Agnes Nixon

The Story of Soaps

This ABC/PEOPLE television special highlights the impact of the soap opera. In today's shifting television landscape, "The Story of Soaps" traces how female creators migrated from radio to television to become the dominant force in daytime for more than three decades. Today, the legacy of the soap opera continues all over prime time and reality t.v. An extensive look is taken at this iconic, impactful genre.

Release Date: 2020-05-19

Character: Self (archive footage)

Vote Count: 4

Soap Life

In the feature-length documentary SOAP LIFE, producers John Grossman and Matthew D’Amato attempt to find out why, with millions of viewers, these icons of American culture are disappearing from the television landscape. SOAP LIFE features interviews with actors, directors, producers, writers, and fans to get their perspective on the changing face of daytime television.

Release Date: 2013-03-11

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

Serial Killers

Release Date: 2009-01-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 2

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century

Acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century, Arena explores the rise of the legendary crooner Frank Sinatra from his early family background to overwhelming show business success. Interviews with friends, family and associates reveal a star-studded career in music and film alongside a fascinating private life of four marriages, liaison with the Kennedy family, Las Vegas business interests and an alleged association with the Mafia

Release Date: 1998-05-15

Department: Crew

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 3

Lee Strasberg: The Method Man

Documentary about the life of Lee Strasberg and the creation of Actor's Studio and the introduction of The Method in the USA.

Release Date: 1997-07-23

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

The City

The City is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from November 13, 1995 to March 28, 1997. The show follows the loves and lives of the survivors of the Corinth Serial Killer as they all moved from the Pennsylvania town of Corinth to an apartment building in New York's SoHo district. The show was co-created by Agnes Nixon, the creator of Loving, and the show's last pair of headwriters, Barbara Esensten and James Harmon Brown. The show won two Daytime Emmy Awards in 1996.

Release Date: 1995-11-13

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 1

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.

Release Date: 1993-11-14

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 5

Loving

Feature-length prime time pilot for a daytime soap centered around the wealthy and influential Aldens family, who almost alone own the small university town.

Release Date: 1983-06-26

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Loving

Loving is an American television soap opera that ran on ABC from June 26, 1983, to November 10, 1995, a total of 3,169 episodes. The serial, set in the fictional town of Corinth, Pennsylvania, was co-created by Agnes Nixon and former actor Douglas Marland. The show was broadcast in France under the title Amoureusement Votre and in Italy as Quando si ama.

Release Date: 1983-06-26

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 5

The Manions of America

Epic mini-series chronicling the lives of two 19th-century families -- one Irish, the other English -- and the American family dynasties they began.

Release Date: 1981-09-30

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 2

All My Children

All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC for 41 years, from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network since April 29, 2013 via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia which is modeled on the actual Philadelphia suburb of Rosemont.

Release Date: 1970-01-05

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 2338

Vote Count: 22

One Life to Live

One Life to Live is an American soap opera broadcast on television for more than 43 years on the ABC network, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes via The Online Network since April 29, 2013. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature ethnically and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social issues. 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.

Release Date: 1968-07-15

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 3549

Vote Count: 14

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

Release Date: 1961-12-11

Character: Self

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 8

Forgotten Children

The story of Martha Berry, who brought education to the impoverished children of rural Georgia after the Civil War.

Release Date: 1952-06-22

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Search for Tomorrow

Search for Tomorrow is an American soap opera that premiered on September 3, 1951, on CBS. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It continued on NBC until the final episode aired on December 26, 1986, a run of thirty-five years. At the time of its final broadcast, it was the longest-running non-news program on television. This record would later be broken by Hallmark Hall of Fame, which premiered on Christmas Eve 1951 and still airs occasionally. The show was created by Roy Winsor and was first written by Agnes Nixon for thirteen weeks and, later, by Irving Vendig.

Release Date: 1951-09-03

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 3