The cast of Young Widder Brown.
"History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
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1938: Young Widder Brown premiered on NBC Radio. The popular Frank and Anne Hummert radio soap opera told the story of young Ellen Brown, a 30 year old mother, who struggled to raise her children without the small town mentality that came with living in Simpsonville. The show ran for nearly 18 years, until June 22, 1956.
1972: On As the World Turns, Tom Hughes (Peter Galman) and Carol Deming (Rita McLaughlin) were married. The wedding was shot on location at...
"History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1938: Young Widder Brown premiered on NBC Radio. The popular Frank and Anne Hummert radio soap opera told the story of young Ellen Brown, a 30 year old mother, who struggled to raise her children without the small town mentality that came with living in Simpsonville. The show ran for nearly 18 years, until June 22, 1956.
1972: On As the World Turns, Tom Hughes (Peter Galman) and Carol Deming (Rita McLaughlin) were married. The wedding was shot on location at...
- 7/28/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
The cast of Young Widder Brown."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1938: Young Widder Brown premiered on NBC Radio. The popular Frank and Anne Hummert radio soap opera told the story of young Ellen Brown, a 30 year old mother, who struggled to raise her children without the small town mentality that came with living in Simpsonville. The show ran for nearly 18 years, until June 22, 1956.
1972: On As the World Turns, Tom Hughes (Peter Galman) and Carol Deming (Rita McLaughlin) were married. The wedding was shot on location at the Riverdale Presbyterian Church in Riverdale, New York.
1976: One...
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1938: Young Widder Brown premiered on NBC Radio. The popular Frank and Anne Hummert radio soap opera told the story of young Ellen Brown, a 30 year old mother, who struggled to raise her children without the small town mentality that came with living in Simpsonville. The show ran for nearly 18 years, until June 22, 1956.
1972: On As the World Turns, Tom Hughes (Peter Galman) and Carol Deming (Rita McLaughlin) were married. The wedding was shot on location at the Riverdale Presbyterian Church in Riverdale, New York.
1976: One...
- 7/26/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
A review of tonight's "Girls" coming up just as soon as we get back to my story about a robot horse... There are some predictable components of "Cubbies," like Hannah making an early departure from Iowa, since she is the central character on a show whose other characters all live in Brooklyn. And there are some surprising parts of the episode, like Hannah returning to her apartment to discover Adam with his new girlfriend Mimi Rose (played by Gillian Jacobs from "Community"). But the part that's going to stick with me most is a smaller one that comes before either of those. Look, we all knew Hannah wasn't going to stay in Iowa. It's how TV shows — even relatively unconventional ones like this — function, and so long as Lena Dunham wasn't going to lay off a bunch of her co-stars in one fell swoop, it wasn't viable to have Hannah...
- 2/9/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
She has graduated from Greendale and is now headed to Hannah: Community star Gillian Jacobs has snagged a recurring role on season 4 of HBO’s Girls. EW checked in with Jacobs to talk about her new job — and, yes, the end of her old one.
Entertainment Weekly: You’re playing a character on Girls named Mimi Rose. Already that smacks of great potential. What can we expect from her?
Gillian Jacobs: I have an awesome name — in the grand tradition of Girls having awesome names for their characters… So I can’t really give much away about my character.
Entertainment Weekly: You’re playing a character on Girls named Mimi Rose. Already that smacks of great potential. What can we expect from her?
Gillian Jacobs: I have an awesome name — in the grand tradition of Girls having awesome names for their characters… So I can’t really give much away about my character.
- 5/22/2014
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
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