View Full Version : Today in TV History: "The Soap Opera" Makes Its Debut On Network Television


Brian Damage
10-02-2010, 12:04 PM
October 2nd 1946 - "Faraway Hill" aired for the first time on the DuMont network. It was the first TV network soap opera...

80sTrivia
10-02-2010, 08:31 PM
I wonder if there's any existing footage of the show?

Mr. Television
10-02-2010, 10:00 PM
I wonder if there's any existing footage of the show?
As far as I know, there isn't any. I don't think there are even stills from it. It's probably lost to history.

80sTrivia
10-03-2010, 07:40 AM
As far as I know, there isn't any. I don't think there are even stills from it. It's probably lost to history.

I didn't think there would be. Sad that so much of the early days of soaps have been lost...

MickeyMac
10-03-2010, 01:06 PM
Now sadly nobody wants to watch soaps anymore.:(