THE EDGE OF NIGHT 1976

[@larkpraise]

This was the BEST daytime drama ever on television!!! The stories were riveting!!

[@elvispresley1465]

You are 100% right! My Mom's #1 fave soap opera! Fascinating TV show - more than your standard "soap opera"!

[@islezeus]

Yes, I think it could even be brought back as a primetime series a la Law & Order, if one of the Networks decides to green light...

[@cobaltmidnightoilamp6748]

justess martin, absolutely and SO RELEVANT all the way from 46 years ago to this day.....

[@dennismclaurin1487]

The Adam and Nicole Drake/ Brandy storyline was quite engaging

[@TheloniousJackson]

It was basically “Perry Mason” on daytime!

[@jamessullivan1714]

Louise Shaffer deserved at the very least a nomination for even this show alone! I remember the storyline. It was great.

[@terencedove5047]

I so thoroughly agree. Although Louise Shaffer did win for RYAN'S HOPE, her portrayal of Serena/Josie was definitely riveting, and not in the least overdone. I'm of the private opinion that she was cheated out of a well-deserved Emmy that year...

[@MrCraigblaze]

@@terencedove5047 Did Louise share any scenes with Elaine Stromka on Ryan's Hope at all ??

[@terencedove5047]

@@MrCraigblaze …in all honesty, I don’t know. I never really followed RYAN’S HOPE. I kind of wish I had; but I was more caught up with THE EDGE OF NIGHT…

[@MrCraigblaze]

@@terencedove5047 Louise just played the show Jerk That wanted Frank Ryan and would stop at Nothing to get him !!

[@ricardodixon9166]

​@terencedove5047 absolutely right about that she certainly deserve a Emmy award❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

[@JananEverett]

i have watched this episode over and over and over and i still get chill bumps when "Josie" begins to lose control

[@MaryOliver-pq9ji]

Wow. What a show. I remember loving it, but seeing it again brings back the reason why. Championship writing, Henry Slesar. Excellent performance, Donald May and Louise Shaffer. Best directing ever, John Sedwick, who knew how to get dynamite performances out of the actors. Just WOW !!

[@brookehanley3659]

This show never ages. Still totally watchable.

[@MrCraigblaze]

Just the clothes are a nightmare.. And hairdo's..xd

[@cobaltmidnightoilamp6748]

Brooke Hanley, and so relevant today as mental illness is an epidemic in this day and age.

[@ricardodixon9166]

​@@MrCraigblaze😂😂😂😂😂😂😅

[@MaryOliver-pq9ji]

Thank you, Charles Pearson, for this upload and for any others you may have graced us with.

[@JosephRGrych]

It blew me away the first time it aired. It still does. Her mad scream at the end still gives me goose bumps.

[@loisnicholson2141]

My uncle Erwin Nicholson was the lead Producer of the Edge Of Night.

[@sandrasanders706]

Lois Nicholson how cool it was my favorite soap of all time still is. I just wondered if he ever saw the Soaps into this particular century and what he thinks of them today if he lived I'm not too happy with what's going on with them in there so few of them today I think because they lack real creativity. so how cool to think that your uncle help to produce the most unique soap ever created.

[@loisnicholson2141]

My uncle passed away on Feb. 21, 2001 so I can't answer your question. Sorry about that. I know the cast of the Edge of Night loved him as their producer.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

Lois Nicholson Your uncle was mentioned in the 30 minutes documentary I did on actor Donald May.

[@JananEverett]

Lois, i saw the last year of SEARCH FOR TOMORROW when your uncle EP'd it I could see his fingerprints on the show.

[@r.thompson2190]

This show needs to make a comeback.

[@MaryOliver-pq9ji]

Isn't there a soap opera channel somewhere that would start at the beginning and air these episodes???

[@Mister_Listener]

How. KZbin can help tho.

[@ricardodixon9166]

Good idea ❤❤❤❤😊

[@Mister_Listener]

@@r.thompson2190 not without Ann Flood and Lois Kibble!

[@reginaldlittle6602]

Around this time, The Edge of Night was still in its hay days. This was a great soap opera for many years.

[@brookehanley3659]

Loved the opening and closing theme. It was beautiful

[@psalm37v4]

RIP Forrest Compton...one of the best

[@lennomenno]

EON was a daytime staple for my stay at home mom.

[@sharpie205]

Wow!!!, great scene and acting

[@Mister_Listener]

Serena/Josie needed some acting lessons, abrupt transitions and weird physicalities and the screams and the moaning. Fun but not good acting.

[@MsJayne099]

Louise Shaffer and Donald May are great in this episode. Thanks for posting this.

[@georgenickerson7741]

I remember coming home from school everyday Mom be watching this. I can picture her now in rocking chair with a 70s long dress on.

[@donjackson8927]

The edge of night was my favorite soap daytime soap opera.i love the theme song

[@TheOriginalSupreme]

The courtroom looks like the one Judith Light made her famous courtroom scenes as Karen Wolek on One Life to Live in 1979.

[@sandrasanders706]

TheOriginalSupreme I remember that courtroom scene that was over a week I think it was an 82 or 83 man she was brilliant I'll never forget watching that it was so powerful one of the top performances soaps ever..

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

TheOriginalSupreme It is the same set. Makes sense both shows were ABC soaps and taped in NYC.

[@sbookey]

@@a.b.sproductionsllc But was this episode of EON on CBS or ABC Either way, the studio didn't change when they changed networks. And recycling sets is pretty common.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

@@sbookey This was 1976, so this is from ABC. EON moved left CBS on 11-28-75 and started on ABC Monday 12-1-75.

[@allenjones3130]

@@a.b.sproductionsllc Nice Christmas present for "Edge" fans, no doubt.

[@fredwiley3731]

This was what the /soaps were. This was gripping. We raced home from school to see Edge at 330 CST. It was live at one time, too.

[@steveifko255]

Louise Shaffer and Donald May were awesome on the Edge of Night.

[@johnchristopher20]

That unveiling was what really hooked me on this show. Shocking.

[@tomjanowski8584]

This is proof that the soaps never should have gone to one hour. 30 minutes was enough. If the shows had stayed 30 minutes or had gone back to 30 minutes, maybe more would have survived.

[@danielbryan9754]

I totally agree, Tom! Overkill. Proof that less is more. I loved The Edge of Night. However, The Secret Storm was my all-time favorite soap opera. I still mourn the loss of it to this day.

[@MrCraigblaze]

When did the show go to 60 minutes ??

[@sarahswomley2580]

@@MrCraigblaze My understanding is that EON never did. It remained a 30 min soap

[@ricardodixon9166]

Very true a strong possibility ❤❤❤❤

[@TruthHoles]

I grew up on "The Edge of Night" (and "The Secret Storm") and I remember watching this episode when it was telecast. The ending, when Serena is revealed to be Josie, was shocking at the time. Louise Shaffer was superb in the role, and deserved an Emmy for it. Of course, she wasn't even nominated, but at least her work on "Ryan's Hope" was recognized.

[@donrayjackson6175]

One of my favorite daytime soap operas

[@duranddavis7710]

Best Court scene ever!

[@JananEverett]

Yes! And I LOVE a good courtroom storyline on soaps, but this ..this is pure magic!!

[@wildforthecats661]

Man, I use to watch this show.

[@travisjames3517]

Rip, Ann Flood. 😢

[@brookehanley3659]

When did she die? So pretty!

[@travisjames3517]

@@brookehanley3659 A few weeks ago.

[@dgray9020]

Rest in Peace Mr Donald May (Adam Drake)

[@AlbieGray]

One of the best episodes of the ABC years of this series. They don't make 'em like this anymore!

[@case139]

@AlbieGray Or CBS, for that matter.

[@karlsmith4168]

Damn. Louise Shaffer was brilliant in this. And Tony Craig (Draper Scott) was so f-in handsome!! (I know..not the point of the scene...but man he was good looking)

[@duranddavis7710]

You can’t get much better than that.

[@ohwell94]

Yup we were living in Canada during this entire storyline and my mother, sister and I were just rivited

[@adolphlopez4343]

Now this a Perry Mason,.a Mannix and a Hawaii Five-0 soap opera drama.

[@duranddavis7710]

Best Court Room scene ever.

[@dtw1958]

Thanks for this. I started watching when Stephanie Martin was plotting to kill Nicole, but ended up dead herself. Oh how I wish this or even the Jonah Lockwood/Laurie Karr storyline would surface.....

[@NoHu4]

Remember when Elly Jo Jamison was going to run down pregnant Liz Fields and ended up running over herself? Classic Edge of Night twist.

[@sandrasanders706]

That was the best storyline in the history of the edge of night we watch them all meaning my family we couldn't wait for the ending I remember it all...

[@edgefan4437]

@@NoHu4 I just bought and read a book with the stories from Edge and that one is mentioned. A condensed version of 12 soaps stories unfortunately. That must have been in the late 60's or early 70's?

[@NoHu4]

@@edgefan4437 I think it was 1972 or 1973.

[@edgefan4437]

@@NoHu4 thanks for the answer. I didn't start watching until Edge moved to ABC unfortunately. I didn't know what a good show it was back then.

[@MrCraigblaze]

Thanks for the upload !! A very good court room scene.. Almost like from Perry Mason !! The actress who played Serena / Josie was also Rae on Ryan's Hope in 1979.. Louise is From Connecticut.. In real life..

[@sarahswomley2580]

It was advertised as such, a daytime Perry Mason

[@David_USF]

RIP Donald May (February 22, 1927 - January 28, 2022)

[@Goldensoaps]

WOW!!!!! Thank you very much for this classic and great episode!!!!!!!!!!! I am enjoying a lot and my heart is beating fast for having this great chance of watching this!!! THANK YOU!!! God bless you!!!!!!!!

[@ziggy12657]

Donald May had just died in January 2022. Nobody could’ve played Adam Drake better he did.

[@johntaylorjr4344]

Louise Shaffer was an excellent actress. She played the hell out of some Serena/Josie.

[@saskwatcher]

Well this ladies and gentlemen is a sterling example of the finest in daytime soap opera but also a perfect example of how corrupt and wrong the daytime emmys have always been. Nothiing about the episode or the show itself garnered any Emmy recognition. Name any better written and directed episode from that period. Louise Shaffer's work is some of the best I've ever seen on television. PERIOD! She finally got an Emmy nod a few years later for Ryan's Hope a show the Emmy voters loved too much.

[@sandrasanders706]

David Creelman the edge of night was the first soap ever to be given a Daytime Emmy in 1972 or 73... the voters have their favorites even back then.. and they don't vote on a Year's work they vote on one individual episode which I think is stupid...

[@dannyhill8797]

''The Doctors'', in 1972, was the first soap to win an emmy..EoN won the following year.....

[@linwoodwhitaker7474]

Thank u for this powerful piece of History

[@vickicali]

Wow. This is some acting. I was totally sucked in. This woman didnt win an Emmy?

[@jeannegeiger285]

That’s Dixie Carter at the prosecutor’s table! Love her!

[@allenjones3130]

Yes indeed, that was the late, great Ms. Carter, best known for "Designing Women" but also a talented singer! Rest in peace, Dixie.

[@edgefan4437]

Donald May, Adam Drake, died on January 28, 2022 at his home in Kent, New York. He was 92. He had recently been diagnosed with cancer of the larynx and had a stroke 5 years earlier according to his wife reports say. Rest in peace Donald May.

[@naturaldiva67]

omg!! i use to watch this with my mom when i was a little girl!

[@artax84z]

Search Edge of Night December 2 1975, there is a short clip of that scene.

[@Mister_Listener]

Oh Ann! Look at Ann Flood!! And lol! michael Stroka, i think?! And Dixie!

[@Jim-oo7dk]

The split personality thing reminded me of One Life to Live's Vicki/Nikki. Then I remembered the movie around that time that set it all off: Sybil. "In 1976, millions of viewers tuned in to watch “Sybil,” a television movie based on the best-selling book of the same name, and were introduced to the agonies of a young woman said to have 16 different personalities."

[@jhonwask]

I used to love this show. There are no good soaps anymore. Even GH went downhill many years ago.

[@AlbieGray]

This is classic EON.

[@jimthompson973]

My aunt in Detroit is right. The Edge of Night opening displays The Cincinnati, Oh Skyline.

[@funbank1]

Home of Proctor and Gamble.

[@AllenJones-w3p]

The Edge....OF NIGHT!!!

[@robertwheelock7444]

Please post the full edition of your rendition of the theme song for THE EDGE OF NIGHT.

[@duranddavis7710]

First time since 1976 seeing this episode Here in Philadelphia our local abc station did not carry the show after the switch from cbs.

[@dannyhill8797]

that late in the afternoon, affiliates want that time for themselves..one of affiliates dropped EoN a year after its move to ABC..and by the time EoN was canceled, only 62% of ABC's affiliates were still carrying Edge.......

[@brucewilson6781]

Edge aired on channel 48 in Philadelphia on a two week delay.

[@jaredjlinden]

That was before WPVI became an ABC owned and operated station. They would have carried EON as an O&O.

[@duranddavis7710]

@@jaredjlinden yes and at that time it drove me nuts. But thank goodness for KZbin all these years later. This is one of the best episodes.

[@tuttt99]

The city seen in the opening titles is Cincinnati, home of show sponsor Proctor and Gamble.

[@only1moore]

When they updated the opening, it was replaced with Downtown Los Angeles.

[@dannyvincent5721]

To bad it was only a half hour soap and another world was the best at that time in the 70’s

[@edgefan4437]

The Karrs took Timmy Faraday and then he went to summer camp and we never heard of him again.

[@daviddubose5368]

Donald May Was to Edge. Of Night As. Jerry Verdorn. Was to. Guiding Light.

[@howardleblanc7396]

its really g ood to see these old episodes i was wondering if anyone has the episode where adam drake was shot to death the episode aired june 17th 1977

[@coda700]

Unfortunately, because ABC erased all their episodes supposedly till around 1978, we may never see it and if anyone else had video of it , I would think it would have turned up by now. I'm with you though. I was the very first thing I remember about the show.

[@sandrasanders706]

One time last year I was watching KZbin and I saw all these really old episodes of the edge of night I asked person who put them on KZbin or to get them from he said he lives in Canada and a lot of episodes that were seeing from the states in Canada survived, so maybe someone will see this and they put it up online but I do remember that episode very well didn't like it at all that they killed off Adam...

[@rogertemple7193]

"Michael Straka (b.1938,N.J.-d.1997,Ca.); Soap Stints: Dark Shadows: (Supporting Recurring Character:3 different roles (Aristede,1969,41; (Bruno,1970,53); (Laszlo,1970,33); the Edge of Night : (Main Regular Character:Dr. Quinton Henderson,1975-1976,233); General Hospital: (Short Term Recurring Character:Silas,1982,33)."-🤔🖥☕🇺🇲..

[@cobaltmidnightoilamp6748]

I wonder if this Ms. Farraday character was experiencing multiple personality disorder. 🤔 You should check out the movie, Sybil(1976), starring Sally Field.

[@YuGiOhDude_]

'Donny & Marie' and 'Love Story' tonight. First, Gabriel Kaplan of 'Welcome Back Kotter', Ruth Buzzi and Paul Lynde visit Donny and Marie tonight at 8/7 central. Then Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw star in 'Love Story' on the 'Friday Night Movie' tonight. Can the US continue to fund such programs as Medicare and Medicaid and survive? Find out on 'Medicine and Money', an 'ABC News Closeup' tomorrow at 10/9 central on ABC.

[@mamalovestv]

Do you have the whole Serena/Josie episodes?

[@sven109]

I WONDER IF ANYBODY HAS A COPY OF THE 90 MINUTE EDGE OF NIGHT THAT WAS THE FIRST EPISODE ON THE ABC NETWORK.

[@sandrasanders706]

sven109 I have seen it here on KZbin I saw it sometime last year I don't know if it's still on here though

[@rogertemple7193]

"Maurice Copeland (b.1911,Rector,Arkansas-d.1985,New Rochelle, N.Y..); Soap Stints:(6); Hawkins Falls: (Recurring Regular Character:Dr. Floyd Corey,1953-1955,129); the Guiding Light: (Supporting Recurring Regular Character:Dr. Orson Clay,1957-1961,311); Days of Our Lives: (Supporting Recurring Regular Character:D.A. Turner,1967-1968,65); Another World: (Supporting Short Term Character:Judge Ferrell,1974,12); General Hospital: (Supporting Short Term Character:Fire Chief Davis,1978,9); the Edge of Night:(2 different stints) (1.Supporting Short Term Character:Judge B.J. Ryan,1976,11); (2.Supporting Recurring Regular Character:Richard Blaine,1983-1984,115)."-🤔🖥☕🇺🇲..

[@douglasbrown3942]

Henry Sleser was nominated in 1976 and John Sedwick for direction in 1977. At the time there was only a Actor and Actress catagory. I cannot believe that MacDonald Carey was nominated over Donald May. But remember, so actor were never even submitted. Jackie Courtney told the story how Susan Sullivan was submitted for Best Actress and she was not. It is also an issue that only two episodes can be submitted out of year long body of work. The whole process is very calculated. Of course, there were very worthwhile winners (Helen Gallagher for example), some not very worthwhile winners, many who should have won and others who very never even nominated. The politics and mechanics are very unfair.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

Douglas Brown Donald May did win a Soap Opera Award in 1973, but not a Daytime Emmy. He could have won for Lead Actor his name in the closing credits was listed at the end meaning he was the most recognized star on the show. All fairest it would probably have been hard to decide who should have won an Emmy award back then because there was once so much talent in daytime soaps.

[@sandrasanders706]

Helen Gallagher I could not believe they nominated her: there were so many other wonderful actresses like yes Susan Sullivan Jackie Courtney so many great actresses and actors who were so overlooked I don't understand the voting even sometimes today I started to give up on the daytime Emmys when Erika slezak from One Life to Live one like the boatload and I was thinking seriously there's so many other actresses who deserve that Award of the year she won but at least Susan Lucci won two... even Genie Francis was nominated and never won if you can believe that...

[@adelgado75]

What year did Donald May leave?

[@NoHu4]

1977

[@dannyhill8797]

last airdate: June 17, 1977..sure wish that episode still existed........

[@zigzagbigbag]

I remember as a kid my mother stopping everything she was doing to watch her "story". That meant any kids show I was watching at the time was over. I remember even as kid thinking it and any other soap to be brain numbing. Terrible acting terrible narratives. As an adult I see I was a very bright kid to recognize how bad soap operas are. I've always been amazed how seemingly intelligent people can get caught up in this rubbish.

[@calchick82]

zigzagbigbag There were(and are, for the very few soaps that are left)good AND bad storylines in soaps, but you'd be surprised at not only how many intelligent people out there watched and enjoyed their soaps, but do you realize how many actors you see in tv and movies today-including Emmy, Tony, and Academy Award winners-got their start in soaps and really were able to hone their acting craft on these type of shows? Then there are people like James Lipton. You may know who he is; he is the host of "Inside The Actors Studio" and is dean emeritus of the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University in NYC. He acted on the long-running(now cancelled)soap "The Guiding Light" for over a decade in the '50's and '60's and also wrote for several soaps(including "The Guiding Light")for years. In the early days, to do five live shows each week was not easy, and then even later when they were taped, the actors(especially the popular ones who appeared nearly every day depending on how "hot" their storyline was)had to memorize pages of dialogue every night for taping the next day. Many tv and movie stars of today who were in soaps are all pretty much in agreement when they are asked about those days that all that hard work kept them on their toes so that when they were doing tv shows and movies later(at a more leisurely pace), they felt that they were more disciplined in their acting. There have been some pretty bad soap storylines on pretty much every soap that ever existed, but there were also some incredible ones with some of the best acting I've ever seen. Also, I don't understand... if you think that soaps are "rubbish" and "brain numbing", what are you doing here posting? You must have been curious about the "Edge of Night" clip?

[@CruisingTipsDotCom]

zigzagbigbag Not exactly sure what prompted you to come to this particular post and leave that particular comment, but it's worth noting that without soaps, television would have never succeeded. For many years, it was the money generated by daytime programming which paid for primetime's more expensive failures. It's also worth noting that nearly every single successful primetime program today, from Survivor to Grey's Anatomy, follows the basic formats of soaps. The big difference? They do so once a week for 13-26 weeks as opposed to soaps, where the cast and crew produce an hour of television five days a week, 52 weeks a year. Sure, there are performances that aren’t as stellar as others. There are performances that are downright bad. There are also actors laboring in daytime who are as good as and probably better than many who have achieved acclaim in other arenas. Soaps have educated, informed, and entertained millions of people since before television was even a medium. In essence, what I'm saying is... take a seat with your close-minded notions. Come back to us the day you produce anything that has the staying power of soaps and has served as the training ground for as many legendary performers.

[@alansilver4419]

+zigzagbigbag go fuck yourself.

[@allmc2008]

+Richard Simms SING IT!!

[@ThreeLions82]

+Richard Simms The guys just trolling,I wouldn't even have bothered with the clown.

[@booberry349]

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[@astridschlegel6884]

This is bull