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The First Hundred Years (1950)

December. 04,1950
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The First Hundred Years

1950

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. The drama involved two couples who were next-door neighbors. The series did not succeed due to very low viewership, as few American households had television sets, and fewer still watched during the afternoon. The series was replaced with the television version of Guiding Light, which would prove to be much more successful, airing for 57 years.

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Seasons & Episode

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Seasons 2 : 1951

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34 Episode

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Episode 1 - Episode 258
December. 03,1951

Episode 2 - Episode 259
December. 04,1951

Episode 3 - Episode 260
December. 05,1951

Episode 4 - Episode 261
December. 06,1951

Episode 5 - Episode 262
December. 07,1951

Episode 6 - Episode 263
December. 10,1951

Episode 7 - Episode 264
December. 11,1951

Episode 8 - Episode 265
December. 12,1951

Episode 9 - Episode 266
December. 13,1951

Episode 10 - Episode 267
December. 14,1951

Episode 11 - Episode 268
December. 17,1951

Episode 12 - Episode 269
December. 18,1951

Episode 13 - Episode 270
December. 19,1951

Episode 14 - Episode 271
December. 20,1951

Episode 15 - Episode 272
December. 21,1951

Episode 16 - Episode 273
December. 24,1951

Episode 17 - Episode 274
December. 26,1951

Episode 18 - Episode 275
December. 27,1951

Episode 19 - Episode 276
December. 28,1951

Episode 20 - Episode 277
December. 31,1951

Episode 21 - Episode 278
January. 02,1952

Episode 22 - Episode 279
January. 03,1952

Episode 23 - Episode 280
January. 04,1952

Episode 24 - Episode 281
January. 07,1952

Episode 25 - Episode 282
January. 08,1952

Episode 26 - Episode 283
January. 09,1952

Episode 27 - Episode 284
January. 10,1952

Episode 28 - Episode 285
January. 11,1952

Episode 29 - Episode 286
January. 14,1952

Episode 30 - Episode 287
January. 15,1952

Episode 31 - Episode 288
January. 16,1952

Episode 32 - Episode 289
January. 17,1952

Episode 33 - Episode 290
January. 18,1952

Episode 138 - The Final Episode
June. 27,1952

Seasons 1 : 1950

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257 Episode

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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. The drama involved two couples who were next-door neighbors. The series did not succeed due to very low viewership, as few American households had television sets, and fewer still watched during the afternoon. The series was replaced with the television version of Guiding Light, which would prove to be much more successful, airing for 57 years.

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Nancy Malone, Nana Bryant
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