1970s NBC action show, daytime soap star dead at 80: He 'kept getting thinner and thinner'

Randolph Mantooth, best known as Johnny Gage on the 1970s NBC action show “Emergency!,” died Thursday at the age of 80. TV Insider reports Mantooth died of complications from cancer. He died at a ...
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Right Before 'Passions' Ended, the Soap Delivered the Wildest Pregnancy Arc in Daytime TV History

Passions burst onto the scene in 1999, making waves from the very beginning. The small coastal town of Harmony was a hotbed of paranormal activity and often featured over-the-top storylines. While ...
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On the Anniversary of Its Premiere, Revisit the Beloved NBC Soap That Might Still Be On the Air Today, Were It Not for… Well, You’ll See

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 30, 1984, NBC put Santa Barbara on both the air and the map. When Santa Barbara premiered on this day 40 years ago, it was ...
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‘Beyond the Gates’ is making history, but it’s also a ‘messy and entertaining’ soap

New York — It has been more than 25 years since “Passions,” the last new daytime soap opera to air on American network TV, debuted on NBC. And for nearly as long, Michele Val Jean and Sheila ...
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A New Soap Opera Looks to Rekindle the Past While Breaking New Ground

Once a centerpiece of daytime TV, soaps have mostly disappeared. “Beyond the Gates” will try to revive the genre, and will be the first ever focused primarily on a Black family. The actress Daphnée ...
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Unhappy Death Day: On the Anniversary of Santa Barbara’s Last Episode, a Look Back at the Groundbreaking NBC Soap That Should Still Be On the Air Today

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The show won 24 Daytime Emmys in under a decade. It was… hmm… how to put it without ...