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As the World Turns aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 until September 17, 2010.

As the World Turns

Debuted

April 2, 1956

Final Episode

September 17, 2010

Created by

Irna Phillips

Number of Episodes

13, 858

Network

CBS

Running Time

  • 30 Minutes (1956-1975)
  • 60 Minutes (1975-2010)

Executive Producer and Head Writer History[]

Executive Producers

Duration Name
1956-1965 Ted Corday
1965-1971 Mary Harris
1971-1973 Fred Bartholomew
1973-1978 Joe Willmore
1978-1980 Joe Rothenberger
1980-Fall 1981 Fred Bartholomew
Fall 1981-10/1984 Mary-Ellis Bunim
10/1984-10/1988 Robert Calhoun
10/1988-05/1995 Laurence Caso
05/1995-11/08/1996 John Valente
11/11/1996-06/04/1999 Felicia Minei Behr
06/07/1999-06/23/2010 Christopher Goutman

Head Writers

Duration Name
1956-1965
  • Irna Phillips
1965-1966
1966-1970
  • Katherine Babecki
1970
  • Joe Kane
  • Ralph Ellis
1970
  • Winnifred Wolfe
1970
  • Katherine L. Phillips
1971
  • Winnifred Wolfe
  • Warren Swanson
1971
  • Warren Swanson
  • Elizabeth Tillman
  • John Boruff
1971-1973
  • David Lesan
  • Irna Phillips
1973-1978
  • Robert Soderberg
  • Edith Sommer
1979
  • Ralph Ellis
  • Eugenie Hunt
Late 1979
  • Douglas Marland
Late 1979-1981
  • Bridget Dobson
  • Jermone Dobson
1981
  • Paul Roberts
1981
  • Tom King
1981
  • K.C. Collier
1981
  • Jean Rouverol
  • Chuck Dizenzo
  • Patti Dizeno
  • David Cherrill
  • Tom King
1982-1983
  • Bridget Dobson
  • Jermone Dobson
1983
  • Caroline Franz
  • John Saffron
Mid 1983-1984
  • John Saffron
1984-11/1984
  • Tom King
  • Millee Taggart
11/1984-04/1985
  • Cynthia Benjamin
  • Susan Bedsow Horgan
04/1985-11/1985
  • Susan Bedsow Horgan
11/1985-1988
  • Douglas Marland
1988 During WGA Writers Strike
  • Robert Calhoun
1988-04/1993
  • Douglas Marland
04/1993-01/1995
01/1995
01/1995-01/1996
  • Richard Culliton
02/1996-Late 1996
  • Stephen Black
  • Henry Stern
Late 1996-05/1997
  • Stephen Demorest
  • Mel Brez
  • Addie Walsh
05/1997-Fall 1997
  • Jessica Klein
Fall 1997
  • Stephen Demorest
  • Mel Brez
  • Addie Walsh
12/1997
  • Addie Walsh
01/1998-06/1999
06/1999-06/12/2000
06/13/2000-07/2001
07/16/2001-09/2002
09/2002-05/2005
  • Hogan Sheffer
  • Jean Passanante
05/2005-10/2007
10/2007-01/24/2008
  • Jean Passanante
  • Leah Laiman
01/25/2008-04/17/2008 WGA Writers Strike
  • Christopher Goutman
04/18/2008-01/2010
  • Jean Passanante
  • Leah Laiman
01/2010-03/12/2010
03/15/2010-09/17/2010
  • Jean Passanante
  • Lloyd Gold

Daytime Emmy Awards/Nominations[]

Preceded by
The Young and the Restless (1986);

Santa Barbara (1990); General Hospital (2000); One Life to Live (2002)

Drama Series Winner
1987, 1991, 2001, 2003
Succeeded by
Santa Barbara (1988);

All My Children (1992); One Life to Live (2002); The Young and the Restless (2004)

Preceded by
The Young and the Restless (2000);

General Hospital (2003)

Writing Team Winner
2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
Succeeded by
General Hospital (2003);

The Young and the Restless (2006)