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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.
Original Release
12/04/1950 on CBS
US Release
12/04/1950
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jimmy Lydon | Chris Martin |
| Robert Armstrong | Mr. Martin |
| Nancy Malone | Margie |
| Dan Tobin | Mr. Thayer |
| Nana Bryant | Mary Martin |
| Valerie Cossart | Claire Thayer |
| Robert Donley | George Graham |
| Olive Stacey | Connie Martin |
| Anne Sargent | Connie Thayer |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 301 | Pressure | Wednesday, 12 March 1952 |
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Jimmy Lydon | Chris Martin |
| Robert Armstrong | Mr. Martin |
| Nancy Malone | Margie |
| Dan Tobin | Mr. Thayer |
| Nana Bryant | Mary Martin |
| Valerie Cossart | Claire Thayer |
| Robert Donley | George Graham |
| Olive Stacey | Connie Martin |
| Anne Sargent | Connie Thayer |
