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A Chicago woman, Irna Phillips, birthed the daytime serial — and a Chicago woman, Michele Val Jean, is ushering in new interest in the genre. Val Jean has written for several shows, including Generations, Santa Barbara, General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful. Now, she's the creative force driving Beyond the Gates, the newest American soap, which debuted on CBS in February. The drama features a core Black family, the Duprees, who live outside Washington, D.C. It's full of delicious soapy drama, with slaps, villains, cliffhangers and fabulous clothes. Val Jean talks about her career, from writing the infamous catfight scene on Generations and revisiting the Luke and Laura rape on General Hospital to the joy she feels watching the reception of Beyond the Gates.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2025 is: mercurial • mer-KYUR-ee-ul • adjective Mercurial is usually used to describe someone whose mood changes quickly and unpredictably. It can also describe something that changes frequently, such as weather, or something that is lively and quick, such as someone's wit. // The director had some concerns about working with the play's lead, an actor with a reputation for having a mercurial temperament on set. See the entry > Examples: “‘The Guiding Light' was the only radio soap to transition to TV. [Irna] Phillips introduced the ‘cliffhanger' storytelling device and the mercurial female vixen character who still lives on the small screen today. Think reality TV or a Shonda Rhimes drama.” — Natalie Y. Moore, The Chicago Sun-Times, 3 Apr. 2025 Did you know? The Roman god Mercury was the messenger and herald of the gods and also the god of merchants and thieves (his counterpart in Greek mythology is Hermes). His swiftness inspired the Romans to give his name to what they correctly assessed as the fastest-moving planet in the solar system. Mercury's speed also apparently made the name apt for English speakers wishing to describe those whose moods travel quickly between extremes, a meaning mercurial has had since the mid-17th century. The adjective mercurial comes from the Latin mercurialis, meaning “of or relating to Mercury.”

Irna Phillips created the cliff-hanger in broadcast storytelling and perfected the serial drama, first in radio, then on television. She mentored the creators of All My Children, One Life to Live, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. The latter two remain on television today. Phillips also created the television vixen, an archetype first seen on soap operas that still endures. Agnes Nixon and married couple William and Lee Phillip Bell worked for Phillips in Chicago. Nixon was head writer of The Guiding Light. In 1962, she wanted to do a cancer storyline, about how uterine cancer is curable if caught in time. Doctors said women proactively asked for pPap smears after watching the character Bert Bauer struggle with her health. The Bells also ushered the sexual revolution into soaps in the 1970s, with glitz and glamor and pushing the envelope on sexuality. Soap operas created complex and groundbreaking women-centered storylines. In 1964, Another World ran an abortion storyline. In 1971, All My Children's biggest vixen, Erica Kane, was a married pregnant model who didn't want to be a mother. That abortion storyline was disruptive because the character was not seen as the “right” woman to tell an abortion story. Rape storylines on soaps have played out for decades because the form allows real-time nuance with storytelling. Nothing is ever wrapped up in one “Very Special Episode.” The uniqueness of soaps, airing five days a week, allows for pioneering storytelling.

Introducing WBEZ's latest podcast series, Making: Stories Without End. Host Natalie Moore takes you on a journey to learn about daytime soap operas and their broad reach on television. From the early radio days in the 1930s through the invention of TV to streaming, this way of telling immersive stories has endured. There are intergenerational family stories, discussions about divorce and abortion, groundbreaking storylines dealing with queer representation. And all these threads go back to one Chicago woman, Irna Phillips. The queen of soaps originated, wrote or supervised more than a dozen daytime serials for more than 40 years… and left a lasting mark on the television industry. You'll hear the story behind the stories from scholars, actors, writers – from the past and now – as well as fans.

Introducing WBEZ's latest podcast series, Making: Stories Without End. Host Natalie Moore takes you on a journey to learn about daytime soap operas and their broad reach on television. From the early radio days in the 1930s through the invention of TV to streaming, this way of telling immersive stories has endured. There are intergenerational family stories, discussions about divorce and abortion, groundbreaking storylines dealing with queer representation. And all these threads go back to one Chicago woman, Irna Phillips. The queen of soaps originated, wrote or supervised more than a dozen daytime serials for more than 40 years… and left a lasting mark on the television industry. You'll hear the story behind the stories from scholars, actors, writers – from the past and now – as well as fans.

Soap operas have long been trivialized as low-brow women's entertainment. Even the term “soap” is pejorative when describing television. But there's a deeper story to tell about the genre that changed storytelling on the small screen. Irna Phillips doesn't get enough credit for her creation. She's the Chicago woman who birthed the daytime serial for radio in the 1930s and ushered it onto television in the 1950s. Phillips established staples in the genre like the cliff-hanger; she was a prolific writer who knew the daytime audience wanted to see their own problems in stories. As she summed it up in 1947: “[T]heir own conflicts, their own heartache, their hopes and their own dreams. Everything isn't happiness, is it? No.” Beyond the melodrama and romantic escapism, soaps took bold risks, embracing social consciousness with groundbreaking women-centered storylines. “Daytime dramas have grappled with social change and offered thoughtful explorations of romantic and familial relationships to an extent rarely seen in evening schedules, with controversial subject matter airing to little notice and thereby little upset,” said soap scholar and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor Elana Levine. Whether you know it or not, soaps are a foundation of U.S. television. They've given us the medium's longest-running scripted series — and worlds that do not end. What Natalie read: “Afternoon Delight: Why Soaps Still Matter” by Carolyn Hinsey “Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History” by Elana Levine “The Survival of Soap Opera: Transformations for a New Media Era” edited by Sam Ford, Abigail De Kosnik and C. Lee Harrington “Worlds Without End: The Art and History of the Soap Opera” from the Museum of Television and Radio Natalie Moore is a senior lecturer at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Follow her on X at @natalieymoore.

"We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds." Rive Gauche by Yves Saint Laurent (1970) + Irna Phillips's Another World (1964-99) with Principessa 1/10/25 S7E1 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Rebecca's favourite episode of 2024 recalls the day ‘These Are My Children' premiered on NBC; the world's first televised soap opera, transmitted on 31st January, 1949. It lasted only four weeks on air, was broadcast live, and had a tiny budget, but influenced the production of the genre for decades.  As dramas primarily created by and for women, soap operas typically attracted sniffy reviews from male critics, yet proved enormously popular with their initial audience of 1950s housewives. Creator Irna Phillips' own backstory mirrored the dramatic storylines she wrote, and many of the situations she introduced into her productions – illegitimate children, amnesiac medical patients – were TV firsts.  In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly consider the genre's clunky transition from radio to TV; explain the difficulties in obtaining quality soap actors; and reveal how Phillips not only pioneered soaps, but also pre-empted the Marvel Cinematic Universe…  Further Reading: • ‘The Queen of Soaps Speaks…for Herself' (Library of Congress, 2022): https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2022/03/the-queen-of-soaps-speaks-for-herself/ • ‘Women Pioneers in Television – Biographies of Fifteen Industry Leaders, By Cary O'Dell' (McFarland, 1997): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Women_Pioneers_in_Television/74fnsRmeeZcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=these+are+my+children+first+soap+opera&pg=PA191&printsec=frontcover • ‘Eileen Fulton on Irna Phillips' (Television Academy, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGyhpn01e9I Love the show? Support us!  Join 

These Are My Children premiered on NBC on 31st January, 1949; the world's first televised soap opera. It lasted only four weeks on air, was broadcast live, and had a tiny budget, but influenced the production of the genre for decades.  As dramas primarily created by and for women, soap operas typically attracted sniffy reviews from male critics, yet proved enormously popular with their initial audience of 1950s housewives. Creator Irna Phillips' own backstory mirrored the dramatic storylines she wrote, and many of the situations she introduced into her productions - illegitimate children, amnesiac medical patients - were TV firsts.  In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly consider the genre's clunky transition from radio to TV; explain the difficulties in obtaining quality soap actors; and reveal how Phillips not only pioneered soaps, but also pre-empted the Marvel Cinematic Universe…  Further Reading: • ‘The Queen of Soaps Speaks…for Herself' (Library of Congress, 2022): https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2022/03/the-queen-of-soaps-speaks-for-herself/ • ‘Women Pioneers in Television - Biographies of Fifteen Industry Leaders, By Cary O'Dell' (McFarland, 1997): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Women_Pioneers_in_Television/74fnsRmeeZcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=these+are+my+children+first+soap+opera&pg=PA191&printsec=frontcover • ‘Eileen Fulton on Irna Phillips' (Television Academy, 2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGyhpn01e9I Love the show? Join

Après avoir posé les bases du soap, nous revenons au début de son histoire en nous intéressant à la pionnière, la reine, la papesse : Irna Phillips. En mars, lors de la dernière édition du... Cet article “Irna la douce reine du soap” | Soap, la grande histoire (4/26) est apparu en premier sur VL Média.

Sceneggiatrice di talento, pioniera della televisione americana, attrice e scrittrice di sceneggiati radiofonici e televisivi, Irna Phillips è considerata “la regina delle soap opera”, in quanto a lei si deve la creazione di programmi a lunga serialità, come Sentieri, Destini, Così gira il mondo, destinati a una longevità straordinaria. Ipocondriaca, maniacale e ossessionata dal lavoro, Irna è temuta da attori e produttori, che però non possono fare a meno di lei, perché nessun altro riesce a delineare personaggi sfaccettati, creare trame avvincenti e far appassionare il pubblico come lei. Biografia di IRNA PHILLIPS, scritta e letta da Carmen Laterza Tratta da ⁠⁠Donne Intrepide vol. 8 – Attrici & Registe⁠⁠ Music from Uppbeat License code: HWIJMAQJUEUSKPUU Scopri tutti i libri e podcast di ⁠⁠LIBROZA⁠⁠

Today in 1952, the first TV episode of the soap opera Guiding Light. It was one of many hit shows led by a writer and producer sometimes called the “queen of soaps,” Irna Phillips. Plus: there was reportedly an attempt once to replace the ballgirls and ballboys of Wimbledon with dogs?!? Irna Phillips (Jewish Women's Archive) The Queen of Soaps Speaks…for Herself (Library of Congress) Bid to replace Wimbledon ball boys with dogs flopped as they didn't return them (Daily Star) Will this show succeed? Find out in our next exciting episode... or just back us on Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support

Youth-Dew by Estée Lauder (1953) + Irna Phillips's The Guiding Light (1937-2009) with PFG 6/1/23 S5E42 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Dans cet épisode, Andréa Brusque vous raconte l'histoire d'une maladie très contagieuse et mortelle ayant sévi au cœur de Rome en 1943. Alors que l'armée nazie traque les juifs italiens, une centaine d'entre eux contractent le virus. Mis en quarantaine au sous-sol d'un hôpital catholique, ils agonisent dans d'atroces souffrances… À moins que cette mystérieuse pathologie ne soit en réalité qu'une ruse particulièrement efficace…! Son nom : le syndrome K. Entre rafle et refuge, soldats SS et médecins, barbarie et héroïsme, découvrez sa True Story. Des rafles se multiplient en Italie Rome, samedi 16 octobre 1943. Il est 5h30 du matin. Les rues de la capitale sont désertes, tandis que les premières lueurs du jour éclairent faiblement les façades des maisons. Tout est calme, silencieux. À deux pas du fleuve, au centre de la ville, la Via Del Portico d'Ottavia  ne fait pas exception. C'est le coeur du ghetto juif de Rome où vivent près de 1500 personnes. À cette heure matinale, le quartier est encore endormi, figé dans le sommeil reposant du Chabbat. Suspendus çà et là aux croisements des ruelles, seuls quelques drapeaux s'agitent sous le vent. Leurs couleurs apparaissent lentement dans le clair-obscur de l'aube : un disque blanc sur un fond rouge, avec, au centre, une imposante croix gammée noire… Pour découvrir d'autres récits passionnants, cliquez ci-dessous : Irna Phillips, la reine du soap-opera à l'origine de nos séries télé Walt Disney, le génie du dessin animé qui a créé un empire Les Kardashian, l'une des familles les plus influentes de notre époque Un podcast Bababam Originals Ecriture : Elie Olivennes Voix : Andréa Brusque Production : Bababam (montage Gautam Shukla, Antoine Berry Roger) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dans cet épisode, découvrez une femme qui a révolutionné la radio et la télévision américaines. Connue comme la "reine des feuilletons", ses séries ont captivé des millions de personnes pendant des décennies. Son nom : Irna Phillips. De sa vie à son œuvre, découvrez sa True Story. Une femme pleine de détermination 1930, une comédienne de vingt-neuf ans, petite, aux cheveux bruns et ondulés, est assise dans un théâtre de Broadway, elle regarde une pièce de théâtre. La jeune femme est si fascinée par la représentation qu'elle a l'impression d'être transportée dans un autre monde. Elle observe les acteurs avec admiration, subjuguée par leur capacité à donner vie à ces personnages imaginaires. En sortant du théâtre, elle se sent emplie d'une nouvelle détermination : elle veut écrire et raconter des histoires. Pour découvrir d'autres récits passionnants, cliquez ci-dessous : Walt Disney, le génie du dessin animé qui a créé un empire Les Kardashian, l'une des familles les plus influentes de notre époque David Koresh, le gourou prophète qui croyait à l'Apocalypse Un podcast Bababam Originals Ecriture : Clémence Setti Voix : Andréa Brusque Production : Bababam (montage Gautam Shukla, Antoine Berry Roger) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I created The Guiding Light with one fundamental theme in mind: the brotherhood of man." -Irna Phillips, 1937 Silences Eau de Parfum Sublime by Jacomo (2012) + 1950 July 10, 1952 March 25, 1953 July 4, 1966 December 24, 1987 September 9, 2009 To hear this episode and the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.  4/5/23 S5E33

Young Doctor Malone (a.k.a. Young Dr. Malone) is an American soap opera, created by Irna Phillips, which had a long run on radio and television from 1939 to 1963. The producer was Betty Corday (1912–1987), who also produced Pepper Young's Family and later was a co-creator with husband Ted Corday of NBC Daytime's Days of Our Lives. Sponsored by General Foods and Post Cereals, the radio serial began on the Blue Network on November 20, 1939. The 15-minute program aired daily at 11:15 am, continuing until April 26, 1940. Without a break, it moved to CBS on April 29, 1940, where it was heard for two decades, first airing at 2:00 pm weekdays (1940–1944) and then 1:30 pm (1945–1960). In 1945, Procter & Gamble assumed sponsorship of the program. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Doctor_Malone

Please join New York Times bestselling author, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong in The Locher Room for An Author's Afternoon. Jennifer tells the little-known story of four trailblazing women in the early days of television who laid the foundation of the industry we know in her new book, When Women Invented Television. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first Black person to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture.Jennifer has written seven pop culture history books, including Seinfeldia; When Women Invented Television; Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted; and Sex and the City and Us. Her work appears in many publications, including BBC Culture, The New York Times Book Review, Vice, New York magazine, and Billboard.Please join Jennifer and I as we spend the hour looking back at the incredible impact women had on television.

It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women--each an independent visionary-- saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch tv today. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first African American to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture. But as the medium became more popular--and lucrative--in the wake of World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee arose to threaten entertainers, blacklisting many as communist sympathizers. As politics, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and money collided, the women who invented television found themselves fighting from the margins, as men took control. But these women were true survivors who never gave up--and thus their legacies remain with us in our television-dominated era. It's time we reclaimed their forgotten histories and the work they did to pioneer the medium that now rules our lives. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today (Harper, 2021) is an amazing and heartbreaking history, illustrated with photos, tells it all for the first time. Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women--each an independent visionary-- saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch tv today. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first African American to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture. But as the medium became more popular--and lucrative--in the wake of World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee arose to threaten entertainers, blacklisting many as communist sympathizers. As politics, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and money collided, the women who invented television found themselves fighting from the margins, as men took control. But these women were true survivors who never gave up--and thus their legacies remain with us in our television-dominated era. It's time we reclaimed their forgotten histories and the work they did to pioneer the medium that now rules our lives. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today (Harper, 2021) is an amazing and heartbreaking history, illustrated with photos, tells it all for the first time. Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women--each an independent visionary-- saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch tv today. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first African American to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture. But as the medium became more popular--and lucrative--in the wake of World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee arose to threaten entertainers, blacklisting many as communist sympathizers. As politics, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and money collided, the women who invented television found themselves fighting from the margins, as men took control. But these women were true survivors who never gave up--and thus their legacies remain with us in our television-dominated era. It's time we reclaimed their forgotten histories and the work they did to pioneer the medium that now rules our lives. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today (Harper, 2021) is an amazing and heartbreaking history, illustrated with photos, tells it all for the first time. Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women--each an independent visionary-- saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch tv today. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first African American to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture. But as the medium became more popular--and lucrative--in the wake of World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee arose to threaten entertainers, blacklisting many as communist sympathizers. As politics, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and money collided, the women who invented television found themselves fighting from the margins, as men took control. But these women were true survivors who never gave up--and thus their legacies remain with us in our television-dominated era. It's time we reclaimed their forgotten histories and the work they did to pioneer the medium that now rules our lives. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today (Harper, 2021) is an amazing and heartbreaking history, illustrated with photos, tells it all for the first time. Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women--each an independent visionary-- saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch tv today. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first African American to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture. But as the medium became more popular--and lucrative--in the wake of World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee arose to threaten entertainers, blacklisting many as communist sympathizers. As politics, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and money collided, the women who invented television found themselves fighting from the margins, as men took control. But these women were true survivors who never gave up--and thus their legacies remain with us in our television-dominated era. It's time we reclaimed their forgotten histories and the work they did to pioneer the medium that now rules our lives. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today (Harper, 2021) is an amazing and heartbreaking history, illustrated with photos, tells it all for the first time. Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women--each an independent visionary-- saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch tv today. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first African American to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture. But as the medium became more popular--and lucrative--in the wake of World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee arose to threaten entertainers, blacklisting many as communist sympathizers. As politics, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and money collided, the women who invented television found themselves fighting from the margins, as men took control. But these women were true survivors who never gave up--and thus their legacies remain with us in our television-dominated era. It's time we reclaimed their forgotten histories and the work they did to pioneer the medium that now rules our lives. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today (Harper, 2021) is an amazing and heartbreaking history, illustrated with photos, tells it all for the first time. Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women--each an independent visionary-- saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch tv today. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first African American to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture. But as the medium became more popular--and lucrative--in the wake of World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee arose to threaten entertainers, blacklisting many as communist sympathizers. As politics, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and money collided, the women who invented television found themselves fighting from the margins, as men took control. But these women were true survivors who never gave up--and thus their legacies remain with us in our television-dominated era. It's time we reclaimed their forgotten histories and the work they did to pioneer the medium that now rules our lives. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today (Harper, 2021) is an amazing and heartbreaking history, illustrated with photos, tells it all for the first time. Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women--each an independent visionary-- saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch tv today. Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first African American to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show. Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture. But as the medium became more popular--and lucrative--in the wake of World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee arose to threaten entertainers, blacklisting many as communist sympathizers. As politics, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and money collided, the women who invented television found themselves fighting from the margins, as men took control. But these women were true survivors who never gave up--and thus their legacies remain with us in our television-dominated era. It's time we reclaimed their forgotten histories and the work they did to pioneer the medium that now rules our lives. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today (Harper, 2021) is an amazing and heartbreaking history, illustrated with photos, tells it all for the first time. Galina Limorenko is a doctoral candidate in Neuroscience with a focus on biochemistry and molecular biology of neurodegenerative diseases at EPFL in Switzerland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

HOME CATEGORIES SHOWS BY YEAR FAQ FUN YOUR CART Home > Soap Operas You purchased this collection on February 21, 2022. You may listen to your purchased collection below, or download the collection to use on your computer or portable audio player anywhere! The Guiding Light The longest running drama of all time, The Guiding Light got its start on Old Time Radio before making the transition to Daytime Television.  100 old time radio show recordings (total playtime 24 hours, 1 min) available in the following formats: 1 MP3 CD or 24 Audio CDs Choose your CD format or order disks individually:                    MP3 CD: Guiding Light Collection - $5.00                                     Download: Guiding Light Collection - $5.00                                     Audio CD: Guiding Light Collection - $120.00  Audio CD: Disc A001 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A002 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A003 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A004 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A005 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A006 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A007 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A008 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A009 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A010 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A011 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A012 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A013 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A014 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A015 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A016 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A017 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A018 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A019 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A020 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A021 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A022 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A023 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A024 - $5.00                 Add to Cart Add to wishlist Play a sample episode : "Episode 792" 00:00/00:00 ... or click here to save the Mp3 file to your computer  facebooktwitter Print Text on OTRCAT.com ©2001-2022 OTRCAT INC All Rights Reserved. Reproduction is prohibited.  Radio Soap Opera 1937-1956  Irna Phillips, originator of the show Guiding Light is the longest running drama of all time. It began as a 15 minute old time radio show in 1937, running until 1947. It then ran through its metamorphosis into a television drama until 1956. In 1952, it became a television show and the radio and television programs ran concurrently for some time. Today this television show is still running. It was originally sponsored by Procter and Gamble, who put the "soap" in soap opera. Text on OTRCAT.com ©2001-2022 OTRCAT INC All Rights Reserved. Reproduction is prohibited. The brainchild of Irna Phillips, this show is based on her life experiences. When she was 19, an unmarried Irna gave birth to a still-born child. At this time, she found comfort through listening to the sermons preached by Dr. Preston Bradley, a minister of a church for the brotherhood of man. These sermons then became the backbone for the creation of her dramatic serial, The Guiding Light, 27 years later. The show originally centered around a preachers' sermons. Irna Phillips later published these sermons, and they became a best-selling book. Guilding Light also generated the spin-off series, Right To Happiness. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ang189/support

HOME CATEGORIES SHOWS BY YEAR FAQ FUN YOUR CART Home > Soap Operas You purchased this collection on February 21, 2022. You may listen to your purchased collection below, or download the collection to use on your computer or portable audio player anywhere! The Guiding Light The longest running drama of all time, The Guiding Light got its start on Old Time Radio before making the transition to Daytime Television.  100 old time radio show recordings (total playtime 24 hours, 1 min) available in the following formats: 1 MP3 CD or 24 Audio CDs Choose your CD format or order disks individually:                    MP3 CD: Guiding Light Collection - $5.00                                     Download: Guiding Light Collection - $5.00                                     Audio CD: Guiding Light Collection - $120.00  Audio CD: Disc A001 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A002 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A003 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A004 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A005 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A006 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A007 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A008 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A009 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A010 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A011 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A012 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A013 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A014 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A015 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A016 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A017 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A018 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A019 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A020 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A021 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A022 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A023 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A024 - $5.00                 Add to Cart Add to wishlist Play a sample episode : "Episode 792" 00:00/00:00 ... or click here to save the Mp3 file to your computer  facebooktwitter Print Text on OTRCAT.com ©2001-2022 OTRCAT INC All Rights Reserved. Reproduction is prohibited.  Radio Soap Opera 1937-1956  Irna Phillips, originator of the show Guiding Light is the longest running drama of all time. It began as a 15 minute old time radio show in 1937, running until 1947. It then ran through its metamorphosis into a television drama until 1956. In 1952, it became a television show and the radio and television programs ran concurrently for some time. Today this television show is still running. It was originally sponsored by Procter and Gamble, who put the "soap" in soap opera. Text on OTRCAT.com ©2001-2022 OTRCAT INC All Rights Reserved. Reproduction is prohibited. The brainchild of Irna Phillips, this show is based on her life experiences. When she was 19, an unmarried Irna gave birth to a still-born child. At this time, she found comfort through listening to the sermons preached by Dr. Preston Bradley, a minister of a church for the brotherhood of man. These sermons then became the backbone for the creation of her dramatic serial, The Guiding Light, 27 years later. The show originally centered around a preachers' sermons. Irna Phillips later published these sermons, and they became a best-selling book. Guilding Light also generated the spin-off series, Right To Happiness. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ang189/support

HOME CATEGORIES SHOWS BY YEAR FAQ FUN YOUR CART Home > Soap Operas You purchased this collection on February 21, 2022. You may listen to your purchased collection below, or download the collection to use on your computer or portable audio player anywhere! The Guiding Light The longest running drama of all time, The Guiding Light got its start on Old Time Radio before making the transition to Daytime Television.  100 old time radio show recordings (total playtime 24 hours, 1 min) available in the following formats: 1 MP3 CD or 24 Audio CDs Choose your CD format or order disks individually:                    MP3 CD: Guiding Light Collection - $5.00                                     Download: Guiding Light Collection - $5.00                                     Audio CD: Guiding Light Collection - $120.00  Audio CD: Disc A001 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A002 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A003 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A004 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A005 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A006 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A007 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A008 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A009 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A010 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A011 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A012 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A013 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A014 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A015 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A016 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A017 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A018 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A019 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A020 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A021 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A022 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A023 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A024 - $5.00                 Add to Cart Add to wishlist Play a sample episode : "Episode 792" 00:00/00:00 ... or click here to save the Mp3 file to your computer  facebooktwitter Print Text on OTRCAT.com ©2001-2022 OTRCAT INC All Rights Reserved. Reproduction is prohibited.  Radio Soap Opera 1937-1956  Irna Phillips, originator of the show Guiding Light is the longest running drama of all time. It began as a 15 minute old time radio show in 1937, running until 1947. It then ran through its metamorphosis into a television drama until 1956. In 1952, it became a television show and the radio and television programs ran concurrently for some time. Today this television show is still running. It was originally sponsored by Procter and Gamble, who put the "soap" in soap opera. Text on OTRCAT.com ©2001-2022 OTRCAT INC All Rights Reserved. Reproduction is prohibited. The brainchild of Irna Phillips, this show is based on her life experiences. When she was 19, an unmarried Irna gave birth to a still-born child. At this time, she found comfort through listening to the sermons preached by Dr. Preston Bradley, a minister of a church for the brotherhood of man. These sermons then became the backbone for the creation of her dramatic serial, The Guiding Light, 27 years later. The show originally centered around a preachers' sermons. Irna Phillips later published these sermons, and they became a best-selling book. Guilding Light also generated the spin-off series, Right To Happiness. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ang189/support

HOME CATEGORIES SHOWS BY YEAR FAQ FUN YOUR CART Home > Soap Operas You purchased this collection on February 21, 2022. You may listen to your purchased collection below, or download the collection to use on your computer or portable audio player anywhere! The Guiding Light The longest running drama of all time, The Guiding Light got its start on Old Time Radio before making the transition to Daytime Television.  100 old time radio show recordings (total playtime 24 hours, 1 min) available in the following formats: 1 MP3 CD or 24 Audio CDs Choose your CD format or order disks individually:                    MP3 CD: Guiding Light Collection - $5.00                                     Download: Guiding Light Collection - $5.00                                     Audio CD: Guiding Light Collection - $120.00  Audio CD: Disc A001 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A002 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A003 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A004 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A005 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A006 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A007 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A008 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A009 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A010 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A011 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A012 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A013 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A014 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A015 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A016 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A017 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A018 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A019 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A020 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A021 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A022 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A023 - $5.00Audio CD: Disc A024 - $5.00                 Add to Cart Add to wishlist Play a sample episode : "Episode 792" 00:00/00:00 ... or click here to save the Mp3 file to your computer  facebooktwitter Print Text on OTRCAT.com ©2001-2022 OTRCAT INC All Rights Reserved. Reproduction is prohibited.  Radio Soap Opera 1937-1956  Irna Phillips, originator of the show Guiding Light is the longest running drama of all time. It began as a 15 minute old time radio show in 1937, running until 1947. It then ran through its metamorphosis into a television drama until 1956. In 1952, it became a television show and the radio and television programs ran concurrently for some time. Today this television show is still running. It was originally sponsored by Procter and Gamble, who put the "soap" in soap opera. Text on OTRCAT.com ©2001-2022 OTRCAT INC All Rights Reserved. Reproduction is prohibited. The brainchild of Irna Phillips, this show is based on her life experiences. When she was 19, an unmarried Irna gave birth to a still-born child. At this time, she found comfort through listening to the sermons preached by Dr. Preston Bradley, a minister of a church for the brotherhood of man. These sermons then became the backbone for the creation of her dramatic serial, The Guiding Light, 27 years later. The show originally centered around a preachers' sermons. Irna Phillips later published these sermons, and they became a best-selling book. Guilding Light also generated the spin-off series, Right To Happiness. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ang189/support

TVC 563.7: From May 2021: New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Armstrong talks to Ed about the early television career of Betty White, including how, in many ways, White lived the life of Mary Richards long before The Mary Tyler Moore Show came into existence. Jennifer's book When Women Invented Television traces the history of the first decade of network television through the lives and accomplishments of Irna Phillips, Gertrude Berg, Hazel Scott and Betty White. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Right to Happiness began as an experiment. Series creator Irna (ERNA) Phillips liked to cross-plot characters from one of her soaps into another. The Right to Happiness began by following the troubled Rose Kransky from The Guiding Light. It became the story of Carolyn Allen, much-married heroine of Chicago radio. Known as ‘Queen of the Soaps', Irna Phillips' creations included The Guiding Light and As The World Turns. In her writing, she focused on the psychological realism of her characters and introduced many of the soap opera motifs – such has cliff-hanger endings. Ms. Phillips wrote the serial until 1942, when she sold it to Procter & Gamble. P&G moved it to New York, with a new lead: Claudia Morgan. Ms. Morgan was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1911 to actors Ralph Morgan and Grace Arnold. Actor Frank Morgan was her uncle. Airing at 3:45PM Eastern Time over NBC, In December of 1947, The Right To Happiness was the most-listened to daytime soap opera on radio, and the only one to post double-digit ratings nationally. Roughly nine million people spent their Christmas Day tuning in.

On Oct. 20, 1930 the first soap opera premiered. It was called Painted Dreams and created by Irna Phillips. In this episode, we chat about all our favorite soaps and what they mean to us.

Join the creators and cast members of the new soap opera, Forever and a Day in The Locher Room. The first season recently wrapped up and the sophomore season will debut on February 1, 2021, but don't miss a very special Christmas episode on December 18th.Forever And A Day is a daytime soap opera, which airs in an audio format on the JLJMedia Network of Podcasts. The series was initially created to honor the 90th anniversary of the soap opera genre, which began on radio in 1930 with Painted Dreams , a soap opera created by Irna Phillips. Forever And A Day follows the trials and tribulations of three families in the fictional town of Augustus, Illinois, as they overcome life's complexities brought on by their media and political ambitions.Joining me will be series creator Casey S. Hutchison, Candice Mack who serves as co-executive producer and co-head writer alongside Hutchison. Additionally, Mack co-stars in the series in the role of Danielle Fraser. Also joining us are James Lott, Jr., who is the CEO of JLJ Media and serves as a Production Consultant along with cast members Quinn VanAntwerp (Broadway's Jersey Boys), who portrays the hopeless romantic Colin Harper, Lacretia Lyon, who portrays the spitfire, fashion blogger Katelynn Harper, is best known for her accomplished work in stand-up comedy, and for being a well-known talk show host on the JLJ Media Network and BLEAV Podcast Network and Kristina Sullivan, who portrays the business savvy seductress, Stephanie Markham, is an up and coming writer, producer, and actress.

TVC 538.5: Jennifer Armstrong, author of When Women Invented Television, talks to Ed about how the Blacklist spelled the end for both The Goldbergs and The Hazel Scott Show; how Scott’s carefully managed persona paved the way for such other sophisticated African-American women as Oprah Winfrey, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, the Claire Huxtable character on The Cosby Show, and Diahann Carroll’s character on Julia; and the spiritual connection between Betty White and television. When Women Invented Television, shows how Scott, White, Irna Phillips, and Gertrude Berg all paved the way for many of the forms of TV programming that we take for granted today—and how all four found themselves marginalized as television became more popular, and more lucrative, amidst the changing culture of the 1950s. Jennifer Armstrong joins us in our second hour. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TVC 538.3: Ed welcomes TV historian and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Armstrong. Jennifer’s latest book, When Women Invented Television, traces the history of the first decade of network television through the lives and accomplishments of four women: Irna Phillips, the originator of many of the first radio and TV soap operas; Gertrude Berg, star and creator of The Goldbergs, and the first woman to write and produce her own prime time series (not to mention brand herself); jazz pianist Hazel Scott, the first African American to host her own national prime time variety series (five years before Nat King Cole); and Betty White, who, long before The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls, hosted one of the very first experimental television shows in Los Angeles before becoming one of the first stars, and first Emmy winners, of daytime television. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TVC 538.4: New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Armstrong talks to Ed about the early television career of Betty White, including how, in many ways, White lived the life of Mary Richards long before The Mary Tyler Moore Show came into existence. Jennifer’s latest book, When Women Invented Television, traces the history of the first decade of network television through the lives and accomplishments of Irna Phillips, Gertrude Berg, Hazel Scott and Betty White—and shows how all four found themselves marginalized as television became more popular, and more lucrative, amidst the changing culture of the 1950s.  Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all know Betty White from her years on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls. But decades before she was making us laugh in primetime, White was hosting a daytime TV talk show that saw her improvising more than five hours of programming every day. Yep, she’s not only one of our most beloved funny ladies, she’s also a TV pioneer. She is one of the superstars from the era When Women Invented Television, as Pop Literacy co-host Jennifer Keishin Armstrong chronicles in her fantastic new book of the same name. From White and Gertrude Berg, the radio star who brought her long-running radio comedy The Goldbergs to television, to Hazel Scott, the singer and piano player who was also the first Black entertainer to host a national variety TV show, and Irna Phillips, another radio alum, who created the television soap opera, there’s a lineup of women who truly set up the future of TV. This week, Jennifer shares not only the fascinating details of how these extraordinary women shaped the medium that helps shape our culture more than ever, but the sad forces that prevented most of them from being the household names they should be. Until now, that is, thanks to When Women Invented Television.  Resource links: When Women Invented Television Here We Go Again by Betty White The Betty White Show Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Café Society to Hollywood to HUAC by Karen Chilton Hazel Scott at the piano Irna Phillips's The Guiding Light, 1953 Something on My Own, a Gertrude Berg biography by Glenn D. Smith Jr. Gertrude Berg's The Goldbergs, 1954

A new book explores the influence of four women on the television industry during the medium’s early days. Author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong joins us to discuss her book titled, When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered The Way We Watch Today, which highlights the work of Gertrude Berg, Irna Phillips, Betty White, and Hazel Scott. This segment is guest-hosted by Anna Sale.

Dr. Elana Levine's recently published Her Stories (Duke Univ. Press) forms the backbone of this 4-part series on soap operas. This episode includes a look at the formative pioneers of serial storytelling - Irna Phillips, Agnes Nixon and William Bell. Other topics covered who owned any given show and how that impacted business decisions and how technology changed storytelling. Future episodes from this Levine interview discuss Super Couples of the 90s, fantasy and traumatic storylines, reproductive and feminist issues and the accelerated demise of many shows. For more on Agnes Nixon, listen in on a 2017 podcast episode between Cynthia and Elana.  Fans of All My Children and As the World Turns, check out a 2-part interview with two-time Emmy Award Winner Cady McClain (Dixie Cooney) from March 2020. Dr. Elana Levine is a Professor of Media, Cinema and Digital Studies in the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.    

The Right to Happiness began as an experiment. Series creator Irna (ERNA) Phillips liked to cross-plot characters from one of her soaps into another. The Right to Happiness began by following the troubled Rose Kransky from The Guiding Light. It became the story of Carolyn Allen, much-married heroine of Chicago radio. Known as ‘Queen of the Soaps’, Irna Phillips’ creations included The Guiding Light and As The World Turns. In her writing, she focused on the psychological realism of her characters and introduced many of the soap opera motifs – such has cliff-hanger endings. Ms. Phillips wrote the serial until 1942, when she sold it to Procter & Gamble. P&G moved it to New York, with a new lead: Claudia Morgan. Ms. Morgan was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1911 to actors Ralph Morgan and Grace Arnold. Actor Frank Morgan was her uncle. Airing at 3:45PM Eastern Time over NBC, In December of 1947, The Right To Happiness was the most-listened to daytime soap opera on radio, and the only one to post double-digit ratings nationally. Roughly nine million people spent their Christmas Day tuning in.

Princess Gina is trying to get out of the Country, poor Mickey has cancer, and Jennifer finally is relased from the Hospital! Join Host Tony Moore @lounginwithtony, Tami Goveia @tami.goveia, and Chelsie Overocker @ChelsieOverocker as they break down this weeks of Days of Our Lives! Stroll down into Salem to “dish days” with our hosts on THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES AFTER SHOW. We’ve got the low down on the love lives that are the talk of the town, from the Bradys, to the Hortons and the DiMeras. Tune in weekly for reviews, recaps and in-depth discussions of the latest episodes, as well as the insider scoop from cast and crew members from the show. Days of Our Lives (also stylized as Days of our Lives; often abbreviated to DOOL or Days) is an American daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around the world.It rebroadcast same-day episodes on SOAPnet weeknights at 8 and 10 p.m. (ET/PT) until the network's closure in 2013. The series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday. Irna Phillips was a story editor for Days of Our Lives and many of the show's earliest storylines were written by William J. Bell. In January 2014, the show was renewed through September 2016. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Stroll down into Salem to “dish days” with our hosts on THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES AFTER SHOW. We’ve got the low down on the love lives that are the talk of the town, from the Bradys, to the Hortons and the DiMeras. Tune in weekly for reviews, recaps and in-depth discussions of the latest episodes, as well as the insider scoop from cast and crew members from the show. Days of Our Lives (also stylized as Days of our Lives; often abbreviated to DOOL or Days) is an American daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around the world.It rebroadcast same-day episodes on SOAPnet weeknights at 8 and 10 p.m. (ET/PT) until the network's closure in 2013. The series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday. Irna Phillips was a story editor for Days of Our Lives and many of the show's earliest storylines were written by William J. Bell. In January 2014, the show was renewed through September 2016. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join hosts Tony Moore Michael Mattes, and Chelsie Overocker as they discuss all of the week’s drama in Salem! Join the conversation on Facebook and Instagram @dishindays and on twitter @_dishindays! Stroll down into Salem to “dish days” with our hosts on THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES AFTER SHOW. We’ve got the low down on the love lives that are the talk of the town, from the Bradys, to the Hortons and the DiMeras. Tune in weekly for reviews, recaps and in-depth discussions of the latest episodes, as well as the insider scoop from cast and crew members from the show. Days of Our Lives (also stylized as Days of our Lives; often abbreviated to DOOL or Days) is an American daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around the world.It rebroadcast same-day episodes on SOAPnet weeknights at 8 and 10 p.m. (ET/PT) until the network's closure in 2013. The series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday. Irna Phillips was a story editor for Days of Our Lives and many of the show's earliest storylines were written by William J. Bell. In January 2014, the show was renewed through September 2016. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join hosts Tony Moore, Michael Mattes, and Chelsie Overocker as they dish all of the weeks drama in Salem! Time jumps one whole year and see's Ben in jail with Will, Princess Gina is making her moves on John, and the baby drama with Eric, Sarah, Nicole, Xander, Brady and Kristen! Join the conversation on Instagram and Facebook @dishindays and on Twitter @_dishindays! Stroll down into Salem to “dish days” with our hosts on THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES AFTER SHOW. We’ve got the low down on the love lives that are the talk of the town, from the Bradys, to the Hortons and the DiMeras. Tune in weekly for reviews, recaps and in-depth discussions of the latest episodes, as well as the insider scoop from cast and crew members from the show. Days of Our Lives (also stylized as Days of our Lives; often abbreviated to DOOL or Days) is an American daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around the world.It rebroadcast same-day episodes on SOAPnet weeknights at 8 and 10 p.m. (ET/PT) until the network's closure in 2013. The series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday. Irna Phillips was a story editor for Days of Our Lives and many of the show's earliest storylines were written by William J. Bell. In January 2014, the show was renewed through September 2016. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join hosts Tony Moore, Michael Mattes, and Chelsie Overocker as they dish all of the weeks drama in Salem! Time jumps one whole year and see's Ben in jail with Will, Princess Gina is making her moves on John, and the baby drama with Eric, Sarah, Nicole, Xander, Brady and Kristen! Join the conversation on Instagram and Facebook @dishindays and on Twitter @_dishindays! Stroll down into Salem to “dish days” with our hosts on THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES AFTER SHOW. We’ve got the low down on the love lives that are the talk of the town, from the Bradys, to the Hortons and the DiMeras. Tune in weekly for reviews, recaps and in-depth discussions of the latest episodes, as well as the insider scoop from cast and crew members from the show. Days of Our Lives (also stylized as Days of our Lives; often abbreviated to DOOL or Days) is an American daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around the world.It rebroadcast same-day episodes on SOAPnet weeknights at 8 and 10 p.m. (ET/PT) until the network's closure in 2013. The series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday. Irna Phillips was a story editor for Days of Our Lives and many of the show's earliest storylines were written by William J. Bell. In January 2014, the show was renewed through September 2016. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Irna Phillips, Queen of Serials, knows having a serial in the new medium would be the greatest culmination of her work in the genre. However, her march towards this goal wouldn’t be easy...or straightforward...and Irna Phillips would discover a world filled with friends, foes, and the kind of high drama only she could imagine... For the first time ever, Serial History uses the best archives, letters, notes, scripts, etc. to piece together the real story of the creation of the first television soap operas. From The Guiding Light to Search for Tomorrow to Love of Life, The First Hundred Years, As the World Turnsand more, Serial History places their creation stories on one timeline to tell the complete story of television soap operas for the very first time. Meet Irna Phillips, John Hess, Roy Winsor, Agnes Nixon, David Lesan, and more people who created the first television soap operas.Follow Serial History on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @SerialHistory. Send us an email at Serial@SerialHistory.com.Serial History is created, written, and executive produced by Andrew Pemberton-Fowler. Brett Emanuel and Raul Guerrero, Jr. produce the series. Serial History is an AIOTK Air production in association with Pemberton Studios.

Join hosts Tony Moore, Tami Goveia, Michael Mattes, and Chelsie Overocker as they dish all of the week's drama in Salem! It's Eli and Lani's wedding day, Princess Gina starts to make plans, and Jordan's plan unravels. Join the conversation on Instagram and Facebook @dishindays and on Twitter @_dishindays. Stroll down into Salem to “dish days” with our hosts on THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES AFTER SHOW. We’ve got the low down on the love lives that are the talk of the town, from the Bradys, to the Hortons and the DiMeras. Tune in weekly for reviews, recaps and in-depth discussions of the latest episodes, as well as the insider scoop from cast and crew members from the show. Days of Our Lives (also stylized as Days of our Lives; often abbreviated to DOOL or Days) is an American daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around the world.It rebroadcast same-day episodes on SOAPnet weeknights at 8 and 10 p.m. (ET/PT) until the network's closure in 2013. The series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday. Irna Phillips was a story editor for Days of Our Lives and many of the show's earliest storylines were written by William J. Bell. In January 2014, the show was renewed through September 2016. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join hosts Tony Moore, Tami Goveia, Michael Mattes, and Chelsie Overocker as they dish all of the week's drama in Salem! It's Eli and Lani's wedding day, Princess Gina starts to make plans, and Jordan's plan unravels. Join the conversation on Instagram and Facebook @dishindays and on Twitter @_dishindays. Stroll down into Salem to “dish days” with our hosts on THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES AFTER SHOW. We’ve got the low down on the love lives that are the talk of the town, from the Bradys, to the Hortons and the DiMeras. Tune in weekly for reviews, recaps and in-depth discussions of the latest episodes, as well as the insider scoop from cast and crew members from the show. Days of Our Lives (also stylized as Days of our Lives; often abbreviated to DOOL or Days) is an American daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around the world.It rebroadcast same-day episodes on SOAPnet weeknights at 8 and 10 p.m. (ET/PT) until the network's closure in 2013. The series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday. Irna Phillips was a story editor for Days of Our Lives and many of the show's earliest storylines were written by William J. Bell. In January 2014, the show was renewed through September 2016. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Roy Winsor, who is now the manager of the radio and television department at The Biow Company, begins to wield his power. Within weeks of his promotion, Roy Winsor will lay the foundation for the creation of Love of Life and Search for Happiness...but at what price? For the first time, learn who created Love of Life and how Search for Tomorrow came to be. Meanwhile, Irna Phillips has plans of her own for the future of soap operas on television.For the first time ever, Serial Historyuses the best archives, letters, notes, scripts, etc. to piece together the real story of the creation of the first television soap operas. From The Guiding Lightto Search for Tomorrowto Love of Life, The First Hundred Years, As the World Turnsand more, Serial History places their creation stories on one timeline to tell the complete story of television soap operas for the very first time. Meet Irna Phillips, John Hess, Roy Winsor, Agnes Nixon, David Lesan, and more people who created the first television soap operas.Follow Serial History on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @SerialHistory. Send us an email at Serial@SerialHistory.com.Serial Historyis created, written, and executive produced by Andrew Pemberton-Fowler. Brett Emanuel and Raul Guerrero, Jr. produce the series. Serial Historyis an AIOTK Air production in association with Pemberton Studios.