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One Life to Live

January 08, 2023

For the hip hop group, see 1 Life 2 Live.

One Life to Live (often abbreviated as OLTL) is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes via Prospect Park from April 29 to August 19, 2013.[3][4][5] Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature ethnically and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social issues.[3] One Life to Live was expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes on July 26, 1976, and then to an hour on January 16, 1978.

One Life to Live
GenreSoap opera
Drama
Created byAgnes Nixon
Written byThom Racina and Jessica Klein (head writers)
Directed bySee below
StarringList of cast members
Theme music composerSnoop Lion (web series)[1]
Opening theme"Brand New Start"
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons45
No. of episodes11,136
Production
Executive producersDoris Quinlan (1968–77)
Joseph Stuart (1977–83)
Jean Arley (1983-84)
Paul Rauch (1984–91)
Linda Gottlieb (1991–94)
Susan Bedsow Horgan (1994–96)
Maxine Levinson (1996–97)
Jill Farren Phelps (1997–2001)
Gary Tomlin (2001–02)
Frank Valentini (2003–12)
Jennifer Pepperman (2013)
Jeffrey Kwatinetz (2013)
Richard Frank (2013)
ProducerSee below
Production locationsNew York City, New York (1968–2012)
Stamford, Connecticut (2013)
Running time30 minutes (1968–76; 2013)
45 minutes (1976–78)
60 minutes (1978–2012)
Production companies
DistributorABC (1968–2012)
The Online Network (2013)
Release
Original networkABC (1968–2012)
The Online Network[2] (2013)
Original releaseOriginal Series:
July 15, 1968 (1968-07-15) –
January 13, 2012 (2012-01-13)
Revival Series:
April 29, 2013 (2013-04-29) – August 19, 2013 (2013-08-19)
Chronology
RelatedAll My Children
General Hospital
The City
Loving
Port Charles

One Life to Live heavily focuses on the members and relationships of the Lord family. Actress Erika Slezak began portraying the series' central protagonist Victoria Lord in March 1971[3] and played the character continuously for the rest of the show's run on ABC Daytime, winning a record six Daytime Emmy Awards for the role.[6] In 2002, the series won an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.[7] One Life to Live was the last American daytime soap opera taped in New York City.

After nearly 43 years on the air, ABC canceled One Life to Live on April 14, 2011.[8][9] On July 7, 2011, production company Prospect Park announced that it would continue the show as a web series after its run on ABC,[10] but later suspended the project.[11] The show taped its final scenes for ABC on November 18, 2011, and its final episode on the network aired on January 13, 2012, with a cliffhanger.

On January 7, 2013, Prospect Park resumed its plan to continue One Life to Live as a daily 30-minute web series on Hulu and iTunes via The Online Network.[12][13] The relaunched series premiered on April 29, 2013.[14] The new series was plagued with several behind-the-scenes problems, most notably a litigation between Prospect Park and ABC regarding the misuse of One Life to Live characters on General Hospital.[15] On September 3, 2013, Prospect Park suspended production of the series until the lawsuit with ABC was resolved.[15]

Creation

Impressed with the ratings success of NBC's Another World, ABC sought out Another World writer Nixon to create a serial for them. Though Nixon's concept for the new series was "built along the classic soap formula of a rich family and a poor family," she was "tired of the restraints imposed by the WASPy, noncontroversial nature of daytime drama."[3] One Life to Live would emphasize "the ethnic and socioeconomic diversity" of the characters in its fictional setting.[3] Nixon would go on to create All My Children in 1970 and Loving in 1983.

The initial main titles of the series featured the image of a roaring fireplace, a visual representation of the originally proposed title — Between Heaven and Hell — ultimately changed to One Life to Live to avoid controversy.[16] One Life to Live's first sponsor was the Colgate-Palmolive company, who also sponsored The Doctors. ABC bought the show from Nixon in December 1974 when they purchased all stock to her Creative Horizons, Inc. The show was originally a half-hour serial until it was expanded to 45 minutes on July 23, 1976, and to one hour on January 16, 1978.[4]

Series history

One Life to Live is set in the fictional city of Llanview, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] The show continually centers on the wealthy, White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Lord family, with the working-class Polish American Wolek family, the less wealthy Irish Catholic Riley family, and the African-American Sadie Gray present at the series' inception.[3] One Life to Live has been called "the most peculiarly American of soap operas: the first serial to present a vast array of ethnic types, broad comic situations, a constant emphasis on social issues, and strong male characters."[3]

From the debut episode, One Life to Live centered on fictional character Victoria "Viki" Lord (originated by Gillian Spencer), portrayed by six-time Daytime Emmy Award winner Erika Slezak for longer than any other One Life to Live series actor, from March 1971 through the series finale January 13, 2012,[3] as well as the 2013 web revival.[17] Long-suffering heroine Viki weathered love and loss, widowhood, rape, divorce, stroke, and breast cancer, and was plagued by dissociative identity disorder (or DID, once known as multiple personality disorder) on and off for decades. Viki also had heart problems and received a transplant from her dying husband Ben Davidson (Mark Derwin). Featured male protagonist Dr. Larry Wolek also appeared at the debut episode and for 36 years, played from 1969 until the character's last appearance in 2004 by Emmy-nominated actor Michael Storm.

The apparent murder of Marco Dane (Gerald Anthony) by Victoria Lord in 1979 and the ensuing prostitution storyline of Larry Wolek's wife, Karen Wolek (Judith Light), garnered widespread critical acclaim and several Daytime Emmy Awards. The 1980s brought great ratings success with the introduction of the Buchanan family and the rise to prominence of Viki's scheming sister, Tina Lord (notably played by Andrea Evans). In the 1990s, the show introduced one of the first married interracial couples in soap operas with attorneys Hank and Nora Gannon (Nathan Purdee and Hillary B. Smith respectively), and the story of the involvement of Viki's estranged brother, Todd (Roger Howarth), with the rape of Marty Saybrooke (Susan Haskell), was called "one of the show's most remembered and impactful."[18]

One Life to Live celebrated its 40th anniversary in July 2008 with the return of several former cast members[19] and by revisiting notable plot lines from its past.[20] "Deceased" characters and even creator Agnes Nixon appeared in a storyline in which Slezak's Viki dies and visits Heaven, an homage to Viki's 1987 heavenly trip.[19][20][21][22] Daytime Emmy Award-nominee Andrea Evans and others returned for a tribute to Tina Lord's famous 1987 plunge over the Iguazu Falls[19][20][21][22] and the 1990 royal wedding in fictional Mendorra.[23][24][25] And like the 1988 Old West storyline in which the character Clint Buchanan steps back 100 years in the past, on July 21, 2008, Robert S. Woods began an extended storyline in which his character Bo Buchanan finds himself transplanted back into his own past—specifically 1968, the year of the series' inception—witnessing the Buchanan family's backstory unfold.[19][20][21][26] Soap Opera Digest subsequently named One Life to Live their "Best Show" of 2008, calling it "the year's most compelling" series and citing a myriad of story lines the magazine found "heartbreaking," "stunning," and "gripping," as well as complimenting its risk-taking and "diverse and talented" cast.[27]

On August 4, 2009, it was announced that One Life to Live, which taped in New York City, would move from ABC Studio 17 at 56 West 66th Street to Studio 23 at 320 West 66th Street, Manhattan in early 2010. This studio was made available by the move of sister serial All My Children to a production facility in Los Angeles, where that series began taping on January 4, 2010.[28][29] The new studio was 30% larger than One Life to Live's previous one, and both One Life to Live and All My Children were to be taped and broadcast in high-definition television (HD) after their moves.[29]

On October 8, 2009, ABC announced that it had postponed the transition to HD for One Live to Live, citing the economic climate at the time, though an ABC spokesperson stated that they "...will re-examine it next year."[30] On December 6, 2010, One Life to Live became the fifth daytime serial to broadcast in the 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen picture format but still not in true HD, after Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, and fellow ABC soap operas All My Children and General Hospital, though those series are produced in high-definition.[31] ABC's picture disclaimers at the start of the program list it as being aired in "digital widescreen" rather than HD. The September 17, 2010, series ending of As the World Turns left One Life to Live as the last remaining American daytime serial being produced in the New York metropolitan area as well as the only one produced outside the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Cancellation

Rumors about a potential cancellation of One Life to Live arose from TV Guide Canada in late 2009, after ABC announced that it was moving All My Children from New York City to Los Angeles.[32] One Life to Live's lone presence in New York among the ABC soap operas, along its non-transition to HD and its struggling ratings, made it a program at risk of cancellation. The article from TV Guide Canada also pointed that once One Life to Live is cancelled, some of the actors could be offered to join the cast of All My Children in Los Angeles.[32] In May 2010, rumors of possible cancellation of not only One Life to Live, but this time of also All My Children and General Hospital, resurfaced when Walt Disney Television officially announced that it was shutting down Soapnet, effective in 2012. After a failed attempt to give Aisha Tyler a talk show in 2009, ABC restarted auditioning a few pilot shows as candidates for its daytime lineup. At this point, All My Children had the lowest ratings so rumors began heating up in March 2011 about the show's demise, with hints that One Life to Live was safe for a while longer.[33] However, early in April 2011, rumors suggested that both All My Children and One Life to Live were in danger of cancellation.[34]

After months of cancellation rumors, ABC announced on April 14, 2011 that All My Children and One Life to Live would end their runs. ABC cited "extensive research into what today's daytime viewers want and the changing viewing patterns of the audience."[9] The network stated it was replacing One Life to Live with a new production entitled The Revolution, which would focus on health and lifestyles.[35] While the cancellations of both soap operas were announced on the same day, One Life to Live was to remain on the air four months longer because its replacement would not be ready until later. In response to the cancellations, vacuum cleaner manufacturer The Hoover Company withdrew its advertising from all ABC programs out of protest.[36][37][38]

The final episode aired on January 13, 2012, with villainess Allison Perkins (Barbara Garrick) narrating her views about the people of Llanview. During the last minutes of the episode, Todd Manning (Howarth) is put under arrest for the murder of twin brother Victor Lord, Jr. (Trevor St. John). The show ends with the discovery that Victor Lord, Jr. is still alive and has been kidnapped by Perkins. Perkins closes the 43-year-old soap opera by breaking the fourth wall by throwing a One Life to Live script at Victor saying to him: "But why spoil what happens next. You of all people should know things are rarely what they appear". The decision to conclude One Life to Live with an open-ended story is because the serial was supposed to continue on another network at the time the last scenes were taped (see section below).

On the day of the final episode, The View hosted a tribute to One Life to Live where several actors were invited including Erika Slezak, Robert S. Woods, Robin Strasser, Hillary B. Smith, Kassie DePaiva, James DePaiva, Andrea Evans, Judith Light and the show's creator Agnes Nixon.

The departure of One Life to Live ended a 62-year history of daytime television soap operas taped in New York which started in 1950 with the CBS's daytime drama The First Hundred Years.[5]

Cast and characters

 
The season 44 (2011–12) and official ABC Daytime finale cast photo of One Life to Live.
Front row (l-r): Portrait of Philip Carey, Patricia Elliott, Hillary B. Smith, Robert S. Woods, show creator Agnes Nixon, Erika Slezak, Jerry verDorn, Melissa Archer, Ilene Kristen
Second row: Peter Bartlett, Shenell Edmonds, Eddie Alderson, Austin Williams, Farah Fath, John-Paul Lavoisier, Kassie DePaiva, Roger Howarth, Kristen Alderson, Michael Easton, Mark Lawson, Bree Williamson, David A. Gregory
Third row: Lea DeLaria, Josh Kelly, Terri Conn, Shenaz Treasury, Andrew Trischitta, Ted King, Florencia Lozano, Sean Ringgold, Kearran Giovanni, Kelley Missal, Lenny Platt, Nic Robuck.
Main articles: List of One Life to Live cast members and List of One Life to Live characters

The show originally concentrated on the wealthy, White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Lord family, the less wealthy Siegels (among the first attempts to showcase either an interfaith marriage or Jewish character on daytime television), the middle-class Riley family and Wolek family, and the African American Sadie Gray.[3] Heiress Victoria Lord and her extended family remained a prime focus until the series ended. Over the years many other families were introduced, most notably the Buchanan family and the Cramer family, who intermarried with the Lords and also remained a fixture on One Life to Live until its end.

Several actors performed on One Life to Live for 20 years or more, including Erika Slezak, Michael Storm, Robert S. Woods, Philip Carey, and Robin Strasser. Actors from the series who went on to greater fame with their prime time, feature film or theatre work include Tommy Lee Jones, Al Freeman Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Judith Light, Phylicia Rashad, Blair Underwood, Marcia Cross, Roma Downey, Mario Van Peebles, Jessica Tuck, Ryan Phillippe, Hayden Panettiere, Nathan Fillion, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Tika Sumpter.

Controversies

In 2002, the popularity of antihero Todd Manning (Roger Howarth) prompted ABC to market a rag doll of the character, complete with his signature scar.[39][40] First offered for sale on April 29, 2002, the doll was pulled on May 7, 2002, after a backlash begun when The Jack Myers Report "harshly criticized the network's judgment" on creating and releasing a doll based on Manning, a character who had notably been convicted of rape in 1993.[39][40][41] The New York Times later quoted then-ABC President Angela Shapiro stating, "I was insensitive and take total responsibility for it. I should have been sensitive to the history of the character and I wasn't."[39]

Shortly after receiving a March 2005 GLAAD Media Award for its coverage of LGBT issues,[42][43] One Life to Live was met with criticism when married district attorney Daniel Colson (Mark Dobies) was revealed to have murdered two people to cover up the fact that he was secretly gay.[44][45] GLAAD itself criticized the storyline "for reinforcing the idea that being gay is something to be ashamed of," while TV Guide noted "It's hard to disagree with those who say that's a lousy representation of gay folks."[44] Executive Producer Frank Valentini defended the story, saying, "This is a story about the harsher side of intolerance and about one man not being true to himself. There are going to be meaningful, frank discussions that come out of this."[44] Then-head writer Dena Higley explained, "The number one rule of soap opera is never cut drama. Daniel being gay and keeping that a secret is a dramatic story."[44]

In June 2009, actress Patricia Mauceri (a performer on the series since 1995) was replaced in her role as Latin matriarch Carlotta Vega, reportedly after voicing personal religious objections to a planned storyline in which Carlotta would be supportive of a gay relationship.[46][47][48]

Historical storylines

Prospect Park

Unsuccessful revival attempt

On July 7, 2011, ABC announced that it had licensed the rights to One Life to Live and All My Children to television, film and music production company Prospect Park, allowing both series to continue producing new first-run episodes beyond the conclusion of their television runs on ABC, with the series moving to a new Hulu-style online channel currently in development by Prospect Park; as a result of the company's acquisition of the two soap operas, One Life to Live and All My Children, would become the first soap operas to transition their first-run broadcasts from traditional television to internet television.[10]

On September 16, 2011, executive producer Frank Valentini was retained by Prospect Park for that serial as well as All My Children when both shows would move to The Online Network.[49] On September 28, 2011, Prospect Park confirmed that One Life to Live would start on its The Online Network internet channel in January 2012, but without specifying the exact date.[50] On September 30, 2011, it was announced that head writer Ron Carlivati would be also heading to the internet version of the show.[51]

Since the agreement made between ABC and Prospect Park was not limited to internet television and did allow for One Life to Live to be broadcast on traditional television, there was an announcement on August 3, 2011, about a possibility of One Life to Live airing on a cable television.[52][53] On October 5, 2011, the project to bring One Life to Live to cable was reiterated in a New York Times article, where it was revealed that Prospect Park planned to first air episodes on The Online Network, then make them available on video on demand and, then weeks later, on cable television.[54]

On November 23, 2011, Prospect Park officially suspended its plans to continue the show after its run on ABC.[11][55] Reasons given by Prospect Park included funding problems and poor negotiations with the unions representing the cast of One Life to Live. Writers Guild of America and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, which respectively represent the writer and the actors, have expressed disappointment over Prospect Park's decision.[56] Though not one of the reasons given by Prospect Park, Deadline Hollywood suggested that the company's lack of success in finding a cable network to carry the show may have been instrumental in the company's decision to not pursue the project.[57]

Despite its fruitless attempt to save the series, Prospect Park had succeeded in retaining 13 actors to sign for the online venture, compared to only two actors for All My Children. Matriarch actress Erika Slezak (Victoria Lord) was among the 13.[58] The 12 other actors were Melissa Archer (Nathalie Buchanan), Kassie DePaiva (Blair Cramer), Michael Easton (John McBain), Shenell Edmonds (Destiny Evans), Josh Kelly (Cutter Wentworth), Ted King (Tomás Delgado), Florencia Lozano (Tea Delgado), Kelley Missal (Danielle Manning), Sean Ringgold (Shaun Evans), Andrew Trischitta (Jack Manning), Jerry verDorn (Clint Buchanan) and Tuc Watkins (David Vickers).[59]

2013 revival

 
The new cast of Prospect Park's One Life to Live revival.
(l-r) Jerry verDorn, Kassie DePaiva, Melissa Archer, Robert S. Woods, Andrew Trischitta, Laura Harrier, Tuc Watkins, Erika Slezak, Josh Kelly, Florencia Lozano, Kelley Missal, Robert Gorrie.

On January 7, 2013, Prospect Park made an official statement about its plans to restart production of One Life to Live and All My Children as web series.[60][61][62] The two soap operas will serve as anchor shows for The Online Network (Prospect Park's new streaming television that was supposed to be launched during the original attempt in 2011).[60][62] Prospect Park inked deals with SAG-AFTRA and DGA.[60] Prospect Park confirmed that former coordinating producer, Jennifer Pepperman has signed on as the new executive producer for the web reboot of One Life to Live.[60] Creator Agnes Nixon will work as consultant for the new web series.[60] On January 13, 2013, it was confirmed that soap opera writers Thom Racina and Susan Bedsow Horgan were named as the new Head Writers of One Life to Live.[63] On April 9, 2013, it was reported that Horgan citing "personal reasons" has stepped down as co-HW, leaving Racina as OLTL's sole HW.[64]

On January 22, 2013, Prospect Park released a full cast of the reboot of One Life to Live who signed on, which include Melissa Archer (Natalie Buchanan), Kassie DePaiva (Blair Cramer), Josh Kelly (Cutter Wentworth), Florencia Lozano (Tea Delgado), Kelley Missal (Danielle Manning), Erika Slezak (Victoria Lord), Hillary B. Smith (Nora Buchanan), Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord), Andrew Trischitta (Jack Manning), Jerry verDorn (Clint Buchanan), Tuc Watkins (David Vickers) and Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan). Recurring actors who have signed on are Sean Ringgold (Shaun Evans), Shenaz Treasury (Rama Patel), and Nick Choksi (Vimal Patel).[17]

Production of One Life to Live began on February 25, 2013[65] with taping of new episodes beginning on March 18, 2013.[66] The series premiered on April 29, 2013, at 12PM Eastern[67] The revived One Life to Live is a 30-minute program taped in Stamford, Connecticut.[65] It is available on Hulu and Hulu Plus as well as various iTunes applications including iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.[65]

On May 17, 2013, The Online Network announced that All My Children and One Life To Live will no longer air five days a week together, due to viewer ratings that have been seen as certain patterns that resemble more closely the typical patterns of online viewing rather than how one would watch traditional television. Starting May 20, 2013 All My Children and One Life To Life will be presented in a new schedule, with AMC airing on Mondays and Wednesdays and OLTL airing Tuesdays and Thursdays. The recap shows MORE All My Children and MORE One Life To Life will also combine together as one show airing on Fridays. The following day on May 18, 2013, both shows were noticeably missing from the FX Canada website and schedule, and subsequently were available on iTunes Canada, it was later revealed that FX Canada dropped "All My Children" and "One Life To Live" due to the reduction of episodes, the carriage agreement called for four episodes a week of both shows. With the reduction, FX Canada has said "the agreement is no longer valid."[68][69] On May 20, 2013, the first episodes of the new All My Children and One Life To Live were available worldwide on The Online Network's YouTube page, TOLNSoaps.[70]

On May 24, 2013, in a press release Prospect Park announced through Agnes Nixon that Racina will be out as head writer of One Life to Live and replaced by current screenwriters Jessica Klein and Marin Gazzaniga.[71][72]

On June 5, 2013, due to a labor dispute with the I.A.T.S.E. All My Children and One Life to Live were forced into an early hiatus with the writers, directors and editors still working; there were talks of production being moved out of state, but those plans were later shelved.[73][74] On June 20, 2013, a deal was reached between Prospect Park and the Union and taping will resume on August 12, 2013.[75] On June 25, 2013, TOLN stated that there will be a scheduling switch for One Life to Live and All My Children. Starting on July 1 (Monday) all episodes of the week for both shows, will be released on Mondays.[76]

Beginning July 15, 2013, All My Children and One Life to Live aired for a 10-week limited engagement on the Oprah Winfrey Network Monday through Thursday at 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM.[77]

One Life to Live's first-season finale aired on August 19, 2013.[78]

On September 3, 2013, a report from the Los Angeles Times stated that One Life to Live's second season will be put on hold while Prospect Park deals with its lawsuit against ABC over loaned to General Hospital's treatment of One Life to Live characters, when they crossed over in 2012.[79] In December 2016 the lawsuit was dismissed, with the rights to the series reverting to ABC.[80]

Transition to General Hospital

On December 1, 2011, two weeks after One Life to Live finished taping its final scenes,[81] ABC confirmed that former executive producer Frank Valentini and head writer Ron Carlivati would assume the same roles on General Hospital effective January 9, 2012.[82]

Several former One Life to Live actors - Kassie DePaiva, Roger Howarth, Michael Easton, and Kristen Alderson - moved with Valentini and Carlivati and reprised their characters on General Hospital.[83] With the exception of DePaiva, all of these actors were eventually put on contract and stayed permanently with the show. On May 9, 2012, Florencia Lozano joined the cast, reprising her One Life to Live role of Téa Delgado in a recurring capacity.[84]

On April 18, 2013, after Prospect Park had announced they would be reviving the series, Prospect Park filed a lawsuit against ABC, alleging ABC failed to honor its part of their licensing agreement. Among the issues named in the lawsuits included ABC's alleged attempts to sabotage Prospect Park's revival of the soap by killing off One Life to Live characters loaned to General Hospital (Cole and Hope Thornhart), failure on ABC's part to consult Prospect Park on storylines involving One Life to Live characters (breaking up popular One Life to Live couple, John and Natalie to pair Michael Easton's John McBain with former Port Charles love interest, Kelly Monaco's Sam Morgan, the death of Tea Delgado's baby and the subsequent switching of her baby with Sam Morgan's live baby, orchestrated by Howarth's Todd Manning), as well as claiming one One Life to Live character, Tomas Delgado, was actually General Hospital character, Lorenzo Alcazar.[85] Effective immediately, the three One Life to Live characters bound to contracts with ABC were to exit the show, and the three actors who played them, Kristen Alderson, Michael Easton and Roger Howarth were rewritten back onto the General Hospital canvas playing new characters, while Howarth also crossed his character of Todd back over to One Life to Live for its inaugural season.

On September 3, 2013, Prospect Park announced that production of One Life to Live would be on hold until their litigation with ABC is settled.[86]

Crossovers

Throughout the show's history, the plot lines of One Life to Live have been established as existing in the same fictional universe as other ABC-owned daytime series, in particular Agnes Nixon's All My Children, which premiered in 1970. As noted from time to time in both series, fictional Pine Valley—the setting of All My Children—is located in Pennsylvania near One Life to Live's Llanview. Over the years, many characters have crossover from one series to another in both short appearances and extended runs.[87] As early as 1968, General Hospital's Dr. Steve Hardy appeared in Llanview to consult on Meredith Lord's blood disease as a means to lead General Hospital viewers to the new series; similarly, One Life to Live's Dr. Larry Wolek visited All My Children shortly after its premiere in 1970.[87]

In 1979, when Viki Riley was on trial for the murder of Marco Dane, she was defended by Pine Valley attorney Paul Martin. Two characters that also appeared on All My Children are Sadie Gray (Lillian Hayman), when she sang for the wedding of Dr. Frank and Caroline Grant, and Delilah Ralston (Shelly Burch), when she designed a special dress to be worn by Erica Kane (Susan Lucci).

In 1999, Daytime Emmy Award-winner Linda Dano[88] returned to One Life to Live as Rae Cummings, a character she had previously played on the series from 1978 to 1980.[89][90][91] In a 2000 move of network synergy designed to "entice viewers to tune into soap operas that they might not have usually watched," then-President of ABC Daytime Angela Shapiro orchestrated Dano's concurrent appearance as Gretel on the three other ABC daytime dramas at the time — All My Children, General Hospital, and Port Charles — in an extended crossover storyline[87] which was the first time a daytime character had ever appeared on four series.[89][92][93] Gretel's search for the child she had given up for adoption takes her to All My Children, where she discovers in 2000 that her own birth mother is Pine Valley's Myrtle Fargate.[94] Following clues to Port Charles and General Hospital, Gretel finally finds her daughter back in Llanview on One Life to Live: Skye Chandler, herself a former All My Children character who had relocated to One Life to Live in 1999.[87] Skye's adopted All My Children father Adam Chandler appears on One Life to Live in 2001, and Gretel initially identifies Skye's biological father as Alan Quartermaine of General Hospital. Both women subsequently appear on that series, with Skye moving to General Hospital full-time in 2001 and Gretel returning to One Life to Live until 2004, making some appearances on General Hospital later in 2002 and 2003.

A December 30, 2003, visit by One Life to Live's Paul Cramer to his estranged secret wife Babe Carey on All My Children[93] ultimately leads to an extensive 2004 "baby switch" storyline which features crossovers of over 20 characters between the two series. With his sister Kelly Cramer desperate for a child to save her marriage after miscarrying her own, Paul finds himself delivering the babies of both Babe and her friend Bianca Montgomery during a rainstorm and subsequent flood in nearby Pine Valley on March 24, 2004. Paul stages a crash with his medical evacuation helicopter; he takes AJ Chandler for Kelly,[87] gives Miranda Montgomery to Babe, and tells Bianca that her baby had died in the accident. Unaware of the child's origins, Kelly brings Babe's infant back to Llanview, passing him off as her child with her husband Kevin Buchanan. Months later, Babe discovers that her daughter is really the grieving Bianca's, but remains silent and allows Paul to manipulate her. Meanwhile, a devastated Kelly discovers that Paul had stolen her son from his mother and, desperate for cash, he blackmails Kelly by threatening to reveal the secret to Kevin. Bianca's daughter is returned to her for Christmas 2004, and once Kevin learns the truth, he and Kelly return Babe's son as well in 2005.[95]

While One Life to Live was off the air from February 2012 to March 2013, the characters of Todd Manning, Starr Manning and John McBain moved to the setting of General Hospital, Port Charles, New York.

After the Prospect Park lawsuit was dismissed, the character of Nora Buchanan made appearances on General Hospital in 2017.

Executive producers and head writers

Main article: List of One Life to Live crew

Executive producers

Duration Name
July 1968 — July 1977 Don Wallace, Doris Quinlan, and Robert Gorman
July 1977 — August 1983 Joseph Stuart
August 1983 — July 1984 Jean Arley
August 1984 — June 1991 Paul Rauch
July 1991 — June 1994 Linda Gottlieb
July 1994 — October 1996 Susan Bedsow Horgan
October 1996 — December 1997 Maxine Levinson
December 1997 — January 2001 Jill Farren Phelps
January 2001 — December 2002 Gary Tomlin
January 2003 — January 2012 Frank Valentini
April 2013 — August 2013 Jennifer Pepperman

Head writers

Duration Name
July 1968 — July 1972 Agnes Nixon
Paul Roberts
Don Wallace
August 1972 — September 1973 Agnes Nixon
Gordon Russell
September 1973 — October 1978 Gordon Russell
November 1978 — March 1980 Gordon Russell
Sam Hall
March 1980 — May 1982 Sam Hall
Peggy O'Shea
July 1982 — January 1983 Sam Hall
Henry Slesar
February 1983 — June 1983 Henry Slesar
June 1983 — December 1983 John William Corrington
Joyce Hooper Corrington
December 1983 — June 1984 Sam Hall
Peggy O'Shea
July 1984 — June 1987 Peggy O'Shea
July 1987 — July 1990 S. Michael Schnessel
September 1990 — May 1991 Craig Carlson
Leah Laiman
May 1991 — August 1991 Craig Carlson
August 1991 — January 1992 Michael Malone
January 1992 — September 1995 Josh Griffith
Michael Malone
September 1995 — March 1996 Michael Malone
April 1996 — December 1996 Leah Laiman
Jean Passanante
Peggy Sloane
December 1996 — Spring 1997 Jean Passanante
Peggy Sloane
Spring 1997 — March 29, 1998 Claire Labine
Matthew Labine
March 30, 1998 — December 31, 1998 Pam Long
January 1999 — September 1999 Jill Farren Phelps (de facto, uncredited)
September 1999 — March 2001 Megan McTavish
March 2001 — January 31, 2003 Lorraine Broderick
Christopher Whitesell
February 3, 2003 — March 7, 2003 Josh Griffith
March 10, 2003 — March 22, 2004 Josh Griffith
Michael Malone
March 23, 2004 — November 24, 2004 Michael Malone
November 29, 2004 — December 10, 2004 Brian Frons
Frank Valentini
December 13, 2004 — May 7, 2007 Dena Higley
May 8, 2007 — September 10, 2007 Dena Higley
Ron Carlivati
September 11, 2007 — February 14, 2008 Ron Carlivati
February 15, 2008 — May 1, 2008 Gary Tomlin (2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike)
May 2, 2008 — January 13, 2012 Ron Carlivati
April 29, 2013 — July 1, 2013 Thom Racina
Susan Bedsow Horgan
July 1, 2013 — July 15, 2013 Thom Racina
Susan Bedsow Horgan
Jessica Klein
July 22, 2013 — August 19, 2013 Thom Racina
Jessica Klein

Awards

One Life to Live and many of its actors and crew have been nominated for dozens of awards, winning on many occasions. Erika Slezak has received six Daytime Emmy Awards for her acting, a feat tied only by Anthony Geary and Justin Deas.[6]

In 1993, the series won its first GLAAD Media Award for its storyline on homosexuality and intolerance[96] featuring newcomer Ryan Phillippe as Billy Douglas, a teenager who amidst scandal confides his homosexuality in Andrew Carpenter, played by Robert Krimmer.[97] The character is the first openly gay teenager featured in a television series,[98][99][100][101] and is considered groundbreaking in daytime television.[96][102][103][104] The story arc also included an on-air ceremony for the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.[97][105] In 2005, the series was awarded another GLAAD Media Award for its coverage of LGBT issues in the 2004 coming out storyline of gay character Mark Solomon (Matt Cavenaugh).[42] One Life to Live won the same award again in 2010[106] for a well-publicized storyline in which police officer Oliver Fish comes out and reunites with his former college boyfriend and medical school student Kyle Lewis.[107][47][108][109]

Daytime Emmy Award wins

Category Recipient Role Year(s) Ref.
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series 2002 [7]
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Al Freeman Jr. Ed Hall 1979 [110]
Robert S. Woods Bo Buchanan 1983 [111]
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Judith Light Karen Wolek 1980, 1981 [112][113]
Robin Strasser Dorian Lord 1982 [114]
Erika Slezak Victoria Lord 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2005 [115][116][117][118][119][120]
Hillary B. Smith Nora Gannon 1994 [121]
Susan Haskell Marty Saybrooke 2009 [122]
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Thom Christopher Carlo Hesser 1992 [116]
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Susan Haskell Marty Saybrooke 1994 [121]
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series Roger Howarth Todd Manning 1994 [121]
Wins in other categories
  • 2009 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series
  • 2009 Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Drama Series
  • 2009 Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
  • 2009 Outstanding Original Song
  • 2008 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series
  • 2008 Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Drama Series
  • 2008 Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
  • 2008 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
  • 2008 Outstanding Original Song (two awards for two One Life to Live songs, which tied)
  • 2007 Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design for a Drama Series
  • 2007 Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing for a Drama Series
  • 2005 Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series (tied with All My Children)
  • 2005 Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control for a Drama Series
  • 2003 Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
  • 2001 Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
  • 2001 Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control for a Drama Series
  • 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series
  • 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
  • 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series
  • 2000 Outstanding Original Song
  • 1994 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
  • 1987 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
  • 1984 Outstanding Achievement in Technical Excellence for a Daytime Drama Series
  • 1984 Outstanding Direction for a Daytime Drama Series
  • 1983 Outstanding Direction for a Daytime Drama Series
  • 1982 Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts: Lighting Direction (Everett Melosh)
  • 1976 Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Drama Series (David Pressman)
  • 1974 Outstanding Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork

Other awards

Broadcast history

ABC cemented its reputation as a youth-oriented network in daytime with the addition of One Life to Live to its schedule, with much of the rest of its lineup consisting of soap operas like Dark Shadows, sitcom reruns, and game shows packaged by Chuck Barris. One Life to Live replaced the short-lived The Baby Game, in a three-way shuffle with Dark Shadows and The Dating Game. The network placed the new serial at 3:30 PM Eastern, against CBS's established hit The Edge of Night and the popular NBC game You Don't Say!. Despite the tough competition, the intense tone of the plot and strong characters allowed the show to get a leg up on You Don't Say, wearing that game down to the point of its cancellation in September 1969; NBC replaced the Tom Kennedy-hosted game in that time slot with three unsuccessful serials: Bright Promise, Return to Peyton Place, and How to Survive a Marriage.

One Life to Live initially enjoyed fair-to-middling ratings, but rose rapidly as it entered the 1970s, along with the rest of ABC's daytime lineup. Matters greatly improved for One Life to Live in 1972, when CBS relocated The Edge of Night in response to packager Procter & Gamble's demands. The four-year-old show topped the ratings for the first time over CBS' declining The Secret Storm, and later, the game Hollywood's Talking, which ran for only 13 weeks.

By 1975, NBC became a serious player in that time slot for the first time in over five years when it expanded its strong soap opera Another World to an hour, with its second half occupying the 3:30 timeslot. One Life to Live lost a substantial audience share, but its lead-in, General Hospital, experienced even worse losses. ABC then expanded both One Life to Live and General Hospital to 45 minutes, with each composing half of a 90-minute block between 2:30 PM and 4 PM. Beginning on July 26, 1976, One Life to Live assumed the first position, at 2:30. ABC bet its hopes on viewers staying tuned past the half hour, making them unlikely to switch channels to Another World and All in the Family reruns on CBS (or The Match Game in the case of General Hospital fans). This approach showed some promise, until November 7, 1977, when CBS expanded Guiding Light to an hour. As One Life to Live struggled, its neighbor General Hospital was in danger of cancellation after a 15-year run. In order to save General Hospital (which was airing at 3:15 PM) from cancellation, ABC expanded both soaps to an hour beginning on January 16, 1978; The $20,000 Pyramid was moved to the noon Eastern timeslot, where it remained until its run ended in June 1980. ABC contemplated an expansion of The Edge of Night to a full hour if either of these shows were cancelled.

General Hospital rose rapidly to the top spot in the Nielsen ratings by 1979.[123] As for One Life to Live, from its tenth birthday onward, its competitors declined in popularity. Search for Tomorrow, for instance, spent its last several months on CBS against the last half of One Life to Live. Its replacement, Capitol, did little better, and after its cancellation, CBS aligned As the World Turns against One Life to Live and Another World, a configuration that stayed in place until Another World's cancellation in 1999. The 1980s saw One Life to Live reach the height of its popularity, with an estimate of 9 million viewers early in the decade.[123] The show typically ranked between the second and the fourth position in the 1980s.[123]

Since 1991, One Life to Live returned to the middle of the pack, but its numbers declined, in common with all other soap operas.[123] By the decade's end, the show rested near the bottom of the ratings pack, and it continued to hover around the lower reaches of the weekly ratings throughout the 2000s in terms of total number of viewers; however, the show tended to rank in the mid-range for the target demographic of women aged 18–49, often higher than sister show All My Children and usually still winning its timeslot in the key demographic, well ahead of its competitors such as As The World Turns, Another World, and Passions.[124] During the 2000s (decade), One Life to Live ran about even with As the World Turns, with NBC's Another World replacement Passions trailing significantly.

The 2009-2010 season was a particularly difficult year for One Life to Live. During the week of June 28, 2010, the show ranked last among all soap operas with 2.1 million viewers, compared to 2.3 million for As the World Turns.[125] As One Life to Live entered the 2010-2011 season, ratings improved, but not enough to prevent ABC from cancelling the program on April 14, 2011. After the cancellation announcement, One Life to Live began to surpass General Hospital in total number of viewers, but General Hospital continued to dominate One Life to Live in several specific categories, most notably the key demographic of women between 18 and 49 years old, usually prioritized by daytime networks. By November 2011, One Life to Live had dethroned General Hospital in every category. Overall, One Life to Live was the third highest rated program among the five remaining soap operas in its last season, trailing The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, but ahead of General Hospital and Days of Our Lives. The show averaged a 2.3 rating and 3.12 million daily viewers during its final week. Its final episode on January 13, 2012 drew in a 2.7 rating and 3.848 million viewers, one of the highest ratings in the history of soap opera finales.[126]

The One Life to Live continuation's ratings proved impressive. The first episode was the second most downloaded TV episode on iTunes and second most watched episode on Hulu, with the first place on both sites going to All My Children which premiered the same day.[127]

Schedule

The show aired on ABC Daytime for the entirety of its original television run.

  • July 15, 1968 – July 23, 1976: 3:30–4:00 pm (2:30–3:00 pm, CT/PT)
  • July 26, 1976 – January 13, 1978: 2:30–3:15 pm (1:30–2:15 pm, CT/PT)
  • January 16, 1978 – January 13, 2012: 2:00–3:00 pm (1:00–2:00 pm, CT/PT)

The show aired on Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes during its revival.

  • April 29, 2013 - May 9, 2013: one new episode a day, Monday through Thursday.
  • May 13, 2013 - June 28, 2013: a new episode each Tuesday and Thursday.[128]
  • July 1, 2013 - August 19, 2013: two new episodes every Monday.[129]

Reruns of the show aired on OWN from July 15, 2013 to September 2013.

  • July 15 – August 2, 2013: 2:00–4:00 pm (1:00–3:00 pm, CT/PT)
  • August 5 – September 6, 2013: 1:30–2:00 pm (12:30–1:00 pm, CT/PT)

Cable

Soapnet aired classic One Life to Live episodes at 6:00 am (5:00 am CT/PT), 7:00 am (6:00 am CT/PT), and 8:00 am (7:00 am CT/PT).

Starting July 15, 2013, OWN began a 10 week trial run of both One Life to Live and All My Children on its daytime lineup. Episodes of One Life to Live are broadcast at 1:30 P.M., following All My Children which airs at 1:00 P.M., Mondays through Thursdays.

See also

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life, live, group, life, live, often, abbreviated, oltl, american, soap, opera, broadcast, television, network, more, than, years, from, july, 1968, january, 2012, then, internet, series, hulu, itunes, prospect, park, from, april, august, 2013, created, agnes,. For the hip hop group see 1 Life 2 Live One Life to Live often abbreviated as OLTL is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years from July 15 1968 to January 13 2012 and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes via Prospect Park from April 29 to August 19 2013 3 4 5 Created by Agnes Nixon the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature ethnically and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social issues 3 One Life to Live was expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes on July 26 1976 and then to an hour on January 16 1978 One Life to LiveGenreSoap operaDramaCreated byAgnes NixonWritten byThom Racina and Jessica Klein head writers Directed bySee belowStarringList of cast membersTheme music composerSnoop Lion web series 1 Opening theme Brand New Start Country of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons45No of episodes11 136ProductionExecutive producersDoris Quinlan 1968 77 Joseph Stuart 1977 83 Jean Arley 1983 84 Paul Rauch 1984 91 Linda Gottlieb 1991 94 Susan Bedsow Horgan 1994 96 Maxine Levinson 1996 97 Jill Farren Phelps 1997 2001 Gary Tomlin 2001 02 Frank Valentini 2003 12 Jennifer Pepperman 2013 Jeffrey Kwatinetz 2013 Richard Frank 2013 ProducerSee belowProduction locationsNew York City New York 1968 2012 Stamford Connecticut 2013 Running time30 minutes 1968 76 2013 45 minutes 1976 78 60 minutes 1978 2012 Production companiesCreative Horizons Inc 1968 74 ABC 1974 86 1996 2012 Capital Cities ABC Video Enterprises Inc 1986 96 Prospect Park 2013 DistributorABC 1968 2012 The Online Network 2013 ReleaseOriginal networkABC 1968 2012 The Online Network 2 2013 Original releaseOriginal Series July 15 1968 1968 07 15 January 13 2012 2012 01 13 Revival Series April 29 2013 2013 04 29 August 19 2013 2013 08 19 ChronologyRelatedAll My ChildrenGeneral HospitalThe CityLovingPort CharlesOne Life to Live heavily focuses on the members and relationships of the Lord family Actress Erika Slezak began portraying the series central protagonist Victoria Lord in March 1971 3 and played the character continuously for the rest of the show s run on ABC Daytime winning a record six Daytime Emmy Awards for the role 6 In 2002 the series won an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series 7 One Life to Live was the last American daytime soap opera taped in New York City After nearly 43 years on the air ABC canceled One Life to Live on April 14 2011 8 9 On July 7 2011 production company Prospect Park announced that it would continue the show as a web series after its run on ABC 10 but later suspended the project 11 The show taped its final scenes for ABC on November 18 2011 and its final episode on the network aired on January 13 2012 with a cliffhanger On January 7 2013 Prospect Park resumed its plan to continue One Life to Live as a daily 30 minute web series on Hulu and iTunes via The Online Network 12 13 The relaunched series premiered on April 29 2013 14 The new series was plagued with several behind the scenes problems most notably a litigation between Prospect Park and ABC regarding the misuse of One Life to Live characters on General Hospital 15 On September 3 2013 Prospect Park suspended production of the series until the lawsuit with ABC was resolved 15 Contents 1 Creation 2 Series history 2 1 Cancellation 2 2 Cast and characters 2 3 Controversies 2 4 Historical storylines 3 Prospect Park 3 1 Unsuccessful revival attempt 3 2 2013 revival 4 Transition to General Hospital 5 Crossovers 6 Executive producers and head writers 6 1 Executive producers 6 2 Head writers 7 Awards 7 1 Daytime Emmy Award wins 7 2 Other awards 8 Broadcast history 9 Schedule 9 1 Cable 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksCreationImpressed with the ratings success of NBC s Another World ABC sought out Another World writer Nixon to create a serial for them Though Nixon s concept for the new series was built along the classic soap formula of a rich family and a poor family she was tired of the restraints imposed by the WASPy noncontroversial nature of daytime drama 3 One Life to Live would emphasize the ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of the characters in its fictional setting 3 Nixon would go on to create All My Children in 1970 and Loving in 1983 The initial main titles of the series featured the image of a roaring fireplace a visual representation of the originally proposed title Between Heaven and Hell ultimately changed to One Life to Live to avoid controversy 16 One Life to Live s first sponsor was the Colgate Palmolive company who also sponsored The Doctors ABC bought the show from Nixon in December 1974 when they purchased all stock to her Creative Horizons Inc The show was originally a half hour serial until it was expanded to 45 minutes on July 23 1976 and to one hour on January 16 1978 4 Series historyOne Life to Live is set in the fictional city of Llanview a suburb of Philadelphia Pennsylvania 3 The show continually centers on the wealthy White Anglo Saxon Protestant Lord family with the working class Polish American Wolek family the less wealthy Irish Catholic Riley family and the African American Sadie Gray present at the series inception 3 One Life to Live has been called the most peculiarly American of soap operas the first serial to present a vast array of ethnic types broad comic situations a constant emphasis on social issues and strong male characters 3 From the debut episode One Life to Live centered on fictional character Victoria Viki Lord originated by Gillian Spencer portrayed by six time Daytime Emmy Award winner Erika Slezak for longer than any other One Life to Live series actor from March 1971 through the series finale January 13 2012 3 as well as the 2013 web revival 17 Long suffering heroine Viki weathered love and loss widowhood rape divorce stroke and breast cancer and was plagued by dissociative identity disorder or DID once known as multiple personality disorder on and off for decades Viki also had heart problems and received a transplant from her dying husband Ben Davidson Mark Derwin Featured male protagonist Dr Larry Wolek also appeared at the debut episode and for 36 years played from 1969 until the character s last appearance in 2004 by Emmy nominated actor Michael Storm The apparent murder of Marco Dane Gerald Anthony by Victoria Lord in 1979 and the ensuing prostitution storyline of Larry Wolek s wife Karen Wolek Judith Light garnered widespread critical acclaim and several Daytime Emmy Awards The 1980s brought great ratings success with the introduction of the Buchanan family and the rise to prominence of Viki s scheming sister Tina Lord notably played by Andrea Evans In the 1990s the show introduced one of the first married interracial couples in soap operas with attorneys Hank and Nora Gannon Nathan Purdee and Hillary B Smith respectively and the story of the involvement of Viki s estranged brother Todd Roger Howarth with the rape of Marty Saybrooke Susan Haskell was called one of the show s most remembered and impactful 18 One Life to Live celebrated its 40th anniversary in July 2008 with the return of several former cast members 19 and by revisiting notable plot lines from its past 20 Deceased characters and even creator Agnes Nixon appeared in a storyline in which Slezak s Viki dies and visits Heaven an homage to Viki s 1987 heavenly trip 19 20 21 22 Daytime Emmy Award nominee Andrea Evans and others returned for a tribute to Tina Lord s famous 1987 plunge over the Iguazu Falls 19 20 21 22 and the 1990 royal wedding in fictional Mendorra 23 24 25 And like the 1988 Old West storyline in which the character Clint Buchanan steps back 100 years in the past on July 21 2008 Robert S Woods began an extended storyline in which his character Bo Buchanan finds himself transplanted back into his own past specifically 1968 the year of the series inception witnessing the Buchanan family s backstory unfold 19 20 21 26 Soap Opera Digest subsequently named One Life to Live their Best Show of 2008 calling it the year s most compelling series and citing a myriad of story lines the magazine found heartbreaking stunning and gripping as well as complimenting its risk taking and diverse and talented cast 27 On August 4 2009 it was announced that One Life to Live which taped in New York City would move from ABC Studio 17 at 56 West 66th Street to Studio 23 at 320 West 66th Street Manhattan in early 2010 This studio was made available by the move of sister serial All My Children to a production facility in Los Angeles where that series began taping on January 4 2010 28 29 The new studio was 30 larger than One Life to Live s previous one and both One Life to Live and All My Children were to be taped and broadcast in high definition television HD after their moves 29 On October 8 2009 ABC announced that it had postponed the transition to HD for One Live to Live citing the economic climate at the time though an ABC spokesperson stated that they will re examine it next year 30 On December 6 2010 One Life to Live became the fifth daytime serial to broadcast in the 16 9 aspect ratio widescreen picture format but still not in true HD after Days of Our Lives The Young and the Restless and fellow ABC soap operas All My Children and General Hospital though those series are produced in high definition 31 ABC s picture disclaimers at the start of the program list it as being aired in digital widescreen rather than HD The September 17 2010 series ending of As the World Turns left One Life to Live as the last remaining American daytime serial being produced in the New York metropolitan area as well as the only one produced outside the Los Angeles metropolitan area Cancellation Rumors about a potential cancellation of One Life to Live arose from TV Guide Canada in late 2009 after ABC announced that it was moving All My Children from New York City to Los Angeles 32 One Life to Live s lone presence in New York among the ABC soap operas along its non transition to HD and its struggling ratings made it a program at risk of cancellation The article from TV Guide Canada also pointed that once One Life to Live is cancelled some of the actors could be offered to join the cast of All My Children in Los Angeles 32 In May 2010 rumors of possible cancellation of not only One Life to Live but this time of also All My Children and General Hospital resurfaced when Walt Disney Television officially announced that it was shutting down Soapnet effective in 2012 After a failed attempt to give Aisha Tyler a talk show in 2009 ABC restarted auditioning a few pilot shows as candidates for its daytime lineup At this point All My Children had the lowest ratings so rumors began heating up in March 2011 about the show s demise with hints that One Life to Live was safe for a while longer 33 However early in April 2011 rumors suggested that both All My Children and One Life to Live were in danger of cancellation 34 After months of cancellation rumors ABC announced on April 14 2011 that All My Children and One Life to Live would end their runs ABC cited extensive research into what today s daytime viewers want and the changing viewing patterns of the audience 9 The network stated it was replacing One Life to Live with a new production entitled The Revolution which would focus on health and lifestyles 35 While the cancellations of both soap operas were announced on the same day One Life to Live was to remain on the air four months longer because its replacement would not be ready until later In response to the cancellations vacuum cleaner manufacturer The Hoover Company withdrew its advertising from all ABC programs out of protest 36 37 38 The final episode aired on January 13 2012 with villainess Allison Perkins Barbara Garrick narrating her views about the people of Llanview During the last minutes of the episode Todd Manning Howarth is put under arrest for the murder of twin brother Victor Lord Jr Trevor St John The show ends with the discovery that Victor Lord Jr is still alive and has been kidnapped by Perkins Perkins closes the 43 year old soap opera by breaking the fourth wall by throwing a One Life to Live script at Victor saying to him But why spoil what happens next You of all people should know things are rarely what they appear The decision to conclude One Life to Live with an open ended story is because the serial was supposed to continue on another network at the time the last scenes were taped see section below On the day of the final episode The View hosted a tribute to One Life to Live where several actors were invited including Erika Slezak Robert S Woods Robin Strasser Hillary B Smith Kassie DePaiva James DePaiva Andrea Evans Judith Light and the show s creator Agnes Nixon The departure of One Life to Live ended a 62 year history of daytime television soap operas taped in New York which started in 1950 with the CBS s daytime drama The First Hundred Years 5 Cast and characters The season 44 2011 12 and official ABC Daytime finale cast photo of One Life to Live Front row l r Portrait of Philip Carey Patricia Elliott Hillary B Smith Robert S Woods show creator Agnes Nixon Erika Slezak Jerry verDorn Melissa Archer Ilene KristenSecond row Peter Bartlett Shenell Edmonds Eddie Alderson Austin Williams Farah Fath John Paul Lavoisier Kassie DePaiva Roger Howarth Kristen Alderson Michael Easton Mark Lawson Bree Williamson David A GregoryThird row Lea DeLaria Josh Kelly Terri Conn Shenaz Treasury Andrew Trischitta Ted King Florencia Lozano Sean Ringgold Kearran Giovanni Kelley Missal Lenny Platt Nic Robuck Main articles List of One Life to Live cast members and List of One Life to Live characters The show originally concentrated on the wealthy White Anglo Saxon Protestant Lord family the less wealthy Siegels among the first attempts to showcase either an interfaith marriage or Jewish character on daytime television the middle class Riley family and Wolek family and the African American Sadie Gray 3 Heiress Victoria Lord and her extended family remained a prime focus until the series ended Over the years many other families were introduced most notably the Buchanan family and the Cramer family who intermarried with the Lords and also remained a fixture on One Life to Live until its end Several actors performed on One Life to Live for 20 years or more including Erika Slezak Michael Storm Robert S Woods Philip Carey and Robin Strasser Actors from the series who went on to greater fame with their prime time feature film or theatre work include Tommy Lee Jones Al Freeman Jr Laurence Fishburne Judith Light Phylicia Rashad Blair Underwood Marcia Cross Roma Downey Mario Van Peebles Jessica Tuck Ryan Phillippe Hayden Panettiere Nathan Fillion Renee Elise Goldsberry and Tika Sumpter Controversies In 2002 the popularity of antihero Todd Manning Roger Howarth prompted ABC to market a rag doll of the character complete with his signature scar 39 40 First offered for sale on April 29 2002 the doll was pulled on May 7 2002 after a backlash begun when The Jack Myers Report harshly criticized the network s judgment on creating and releasing a doll based on Manning a character who had notably been convicted of rape in 1993 39 40 41 The New York Times later quoted then ABC President Angela Shapiro stating I was insensitive and take total responsibility for it I should have been sensitive to the history of the character and I wasn t 39 Shortly after receiving a March 2005 GLAAD Media Award for its coverage of LGBT issues 42 43 One Life to Live was met with criticism when married district attorney Daniel Colson Mark Dobies was revealed to have murdered two people to cover up the fact that he was secretly gay 44 45 GLAAD itself criticized the storyline for reinforcing the idea that being gay is something to be ashamed of while TV Guide noted It s hard to disagree with those who say that s a lousy representation of gay folks 44 Executive Producer Frank Valentini defended the story saying This is a story about the harsher side of intolerance and about one man not being true to himself There are going to be meaningful frank discussions that come out of this 44 Then head writer Dena Higley explained The number one rule of soap opera is never cut drama Daniel being gay and keeping that a secret is a dramatic story 44 In June 2009 actress Patricia Mauceri a performer on the series since 1995 was replaced in her role as Latin matriarch Carlotta Vega reportedly after voicing personal religious objections to a planned storyline in which Carlotta would be supportive of a gay relationship 46 47 48 Historical storylines Storylines 1968 1979 Storylines 1980 1989 Storylines 1990 1999 Storylines 2000 2012Prospect ParkUnsuccessful revival attempt On July 7 2011 ABC announced that it had licensed the rights to One Life to Live and All My Children to television film and music production company Prospect Park allowing both series to continue producing new first run episodes beyond the conclusion of their television runs on ABC with the series moving to a new Hulu style online channel currently in development by Prospect Park as a result of the company s acquisition of the two soap operas One Life to Live and All My Children would become the first soap operas to transition their first run broadcasts from traditional television to internet television 10 On September 16 2011 executive producer Frank Valentini was retained by Prospect Park for that serial as well as All My Children when both shows would move to The Online Network 49 On September 28 2011 Prospect Park confirmed that One Life to Live would start on its The Online Network internet channel in January 2012 but without specifying the exact date 50 On September 30 2011 it was announced that head writer Ron Carlivati would be also heading to the internet version of the show 51 Since the agreement made between ABC and Prospect Park was not limited to internet television and did allow for One Life to Live to be broadcast on traditional television there was an announcement on August 3 2011 about a possibility of One Life to Live airing on a cable television 52 53 On October 5 2011 the project to bring One Life to Live to cable was reiterated in a New York Times article where it was revealed that Prospect Park planned to first air episodes on The Online Network then make them available on video on demand and then weeks later on cable television 54 On November 23 2011 Prospect Park officially suspended its plans to continue the show after its run on ABC 11 55 Reasons given by Prospect Park included funding problems and poor negotiations with the unions representing the cast of One Life to Live Writers Guild of America and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists which respectively represent the writer and the actors have expressed disappointment over Prospect Park s decision 56 Though not one of the reasons given by Prospect Park Deadline Hollywood suggested that the company s lack of success in finding a cable network to carry the show may have been instrumental in the company s decision to not pursue the project 57 Despite its fruitless attempt to save the series Prospect Park had succeeded in retaining 13 actors to sign for the online venture compared to only two actors for All My Children Matriarch actress Erika Slezak Victoria Lord was among the 13 58 The 12 other actors were Melissa Archer Nathalie Buchanan Kassie DePaiva Blair Cramer Michael Easton John McBain Shenell Edmonds Destiny Evans Josh Kelly Cutter Wentworth Ted King Tomas Delgado Florencia Lozano Tea Delgado Kelley Missal Danielle Manning Sean Ringgold Shaun Evans Andrew Trischitta Jack Manning Jerry verDorn Clint Buchanan and Tuc Watkins David Vickers 59 2013 revival The new cast of Prospect Park s One Life to Live revival l r Jerry verDorn Kassie DePaiva Melissa Archer Robert S Woods Andrew Trischitta Laura Harrier Tuc Watkins Erika Slezak Josh Kelly Florencia Lozano Kelley Missal Robert Gorrie On January 7 2013 Prospect Park made an official statement about its plans to restart production of One Life to Live and All My Children as web series 60 61 62 The two soap operas will serve as anchor shows for The Online Network Prospect Park s new streaming television that was supposed to be launched during the original attempt in 2011 60 62 Prospect Park inked deals with SAG AFTRA and DGA 60 Prospect Park confirmed that former coordinating producer Jennifer Pepperman has signed on as the new executive producer for the web reboot of One Life to Live 60 Creator Agnes Nixon will work as consultant for the new web series 60 On January 13 2013 it was confirmed that soap opera writers Thom Racina and Susan Bedsow Horgan were named as the new Head Writers of One Life to Live 63 On April 9 2013 it was reported that Horgan citing personal reasons has stepped down as co HW leaving Racina as OLTL s sole HW 64 On January 22 2013 Prospect Park released a full cast of the reboot of One Life to Live who signed on which include Melissa Archer Natalie Buchanan Kassie DePaiva Blair Cramer Josh Kelly Cutter Wentworth Florencia Lozano Tea Delgado Kelley Missal Danielle Manning Erika Slezak Victoria Lord Hillary B Smith Nora Buchanan Robin Strasser Dorian Lord Andrew Trischitta Jack Manning Jerry verDorn Clint Buchanan Tuc Watkins David Vickers and Robert S Woods Bo Buchanan Recurring actors who have signed on are Sean Ringgold Shaun Evans Shenaz Treasury Rama Patel and Nick Choksi Vimal Patel 17 Production of One Life to Live began on February 25 2013 65 with taping of new episodes beginning on March 18 2013 66 The series premiered on April 29 2013 at 12PM Eastern 67 The revived One Life to Live is a 30 minute program taped in Stamford Connecticut 65 It is available on Hulu and Hulu Plus as well as various iTunes applications including iPhone iPad and iPod Touch 65 On May 17 2013 The Online Network announced that All My Children and One Life To Live will no longer air five days a week together due to viewer ratings that have been seen as certain patterns that resemble more closely the typical patterns of online viewing rather than how one would watch traditional television Starting May 20 2013 All My Children and One Life To Life will be presented in a new schedule with AMC airing on Mondays and Wednesdays and OLTL airing Tuesdays and Thursdays The recap shows MORE All My Children and MORE One Life To Life will also combine together as one show airing on Fridays The following day on May 18 2013 both shows were noticeably missing from the FX Canada website and schedule and subsequently were available on iTunes Canada it was later revealed that FX Canada dropped All My Children and One Life To Live due to the reduction of episodes the carriage agreement called for four episodes a week of both shows With the reduction FX Canada has said the agreement is no longer valid 68 69 On May 20 2013 the first episodes of the new All My Children and One Life To Live were available worldwide on The Online Network s YouTube page TOLNSoaps 70 On May 24 2013 in a press release Prospect Park announced through Agnes Nixon that Racina will be out as head writer of One Life to Live and replaced by current screenwriters Jessica Klein and Marin Gazzaniga 71 72 On June 5 2013 due to a labor dispute with the I A T S E All My Children and One Life to Live were forced into an early hiatus with the writers directors and editors still working there were talks of production being moved out of state but those plans were later shelved 73 74 On June 20 2013 a deal was reached between Prospect Park and the Union and taping will resume on August 12 2013 75 On June 25 2013 TOLN stated that there will be a scheduling switch for One Life to Live and All My Children Starting on July 1 Monday all episodes of the week for both shows will be released on Mondays 76 Beginning July 15 2013 All My Children and One Life to Live aired for a 10 week limited engagement on the Oprah Winfrey Network Monday through Thursday at 1 00 PM and 3 00 PM 77 One Life to Live s first season finale aired on August 19 2013 78 On September 3 2013 a report from the Los Angeles Times stated that One Life to Live s second season will be put on hold while Prospect Park deals with its lawsuit against ABC over loaned to General Hospital s treatment of One Life to Live characters when they crossed over in 2012 79 In December 2016 the lawsuit was dismissed with the rights to the series reverting to ABC 80 Transition to General HospitalOn December 1 2011 two weeks after One Life to Live finished taping its final scenes 81 ABC confirmed that former executive producer Frank Valentini and head writer Ron Carlivati would assume the same roles on General Hospital effective January 9 2012 82 Several former One Life to Live actors Kassie DePaiva Roger Howarth Michael Easton and Kristen Alderson moved with Valentini and Carlivati and reprised their characters on General Hospital 83 With the exception of DePaiva all of these actors were eventually put on contract and stayed permanently with the show On May 9 2012 Florencia Lozano joined the cast reprising her One Life to Live role of Tea Delgado in a recurring capacity 84 On April 18 2013 after Prospect Park had announced they would be reviving the series Prospect Park filed a lawsuit against ABC alleging ABC failed to honor its part of their licensing agreement Among the issues named in the lawsuits included ABC s alleged attempts to sabotage Prospect Park s revival of the soap by killing off One Life to Live characters loaned to General Hospital Cole and Hope Thornhart failure on ABC s part to consult Prospect Park on storylines involving One Life to Live characters breaking up popular One Life to Live couple John and Natalie to pair Michael Easton s John McBain with former Port Charles love interest Kelly Monaco s Sam Morgan the death of Tea Delgado s baby and the subsequent switching of her baby with Sam Morgan s live baby orchestrated by Howarth s Todd Manning as well as claiming one One Life to Live character Tomas Delgado was actually General Hospital character Lorenzo Alcazar 85 Effective immediately the three One Life to Live characters bound to contracts with ABC were to exit the show and the three actors who played them Kristen Alderson Michael Easton and Roger Howarth were rewritten back onto the General Hospital canvas playing new characters while Howarth also crossed his character of Todd back over to One Life to Live for its inaugural season On September 3 2013 Prospect Park announced that production of One Life to Live would be on hold until their litigation with ABC is settled 86 CrossoversThroughout the show s history the plot lines of One Life to Live have been established as existing in the same fictional universe as other ABC owned daytime series in particular Agnes Nixon s All My Children which premiered in 1970 As noted from time to time in both series fictional Pine Valley the setting of All My Children is located in Pennsylvania near One Life to Live s Llanview Over the years many characters have crossover from one series to another in both short appearances and extended runs 87 As early as 1968 General Hospital s Dr Steve Hardy appeared in Llanview to consult on Meredith Lord s blood disease as a means to lead General Hospital viewers to the new series similarly One Life to Live s Dr Larry Wolek visited All My Children shortly after its premiere in 1970 87 In 1979 when Viki Riley was on trial for the murder of Marco Dane she was defended by Pine Valley attorney Paul Martin Two characters that also appeared on All My Children are Sadie Gray Lillian Hayman when she sang for the wedding of Dr Frank and Caroline Grant and Delilah Ralston Shelly Burch when she designed a special dress to be worn by Erica Kane Susan Lucci In 1999 Daytime Emmy Award winner Linda Dano 88 returned to One Life to Live as Rae Cummings a character she had previously played on the series from 1978 to 1980 89 90 91 In a 2000 move of network synergy designed to entice viewers to tune into soap operas that they might not have usually watched then President of ABC Daytime Angela Shapiro orchestrated Dano s concurrent appearance as Gretel on the three other ABC daytime dramas at the time All My Children General Hospital and Port Charles in an extended crossover storyline 87 which was the first time a daytime character had ever appeared on four series 89 92 93 Gretel s search for the child she had given up for adoption takes her to All My Children where she discovers in 2000 that her own birth mother is Pine Valley s Myrtle Fargate 94 Following clues to Port Charles and General Hospital Gretel finally finds her daughter back in Llanview on One Life to Live Skye Chandler herself a former All My Children character who had relocated to One Life to Live in 1999 87 Skye s adopted All My Children father Adam Chandler appears on One Life to Live in 2001 and Gretel initially identifies Skye s biological father as Alan Quartermaine of General Hospital Both women subsequently appear on that series with Skye moving to General Hospital full time in 2001 and Gretel returning to One Life to Live until 2004 making some appearances on General Hospital later in 2002 and 2003 A December 30 2003 visit by One Life to Live s Paul Cramer to his estranged secret wife Babe Carey on All My Children 93 ultimately leads to an extensive 2004 baby switch storyline which features crossovers of over 20 characters between the two series With his sister Kelly Cramer desperate for a child to save her marriage after miscarrying her own Paul finds himself delivering the babies of both Babe and her friend Bianca Montgomery during a rainstorm and subsequent flood in nearby Pine Valley on March 24 2004 Paul stages a crash with his medical evacuation helicopter he takes AJ Chandler for Kelly 87 gives Miranda Montgomery to Babe and tells Bianca that her baby had died in the accident Unaware of the child s origins Kelly brings Babe s infant back to Llanview passing him off as her child with her husband Kevin Buchanan Months later Babe discovers that her daughter is really the grieving Bianca s but remains silent and allows Paul to manipulate her Meanwhile a devastated Kelly discovers that Paul had stolen her son from his mother and desperate for cash he blackmails Kelly by threatening to reveal the secret to Kevin Bianca s daughter is returned to her for Christmas 2004 and once Kevin learns the truth he and Kelly return Babe s son as well in 2005 95 While One Life to Live was off the air from February 2012 to March 2013 the characters of Todd Manning Starr Manning and John McBain moved to the setting of General Hospital Port Charles New York After the Prospect Park lawsuit was dismissed the character of Nora Buchanan made appearances on General Hospital in 2017 Executive producers and head writersMain article List of One Life to Live crew Executive producers Duration NameJuly 1968 July 1977 Don Wallace Doris Quinlan and Robert GormanJuly 1977 August 1983 Joseph StuartAugust 1983 July 1984 Jean ArleyAugust 1984 June 1991 Paul RauchJuly 1991 June 1994 Linda GottliebJuly 1994 October 1996 Susan Bedsow HorganOctober 1996 December 1997 Maxine LevinsonDecember 1997 January 2001 Jill Farren PhelpsJanuary 2001 December 2002 Gary TomlinJanuary 2003 January 2012 Frank ValentiniApril 2013 August 2013 Jennifer PeppermanHead writers Duration NameJuly 1968 July 1972 Agnes NixonPaul RobertsDon WallaceAugust 1972 September 1973 Agnes NixonGordon RussellSeptember 1973 October 1978 Gordon RussellNovember 1978 March 1980 Gordon RussellSam HallMarch 1980 May 1982 Sam HallPeggy O SheaJuly 1982 January 1983 Sam HallHenry SlesarFebruary 1983 June 1983 Henry SlesarJune 1983 December 1983 John William CorringtonJoyce Hooper CorringtonDecember 1983 June 1984 Sam HallPeggy O SheaJuly 1984 June 1987 Peggy O SheaJuly 1987 July 1990 S Michael SchnesselSeptember 1990 May 1991 Craig CarlsonLeah LaimanMay 1991 August 1991 Craig CarlsonAugust 1991 January 1992 Michael MaloneJanuary 1992 September 1995 Josh GriffithMichael MaloneSeptember 1995 March 1996 Michael MaloneApril 1996 December 1996 Leah LaimanJean PassanantePeggy SloaneDecember 1996 Spring 1997 Jean PassanantePeggy SloaneSpring 1997 March 29 1998 Claire LabineMatthew LabineMarch 30 1998 December 31 1998 Pam LongJanuary 1999 September 1999 Jill Farren Phelps de facto uncredited September 1999 March 2001 Megan McTavishMarch 2001 January 31 2003 Lorraine BroderickChristopher WhitesellFebruary 3 2003 March 7 2003 Josh GriffithMarch 10 2003 March 22 2004 Josh GriffithMichael MaloneMarch 23 2004 November 24 2004 Michael MaloneNovember 29 2004 December 10 2004 Brian FronsFrank ValentiniDecember 13 2004 May 7 2007 Dena HigleyMay 8 2007 September 10 2007 Dena HigleyRon CarlivatiSeptember 11 2007 February 14 2008 Ron CarlivatiFebruary 15 2008 May 1 2008 Gary Tomlin 2007 08 Writers Guild of America strike May 2 2008 January 13 2012 Ron CarlivatiApril 29 2013 July 1 2013 Thom RacinaSusan Bedsow HorganJuly 1 2013 July 15 2013 Thom RacinaSusan Bedsow HorganJessica KleinJuly 22 2013 August 19 2013 Thom RacinaJessica KleinAwardsOne Life to Live and many of its actors and crew have been nominated for dozens of awards winning on many occasions Erika Slezak has received six Daytime Emmy Awards for her acting a feat tied only by Anthony Geary and Justin Deas 6 In 1993 the series won its first GLAAD Media Award for its storyline on homosexuality and intolerance 96 featuring newcomer Ryan Phillippe as Billy Douglas a teenager who amidst scandal confides his homosexuality in Andrew Carpenter played by Robert Krimmer 97 The character is the first openly gay teenager featured in a television series 98 99 100 101 and is considered groundbreaking in daytime television 96 102 103 104 The story arc also included an on air ceremony for the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt 97 105 In 2005 the series was awarded another GLAAD Media Award for its coverage of LGBT issues in the 2004 coming out storyline of gay character Mark Solomon Matt Cavenaugh 42 One Life to Live won the same award again in 2010 106 for a well publicized storyline in which police officer Oliver Fish comes out and reunites with his former college boyfriend and medical school student Kyle Lewis 107 47 108 109 Daytime Emmy Award wins Category Recipient Role Year s Ref Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series 2002 7 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Al Freeman Jr Ed Hall 1979 110 Robert S Woods Bo Buchanan 1983 111 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Judith Light Karen Wolek 1980 1981 112 113 Robin Strasser Dorian Lord 1982 114 Erika Slezak Victoria Lord 1984 1986 1992 1995 1996 2005 115 116 117 118 119 120 Hillary B Smith Nora Gannon 1994 121 Susan Haskell Marty Saybrooke 2009 122 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Thom Christopher Carlo Hesser 1992 116 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Susan Haskell Marty Saybrooke 1994 121 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series Roger Howarth Todd Manning 1994 121 Wins in other categories2009 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series 2009 Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Drama Series 2009 Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team 2009 Outstanding Original Song 2008 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series 2008 Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Drama Series 2008 Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team 2008 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team 2008 Outstanding Original Song two awards for two One Life to Live songs which tied 2007 Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Set Decoration Scenic Design for a Drama Series 2007 Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing for a Drama Series 2005 Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series tied with All My Children 2005 Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction Electronic Camera Video Control for a Drama Series 2003 Outstanding Achievement in Live amp Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series 2001 Outstanding Achievement in Live amp Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series 2001 Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction Electronic Camera Video Control for a Drama Series 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Series 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Live amp Direct to Tape Sound Mixing for a Drama Series 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series 2000 Outstanding Original Song 1994 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team 1987 Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team 1984 Outstanding Achievement in Technical Excellence for a Daytime Drama Series 1984 Outstanding Direction for a Daytime Drama Series 1983 Outstanding Direction for a Daytime Drama Series 1982 Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts Lighting Direction Everett Melosh 1976 Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Drama Series David Pressman 1974 Outstanding Technical Direction and Electronic CameraworkOther awards Writers Guild of America Award 1986 1993 Directors Guild of America Award 1993 1998 2000 2003 2006 2007 2008 2010 2012 Broadcast historyABC cemented its reputation as a youth oriented network in daytime with the addition of One Life to Live to its schedule with much of the rest of its lineup consisting of soap operas like Dark Shadows sitcom reruns and game shows packaged by Chuck Barris One Life to Live replaced the short lived The Baby Game in a three way shuffle with Dark Shadows and The Dating Game The network placed the new serial at 3 30 PM Eastern against CBS s established hit The Edge of Night and the popular NBC game You Don t Say Despite the tough competition the intense tone of the plot and strong characters allowed the show to get a leg up on You Don t Say wearing that game down to the point of its cancellation in September 1969 NBC replaced the Tom Kennedy hosted game in that time slot with three unsuccessful serials Bright Promise Return to Peyton Place and How to Survive a Marriage One Life to Live initially enjoyed fair to middling ratings but rose rapidly as it entered the 1970s along with the rest of ABC s daytime lineup Matters greatly improved for One Life to Live in 1972 when CBS relocated The Edge of Night in response to packager Procter amp Gamble s demands The four year old show topped the ratings for the first time over CBS declining The Secret Storm and later the game Hollywood s Talking which ran for only 13 weeks By 1975 NBC became a serious player in that time slot for the first time in over five years when it expanded its strong soap opera Another World to an hour with its second half occupying the 3 30 timeslot One Life to Live lost a substantial audience share but its lead in General Hospital experienced even worse losses ABC then expanded both One Life to Live and General Hospital to 45 minutes with each composing half of a 90 minute block between 2 30 PM and 4 PM Beginning on July 26 1976 One Life to Live assumed the first position at 2 30 ABC bet its hopes on viewers staying tuned past the half hour making them unlikely to switch channels to Another World and All in the Family reruns on CBS or The Match Game in the case of General Hospital fans This approach showed some promise until November 7 1977 when CBS expanded Guiding Light to an hour As One Life to Live struggled its neighbor General Hospital was in danger of cancellation after a 15 year run In order to save General Hospital which was airing at 3 15 PM from cancellation ABC expanded both soaps to an hour beginning on January 16 1978 The 20 000 Pyramid was moved to the noon Eastern timeslot where it remained until its run ended in June 1980 ABC contemplated an expansion of The Edge of Night to a full hour if either of these shows were cancelled General Hospital rose rapidly to the top spot in the Nielsen ratings by 1979 123 As for One Life to Live from its tenth birthday onward its competitors declined in popularity Search for Tomorrow for instance spent its last several months on CBS against the last half of One Life to Live Its replacement Capitol did little better and after its cancellation CBS aligned As the World Turns against One Life to Live and Another World a configuration that stayed in place until Another World s cancellation in 1999 The 1980s saw One Life to Live reach the height of its popularity with an estimate of 9 million viewers early in the decade 123 The show typically ranked between the second and the fourth position in the 1980s 123 Since 1991 One Life to Live returned to the middle of the pack but its numbers declined in common with all other soap operas 123 By the decade s end the show rested near the bottom of the ratings pack and it continued to hover around the lower reaches of the weekly ratings throughout the 2000s in terms of total number of viewers however the show tended to rank in the mid range for the target demographic of women aged 18 49 often higher than sister show All My Children and usually still winning its timeslot in the key demographic well ahead of its competitors such as As The World Turns Another World and Passions 124 During the 2000s decade One Life to Live ran about even with As the World Turns with NBC s Another World replacement Passions trailing significantly The 2009 2010 season was a particularly difficult year for One Life to Live During the week of June 28 2010 the show ranked last among all soap operas with 2 1 million viewers compared to 2 3 million for As the World Turns 125 As One Life to Live entered the 2010 2011 season ratings improved but not enough to prevent ABC from cancelling the program on April 14 2011 After the cancellation announcement One Life to Live began to surpass General Hospital in total number of viewers but General Hospital continued to dominate One Life to Live in several specific categories most notably the key demographic of women between 18 and 49 years old usually prioritized by daytime networks By November 2011 One Life to Live had dethroned General Hospital in every category Overall One Life to Live was the third highest rated program among the five remaining soap operas in its last season trailing The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful but ahead of General Hospital and Days of Our Lives The show averaged a 2 3 rating and 3 12 million daily viewers during its final week Its final episode on January 13 2012 drew in a 2 7 rating and 3 848 million viewers one of the highest ratings in the history of soap opera finales 126 The One Life to Live continuation s ratings proved impressive The first episode was the second most downloaded TV episode on iTunes and second most watched episode on Hulu with the first place on both sites going to All My Children which premiered the same day 127 ScheduleThe show aired on ABC Daytime for the entirety of its original television run July 15 1968 July 23 1976 3 30 4 00 pm 2 30 3 00 pm CT PT July 26 1976 January 13 1978 2 30 3 15 pm 1 30 2 15 pm CT PT January 16 1978 January 13 2012 2 00 3 00 pm 1 00 2 00 pm CT PT The show aired on Hulu Hulu Plus and iTunes during its revival April 29 2013 May 9 2013 one new episode a day Monday through Thursday May 13 2013 June 28 2013 a new episode each Tuesday and Thursday 128 July 1 2013 August 19 2013 two new episodes every Monday 129 Reruns of the show aired on OWN from July 15 2013 to September 2013 July 15 August 2 2013 2 00 4 00 pm 1 00 3 00 pm CT PT August 5 September 6 2013 1 30 2 00 pm 12 30 1 00 pm CT PT Cable Soapnet aired classic One Life to Live episodes at 6 00 am 5 00 am CT PT 7 00 am 6 00 am CT PT and 8 00 am 7 00 am CT PT Starting July 15 2013 OWN began a 10 week trial run of both One Life to 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