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One Life to Live (often abbreviated as OLTL) is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes via Prospect Park from April 29 to August 19, 2013.
ONE LIFE TO LIVE on ABC, Brought to you by the Colgate-Palmolive Company, is the BEST TV show, or soap opera, that has EVER been on the air. Two O' Clock P.M. has always been my favorite hour in the day; the one hour that I can be in Llanview, and check in on everyone...
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Apr 19, 2024 · Celebrating the classic soap opera One Life to Live with news, archived daily recaps, exclusive interviews, and character profiles -- plus coverage of all your past and present favorite soaps.
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Impressed with the ratings success of NBC's Another World, ABC sought out Another World writer Nixon to create a serial for them. Though Nixon's concept for the new series was "built along the classic soap formula of a rich family and a poor family," she was "tired of the restraints imposed by the WASPy, noncontroversial nature of daytime drama." O...
One Life to Live is set in the fictional city of Llanview, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The show continually centers on the wealthy, WASP Lord family, with the working-class Polish American Woleks, the less wealthy Irish Catholic Rileys, and the African-American Grays present at the series inception. One Life to Livehas been called "the ...
Unsuccessful revival attempt
On July 7, 2011, ABC announced that it had licensed the rights to One Life to Live and All My Children to television, film and music production company Prospect Park, allowing both series to continue producing new first-run episodes beyond the conclusion of their television runs on ABC, with the series moving to a new Hulu-style online channel currently in development by Prospect Park; as a result of the company's acquisition of the two soap operas, One Life to Live and All My Children, would...
2013 revival
On January 7, 2013, Prospect Park made an official statement about its plans to restart production of One Life to Live and All My Children as web series. The two soap operas will serve as anchor shows for The Online Network (Prospect Park's new online channel that was supposed to be launched during the original attempt in 2011). Prospect Park inked deals with SAG-AFTRA and DGA. ProspectPark confirmed that former coordinating producer, Jennifer Pepperman has signed on as the new executive prod...
On December 1, 2011, two weeks after One Life to Live finished taping its final scenes, ABC confirmed that former executive producer Frank Valentini and head writer Ron Carlivati would assume the same roles on General Hospitaleffective January 9, 2012. Several former One Life to Live actors - Kassie DePaiva, Roger Howarth, Michael Easton, and Krist...
Throughout the show's history, the plot lines of One Life to Live have been established as existing in the same fictional universe as other ABC-owned daytime series, in particular Agnes Nixon's All My Children, which premiered in 1970. As noted from time to time in both series, fictional Pine Valley—the setting of All My Children—is located in Penn...
The show aired on ABC Daytimefor the entirety of its original television run. 1. July 15, 1968 – July 23, 1976: 3:30–4:00 pm (2:30–3:00 pm, CT/PT) 2. July 26, 1976 – January 13, 1978: 2:30–3:15 pm (1:30–2:15 pm, CT/PT) 3. January 16, 1978 – January 13, 2012: 2:00–3:00 pm (1:00–2:00 pm, CT/PT) The show aired on Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes during its ...
(July 15, 1968-April 1975) (April 1975-Late 1980) (Late 1980-December 14, 1984) (December 17, 1984-December 31, 1991) (January 2, 1992-November 17, 1995) (November 20, 1995-June 11, 2004) (June 14, 2004-January 13, 2012)
Jul 7, 2021 · Learn about the cast, crew, awards, and plot of One Life to Live, a long-running soap opera set in the fictional town of Llanview, Pa. Find out where to watch the show online or on TV.
One Life to Live (abbreviated as OLTL) is an American television soap opera broadcast for more than 43 years on the ABC network, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature ethnically and socioeconomically diverse...
One Life to Live Cast and Credits. The Cast and Credits section will help you find out the names of OLTL performers and the roles they have played. You can also link to actor biographies, character profiles, and more. This is an up-to-date list of the contract and recurring roles on One Life to Live. For your convenience, the cast list now ...
