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macwriter

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94. Linda Hersch

Reply to debm55 (Reply #92)

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 03:47 PM

Jun 22

That was my colleague and fellow newspaper columnist Linda Hersch. I did similar appearances on a Philly TV station and a radio show over the phone for CHML Radio in Hamilton, Ontario.

Too bad that soaps were phased out by reality TV. At one point I was covering 13 soaps (daytime and primetime). Then came Courttv and OJ's trial and the World stopped Turning the sand ran out of hour glass for most of the industry. Sad

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What was your favorite soap opera daytime or night.. My favorite was the Guiding light. What was yours.? [View all] debm55 Jun 21 OP

Dark Shadows Fiendish Thingy Jun 21 #1

Loved Dark Shadows. FalloutShelter Jun 21 #2

Thank you very much Fiendish Thingy. debm55 Jun 21 #3

I was going to write that also. Sequoia Jun 21 #50

Hear Hear! OldBaldy1701E Jun 23 #100

I never watched any of the daytime soaps Glorfindel Jun 21 #4

Thank you very much Glorifindel. I will edit my OP. debm55 Jun 21 #5

Mine is markodochartaigh Jun 21 #6

Thank you very much, markodochartaigh. debm55 Jun 21 #7

Days Of Our Lives. Watched for years. Srkdqltr Jun 21 #8

Same here, TexasTowelie Jun 21 #36

My bro in law's company crud Jun 21 #43

Dark Shadows! murielm99 Jun 21 #9

Thank you very much Murielm99 for your choices. debm55 Jun 21 #22

Teen daughters liked All My Children, so I taped SheltieLover Jun 21 #10

Thank you very much, SheltieLover. debm55 Jun 21 #12

The only one I ever watched was General Hospital The Blue Flower Jun 21 #11

Thank you very much The Blue Flower debm55 Jun 21 #13

All My Children Ritabert Jun 21 #14

Thank you Ritabert for your choice of All My Children. I was a watcher too debm55 Jun 21 #15

I also watched "One Life to Live" Ritabert Jun 21 #34

Thank you Ritabert debm55 Jun 22 #65

+1 Went home from work for lunch and caught most of it each day. n/t rzemanfl Jun 21 #31

I only saw it during the summer when I was a teacher Ritabert Jun 21 #33

Same here Ritabert. But whe had all summer to watch. debm55 Jun 22 #68

Great. Thank you very much rzemanfl debm55 Jun 22 #69

Same here -- but with the original no_hypocrisy Jun 23 #102

Mine was Guiding Light but man that was also 3, 4 decades ago. LizBeth Jun 21 #16

Me too. I remember watching starting as a kid. It has been of the air for a long time. Thank you LizBeth. debm55 Jun 21 #21

I watched Guiding Light in high school in the early 80s. Dulcinea Jun 21 #53

HAHHAHAHHAH, Thank you very much Dulcinea. debm55 Jun 22 #64

General Hospital! FloridaBlues Jun 21 #17

Thank you very much FloridaBlues. I watched it from the beginning and stopped while in college. debm55 Jun 21 #20

The Young and the Restless. . . Stargleamer Jun 21 #18

HAHAHAHAHAHHa. Thank you very much. I would watch the Young and the Restless. Eric has been on there forever. debm55 Jun 21 #19

General Hospital (in the 80's) Mad_Dem_X Jun 21 #23

HAHAHAHAHhAhaH. Thank you very much Mad_Dem_X debm55 Jun 21 #24

Dark shadows was my introduction Ferryboat Jun 21 #25

Thank you very much Ferryboat, debm55 Jun 22 #66

I liked Santa Barbara. The frenemy "Mason" was handsome/adorable. applegrove Jun 21 #26

Thank you very much. applegrove. That is funny debm55 Jun 22 #67

Another World wryter2000 Jun 21 #27

Thank you very much, wryter2000.for sharing with us. debm55 Jun 22 #70

I never got into it, but my grandmother watched. "As the World Turns". Religiously every day ,wouldn't miss it Walleye Jun 21 #28

Same here with my mother and grandmother. Thank you very much Walleye. debm55 Jun 22 #71

All My Children LoisB Jun 21 #29

Me too. I was bummed when they took it off. Thank you very much LoisB debm55 Jun 22 #72

Just the distraction I needed today! maspaha Jun 21 #30

I remember rushing back to my dorm, heading to the basement where the tv was and watching Days with everyone oregonjen Jun 21 #37

That's funny. thank you very much oregonjen. debm55 Jun 22 #77

Thank you maspaha. I so lucked out after college that the VCR came out and we didn't have to miss and episode. debm55 Jun 21 #46

Thank you maspaha. I agree. debm55 Jun 22 #76

I started watching General Hospital when I was 12 years old. MIButterfly Jun 21 #32

Thank you very much, MIButterfly. for sharing with us. debm55 Jun 22 #78

Never watched any of them except Dark Shadows for a short time, and The Young And The Restless highplainsdem Jun 21 #35

Thank you very much for your honest opinion, highplainsdem. debm55 Jun 22 #79

Soap LogDog75 Jun 21 #38

Thank you very much LogDog75 debm55 Jun 22 #96

As the World Turns and Guiding Light ms liberty Jun 21 #39

Thank you very much, ms.liberty. for sharing with us. debm55 Jun 21 #45

Original Dark Shadows. area51 Jun 21 #40

Thank you very much for sharing with us., area51 debm55 Jun 21 #44

Good grief, I started in with General Hospital in the mid 50s. Biophilic Jun 21 #41

Thank you very much Biophilic for sharing with us. Your right about that, But my favorite stopped production-The Guiding debm55 Jun 21 #42

Yeah I remember when the soaps started to disappear. Biophilic Jun 21 #49

Yes, Dr. Hardy, Lucille and Jessica. debm55 Jun 22 #75

Ah, the good times... Biophilic Jun 22 #93

a parody of soaps , fresno AllaN01Bear Jun 21 #47

Yes! Satire and comedy. Man I LOVED... some_of_us_are_sane Jun 21 #48

Hahahahahahhah. I have never seen that. Thank you for sharing it with us. debm55 Jun 21 #51

Thank you Bear. I love parodies debm55 Jun 22 #97

Guiding Light YorkRd Jun 21 #52

Guilding Light---I started watching it when I was young as that is what my grandmother and mother watched. I liked the debm55 Jun 22 #73

Secret Storm Katinfl Jun 21 #54

I remember the Secret Storm at my grandmothers. when I was very young. Thank you Katinfl debm55 Jun 22 #63

Dark Shadows displacedvermoter Jun 21 #55

Thank you displacedvermoter. I have never seen Dark Shadows as Guiding Light was on at the same time, different station. debm55 Jun 22 #62

Forgot Rebl2 Jun 22 #87

DS 4 Ever! Mike Nelson Jun 21 #56

HAHAHA Thank you very much Mike Nelson. debm55 Jun 22 #61

That was great! Never seen it before FoxNewsSucks Jun 22 #98

It didn't last long. Morbius Jun 21 #57

Thank you very much Morbius. debm55 Jun 22 #60

I didn't have one, boonecreek Jun 21 #58

Thank you very much boonecreek. debm55 Jun 22 #59

All Rebl2 Jun 22 #74

Same here. When my son was a baby and toddler, I didn;t have time to sit and watch. I still know how it ended. Thank you debm55 Jun 22 #84

All My Children maptap22 Jun 22 #80

Like sands through the hourglass if..fish..had..wings Jun 22 #81

Thank you very much if..fish..had..wings. Hahahahhaha debm55 Jun 22 #85

The Doctors and Edge of Night macwriter Jun 22 #82

Thank you very much. macwriter. Did you appear on a local Pittsburgh show once a week to tell what happened and was debm55 Jun 22 #92

Linda Hersch macwriter Jun 22 #94

Thank you, macwriter. Now the name clicks. That you for bringing bac that memory. debm55 Jun 22 #95

As The World Turns MuseRider Jun 22 #83

Thank you MuseRider. Yes, I remember the 15 min, Soaps, the Guilding Light was one of those, Shared the half hour with debm55 Jun 22 #88

Days of our Lives radical noodle Jun 22 #86

Thank you radical noodle. Same thing happened with the Guilding Light. Reva kept come back from death. I got tired of it debm55 Jun 22 #90

I watched Guiding Light toward the end of its run. YodaMom2 Jun 22 #89

I watched Guilding Light starting at 5. I stopped watching when the Reva/Josh started. Reva was dead then she wasn't debm55 Jun 22 #91

Dark Shadows and All My Children FoxNewsSucks Jun 22 #99

Wow that was a find. Thank you FoxNewsSucks. debm55 Jun 23 #104

Amigas y Rivales purple_haze Jun 23 #101

Thank you very much, purple_haze. Friends(F) and Enemies? debm55 Jun 23 #103

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