Previous Updates - 2023

December 31, 2023:

• Daily synopses for 1985 are now complete from January 2 - August 30. A special thank you to Sarah Cannell for allowing the AWHP to use her episode transcripts in order to write the daily synopses.
• Classic synopses written for 1973 (March 23 - April 13).
• New Info/Corrections: Last appearance of Stephen McHattie as Dr. Paul Graham was January 22, 1973. First appearance of Robert Doran as Jamie Frame was March 19, 1973. St. Croix published a local newspaper called "The Island Tattler." Dennis Carrington (Wheeler) was 12 years old at time of the character's debut in December 1972.
• Lots of new entries added to the Popular Song List.

November 30, 2023:

• The Photo Galleries now include a brand new gallery for Daytime Emmy Awards Photos.
• New pictures added to the Photo Galleries include: Cass Winthrop, Cecile DePoulignac (Nancy Frangione), and Peter Love (John Hutton), Tracy DeWitt (Caroline McWilliams), Reginald Love, Catlin Ewing, Brittany Peterson, and Sally Frame (Mary Page Keller), John Randolph with Mary Matthews, Pat Randolph (Susan Trustman), and Alice Matthews Frame (Jacquie Courtney), Tomas Rivera, Angela Corelli, and Maggie Cory (Robyn Griggs), and Mac Cory (Douglass Watson) and Rachel Cory (Victoria Wyndham).

November 19, 2023:

• Classic synopses written for 1972 (November 27 - December 18). Daily episode synopses for December 19, 1972 - February 7, 1973 and March 19 - 22, 1973 were previously written. The new classic daily synopses will resume with March 23, 1973. Detailed summaries have been written for February 8 - March 16, 1973 thanks to "Daytime Serial Newsletters" that were provided to the AWHP by a soap fan.
• New Info/Corrections: Last appearance of Carol Williard as Nurse Harriet Sullivan was December 4, 1972. First appearance of Anne Meacham as Louise Goddard Brooks was December 6, 1972. First appearance of Brad Bedford as Jamie Frame was December 8, 1972. Joe Hannaham originated the role of Eliot Carrington and played the role December 6-14, 1972. Then, James Douglas replaced Joe Hannaham on December 20, 1972. First appearance of Mike Hammett as Dennis was December 13, 1972. Last appearance of Walter McGinn as Dr. David Rogers was December 14, 1972.

October 22, 2023:

• Classic synopses written for 1972 (October 16 - November 24).
• Corrections/New Info: AW was pre-empted on October 20, 1972 for coverage of the World Series and November 23, 1972 for Thanksgiving football. Linda De Coff temporarily played the role of Janice Frame on October 27, 1972. Last appearance of Aiden McNulty as Jamie Frame was November 2, 1972. Last appearance of Janet Ward as Belle Clark was November 10, 1972. First appearance of Dolph Sweet as Gil McGowan was November 14, 1972. The character of Joan Barnard, secretary at the Randolph law firm, made recurring appearances September 7, 1972 - January 19, 1973.
• Unfortunately, the scripts for February 8 - March 16, 1973 and October 29 - December 31, 1973 are inexplicably missing from the collection at the Popular Culture Library of Bowling Green State University. Fortuntely, an anonymous source has provided "Daytime Serial Newsletters" to the AWHP. A special thanks to the source for allowing us to fill out details for these months.

September 30, 2023:

• Classic synopses written for 1972 (September 5 - October 13).
• Corrections/New Info: Last appearance of Leonie Norton as Cindy Clark was September 13, 1972. Henry Winkler appeared as a postman on the September 27, 1972 episode. Last appearance of Charles Durning as Gil McGowan was October 4, 1972. AW was pre-empted for the American League Playoffs on October 11, 12, and 12, 1972. Catlin Ewing proposed marriage to Sally Frame on December 14, 1984.
• New Photos: (Somerset) Kate Thornton Cannell, Dr. Terry Martin Kurtz, Eve Lawrence, Jill Grant Farmer, Julian Cannell, Ellen Grant, Steven Slade, Doris Hiller, Tom Conway, Avis Ryan.
  (AW, Proposals) Adam and M.J., Catlin and Brittany, Sam Fowler and Amanda, Jamie and Lisa, Grant and Paulina, Michael and Donna, Carl and Rachel, Lucas and Iris,
• The Photo Galleries have been reorganized by actor in observance of recasts. In cases where the original portrayer of a character resumed the role after an absence (i.e. Anna Stuart as Donna Love and Ellen Wheeler as Marley Hudson), all of the actor's pictures are placed together for consistency.
• Added Catlin Ewing's trial for the first-degree murder of David Thatcher to Trials.

September 8, 2023:

• Classic synopses written for 1972 (May 1 - 31). Daily episode synopses for June 1 - September 4, 1972 were previously written. The new classic synopses will resume with September 5, 1972.

August 23, 2023:

• Sad news: Actress Nancy Frangione, who played the infamous Cecile DePoulignac, passed away on August 18, 2023 at the age of 70. A picture of Nancy Frangione has been added to the homepage as a small tribute to the popular actress.
• A special thank you goes out to Another World fans Eric Skubel, Stephen B, and a person who goes by the name of "Xanthe" online for providing several new Day Players entries, scripts, and supplemental show information for the Another World Home Page.
• New Info/Corrections: Carol Roux debuted as Missy Palmer on May 5, 1964 and not May 8, 1964. First appearance of Olga Bellin as Ann Fuller was May 5, 1964. First appearance of Loriann Ruger as Marianne Randolph was April 10, 1972. First appearance of Tom Ruger as Michael Randolph was April 17, 1972. The show was pre-empted on April 21 and 28, 1972 due to News coverage of the Apollo 16 space mission. Introduction/Exit Lines added for Audra Lindley as Liz Matthews and John Beal as Jim Matthews. The last "regular" appearance of Joey Trent as Russ Matthews was June 19, 1964.

August 8, 2023:

• Classic synopses written for 1972 (April 10 - 28)

June 27, 2023:

• Sad News: Actor Nicolas Coster, who played Robert Delaney on Another World and Somerset passed away on June 26, 2023 at the age of 89.
• Classic synopses written for 1972 (February 23 - April 7)
• New Info: Tim Nissen appeared as Michael Randolph on January 6 and 7, 1972. Last appearance of John Carpenter as Inspector Earl Wood was January 15, 1972. First appearance of Charles Siebert as Dr. Stuart Philbin was March 9, 1972. Jamie attended nursery school at the "Country Day." First appearance of Walter Mathews as Gerald Davis, in which the character began to appear regularly on AW was March 14, 1972. The location sequence, which featured Steve, Rachel, and Jamie at a "Nursery school exterior" was filmed on March 15, 1972 and aired during the March 20, 1972 episode. Raymond Scott served three years out of a five-year prison sentence for armed robbery. First known mention of Willis Frame was March 24, 1972. First known mention of Emma Frame Ordway was April 7, 1972. They are the first of Steve's siblings to be named.

May 4, 2023:

• Special Site Announcement: Happy Anniversary! As a special treat we will be uploading full scans of the All-AW magazines from 1976, 1977, 1991, and 1999 very soon.
• Daily synopses written for 1998 (August 24 - December 4), which were originally missing from the daily synopses provided by NBC's AW website. The year is now complete.

April 23, 2023:

• Classic synopses written for December 1, 1971 - January 5, 1972. Daily synopses for January 6 - February 22, 1972 were previously written. The new classic synopses will resume with February 23, 1972.
• New pictures in Photo Galleries include: Lisa Grady, Sandy Cory and Cecile DePoulignac (Nancy Frangione), Raymond Gordon (Gary Pillar Carpenter), Clarice Ewing, Wallingford, Lorna Devon (Alicia Coppola), Jake McKinnon and Paulina Cory (Cali Timmins), Pat Randolph (Beverly Penberthy), Mac and Rachel Cory (Douglas Watson and Victoria Wyndham), and Jake McKinnon.

April 2, 2023:

• Classic synopses written for 1971 (November 1 - 30)
• New Info: The character of Jamie Frame first developed a speaking role when Aiden McNulty assumed the role in October 1971. Arabella Field (Eve Miller, 1990) previously played a young student who testified at the trial in which Dawn Rollo waged a legal battle to continue attending a music conversatory (February 17, 1988). AW was pre-empted on the following days: October 4,5, and 6, 1971 (American and National League Playoffs), on October 11, 12, and 14, 1971 (World Series), and on November 25, 1971 (NFL Football Game). First appearance of John Carpenter as Inspector Earl Wood was October 25, 1971. The head bartender at the Fireside Inn was named Harry Parker and was later played by Gil Rogers.

February 28, 2023:

• Classic synopses written for 1971 (September 22 - October 29).
• New Info: First appearance of Aiden McNulty as Jamie Frame was October 1, 1971. First appearance of John Carpenter as Inspector Earl Wood was October 25, 1971. Last appearance of Alice Mary Riley as Susan "Betsy" Giles on AW was October 22, 1971. Last appearance of John Karlen as loan shark, George Casey was November 2, 1971.

January 29, 2023:

• Classic synopses written for 1971 (August 5 - September 21).
• New Info: First appearance of Tracey Brown and Christopher Corwin as Michael and Marianne Randolph was August 31, 1971. First mention of the Perrini family was made by Ada Hobson on September 3, 1971. Susan Matthews Shearer moved to New York with Dan Shearer, who accepted a job offer at hospital in Westchester County, NY. Last appearance of Seth Holzlein as Jamie Frame was September 8, 1971. Last appearance of Joseph Ponazecki as Dr. David Thornton was September 22, 1971.

January 15, 2023:

• Sad News: Actor Ben Masters (Vic Strang, 1982) died on January 11, 2023 at the age of 75 due to complications from covid-19.
• New Info: The character of Ernie Downs died on August 16, 1971 in Arizona as a result of a heart attack. Christine Cameron appeared as Dan's daughter, Barbara Shearer from August 16 - September 7, 1971. Jeanne Lange (Carol Lamonte, 1974-1976) appeared as a student nurse named Cathy Russo on August 18, 1971.

January 2, 2023:

• The daily synopses for January 1 - May 10, 1991 are now complete. New synopses written for September 3, 5, 6, 7, 13, 17, 21, October 15, and November 2, 1984; February 3 - 24, October 28 - 31, 1997, August 24 - October 9, 1998, and March 19 - April 5, 1999. More to come so that these years are complete.
• New pictures in Photo Galleries include: Danny Fargo and Missy Palmer, Peggy Harris Nolan, Mac and Rachel Cory, Jake McKinnon and Vicky Hudson (Ellen Wheeler), Reuben Lawrence, Iris Wheeler (Beverlee McKinsey), Kevin Anderson, Amanda Cory (Laura Moss) and Alli Fowler (Lindsay Lohan), Sandy Cory and Cecile DePoulignac (Nancy Frangione), Mitch Blake, Donna Love (Anna Stuart), Steve Frame (George Reinholt) and Alice Matthews Frame (Jacqueline Courtney), Olive Randolph, and Mary Matthews and Alice Matthews Frame (Jacqueline Courtney).