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The Edge of Night is an American mystery crime drama television series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network for most of its run until November 28, 1975.
It’s been nearly 30 years since “The Edge of Night” was seen on television, and still there hasn’t been a soap quite like the daytime crime drama. Produced by Procter & Gamble, “The Edge of Night”...
- One of TV's Most Unique Soap Operas
- Edge's Roots Go to Perry Mason
- Becoming Edge
- Alumni
- Cast, Crew and Personnel
- Ratings Issues, and Its Move to ABC
- Legacy
Edge premiered on April 2, 1956, the same day that As the World Turns premiered, and throughout its history had always been unique as a soap opera. Along with As the World Turns, which was a more traditional soap opera, Edgewas the first soap opera that ran thirty minutes in length. (At that time, 15 minutes was the usual standard running time for ...
Edge was originally called, "The Edge of Darkness" as a working title and was created by Vendig, who was, at that time, a writer for the old Perry Masonradio series. Vendig would later create the short lived soaps, Three Steps to Heaven and Hidden Faces (which was quite similar to Edge, and starred soap veteran Conard Fowkes and Gretchen Walther), ...
What would eventually become Edge was the result of a retooled idea that Vendig wanted to do with Perry Mason, but couldn't, due to the objections of Erle Stanley Gardner. Vendig brought actor John Larkin, who played Perry Mason on radio, to portray Mike Karr, a former police officer who was finishing law school. Unlike Perry Mason, whose legal adv...
Many notable actors had worked on Edge over the course of its 28 years. The most notable alumni include Larry Hagman who played Detective Ed Gibson, the husband of Judy Marceau; who would become better known, first, as Captain (later Major) Anthony Nelson on the NBC situation comedy, I Dream of Jeannie and then as the famous, or infamous, oil baron...
Edgemade famous (at least their voices) veteran CBS staff announcers Harry Kramer and Hal Simms, who were most identified with the series over the show's 28 years. Previous announcers were Herbert Duncan and Bob Dixon. All four of them (Kramer and Simms most notably) would always announce the show, "Theeeee Edge....of Night." Simms, who would becom...
After various problems and time slot shifts, CBS was planning on cancelling the show (it had been facing cancellation because ratings had begun to slide due to an unwise time slot change (which had eliminated the men who watched and also the teenagers who watched), and also that CBS was wanting to expand two of its more successful shows, The Guidin...
After Edge's cancellation in 1984, about 1,800 episodes (all of them from the ABC years of the series) were put out for syndication. These episodes were shown on the USA cable network. Many of the episodes from the CBS years of the show were "wiped" to save money on videotapes, and many timeless episodes were lost. Only very few CBS episodes surviv...
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The Edge of Night was a CBS\ABC network mystery series\soap opera created by Irving Vendig which first aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 until November 28, 1975 when it moved to the ABC network where it aired from December 1, 1975 until December 28, 1984, airing for 28 seasons & 7,216 episodes.
ActorCharacterDurationJohn LarkinLaurence HugoForrest ComptonMike Karr1956–19621962–19711971–1984Teal AmesSara Lane Karr1956–1961Ann FloodNancy Pollock Karr1962–1984Maeve McGuireJayne BentzenLisa SloanNicole Travis Stewart Drake Cavanaugh1968–74, ...Mon, Jan 21, 1980. There's blood on the walls in the Cavanaugh cottage, and someone's sent to the hospital. Nancy's meeting with Benny takes a dangerous turn, but unexpected calvary arrives in the nick of time. Nicole confides in April about Miles' extreme mood swings.
The Edge of Night: Created by Irving Vendig. With Ann Flood, Forrest Compton, Donald May, Joel Crothers. Attorney Mike Karr and his colleagues are involved in solving crimes and intrigue which touch the lives of many citizens.
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The Edge of Night was an American television mystery series/soap opera produced by Procter & Gamble. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network until November 28, 1975; the series then moved to ABC, where it aired from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984.
