Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) {{nyse|PG}} is a global $60 billion (sales per year) consumer goods corporation based in Cincinnati, Ohio that manufactures a wide range of consumer products. The company has approximately 106,000 employees.

Television

P&G produced and sponsored the first radio soap operas in the 1930s. When the medium switched to television in the 1950s and 1960s, most of the new serials were sponsored and produced by the Company. Two of their serials, As the World Turns and Guiding Light, still are on the air today.

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Soap operas - 1930s - 1950s - 1960s - As the World Turns - Guiding Light

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List of past serials produced by P&G:

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• Search for Tomorrow
• The Edge of Night
• Another World
• Somerset
• Texas

Procter and Gamble also was the first company to produce and sponsor a prime-time show, Shirley, starring Shirley Jones, in 1979; it lasted 13 episodes.

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Shirley Jones - 1979

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They also produced TBS' first original comedy series, "Down To Earth," which ran from 1984 to 1987(110 episodes were produced).

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TBS - Down To Earth

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