> Today(November 8th) marks the 40th anniversary of "Days Of
> Our Lives". And Soapnet is celebrating by making November a
> "DOOL" month:
>
>
http://soapnet.go.com/specials/days40th/index.html
>
Days is now fourth on the all-time longest-running soaps
list, and Passions has now cracked the top 20 as well.
The list (with airdates and time on the air through today,
November 9, 2005):
1. Guiding Light 6/30/52- 53 years, 4 months, 10 days
2. As The World Turns 4/2/56- 49 years, 7 months, 7 days
3. General Hospital 4/1/63- 42 years, 7 months, 8 days
4. Days Of Our Lives 11/8/65- 40 years, 1 day
5. One Life To Live 7/15/68- 37 years, 3 months, 25 days
6. All My Children 1/5/70- 35 years, 10 months, 4 days
7. Search For Tomorrow 9/3/51-12/26/86 35 years, 3 months, 23 days
8. Another World 5/4/64-6/25/99 35 years, 1 month, 21 days
9. The Young And The Restless 3/26/73- 32 years, 7 months, 14 days
10. The Edge Of Night 4/2/56-12/28/84 28 years, 8 months, 26 days
11. Love Of Life 9/24/51-2/1/80 28 years, 4 months, 8 days
12. The Secret Storm 2/1/54-2/8/74 20 years, 7 days
13. The Doctors 4/1/63-12/31/82 19 years, 8 months, 30 days
14. The Bold And The Beautiful 3/23/87- 18 years, 7 months, 17 days
15. Loving/The City 6/26/83-3/21/97 13 years, 8 months, 23 days
16. Ryan's Hope 7/7/75-1/13/89 13 years, 6 months, 6 days
17. The Brighter Day 1/4/54-9/28/62 8 years, 8 months, 24 days
18. Santa Barbara 7/30/84-1/15/93 8 years, 5 months, 16 days
19. Somerset 3/30/70-12/31/76 6 years, 9 months, 1 day
20. Passions 7/5/99- 6 years, 4 months, 4 days
