Micki GrantPeggy Nolan1965–72
Brian Lane GreenSam Fowler1991–93
Cathy GreeneSally Ewing1975–78
Kim Morgan GreeneNicole Love1983–84
Thomas Ian GriffithCatlin Ewing1984–87
Robyn GriggsMaggie Cory1993–95
Sam GroomRuss Matthews1966–71
Sam GroomJacob McAllister1999
Troy HallTito Banacek1998–99
Mike HammettDennis Wheeler1972–78
Susan HarneyAlice Matthews Frame1975–79
Harriet Sansom HarrisCathy Harris1983
Steve Richard HarrisZak Wilder1998–99
Jackée HarryLily Mason1983–86
Edmund HashimWayne Addison1969
Anne HecheMarley Love1987–91
Anne HecheVicky Hudson1987–91
David HedisonSpencer Harrison1991–96, 1999
Laurie HeinemanSharlene Hudson1975–77
Alice HirsonMarsha Davis1970
Robert HoganVince McKinnon1987–89, 1991
Anna Kathryn HolbrookSharlene Frame Hudson1988–91, 1993–97, 1999
Seth HolzleinJamie Frame1970
Tim HolcombJamie Frame1978–79
Kaitlin HopkinsKelsey Harrison1992–94
James HoranDenny Hobson1981–82
Allison HossackOlivia Matthews1989–92
Robert HoverRuss Mathews1971–72
Anne Marie HowardNicole Love1987–89, 1993
Tresa HughesEmma Frame Ordway1975–76
Michelle HurdDana Kramer1991–97
Sarah HylandRain Wolfe1997–98
Maggie ImpertRachel Cory Hutchins1971–72
Clifton JamesStriker Bellman1979–80
B.J. JeffersonRonnie Lawrence1988–91
Barry JennerEvan Webster1976–77
Georgann JohnsonEllen Bishop Grant1970
Christine JonesAmy Gifford1977
Christine JonesJanice Frame Cory1978–80, 1989
John KarlenCasey1970
Billy KayJeremy1998
Charles KeatingCarl Hutchins1983–85, 1991–99
Susan KeithCecile DePoulignac1979–81
Robert Kelker-KellySam Fowler1987–90
Robert Kelker-KellyShane Roberts1996–98
Mary Page KellerSally Frame Ewing1983–85
Ted KingRon Nettles1993
Charles KimbroughDr. Abbott1988
Maeve KinkeadAngie Perrini1977–80
Christopher KnightLeigh Hobson1980–81
Alla KorotJenna Norris1991–93
Jane KrakowskiTonya1989
Brian KrauseMatthew Cory1997–98
Ilene KristenMadeline Thompson1995
Eriq La SalleCharles Thompson1987
Sofia Landon GeierJennifer Thatcher1983
Sofia Landon GeierDonna Love1990–91, 1993
Laurie LandryNicole Love1986–1987
Laurence LauJamie Frame1986–1990
Kathleen LaymanM.J. McKinnon1984–1986
Jennifer LeakOlive Randolph1976–1979
Mark LenardDr. Ernest Gregory1964–1965
Rosetta LeNoireGloria Metcalf1972
Rhonda LewinVicky Hudson1986
Jennifer LienHannah Moore1991–92
Audra LindleyLiz Matthews1964–69
Ray LiottaJoey Perrini1978–81
Cleavon LittleCaptain Hancock1982
John LittlefieldGary Sinclair1998–99
Lindsay LohanAlli Fowler1996–97
Mitch LongleyByron Pierce1991-92
Geoffrey LumbMitchell Dru1964–71
Robert LuPoneNeal Cory1985–86
Dorothy LymanGwen Parish Frame1976–80, 1989
Carol LynleyJudge Martha Dunlay1989
David Andrew MacdonaldJordan Stark1998–99
Elizabeth MacRaeGertrude Beaudine1980
Elizabeth MacRaeAunt Rose1988
William H. MacyFrank Fisk1982
Laura MaloneBlaine Ewing Cory1978–84
Kristen MarieCheryl McKinnon1986–88
Daniel MarkelSam Fowler1990–91
Hugh MarloweJim Matthews1969–82
Ben MastersVic Strang1982
Patricia MauceriAngie Perrini1976–77
Donald MayGrant Wheeler1982
Kevin McClatchyNick Hudson1995–96
Grayson McCouchMorgan Winthrop1993–96
Malachy McCourtPriest1989
John C. McGinleyNed1985–86
Maeve McGuireElena DePoulignac1982–83
Beverlee McKinseyEmma Frame Ordway1972
Beverlee McKinseyIris Carrington1972–80
Julian McMahonIan Rain1993–95
Aiden McNultyJamie Frame1972
Anne MeachamLouise Goddard1972–82
Stephen MendilloPoliceman1981
Stephen MendilloHank1992
Joanna MerlinDr. Emily Cole1982
Joanna MerlinVivian Cory1987
Taylor MillerSally Frame Ewing1985–86
Mike MinorRoyal Dunning1983–84
Mark MortimerNick Hudson1996–99
Joe MortonAbel Marsh1983–84
Joe MortonLeo Mars1983–84
Laura MossAmanda Cory Sinclair1996–98
James NobleRev. Harris1977
Christopher NothDean Whitney1988
David O'BrienAlan Glaser1986–87
Jodi Lyn O'KeefeMaggie Cory1995
Gretchen OehlerVivien Gorrow1978–80, 1983–84, 1988–90
David OliverPerry Hutchins1983–85
Julie OsburnKathleen McKinnon1984–86, 1989, 1991, 1993
Beverley OwenPaula McCrea1971–72
Petronia PaleyQuinn Harding1981–87
Lee PattersonKevin Cooke1979–80
Pamela Payton-WrightHazel Parker1979–80
Lisa PelusoLila Roberts1997–99
Beverly PenberthyPat Matthews Randolph1967–82, 1989
Luke PerryKenny1988–89
Valarie PettifordCourtney Walker1988–90
Wesley Ann PfenningAlice Matthews Frame1979
Jeff PhillipsMatthew Cory1998
Julie PhillipsSally Frame Ewing1979–80
James Pickens, Jr.Zack Edwards1986–90
Christina PicklesElena DePoulignac1977–79
Mark PinterGrant Harrison1991–99
John PitittoManny1990–93
Brad PittChris1987
Rick PorterLarry Ewing1978–86, 1989
Jim PoynerDennis Carrington Wheeler1978–80
Clayton PrinceReuben Lawrence1988–90
William PrinceKen Baxter1964–65
Nicholas PryorTom Baxter1964
Dack RamboGrant Harrison1990–91
Luke ReillyTed Bancroft1983–84
George ReinholtSteve Frame1968–75, 1989
Ving RhamesCzaja Carnek1986
Kim RhodesCindy Brooke1996–99
Christopher RichSandy Cory1981–85
Joan RiversMeredith Dunston1997
Eric RobertsTed Bancroft1977
Chris RobinsonJason Frame1987–89
Barbara RodellLee Randolph1967–69
Michael RodrickCameron Sinclair1998–99
Howard RollinsEd Harding1982
Julius La RosaRenaldo1980
Rhonda Ross KendrickToni Burrell1997–99
Carol RouxMelissa Matthews1964–70
Hansford RoweLouis Washburn1981
Jennifer RunyonSally Frame Ewing1981–83
William RussBurt McGowan1977–78
Leon RussomWillis Frame1976–80
Jack RylandVince McKinnon1984–85
Michael M. RyanJohn Randolph1964–79
Gary SandyMichael Thayer1969
Carlos SanzVictor Rodriguez1993–94
Ruben Santiago-HudsonBilly Cooper1990–93
Dahlia SalemSofia Carlino1995–98
Philece SamplerDonna Love Hudson1987–89
John SaxonEdward Gerald1985–86
Don ScardinoChris Chapin1985–86
Stephen SchnetzerCass Winthrop1982–99
Fred J. ScollayCharley Hobson1977–80
Kyra SedgwickJulia Shearer1982–83
Robert SedgwickHunter Bradshaw1984–85
Diego SerranoTomas Rivera1994–97
Ted ShackelfordRay Gordon1975–77
Jonathan SharpSergei Radzinsky1999
Carole ShelleyIris Wheeler1980
Charles SiebertStuart Philbin1972
Henry SimmonsTyrone Montgomery1997–99
Joseph SiravoBarry Denton1994
Tina SloanDr. Olivia Delaney1980–81
Marcus SmythePeter Love1985–87
Sally SpencerM.J. McKinnon1986–87
Taylor StanleyRemy Woods1998–99
Helen StenborgHelga Lindeman1977–78
Nadine StenovitchJosie Watts Sinclair1998–99
Frances SternhagenJane Overstreet1971
Paul StevensBrian Bancroft1977–85
Rich StevensHimself1987–89
Robin StrasserRachel Cory Hutchins1967–72
Duke StroudVince McKinnon1986
Shepperd StrudwickJim Matthews1964–69
Anna StuartDonna Love Hudson1983–86, 1989–99
Eric Morgan StuartChris Madison1996–99
Susan SullivanLenore Moore1971–75
Dolph SweetGil McGowan1972–77
Robin ThomasMark Singleton1983–85
Victoria ThompsonJanice Frame Cory1972–74
Cali TimminsPaulina Cory Carlino1990–91
Russell ToddJamie Frame1990–93
Gary TomlinMorgon Simpson1979
Patrick TovattZane Lindquist1985–86
Joey TrentRuss Matthews1964–65
Susan TrustmanPat Matthews Randolph1964–67
Vana TribbeyAlice Matthews Frame1981
Christine TucciAmanda Cory Sinclair1993–95
Janine TurnerPatricia Kirkland1986–87
Michael TyloLord Peter Belton1980
Mark ValleyFather Pete1993
Paul Michael ValleyRyan Harrison1990–97
Paul WasilewskiSean McKinnon1999
Cynthia WatrosVicky Hudson1998
Douglass WatsonMac Cory1974–89
Ann WedgeworthLahoma Lucas1967–70
Ellen WheelerMarley Love1984–86, 1998–99
Ellen WheelerVicky Hudson1985–86
Betty WhiteBrenda Barlowe1988
Persia WhiteK.C. Burrell1999
Nancy WickwireLiz Matthews1969–71
Kathleen WiddoesRose Perrini1978–80
Kate WilkinsonClara Hudson1987–89
Murial WilliamsHelen Moore1965–68, 1970–76
Alicia Leigh WillisAlexandra Fowler1999
Alexandra WilsonJosie Watts Sinclair1988–91
Henry WinklerIntern1972
Eric Scott WoodsEvan Frame1994–95
Victoria WyndhamRachel Cory Hutchins1972–99
Victoria WyndhamJustine Duvalier1995, 1997
Stephen YatesJamie Frame1983–85