Search for Tomorrow - September 22, 1981

[@trewestbrook7404]

You can always tell a CBS soap. This is wonderful.

[@MrCraigblaze]

Yes you can..!! Big mistake to switch networks !! Xd

[@trewestbrook7404]

@Draper Scott The noticeable quality of production, actors, artistry, etc. May be just my opinion but P&G CBS soaps set the bar for all of these things in the peak of soaps.

[@a.b.s_productions]

@@trewestbrook7404 You can CBS soaps especially back in the 70’s and 80’s had more of a darker torn and the camera shots were different then that of ABC soaps and NBC soaps.

[@cdubz265]

I always thought that NBC soaps lighting were too bright, somewhat like a more colorful sitcom vibe.

[@trewestbrook7404]

@@cdubz265 I agree. I always expected soaps, particularly in their heyday to be plush and have a luxury, sophisticated vibe. Mostly.

[@shawnstevens3869]

So crazy that anyone still remembers Zach!

[@triciajohansen7124]

The man who is singing and playing the piano did a great job!!! He sounded like Fogelburg!

[@lisawilliams2013]

My favorite version of the theme song!

[@edgeof1956]

Exactly!! This theme never should've changed!! I cried in late Dec-'81 when this theme changed to that awful Chuck Mangione wanna-be type theme!! I mean Days Of Our Lives and Young & The Restless NEVER changed their themes!!

[@dovasi]

Wow! Thank you for posting. Well done with remastering... please submit more classic soap episodes!!!

[@johnothy]

Thank you for posting this. I love seeing the mid-break bumpers. I remember that Scope commerical as a kid.

[@anthonymeans9702]

It amazing how this is obviously during SFT's CBS run.The overall quality of the show was better than the NBC run.I think if P&G would have agreed to 2:30 pm time slot it probably would have rebounded in the ratings and lasted longer.NBC made too many changes and it's fan base was with CBS viewers .

[@MrCraigblaze]

And I am sure the NBC wanted the push there New soap opera Santa Barbara at the time too.. Both that and STF both came to NBC in 1984.. XD

[@christopherslappey1681]

@@MrCraigblaze Search For Tomorrow Came To NBC In 1982 And Santa Barbara Premiered Two Years Later In 1984.

[@rogertemple7193]

@@christopherslappey1681 "but not to long after SFT went off the air made it possible for SB however in Oklahoma my state only certain NBC affiliates carried SFT the others didn't they only carried DOOL and AW and after SFT along came Santa Barbara and after it AW would be canceled then came Sunset Beach and then Passions and now it's just DOOL and it has went through some ups and downs in the last few years especially during 2020 and 2021 but is still going."

[@hhhh-xb9py]

@@MrCraigblaze sft came to nbc in 82

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

Absolutely, on CBS the quality looks better as well as the acting. I feel like after a year on NBC production value went down and they were trying to just keep the show more modern. I remember my grandmother saying she didn’t follow the Search to NBC, she wasn’t giving up Y&R.

[@jas10301]

What a great download! Thanks for that. Would love to see more eps of SFT especially Travis & Liza’s adventures 1981 through 1983 such a cool period when I was watching but was at school so only could watch on holidays.

[@edgefan4437]

check the youtube page David Gale Fan archive. I know he has some from these years.

[@EdwynNSanchez]

Yes. Check the page out. The channel has loads of SFT episodes from 1982-83.

[@nancytraynham6072]

Hey great upload.

[@kimberlytaylor4589]

I wish I could see old episodes of when Travis and Liza first met. He was a pilot he had Bobby with him. I missed a lot of episodes. They were magic back then. I loved that house. It was awesome!! I loved the show back then!!

[@jamespatton8847]

Wonderful memories, i think it was best when Search was on CBS

[@anthonymeans9702]

It was!Even after moving it to later in the afternoon it probably would have rebounded in the ratings and even lasted longer had P&G and CBS reached and agreement .

[@christopherslappey1681]

@@anthonymeans9702 Yes You Are Right If Search For Tomorrow Had Stayed On CBS It Probably Would Have Been In An Hour Long Format.

[@christopherslappey1681]

@Draper Scott I Believe Search For Tomorrow Would Have Went From 30 Minutes To One Hour If It Was Still On The Air Today.

[@christopherslappey1681]

@Draper Scott All I Can Say Is SFT Was Getting Better Ratings On CBS Than It Was On NBC That Lead To It's Cancellation.

[@christopherslappey1681]

@Draper Scott There Would Probably Would Have Been No Bold And The Beautiful If SFT Was Still On.

[@scootover7]

The only thing I remember about the CBS years of Search For Tomorrow is, my family would sit and watch it, they were about the CBS soaps, I also remember Liza and Travis to me were a great looking couple, I was a very very young kid so at that time I didn't understand why my family watched soaps, as I got older I got hooked on them thanks to Knots Landing and then I started watching others, I seen a couple of the NBC episodes when it use to run on USA Network, I wish some network would run classic episodes of soaps again, I remember SoapNet, but they ran shows a few of them to me weren't really soaps but dramas. I'd love to air SFT, and many other soaps if I had the money to start a soap channel, or an online soap network maybe charging $20 a month or $200 a year, airing episodes in order starting from whatever years I could acquire.

[@ctlacy1963]

Also... Note that some of the music cues here were also used on The Edge of Night.

[@EdwynNSanchez]

Oh yes! I was wondering where some of those familiar cues came from.

[@MrCraigblaze]

@@EdwynNSanchez I believe both were proctor and Gamble soap operas ?? XD

[@soap1919jt]

Ah, CBS's Search for Tomorrow!

[@figueroafigueroa8656]

This is the soap my mom named me after Travis….lol she says it all the time‼️‼️

[@tnate6004]

The show looked so much better on CBS. The lighting was so flat on NBC.

[@MrCraigblaze]

NBC just took the soap as a favor from CBS probably ?? XD

[@kevinjohnson4599]

I AGREE with you 1,000% because my grandmother loved SFT & she also loved the Y&R but when CBS dropped SFT in March of 1982 & NBC picked it up it was never the same & my grandmother stopped watching it & only watched the Y&R after that. If CBS kept SFT & they didn't kill off certain characters, especially Travis & Suzi it might have lasted a little longer.

[@der22672]

What a blast from the past. The beautiful and sweet Sherry Mathis. So sad that she died of cancer so young. 😔😔And Shawn Stevens who played Zack Anders. Be still my gay heart. Looked like a cross between Shawn Cassidy and Barry Manilow. 😜😜. If anyone is interested check out what he looks like today on Facebook and Instagram. He's actually not a bad singer. 😊😊

[@shawnstevens3869]

Thank you!

[@MrCraigblaze]

ZaZa Gabor..From one drip to another .. Thanks for the Upload !! XD

[@ctlacy1963]

Well Edwyn.... I'm pretty sure that Shawn would understand...especially from an episode that's nearly 40 years old.

[@shawnstevens3869]

Understand completely!

[@EdwynNSanchez]

@@shawnstevens3869- You don't know how much it pleases me to see your comment here. The "Longer" performance brought me to my knees. I hope that you had a lot of fun on SFT, did you?

[@shawnstevens3869]

It was a great experience. Made many good friends. Unfortunately, we lost some too soon.

[@XavierLaMar1970]

I wish they show more from 1981

[@VenusMonkey]

oh i've been searching for years for any footage of Maureen Anderman as Sylvie DesCartes. Thanks so much for sharing! Have anymore of this storyline? I remember they went to Hong Kong on location.

[@EdwynNSanchez]

Unfortunately, This is all that we have. Also, I’m glad that you enjoy it. Shawn Stevens published an unedited version of this same episode himself (which is still available and to whom I sincerely apologize) but this edition of the entire episode is an improved one (with the audio being centered for those of you who use headphones) and the beginning and end being trimmed (so that the focus remains entirely on the episode and the commercials aired during it). Also, I wonder what became of Sylvie after her last appearance in Henderson? (I don’t know what exact words I can use to ask this question).

[@VenusMonkey]

@@EdwynNSanchez the quality of such old footage is really amazing. At least I got to see some of it again. I believe Travis shot and killed Sylvie in a showdown in Hong Kong if I remember right. She gleefully admitted to him that she was the one who killed Mignon (which is funny considering they thought it must have been a man...lol). Thanks for the post and the reply :)

[@shawnstevens3869]

Maureen was wonderful to work with and yes, we did go to Hong Kong.

[@VenusMonkey]

@@shawnstevens3869 Hey, there! I'm sure you all had alot of fun. You were great, too. Poor Zach always pushed around. :)

[@chuckbracken]

neat Love too find the flood episodes

[@deepnation10009]

Patricia Heaton in the Ruffles commercial.

[@cordeliachase5241]

No problem, but isn't that Patricia Richardson, Jill Taylor from "Home Improvement?" I think Patricia Heaton played Debra Barrone on "Everybody Loves Raymond."

[@deepnation10009]

@@cordeliachase5241 Yep, you're right, I meant Richardson.

[@triciajohansen7124]

Patricia Richardson aka Jill Taylor!!!!!

[@MrCraigblaze]

The guy in the sports coat was latter on Loving!! XD

[@EdwynNSanchez]

and let's not forget Wendy (Lisa Peluso). Both Stu (Larry Haines) and Wendy appeared on Loving. Unless you are referring to another guy in the sports coat.

[@MrCraigblaze]

​@@EdwynNSanchezAnd Lisa was on Another world from 1998 to 99.

[@fmm10970]

Everyone keeps saying you can tell the difference between a CBS or NBC soap...all the show did was change networks...it was still produced by P&G

[@deepnation10009]

Yes, it still P&G, but it you see the difference in the broadcast. For some reason seems more lush on CBS.

[@kimrtaylor4264]

Bobby!!!!

[@deepnation10009]

I know, right! ♥️

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

OMG!! didn't remember what a hottie Zach was on this show! WOW!

[@2snowgirl520]

At first I thought that was Richard Simmons.

[@AlseaBird888]

Did that guy star in Elf?

[@MrCraigblaze]

I think CBS was being kind in switching SFT To NBC because CBS did not want to be the bad guy to cancel their beloved soap opera..XD

[@woohooboy]

CBS wanted to expand "The Young & The Restless" to a full hour which it did. By doing so, it moved "Search For Tomorrow" to a different timeslot. It went from airing at 12:30pm to 2:30pm with Y&R now occupying it's former timeslot. Proctor & Gamble who sponsored the show begged CBS to return the series to its earlier timeslot. The network refused and P&G decided not to renew the show's contract with CBS when it expired in early 1982 where it moved to NBC. In a move that would twist the knife in even further, the very show which took it's original timeslot (Y&R) was now it's primary competition and "Search" was pummeled in the ratings race as a result. So in many ways, Y&R do no favours for "Search" either as a fellow soap on the same network (CBS) or especially as a rival program when the show was now airing on NBC.

[@christopherslappey1681]

@@woohooboy Y&R Was Seven Years Old When It An Hour In 1980 And B&B Is About To Celebrate Their 35th In March 2022 And Still Playing 30 Minutes And I Read That B&B Almost Went To An Hour In 1995 When The Lauren Fenmore Character Moved From Y&R To B&B.

[@MrCraigblaze]

@@christopherslappey1681 I thought that was only a temporary move..??

[@1987tvfreak]

@@woohooboy They actually kept SFT at 12:30 initially after expanding Y&R to an hour in Feb 1980. Y&R then moved to 1pm EST. But Y&R"s ratings slipped going directly against red-hot AMC, not to mention SFT already having it's own ratings issues pre-network switch. So in June 1981 they moved Y&R to 12:30. I've always thought, though, that CBS and P&G should've compromised and moved SFT to 1:30 instead. But it most likely wouldn't have made much of a difference as CBS would've cancelled it anyway as soon as B&B was ready to go.

[@MrCraigblaze]

@@1987tvfreak But that wouldn't be until 1987. And capital would have the airtime form 1982-87.

[@fmm10970]

Lisa Peluso is beautiful

[@KJTV67]

Stu is still married to Ellie here?