The Edge of Night Opening titles 1956-1984

[@christheone8773]

I LOVED the unique names of the characters - Draper Scott, Wynter Austin, Raven - this show was one of the best soaps around!

[@Farr50]

Yes, those names were definitely a trademark on that show. Don't forget Sky, Poppy, Star, Preacher, Jinx

[@hotgritz4sho]

And don’t forget Geraldine Saxon! Now THERE’S a name!

[@triciajohansen7124]

And two sisters named Beth and Liz Correll

[@triciajohansen7124]

Oh, Taffy Sims as well!!!!

[@nightowlchad]

Brandy Henderson

[@philproctor]

I played juvenile delinquent "Julie Kurtz" on this show in 1962-63... Had a real crush on my co-star Fran Sharon, who played "Cookie Pollack"...

[@hak4890]

So Awesome! I was a young child watching with my Grandmother, in the mid-60’s. As young as I was; I remember Cookie… long, blonde, straight hair…

[@samuelcox8621]

Strange.

[@alexisdiva9]

Awesome! Do you have any kinescopes of your episodes? As you know CBS wiped out episodes prior to September 1972 P&G continued wiping until 1978 - the same year ABC stopped - and EON moved to ABC from CBS on 12.1.1975. Thanks!

[@kevinashwood2146]

LONG LIVE The Edge of Night! My favorite daytime drama! I still watch reruns of it on my phone! Raven, Nicole & Geraldine were my favorites! In general, the whole cast was stupendous

[@rodneygolden2796]

One of the prettiest theme musics ever added to a soap. As much as the 80s stuff was the "malaise era" as has been said about the cars of the decade, this one definitely had a sort if hypnotic charm that belies some of the emptiness of feeling I get from much of today's content, although still sometimes good every so often. The original theme music, and content, was evolution of script and music over time, having a certain sort of respect for its origins, or traditional trademarks. This viewpoint isn't just for soaps, but media in general.

[@kevinfitzmaurice4072]

0:16--The skyline of Cincinnati, home of Proctor and Gamble, whose television production arm packaged this and other daytime soap operas.

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

OMG! That 1977-1980 version. There were only two opening sequences that ran more chills down my spine and they were Tales From the Darkside and In Search Of. I used to cling like static to my grandmom's arm when this started up and beg her to turn it off, only to be right there the next day doing it again! Great memories!

[@venuspluto67]

I didn't like it when they discarded the melancholy noir-jazz 1977 theme for the 1980 dance-club theme, but I'm pretty sure I would have just loathed that wretched samba theme they used at the very end had I still been watching.

[@rockyracoon3233]

venuspluto67 I agree totally!!

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

@@venuspluto67 Agreed yeah. I didn't like the disco change either. Some things really don't need to follow fads and this theme song is one of them.

[@tianabrown3074]

I was a little child when the 67 - 77 version used to come on and I still remember it after all these years. It was so haunting.

[@robphilll22]

As a child watching the opening theme;I kind of found it scary watching the city become dark in an instant.

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

'80-84 themes scared me as a child...in broad daylight.

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

My favorite years for the opening were '77-'80. Around that time the only opening title more eerie than Edge's was In Search Of. And after that, Tales From the Darkside used that same color to negative transition with the freaky music and it was amazing. Totally agree with you!

[@hotgritz4sho]

Thank God. I thought I was the one scared out of my mind but this intro theme. I loved it tho. It was familiar and eerie. It definitely set the oftentimes creepy and mysterious tone of the soap just as much as the “Dark Shadows” theme song did to help convey its distinctly gothic noir vibe.

[@alvindlee1]

It's totally crazy to see these comments that mirrors my feelings of how eerie, and spooky the opening credits of TEON was. My Grandmother loved her "Stories" as she would call it. But TEON was certainly one of her favorites. She would make breakfast and a sweet cup of coffee as we would watch her Stories. Rest in Heaven Hattie Pearl Johnson Booker 🙏🏾

[@brookehanley3659]

They should run this on some cable station. I am dead serious.The storylines on the soap were that good. Still compelling to watch today. Edge Rocks.

[@kennethgrueschow2647]

USA used to run it

[@scootover7]

If i had the money, I'd like to see a different soap opera network, this would be one of the soaps that should be on it, along with so many others

[@1961RetroMIke]

@@scootover7 Sadly all the money in the world can't buy something that no longer exists.

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

@@scootover7 yes! Like As the World Turns, Santa Barbara, and so many more.

[@alexisdiva9]

They should have dedicated Pluto TV channels run EON, ATWT and LOL.

[@kevinashwood2146]

Best darn daytime drama on TV. I love all the themes ! EON, I love you!

[@screenPhiles]

I get chills from listening to the theme of The Edge of Night that never seem to abate. It's just great theme music.

[@tianabrown3074]

The first two openings were the best. I was little when the second one used to come on. The title "The edge of night" is one of the best titles that I've ever heard of. That coupled with the mysterious music and the omnimous setting of The City really gripped my imagination as a child. I still remember it after all these years.

[@themaskedreddemons]

The late LOIS KIBBEE was wonderful as Geraldine.

[@kevinashwood2146]

I never cared much for him, either. But, the show was FANTASTIC! It got cancelled too early - it should be on the air today! Better than some of the other shows on television today. I am a 60 year old man & I grew up watching "The Edge of Night"

[@carterbentonjr399]

Same here. When ever it came on my brother argue about the pronunciation of THE. I would say Tha Edge of Night and he would say Thee Edge of Night. Then My mother would tell us to knock it off.

[@alexisdiva9]

​@@carterbentonjr399the early episodes it sounded like "Thee EDDDGE of Nyeta."

[@kevinashwood2146]

Long live "The Edge of Night"! My FAVORITE daytime drama

[@kevinashwood2146]

I loved "The Edge of Night" since the mid 1970's & followed it to ABC, when it got cancelled in 1984. They used to play reruns of it on the USA network at 1:00am after it got so mercifully cancelled. LONG LIVE EON!!

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

Whoa. I have not seen this since the ‘80s! I loved this soap opera!

[@ny228]

I can't stop listening to the 1983-1984 theme song. That could be a great theme song for today's soaps

[@Farr50]

Yes, except today's shows don't want to spend more than 11 seconds on anything that isn't a commercial. I long for the days of great emotional openings and closings (with the cast credits!)

[@tammylewis2408]

Love the car jump at 2:51. The show was updating its look due to the popularity of Miami Vice.

[@johnh.wintersjr.2092]

I remember the characters of Sky and Raven being like a Nick and Nora Charles/Hart to Hart supercouple getting involved and solving crimes/mysteries. Current daytime soap writers need to take page or two from the way storylines/characters used to be written. Action. adventure, romance, love themes, out on location, laughter, heartache/break without dragging it out at a slow burn with no real/exciting pay off by the conclusion.

[@RobGa66]

My favorite opening is the one from 1977-80.

[@veillifted]

The best opening soap theme! Raven forever!

[@mthivier]

That was Geraldine Whitney (and later Saxon), played by the late, great Lois Kibbie. She was AWESOME, and definitely DIDN'T take any sh*t from anyone. A very similar character to Kay Chancellor on Y&R in many ways.

[@kevinashwood2146]

I loved the people in Montecllo. All the characters &:the storylines! It was like "Perry Mason" to me!

[@6828Lu]

Well, the opening was certainly better when it featured the Cincinnati skyline!

[@erikbunty2016]

Of course, the production company at the time, P&G, is headquartered in Cincy.

[@hak4890]

The mid-60’s. Every afternoon. My Grandmother at her ironing board. 😢❤️

[@publicitypunk]

GREG MAY of Orlando, FL says: "Wow! Thank you William James for creating that video of the EON opens through the years. When I was a kid I used to run home from school to watch EON. I still remember the original opening with the dark 'edge' moving across the screen. Writer Henry Slesar created the best storylines like the crook hiding under the Marceau's house, Nicole's stalker and the classic Whitney saga.,

[@michailtakach]

Nobody could say EON didn’t try to keep up with the times… although I’ll agree those final opening credits were really a bit 80s… personally I love the terrifying 1980-1983 rendition, with intense music, somber characters, and an overwhelming sense of doom and dread. Even as a child, I was convinced that Monticello was the most dangerous city in America, since every character on this series seemed to be struggling just to stay alive. You definitely didn’t want to get too attached to anyone on this show, except maybe Raven Whitney, as they’d be killed off in the most terrifying ways imaginable. I’m really surprised EON isn’t still with us today, and that nobody’s attempted a revival, because it established the whole “law & order” tone that rules TV today. Hokey soap storylines layered on, just for kicks.

[@stewartsmall5816]

Thank you so much for posting this! Brings back GREAT memories!

[@B1jujv75]

All i can remember about this program is that if i come home from school my mother would have " The Edge Of Night " on our old RCA Victor black and white TV :) I think we got 2 to 3 channels back in the day :) But that did not matter i could always find something good on to watch :) Now i have satillite dish and i get about 200 channels :) I cannot find anything on to watch but the news ? So i come here on YT and watch all day :) RIP Mom i know you loved your soap opera,s :) I hope your watching them up in haven with dad and grandma may you all RIP

[@fab4crazystill]

On man, so many memories of my childhood! My dad would watch "his story " every day !!

[@phyllisscott2282]

Cried my eyes out when EDGE went off the air. I was in England but taped it in Betamax. It was taped over but thanks goodness USA network reran the last few months. I met Larkin Malloy at a NJ mall. How exciting! He politely would not divulge who he liked working with best: Kim Zimmer, Susan Lucci, or Sharon Gabet.

[@TomBarrister]

Paul Taubman, who was musical director for several shows, wrote the theme music for the show, and also played the organ/piano (often in combo) on the show for many years.

[@understandingitall3927]

DENNIS PARKER BROUGHT ME HERE!!! RIP!

[@robynheavner4689]

Dennis was great! He did a disco tune that was great! Rip!❤

[@alangray9117]

As a kid in the early 70s this intro kind of creeped me out 😆

[@soap1919jt]

@WSenator1 That was the main reason for the title. The orginal 'working' title was called "The Edge of Darkness."

[@ho1ylady1]

thank you for this remind me of time long ago just 13 my sister was 20ish..watching this in th80's ..my sister love Preacher and i love Skylar ..i named my son after this show ..my sister passed away at a tender age of 26yr old couple of yearlater 1989 ovarian cancer was quick.so the moments i had to share i cherish ...she love this show ...thank you..part of her lives in this time.

[@nightowlchad]

OMG sounds familiar of my introduction of watching. I was 10 and my sister was in her 20's. She was home on maternity leave with her first son and I would go to her room to see my nephew, and she would watch. My first memory of watching is when Eliot Dorn got killed. My sister passed away at the age of 39 in 1994. My condolences to you

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

'80-84 themes used to frighten me as a child...in broad daylight!

[@Sugarbehr1967]

The original opening to EON was the skyline of Cincinnati, where P&G was located...when they made the transition to the new opening in 1980, according to history, switched it to the skyline of Los Angeles...

[@robertmccarthy5689]

Edge of night could come back with a whole new cast writers directors and producers

[@kevinashwood2146]

One of the best! LONG LIVE EON!!!

[@christheone8773]

This show was so unique, it was inspired by the Perry Mason show, and they focused mainly on different mysteries going on in and around Monticello - Monticello was supposedly a suburb of Chicago, even though in the earlier opening credits, they show the city of Cleveland-

[@toxicodendron62]

Cincinnati.

[@laminage]

What kind of made me proud is when Ebony Magazine did a profile of Blacks On The Soaps and they mentioned The Edge Of Night, All My Children & Another World.

[@SoapsGoldenAge]

you do such excptional work! PS-- i see Raven and I start to cry. BEST character ever!!!

[@gregmay6976]

Thanks for including the original opening that ran from 1956 to 1967!

[@ny228]

In New York it came on 4pm right before the 430 Movie on Ch. 7 1980-1984 after General Hospital

[@mandylee87]

RAVEN/ SHARON GABET IS NOW ON FACEBOOK! :)

[@softwater88]

alphauktelepictures . . . thanks for posting this. I sooo loved The Edge Of Night. Major fan, even after it left my local affiliate when it changed networks from CBS to ABC in 1975. I just love the title "The Edge Of Night." Too bad that soaps aren't like this anymore.

[@adelgado75]

I love that they played the slow version of the C&B theme during the final credit crawl on the final episode.

[@Golbez1991]

1976's opening looks and sounds like a horror movie. I like it :D My favorite logo would be the one from 1983-84, although it doesn't mix well with those 80s laser/image effects. Very nice compilation!

[@NBK1122]

0:40 My favorite version of the theme

[@phyllisscott2282]

Loved Joe Lambie...but Raven and Jefferson Brown aka Skuyler Whitney were a couple made in heaven. RIP Larkin Malloy!

[@carlosayala5955]

I wonder what the intros would have been like if the show was still on air to this day.

[@David-yw2lv]

This would make a good title for a mystery anthology.

[@radionicpowers5938]

wow such a cool theme music from the 80-82 era, that sounds iconic ! I wonder who composed that ? ~

[@robertgadziola1601]

I always remember the theme music and graphics. I found it kind of frightening as a young child in the 60s.

[@louistenore2185]

December 28th 1984 date of last broadcast i even watched it myself

[@publicitypunk]

GREG MAY of Orlando, FL says: "I once wrote LOIS KIBBEE a letter to compliment her on her portrayal of 'Geraldine' and her contributions as co-writer to EON. And damn if the grand dame didn't answer it! It was like getting a letter from a family member!"

[@robynheavner4689]

Love Edge❤

[@DeniseLaFranceCDNpainter]

To me, as a young child in the 1960's, the sound of that first intro meant one thing: NAP-TIME! LOL My Mom always put me down for a nap so she could watch her "STORY", as she called it.

[@terrondt]

thats what my mother called it. "gotta watch my stories"

[@laminage]

That's what they were known as in The African American Community. I told UK Soap fans and they laughed. UK Soaps are so 180% from their UK Counterparts. They are more Blue Collar. You could put a Family like The Ryans on Ryan's Hope or The Coopers on Guiding Light on Coronation Street and Eastenders and they would fit in. Alot of the folks own or work in Cafes or Bars or even Garage Mechanics.

[@billbright1755]

A cutting edge introduction.

[@kevinashwood2146]

Yeah, it was! But all the openings were great! I hated when they killed off Nicole - she was one of my favorites, but I kept watching until the last episode. That show should have gone on longer than when it got cancelled.

[@Youngstown529]

When I was little that early 1977-1980 one used to scare me. I thought this was a horror show because the music was so spooky

[@laminage]

I think it was the only Proctor & Gamble Soap that was broadcasted on ABC back in the day. This would have been perfect as an Opening Sequence on The UK Soap Opera EastEnders that recently celebrated it's 35th Anniversary. Two other Soaps also celebrated their Anniversaries. Coronation Street (60 Years) which now surpasses Guiding Light as the Longest Running Televised Soap Opera on TV, as well as Hollyoaks which celebrates 25 Years. In Australia Neighbors also celebrates 35 Years which was created by Reg Watson who created the "Original" Prisoner Cell Block H that was remade as "Wentworth."

[@mrdavid5771]

One of a few mystery themed soap

[@kevinashwood2146]

I love all of the themes, but especially the show in general!!

[@joemontco]

@RadioFreeSpike Close resemblance, but the actor is Joel Crothers, who starred in several New York based soaps, including "Dark Shadows". He passed away from complications due to AIDS about a year or so after "Edge" was cancelled.

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

...Poor fellow, his illness aged him drastically.

[@melindasmith4998]

Yeah, the illness took a major toll. When he was Jack on Santa Barbara, he went from looking healthy to very frail.

[@soap1919jt]

Again, very good work. The second (Elliot Lawrence) theme was also used with the original color opening visuals for roughly the first year after Edge moved to ABC.

[@4021971]

I would have liked to hear the ending credits with the vocals.

[@west19sd]

I never cared for Larkin Malloy in either AMC or GL his characters were just not as well written and did not seem to fit him like the character of Sky Whitney. It was almost as if the part was created especially just for him. Also, he did not gel as well with Kim Zimmer or Susan Lucci. He and Sharon Gabet had absolutely remarkable chemistry, anyone else agree?

[@rockyracoon3233]

west19sd I agree! I'd have to put Sky and Raven along with Luke and Laura from GH, and Cliff and Nina from AMC as the "Big Three" of Supercouples of Daytime television!👍

[@jeffsullivan2044]

Boy, do I miss this show! I loved Jayne Bentzen as Nicole and Terry Davis as well as Lori Cardille as Winter Austen.

[@jabjab4434]

Yes. It never clicked fully with his other characters, but I still enjoyed seeing him after Eon.

[@crawlbitchcrawl]

I disagree

[@maryhlad7501]

Julia Scott looks so much like her daddy, Draper Scott.

[@tammylewis2408]

The last two years screamed a junior "Miami Vice." It was the 1980s, and some soaps were trying to cash in on MV's popularity by updating the intros with techno music and geometric openings.

[@d.shannon261]

At 1:36, LOL! I bet she wishes she could go back in time now.

[@bostonredsoxxxx4ever]

D. Shannon I know D. Shannon I was thinking the same! She was so gorgeous on this show!

[@laminage]

On the Irish Soap Opera Fair City, there's a Character named Larkin. So Many Folks from the UK are either on Soaps or Pop Stars. Some of them would have been fantastic on US Soaps as an European Relative.

[@publicitypunk]

GREG MAY of Orlando, FL says: "I remember watching an episode of "The Edge of Night" in the early 70's and they goofed up during half-time break and broadcast the orignal opening title with the dark 'edge' halfway across the screen. The director quickly corrected it with the revised graphic. That's because EON was still being aired live by the 70's when the other soaps went to tape. This 'graphic goof'' may have ocurred during the production personnel strike at CBS. "

[@kreloswingate638]

The Edge of Night openings were always scary to me for some reason.

[@triciajohansen7124]

It was probably the music.

[@dtw1958]

The best storyline to me was "Who Killed Stephanie Martin", a great who done-it, with a surprise murderess, Pamela Martin, none other than Irene Dailey. Oh how I wish some of these episodes existed, but being late 69, early 70, not likely.

[@SoapsGoldenAge]

you do such excptional work!

[@mthivier]

@publicitypunk there were definitely some fun mishaps when soaps were still broadcast live. My all-time favourite near-miss involved ATWT, when Lisa was supposed to be pregnant, and the organist screwed up and played the "fade-to-commercial" music by mistake, and Eileen Fulton, assuming they were off the air, almost pulled the pillow out from under her blouse, right on-camera.

[@vice86]

My mom used to watch this show when i was a kid...i remember I wanted to change my name to "Schuyler Whitney" when i got older cuz i thought it sounded so cool...eeeccch.

[@laminage]

RIP Larkin Malloy (Ex-Schyler) (Ex-Travis Montgomery All My Children), (Ex-Kyle Sampson Guiding Light).

[@mikemercado5223]

Ex Clay Alden on Living

[@mikemercado5223]

Loving

[@laminage]

@@mikemercado5223 Yes, thanks for reminding me. Was it true he was also an Acting Coach? Is ti true that when it debuted it had more of a Mickey Spillane Vibe to it? Alot of talent came from this show.

[@aiberlane3390]

Sad how the theme song got more and more watered down as time wore on. The original was perfect!

[@mdonahue4683]

Same with Another World them. The late ones were not as good.

[@adelgado75]

If they revived this show with attention to good acting this show could be a powerhouse. Imagine if they hired writers who really know how to craft good stories with interesting characters like EDGE in its heyday. General Hospital has done quite well with its mob stories. Air the new version with the C&B theme and you could wipe away much of the lame competition.

[@AngryRantsAndStuff]

I was born in '76, never really watched a full episode, but I have fuzzy memories of previews and closing credits. I've read that this was a very innovative show and it sounds more quality that the crap they put on today. Soaps from the 90s on have taken a turn for the worse. They need more of this and Dark Shadows. I started a facebook group: Daytime Tv soap opera memorial, if anyone wants to come discuss these shows and relive memories. So far, no one has joined. Couldn't even get my wife to.

[@louistenore2185]

Today marks 36 years that the show aired it;s final broadcast ,yes I actually watched it

[@TimsDale4ever]

I remember the one at :28. Beautiful and very unique theme. Miss those days when all the shows had their own unique look and sound -- not that disco looking s__t today.

[@retroguyretail1976]

forgot lori Loughlin was in this soap

[@dtw1958]

Ahhh the love of my 20's Joel Crothers rest in piece my buddy

[@teresawest2316]

Did not like seeing this one end!

[@scootover7]

I didn't get to see this whole series but I watched towards the end, and it's better than 99 percent of the crap on TV during the day today. If i had a ton of money, I'd do a different soap opera channel, this would be one of the soaps I'd have on it

[@CigaraStCistar]

4ever EDGE OF NIGHT

[@gumbyjump1]

That's Joel Crothers of Dark Shadows. The other guy was an adult film star. Swear.

[@michaelwilliams4410]

"The Edge Of Night" disappeared from the Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida area in September of 1977. WLCY-TV 10 decided to start airing old movies each weekday at 4:00 PM.

[@landrykkb]

ABC didn't air The Edge Of Night in the best timeslot to begin with.Our affiliate,WVII-TV in Bangor,Maine,stopped airing it just a few years prior to its cancellation.

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

(1:36) ...Lori Loughlin during happier times.🤔

[@neelyUScongress]

Yeah before she would get a prison record LOL now she cant even onw a firearm she's a felon

[@rockyracoon3233]

@@neelyUScongress . She was convicted?

[@maggieotsuka1266]

My mom use to watch this one and the Guiding light , As the world Turns and The Secret Storm.

[@alfonsogreen2722]

loved this as a kid

[@debfan74]

I would have loved to have seen this when it was on ABC...since I used to be an ABC Soap fan

[@Farr50]

Yes, I recall in Connecticut it was on ABC, but only on the New York affiliate, Channel 7 at 4:00 right after General Hospital. I don't know what they had on Channel 8. PM Magazine or something

[@dpodsful]

@CarlD2 Haha, I actually like the '84, though it definitely shows its age! Reminds me of some educational health show we watched in elementary school! Wish I could watch episodes of this show.

[@rhayes5771]

My favorite EON opening is the one from 1977-80.

[@orbit14915]

Harry Kramer was the best announcer

[@laminage]

Don't forget Bill Wolff who did the announcing for another Proctor & Gamble Soap Another World.

[@robertdunn6064]

it's fun to imitate his "Edge"

[@johnetheridge5833]

I remember this show

[@maribelibrahim8560]

I was an Eighties Edge kid to be sure! I loved when Preacher joined the show and was amazed to see Lori Laughlin on Full House, since I recognized her from EON. Sharon Gabet was by far my favorite character even though she was nerve wracking. It was crazy seeing her machinations against and with Schuyler. I had never heard a name like that and I was always like, “rich folk”. LOL

[@jamielunes1841]

Stories😍!

[@sheriheffner2098]

I Thought they had a song that was sang?