As the World Turns

As the World Turns was a CBS network soap opera created by Irna Phillips which first premiered on April 2, 1956 and ran for 54 seasons, ending on September 17, 2010, airing for 13,858 episodes.

The show holds the second-longest continuous run of any daytime network soap opera on American television, surpassed only by "Guiding Light".

Plot[]

Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, "As the World Turns" focused on the relationships and difficulties of the people of the town including the Hughes, Snyder and Walsh families.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Actor	Character	Duration
Terri Conn	Katie Snyder	1998–2010
Daniel Cosgrove	Dr. Chris Hughes	2010
Trent Dawson	Henry Coleman	1999–2010
Ellen Dolan	Margo Montgomery Hughes	1989–2010
Eileen Fulton	Lisa Grimaldi	1960–2010
Van Hansis	Luke Snyder	2005–10
Jake Silbermann	Noah Mayer	2007–10
Don Hastings	Dr. Bob Hughes	1960–2010
Kathryn Hays	Kim Sullivan Hughes	1972–2010
Jon Hensley	Holden Snyder	1985–88, 1990–95, 1997–2010
Scott Holmes	Tom Hughes	1987–2010
Roger Howarth	Paul Ryan	2003–10
Elizabeth Hubbard	Lucinda Walsh	1984–2010
Agim Kaba	Aaron Snyder	2002–05, 2007–10
Jon Lindstrom	Craig Montgomery	2008–10
Billy Magnussen	Casey Hughes	2008–10
Grayson McCouch	Dusty Donovan	2003–10
Kelley Menighan Hensley	Emily Stewart	1992–2010
Michael Park	Jack Snyder	1997–2010
Marnie Schulenburg	Alison Stewart	2007–10
Maura West	Carly Snyder	1995–2010
Marie Wilson	Meg Snyder	2005–10
Colleen Zenk	Barbara Coleman	1978–2010

Recurring Cast[]

Actor	Character	Duration
Valentina de Angelis	Faith Snyder	2010
Noelle Beck	Lily Walsh	2008–10
Larry Bryggman	John Dixon	1969–2004, 2010
Ewa Da Cruz	Vienna Hyatt	2006–10
Allie Gorenc	Sage Snyder	2006–10
Bailey Harkins	Johnny Montgomery	2008–10
Mick Hazen	Parker Snyder	2006–10
Lesli Kay	Molly Conlan	1997–2004, 2009–10
Jennifer Landon	Gwen Munson	2005–08, 2010
Ben Levin	Gabriel Caras	2010
Marie Masters	Dr. Susan Stewart	1968–79, 1986–2010
Cady McClain	Rosanna Cabot	2002–05, 2007–10
Isabella Palmieri	Natalie Snyder	2009–10
Julie Pinson	Janet Ciccone	2008–10
Vanessa Ray	Teri Ciccone	2009–10
Jesse Soffer	Will Munson	2004–08, 2010
Kathleen Widdoes	Emma Snyder	1985–10
Sarah Wilson	Liberty Ciccone	2010
Daniel Manche	J.J. Snyder	2005–09

Past Cast[]

Actor	Character	Status
Mary Kay Adams	Neal Keller Alcott	1992–93
Brooke Alexander	Samantha Markham Anderson #1	1994–96
Sherri Alexander	Samantha Markham Anderson #2	1997–98
Bobby Alford	Bob Hughes #1	1956–58
Joan Allison	Claire English #4	1964–65
Daniella Alonso	Pilar Domingo #2	2004
Real Andrews	Walker Daniels	2003–04
Sean Anthony	Andy Dixon #4	1983–84
Jennifer Ashe	Meg Snyder #1	1986–89, 1994
Tala Ashe	Ameera Ali Aziz	2008
Hayley Barr	Courtney Baxter	1990–94
Kelly Barrett	Maddie Coleman #2	2008–09
Steve Bassett	Seth Snyder	1986–88, 1991–94, 2001
Susan Batten	Connor Walsh #2	1997
Claire Beckman	Sabrina Hughes #2	1990–92
Gregory Beecroft	Brock Lombard	1989-90
Barbara Berjer	Claire English #5	1964–71
Judith Blazer	Ariel Aldrin Donovan	1982–85
Hunt Block	Craig Montgomery #2	2000–05
Brian Bloom	Dusty Donovan #1	1983–88
Claire Bloom	Orlena Grimaldi #1	1994–95
Cynthia Bostick	Marcia Campbell	1979
Peter Boynton	Tonio Reyes	1986–91, 1992
Peter Brandon	Donald Hughes #4	1966–72
Joseph Breen	Scott Eldridge #1	1992–93
Colleen Broomall	Danielle Andropoulos #2	1983–89
Susan Brown	Adelaide Fitzgibbon #1	1988
Patricia Bruder	Ellen Lowell Cole Stewart #2	1960–95, 98
Scott Bryce	Craig Montgomery #1	1982–87, 1988–90, 1993–94, 2007–08
Larry Bryggman	John Dixon	1969–2004, 2010
Walter Burke	John Hughes #2	1963
Martha Byrne	Lily Walsh Snyder #2 Rose D'Angelo	1985–89, 1993–2008 2000–04, 2006
Finn Carter	Sierra Esteban #1	1985–88, 1990–91, 1994
Sharon Case	Debbie Simon	1992–93
Christopher Cass	Scott Eldridge #2	1993
Holly Cate	Janice Maxwell	1993–95
Alexandra Chando	Maddie Coleman #1	2005–07, 2009–10
Judith Chapman	Natalie Bannon #1	1975–78
Shawn Christian	Mike Kasnoff #1	1994–97
Mark Collier	Mike Kasnoff #2	2002–07, 2009
Kristen Connolly	Josie Anderson	2008–09
Frank Converse	Ned Simon	1992–94
Nicolas Coster	Eduardo Grimaldi	1993–95
Justine Cotsonas	Sofie Duran	2007–08
Keith Coulouris	David Stenbeck	1999-2000
Cassandra Creech	Denise Maynard	1998–01
Joshua Dalin	Danielle Andropoulos #1	1983
Les Damon	Jim Lowell	1956–57
Napiera Danielle	Bonnie McKechnie	2001–04
Toni Darnay	Franny Brennan	1963–65
John Dauer	Jeremy Wheeler	1995–96
Lucy Deakins	Lily Walsh Snyder #1	1984–85
Scott DeFreitas	Andy Dixon #5	1985–95, 1997–2000
Phoebe Dorin	Penelope Hughes Cunningham #2	1971
James Douglas	Grant Colman #2	1974–81, 1988–89, 1994–95
Wendy Drew	Ellen Lowell Stewart #1	1956–1960
Jaime Nicole Dudney	Georgia Tucker	1998–2000
Jessica Dunphy	Alison Stewart	2002–05
Robert Dwyer	Andy Dixon #2	1980
Virginia Dwyer	Janice Turner #2	1962
Tom Eplin	Jake McKinnon	1999–2002
Roy Eudon	Brad Snyder #2	1999
Carl T. Evans	Nick Scudder	2001-02
Eric Sheffer Stevens	Dr. Reid Oliver	2010
Mary Beth Evans	Sierra Esteban #2	2000–05, 2010
Jennifer Ferrin	Jennifer Munson	2003–06
Jason Ferguson	Andy Dixon #1	1976–79
Ann Flood	Ruth Mansfield	1992–93
Michael Forest	Nick Andropoulos	1980–82
David Forsyth	Burke Donovan	1983
Conard Fowkes	Donald Hughes #6	1978–81, 1985–86
Lindsay Frost	Betsy Stewart	1984–88
Ed Fry	Larry McDermott	1990–95, 2009
Christopher C. Fuller	Jef Hamlin	1994–96
Terri Garber	Iris Dumbrowski	2005–08, 2010
Hunter Garner	Billy Ross	2001-02
Barbara Garrick	Rita Renfield	1998-99
Edmund Gaynes	Paul Stewart	1964–66
Marc Gomes	Dr. Lewis McCloud	1997
Meredith Hagner	Liberty Ciccone #1	2008–10
Alice Haining	Angel Lange Snyder	1988–94
Paul Hecht	Alexander Cabot	1992–95
Aisha Henderson	Zoe Crane	1996
Benjamin Hendrickson	Hal Munson	1985–2006
Lynn Herring	Audrey Coleman	2009
Robert Hogan	Larry J. McDermott	1991–92
Richard Holland	Donald Hughes #2	1956–62
Scott Holroyd	Paul Ryan	2001-03
John Howard	Paul Ryan	1996
Laurence Hugo	John Hughes #1	1956–57
John James	Rick Decker	2003–04, 2008
Peter Francis James	Blake Stevens	1989-90
William Johnstone	Judge James T. Lowell	1956–79
Wendy Jones	T. Jones	1996
Ben Jorgensen	Chris Hughes	1999
Andrew Kavovit	Paul Ryan	1986-1991, 1992
Nick Kokotakis	Brad Snyder #1	1998-99
Paul Korver	Chris Hughes	1999–2001
Jennifer Landon	Gwen Norbeck Munson Cleo Babbitt	2005–08, 2010 2007
Craig Lawlor	Adam Munson	1998–2002
Lisa Lawrence	Sarah Kasnoff	1996
William Lee	Grandpa Hughes #1	1956
Guenia Lemos	Ruby Frank	2001
Terry Lester	Royce Keller	1992–94
Mark Kevin Lewis	Gregory Varner	1994
Peyton List	Lucy Montgomery	2001–05
John Loprieno	Brad Snyder #3	1999
Kristanna Loken	Danielle Andropoulos #3	1994
Don MacLaughlin	Chris Hughes Sr.	1956–86
Neil Maffin	Beau Farrell	1988–89
Daniel Markel	David Stenbeck	1997–98
Nathaniel Marston	Eddie Silva	1998–2000
Lauren B. Martin	Camille Bennett	1997–2000
Konrad Matthaei	Grant Colman #1	1973–74
Cady McClain	Rosanna Cabot #2	2002–05, 2007–10
Lonnie McCullough	Linc Lafferty #2	1993
Anne Burr McDermott	Claire English #1	1956–59
Lonette McKee	Sara Ruth Bennett	1997-99
Lynn Milgrim	Orlena Grimaldi #2	1995
Judson Mills	Hutch Hutchinson	1991–93
Michael David Morrison	Caleb Snyder #1	1988–93
Robin Morse	Pamela Wagner	1987–89
Burke Moses	Sean Baxter	1989-91
Alexandra Neil	Dawn Wheeler	1993–95
James Noble	Donald Hughes #3	1962
Kim Onasch	Jennifer Munson	1999–2002
Santos Ortega	Grandpa Hughes #2	1956–76
Giulia Pagano	Marsha Talbot	1986–87
Peter Parros	Ben Harris	1996–2005, 2009
Tom Pelphrey	Mick Dante	2009–10
Beverlee Penberthy	Adelaide Fitzgibbon #2	1989
Valerie Perrine	Delores Pierce	1998-99
Yvonne Perry	Rosanna Cabot #1	1992–96, 1998–99
Bronson Picket	Diego Santana	1996–97
Tonya Pinkins	Heather Dalton	1983-86
Julie Pinson	Janet Ciccone	2008–10
Nat Polen	Dr. Douglas Cassen	1956–67
Leona Powers	Mrs. Thelma Turner	1956–57
Susan Pratt	Charlotte Lindsey	1999
Simon Prebble	Martin Chedwyn	1996
Rosemary Prinz	Penelope Hughes Cunningham #1	1956–68, 1985–87, 1993, 1998, 2000
Renee Props	Ellie Snyder	1988–92
Mary Linda Rapeleye	Margaret Crawford Andropoulos	1980–85
Heather Rattray	Lily Walsh Snyder #3	1989–93
Margaret Reed	Shannon O'Hara	1985–90, 1994–95
William Redfield	Dr. Tim Cole	1958
Portia Reiners	Ada Dunne	2006
Joanna Rhinehart	Jessica Griffin #2	1995–99
Allyson Rice-Taylor	Connor Walsh #1	1990–97
Barbara Rodell	Joyce Colman	1973–81
Bonnie Root	Eve Coleman	2006
Denis Romer	Dr. Doug Campbell	1979
Todd Rotondi	Bryant Montgomery	2000–01
Lamman Rucker	T. Marshall Travers	2002–03
Frank Runyeon	Steve Andropoulos	1980–86
Mark Rydell	Jeff Baker	1956–62
Roselyn Sanchez	Pilar Domingo #1	1996–97
Bill Shanks	Casey Peretti	1986–90
Monti Sharp	Dr. Lewis McCloud	1997–98
John Wesley Shipp	Doug Cummings	1985–86
Kristina Sisco	Abigail Williams	1999–2002
Deidre Skiles	Danielle Andropoulos #5	2008
Alfe Smith	Andy Dixon #3	1982
Melanie Smith	Emily Stewart	1987–90, 1992
Rex Smith	Darryl Crawford	1990–92
Susan Marie Snyder	Julie Wendall Snyder	1989–95, 1998, 2002
Count Stovall	Roy Franklin	1986–89
Mary Ellen Stuart	Frannie Hughes	1989–92
Hal Studer	Donald Hughes #1	1956
Joris Stuyck	Gavin Kruger #1	1990
Michael Swan	Duncan McKechnie	1986–95, 2001
Anne Sward	Lyla Montgomery Peretti	1980–93, 2000
Paul Taylor	Isaac Jenkins	1999–2003
Patrick Tovatt	Cal Stricklyn	1988–98
Tamara Tunie	Jessica Griffin #1	1987–95, 1999–2007, 2009
Mark Tymchyshyn	Gavin Kruger #2	1990–92
Joyce Van Patten	Janice Turner #1	1956–57
Helen Wagner	Nancy Hughes	1956–2010
Alexander Walters	Mark Kasnoff	1995–97
Gertrude Warner	Claire English #2	1960
Ruth Warrick	Edith Hughes Frye	1956–60, 1963
Greg Watkins	Evan Walsh	1991–95
Ronnie Welch	Bob Hughes #2	1958–60
Mary K. Wells	Louise Cole	1958
Doug Wert	Scott Eldridge #3	1995–96
Martin West	Donald Hughes #5	1976–78
Nancy Wickwire	Claire English #3	1960–64
Tom Wiggin	Kirk Anderson	1988–98
Ashley Williams	Danielle Andropoulos #4	1994–96
Darnell Williams	Jack Devere	1994
Graham Winton	Caleb Snyder #2	1993–95, 1998, 2002
Sarah Wilson	Liberty Ciccone #2	2010
James Wlcek	Linc Lafferty #1	1990–92
Michael Woods	Alec Wallace	1999
Janet Zarish	Natalie Bannon #2	1981

Deceased cast members[]

Actor	Character	Date of Death
Edie Adams	Roseanne	October 15, 2008
Joan Anderson	Mary Mitchell	May 14, 1974
Gerald Anthony	Richie	May 28, 2004
Pearl Bailey	Corinne Bailey	August 17, 1990
Ina Balin	Rosalind Hatchley	June 20, 1990
Donald Barton	Ed Brewster	April 24, 2002
Charles Baxter	Tom Pope	April 9, 1998
Lou Bedford	Jarred Carpenter	January 18, 2005
Barbara Berjer	Claire English Lowell Cassen Shea	October 20, 2002
Clarice Blackburn	Marion Connolly	August 5, 1995
Tom Bowman	Victor	January 8, 1997
Peter Brandon	Don Hughes	November 27, 1983
James Broderick	Jim Norman	November 1, 1982
Jacqueline Brookes	Miss Thompson	April 26, 2013
Ed Bryce	Professor Philip Stallings	December 6, 1999
James Burge	Stefan Wilder	June 1, 1985
Peter Burnell	Hank Barton	January 5, 1987
Anne Burr	Claire English	February 1, 2003
Fran Carlon	Julia Burke	October 4, 1993
Keith Charles	Ralph Mitchell	July 1, 2008
Don Chastain	Logan Andrews/Cooley #1	August 9, 2002
Imogene Coca	Alice Hammond	June 2, 2001
Brent Collins	Bernard Ignatius Grayson (A.K.A. Mr. Big)	January 6, 1988
Linda Cook	Lucy Hunter/Ann Reynolds	April 12, 2012
Roderick Cook	Simon	August 17, 1990
Dennis Cooney	Jay Stallings	September 8, 2002
Nicholas Cortland	Greg Ray	August 21, 1988
Staats Cotsworth	Ralph Brown	April 9, 1979
Geraldine Court	Jennifer Sullivan/Ryan Hughes	November 20, 2010
Augusta Dabney	Ann Holmes	February 4, 2008
Les Damon	James "Jim" Lowell Jr.	July 21, 1962
Toni Darnay	Fanny Brennan	January 5, 1983
Curt Dawson	Ronnie Talbot	January 13, 1985
Palmer Deane	Mr. Dalton	April 23, 1990
Gloria DeHaven	Sara Fuller	July 30, 2016
Phyllis Diller	Fairy Godmother	August 20, 2012
James Douglas	Grant Coleman	March 5, 2016
Virginia Dwyer	Janice Turner	August 20, 2012
Stephen Elliott	Dr. Jerry Stephens	May 21, 2005
Henderson Forsythe	Dr. David Stewart	April 17, 2006
Conard Fowkes	Donald Hughes	December 14, 2009
Hugh Franklin	Ralph Brown	September 26, 1986
Dan Frazer	Lt. McCloskey	December 16, 2011
Betsy von Furstenberg	Lisa Miller Hughes Eldridge Shea Colman McColl	April 21, 2015
Zsa Zsa Gabor	Lydia Marlowe	December 18, 2016
Patricia Gage	Corrine Lawrence	January 31, 2010
Betty Garde	Miss Tyler	December 25, 1989
Mark Gordon	Captain Striker	August 12, 2010
Nicolette Goulet	Casey Reynolds	April 17, 2008
Farley Granger	Earl Mitchell	March 27, 2011
Ernest Graves	Dr. David Stewart	June 1, 1983
Margaret Hamilton	Miss Peterson	May 16, 1985
Benjamin Hendrickson	Hal Munson	July 1, 2006
Anthony Herrera	James Stenbeck	June 21, 2011
Barton Heyman	Dr. Johnson	May 15, 1996
William Hickey	Ike Slattery	June 29, 1997
Richard Holland	Don Hughes	June 9, 2006
Celeste Holm	Lauren Roberts	July 15, 2012
Robert Horton	Whitney McColl	March 9, 2016
Whitney Houston	Concert Performer	February 11, 2012
Robert Hover	Brian Ellison	February 15, 2013
Barnard Hughes	Mr. Barton	July 11, 2006
Laurence Hugo	John Hughes	March 2, 1994
Kim Hunter	Nurse/Mrs. Tompkins	September 11, 2002
Arch Johnson	Red Carter	October 9, 1997
William Johnstone	James T. Lowell	November 1, 1996
Joseph Julian	Joe	March 11, 1982
Charles Keating	Niles Mason	August 8, 2014
Ed Kemmer	D.A. Dick Martin	November 9, 2004
Eleni Kiamos	Thea Lena	January 14, 1988
Philip Kraus	Jerry Kramer	October 21, 2006
Jay Lanin	Dr. Michael Shea	July 17, 2013
Elizabeth Lawrence	Evelyn DeWitt Lewis	June 11, 2000
Will Lee	Will "Pa" Hughes	December 7, 1982
William LeMassena	Ambrose Bingham	January 19, 1993
Terry Lester	Royce Keller	November 28, 2003
Abby Lewis	Mrs. Jackson	November 27, 1997
Don MacLaughlin	Chris Hughes	May 28, 1986
Nandrea Lin	Larrie Moore	May 27, 2002
Stacie Linardos	Marsha - Waitress in Al's Diner	August 17, 2011
Michael Lipton	Neil Wade	February 10, 2012
Rita Lloyd	Edwina Walsh Cabot	September 6, 2009
Michael Louden	Duke Kramer Dixon	September 4, 2004
Geoffrey Lumb	Mitchell Dru	November 24, 1990
Don MacLaughlin	Chris Hughes	May 28, 1986
James Madden	Thomas Christopher Hughes	March 23, 2009
Larkin Malloy	Radio Announcer / Dr. Weston	September 28, 2016
Alan Manson	Orderly	March 5, 2002
Lori March	Nurse Harris	March 19, 2013
Joe Maross	Dick Martin	November 7, 2009
Nathaniel Marston	Eddie Silva	November 11, 2015
Basia McCoy	Mrs. Marley	May 16, 2012
John McMartin	Ed Rice	July 6, 2016
Mike Minor	Norman Garrison	January 28, 2016
Anna Minot	Martha Wilson	June 2, 2007
Michael David Morrison	Caleb Snyder	February 18, 1993
Rosemary Murphy	Greta Aldrin	July 5, 2014
Tony Musante	Joe D'Angelo	November 26, 2013
James Noble	Donald Hughes	March 28, 2016
Allen Nourse	Otto Martin	February 13, 1991
Santos Ortega	Will "Pa" Hughes	April 10, 1976
Betsy Palmer	Suzanne Becker	May 29, 2015
Brock Peters	Dr. Bellows	August 23, 2005
Nancy Pinkerton	Dorothy Connors	March 4, 2010
Alice Playten	Mrs. Lovejoy	June 25, 2011
Nat Polen	Dr. Douglas Cassen	May 3, 1981
Jon Polito	Propney	September 1, 2016
Roy Poole	Dr. Jerry Stevens	July 1, 1986
Leona Powers	Thelma Turner	January 7, 1970
William Prince	Bill Holmes	October 8, 1996
James Pritchett	Bruce Elliott	March 15, 2011
Keith Pruitt	Frank Wendell	November 12, 2008
James Ray	Dr. Fisher	December 3, 1988
James Rebhorn	Henry Lange/Angus Oliver	March 21, 2014
William Redfield	Dr. Tim Cole	August 17, 1976
Frances Reid	Grace Baker	February 3, 2010
Ethel Remey	Alma Miller	February 28, 1979
Joanna Roos	Alma Miller	May 13, 1989
Luis van Rooten	Henry Miller	June 17, 1973
Selena Royle	Grace Baker	April 23, 1983
Martin Rudy	Carl Wilson	March 9, 2011
Jack Ryland	Evan Morgan	January 5, 2007
Carles Sabater	Ramon	February 13, 1999
Dean Santoro	Dr. Paul Stewart	June 10, 1987
Madeleine Sherwood	Mrs. Murphy	April 23, 2016
Helen Shields	Edna Rice	August 7, 1963
Ann Shropshire	Ann Eldridge	May 1, 2013
P. Jay Sidney	Dr. Bellows	September 30, 1996
Hal Simms	Announcer	July 2, 2002
Lilia Skala	Rose Welinski	December 18, 1994
Eugene Smith	Unidentified Role	October 1, 2012
Roy Shuman	Dr. Michael Shea	July 30, 1973
John Spencer	Don West	December 16, 2005
Deborah Steinberg Solomon	Amanda Holmes	December 2, 2011
Philip Sterling	Rev. George Booth	November 30, 1998
Roy K. Stevens	Charles Svenstrom	April 12, 1987
Albert Stratton	Dr. Tucker	April 26, 2011
Shepperd Strudwick	Dr. Fields	January 15, 1983
Hal Studer	Donald "Don" Hughes	October 24, 2011
Barbara Ann Teer	Helen	July 21, 2008
Ben Thomas	Nolan	September 18, 2008
Terri VandenBosch	Frannie Hughes	March 9, 2009
Titos Vandis	Nassos	February 23, 2003
Ed Vassallo	Police Officer/Doug	February 25, 2014
Robert Vaughn	Rick Hamlin	November 11, 2016
Abe Vigoda	Joe Kravitz	January 26, 2016
Joe Wachowski	Dean	November 16, 2007
Helen Wagner	Nancy Hughes McClosky	May 1, 2010
Biff Warren	Mark Lewis	September 26, 1993
Ruth Warrick	Edith Hughes Frey	January 15, 2005
Gertrude Werner	Claire English Cassen Shea	January 26, 1986
Mary K. Wells	Louise Cole	August 14, 2000
Ronnie Welsh	Dr. Robert "Bob" Hughes	January 5, 1993
Nancy Wickwire	Claire English Cassen Shea	July 10, 1974
Andy Williams	Himself	September 25, 2012
Ann Williams	Nurse Chastain	December 13, 1985
Murial Williams	Grace Baker	February 10, 1994
Vince Williams	Lamar Griffin	January 6, 1997
Scott Winters	Lawyer	July 13, 2011
Joyce Worsley	Mrs. Ledbetter	April 12, 2004

Notable Alumni[]

Actor	Character	Duration
Courteney Cox	Bunny	1984
Jason Biggs	Pete Wendell	1994–95
Brian Bloom	Dusty Donovan	1983–88
Claire Bloom	Orlena Grimaldi	1994–95
Jordana Brewster	Nikki Munson	1995–98
Patricia Bruder	Ellen Stewart	1960–2002
Larry Bryggman	John Dixon	1969–2004, 2010
Shawn Christian	Mike Kasnoff	1994–97
Margaret Colin	Margo Hughes	1981–83
Joseph Cross	Casey Hughes	1999–2000, 2002–04
Dana Delany	Hayley Hollister	1981
William Fichtner	Josh Snyder	1987–89
Thomas Gibson	Derek Mason	1988–89
James Earl Jones	Dr. Jerry Turner	1966
Lauryn Hill	Kira Johnson	1991
Peyton List	Lucy Montgomery	2001–05
Kristanna Loken	Danielle Andropoulos	1994
Mary McDonnell	Claudia Colfax	1980
Gregory Michael	Clark Watson	2003–04
Matthew Morrison	Adam Munson	2006
Julianne Moore	Frannie Hughes Sabrina Hughes	1985–88, 2010 1986–88
Ming-Na	Lien Hughes	1988–91
Lea Salonga	Lien Hughes	2001–02
Michael Nader	Kevin Thompson	1976–78
Annie Parisse	Julia Snyder	1998–2002
Danny Pintauro	Paul Ryan	1983–84
Scott Porter	Casey Hughes	2006–07
Jon Prescott	Mike Kasnoff	2008
Rosemary Prinz	Penny Hughes	1956–68
Parker Posey	Tess Shelby	1991–92
Zach Roerig	Casey Hughes	2005–07
Emmy Rossum	Abigail Williams	1997
Amy Ryan	Reenie	1990
Meg Ryan	Betsy Stewart Andropoulos	1982–84
Mark Rydell	Jeff Baker	1956–62
Roselyn Sanchez	Pilar Domingo	1996–97
Martin Sheen	Jack Davis	1965–70
Kerr Smith	Ryder Hughes	1996–97
Michael Swan	Duncan McKechnie	1986–95, 2001–02
Richard Thomas	Tom Hughes	1966–67
Marisa Tomei	Marcy Thompson Cushing	1983–85
Tamara Tunie	Jessica Griffin	1986–95, 1999–2007, 2009
James Van Der Beek	Stephen Anderson	1995
Steven Weber	Kevin Gibson	1985–86
Amanda Seyfried	Lucy Montgomery	2000–01
Karen Ziemba	Aurora Hunter	2009

Broadcast History[]

"As the World Turns" enjoyed a virtually uninterrupted reign as the highest-rated soap from 1958 to 1978, tying for first place with NBC Daytime's "Another World" (1973–1974, 1977–1978) and "Days of Our Lives" (1973–1974).

By the mid-1960s, it was so firmly entrenched that its strongest competition "Let's Make a Deal" despite developing a devoted fan base in its own right and becoming one of daytime's most popular game shows, could not come close to matching it in the Nielsens.

Its strength was such that ABC ran hour-long drama reruns in the 1:00–2:00 pm. (noon–1:00 Central) slot in the mid-1960s and NBC after losing "Let's Make a Deal" to ABC in 1968, ran a total of eight shows, all short-lived (with the exception of "Three on a Match" which lasted three years), against "As the World Turns" & "Let's Make a Deal" from that point until 1975.

As that year began, "Another World" was expanded to 60 minutes, with their first hour-long episode airing on January 6, 1975.

Although this did not directly affect "As the World Turns" as the two shows were not in competition for anything other than the overall ratings win, CBS' afternoon lineup suffered some ratings damage as the popular soap put a dent in the ratings of both of CBS' popular afternoon game shows "The Price Is Right and "Match Game".

NBC (pleased by the success that the expansion of "Another World" had brought to the network) elected to do the same thing with Days of Our Lives beginning on April 21, 1975; this put "Days of Our Lives" and "As the World Turns" in direct competition for ratings.

Incidentally, the expansions were occurring seven years after the last two 15-minute serials, "Search for Tomorrow" and The Guiding Light, expanded to 30 minutes.

CBS considered expanding "As the World Turns" and "Search for Tomorrow" to 45 minutes (eliminating the timeslot during which stations broadcast local newscasts), but eventually decided to expand the show its front-runner in the ratings battle to a full-hour length.

CBS set a target of September 1975 to complete the expansion and needed to free up 30 minutes' worth of space on its schedule to do so. Game show "The Price Is Right" was relocated to 10:30 am and aired a week's worth of 60-minute shows in September as a test for a potential permanent expansion.

While "The Price is Right"'s expansion was intended as temporary to start, the expansion of "As the World Turns" was to be permanent. As such, the network was required to cancel one of the other programs on its schedule.

CBS turned its eye to "The Edge of Night" (which at the time was the network's lowest-rated program). The former hit had been moved (at Procter and Gamble's insistence) from its 3:30 pm timeslot to the 2:30 pm slot following "The Guiding Light" in 1972. As a result, The Edge of Night lost a large portion of its audience.

In addition to those factors working against it, the rest of CBS' drama lineup was performing well in the ratings and the network could not move the long-running serial to another time slot without risking pre-emption from local affiliates, which would have driven ratings even lower.

An agreement was struck between CBS, Procter and Gamble, and ABC to get the necessary 30 minutes for the As the World Turns expansion. CBS would not renew The Edge of Night once its contract was up, and Procter and Gamble moved the serial to ABC and aired it there.

However, a problem arose that would have caused a major issue had CBS elected to go ahead with a September expansion of "As the World Turns".

The network's contract with Procter and Gamble was not due to expire until December 1975 which meant that no new episodes of "The Edge of Night" would air for three months and ABC wanted to keep the series' continuity intact. CBS decided to hold off on the expansion and continue airing "The Edge of Night" until ABC could find a space for it.

In November 1975, ABC announced the cancellation of the game show "You Don't Say!" which had been airing in the network's 4:00 pm timeslot. The final episode was scheduled to air on November 28, 1975, after which "The Edge of Night" would be free to leave CBS and As the World Turns would be free to expand to 60 minutes.

The first hour-long episode of "As the World Turns" aired on December 1, 1975. The first half of the show continued to perform well against "Let's Make a Deal" on ABC, which the network moved to the noon timeslot within four weeks of the expansion.

The second half put the show in competition with ABC's most popular game show "The $10,000 Pyramid" which had done well against "Guiding Light" since the network moved it to 2:00 pm at the end of 1974 and kept doing so against "As the World Turns."

Although the expansion was not a complete success, at the end of the season, the serial was again at the top of the daytime Nielsens despite a 1.4-point drop from the year before.

Although the eventual hit game "Family Feud" ran against "As The World Turns" from July 12, 1976 until April 22, 1977, it did not become a hit for ABC until its move to the mornings.

Only when ABC made its first move to a one-hour soap with "All My Children" did trouble really began for As the World Turns (and Days of our Lives) since ABC kept that serial's starting time at 1:00/noon, meaning that fans of that serial who tuned to NBC or CBS would miss the last half of that day's storyline (or, contrariwise, would not if they watched until the mid-program commercial break and then changed channels, pick up the As "The World Turns" or "Days of Our Lives" activities from the episode's beginning, since ABC strategically placed its break several minutes after the bottom of the hour).

Further, "All My Children"'s emphasis on youth-oriented, sexier story lines provided a sharp contrast to the domestic, almost quaint tone of "As the World Turns" (and to a lesser degree, the melodramatic, somewhat topical Days).

On January 16, 1978, ABC ballooned its decade-old "One Life to Live" to the 2:00 PM/1:00 PM starting time, compounding the other networks' headaches. These factors helped contribute to the fall of "As The World Turns" from the top spot in the ratings at the end of the 1978-79 season.

After finishing the previous season tied with "Another World" for number one in the Nielsens, "As the World Turns" fell to fourth behind "All My Children," "General Hospital" and "The Young and the Restless."

On February 4, 1980, CBS moved and expanded The Young and the Restless to a full hour after the cancellation of the soap opera "Love of Life", moving from noon/11:00 am to 1:00 pm/noon (the former affiliate break timeslot) and it was bumped up to 2:00 /1:00 pm and "Guiding Light" to 3:00/2:00 pm.

On June 8, 1981, As the World Turns returned to its longtime 1:30/12:30 pm start time with Search for Tomorrow following at 2:30/1:30 pm and "The Young and the Restless" leading off the serial lineup at either noon/11:00 am or 12:30 pm/11:30 am (depending on affiliate preference).

The show remained at 1:30/12:30 pm until March 20, 1987, when CBS cancelled the five-year-old "Capitol" in favor of "The Bold and the Beautiful." CBS scheduled it at 1:30/12:30 pm and finally settled "As the World Turns" at 2:00/1:00 pm, where it remained until its final network episode on September 17, 2010.

Although facing the full length of "Another World" and "One Life to Live" once again, the Douglas Marland era of 1985 to 1993 had a resurgence in ratings, and by 1991, it was back in its once habitual top-four placing. The show survived NBC's cancellation of its sister "Another World" in 1999.

Broadcast Schedule[]

April 2, 1956-November 28, 1975: 1:30–2:00 PM (12:30–1:00 PM, CT/PT)
December 1, 1975-February 1, 1980: 1:30–2:30 PM (12:30–1:30 PM, CT/PT)
February 4, 1980-June 5, 1981: 2:00–3:00 PM (1:00–2:00 PM, CT/PT)
June 8, 1981-March 20, 1987: 1:30–2:30 PM (12:30–1:30 PM, CT/PT)
March 23, 1987-September 17, 2010: 2:00–3:00 PM (1:00–2:00 PM, CT/PT)

Cancellation[]

In December 2009, CBS confirmed that it would not renew "As the World Turns" and the final episode was taped on June 23, 2010, at JC Studios in Brooklyn, which aired on September 17, 2010.

The final scene included Kim Hughes (Kathryn Hays) telling Bob Hughes (Don Hastings) to take as much time as he needed. Bob said the final two lines: "Good Night" and left the Oakdale Memorial Hospital for the last time, and the globe started spinning before the final fade-out.