List of Firsts
Another World was the first soap opera:
- To discuss abortion. In 1964, the subject was a taboo and it was nine years before the Roe v. Wade decision made abortion legal for women.
- To extend to the one hour format. At one point, AW extended to 90 minutes, but eventually returned to the one hour format where it remained until the show went off the air.
- To spin off new shows.AW's Missy Matthews, Ricky Matthews, Sam Lucas, and Lahoma Lucas, relocated to Somerset from 1970 until 1976. In the early 1980s, Iris Cory, Dennis Carrington, and Vivien moved to Houston and launched Texas, although the show only lasted two years, the storylines would impact Iris on the mother show AW for the next two decades.
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