Another World (TV series)

Another World (AW) (sometimes called Another World: Bay City to distinguish it from its spinoffs in the 1970s and 1980s) was a Daytime Emmy-winning American soap opera which ran on the NBC television network (CTV in Canada) from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It was co-created by Irna Phillips and William J. Bell.

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1970s - 1980s - Daytime Emmy - American - Soap opera - NBC - CTV - Canada - May 4 - 1964 - June 25 - 1999 - Irna Phillips - William J. Bell

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8891 episodes of Another World were produced. AW spawned two soap spin-offs: Somerset (1970-1976) and Texas (1980-1982). The show was produced by Procter & Gamble Productions, which produced the majority of the American soap operas in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Somerset - 1970 - 1976 - Texas - 1980 - 1982 - Procter & Gamble Productions - Soap operas

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In the beginning, the show was pure coffee-table high melodrama revolving around two branches of the Matthews family in a midwestern town called Bay City, a goal that was attained by veteran soap writer and creator Irna Phillips. By comparison, Another World focused on more melodramatic situations than Phillips' most popular soap As the World Turns, which was more ordinary and even mundane.

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When Phillips created the show, she saw it as a sister program to her other creation, As the World Turns, and that there would be crossover storylines and characters between the two programs; even the title of Another World suggested similarity to ATWT. However, none of the other soaps on CBS, on which ATWT aired, were in danger of cancellation, and AW was picked up by NBC. After that, Phillips saw no reason to link up the two programs (interestingly, during its last twenty years on the air, Another World and As the World Turns competed in the 2:00 daily timeslot).

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As the World Turns - CBS

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