Overview
Initially, the show revolved around Missy Palmer Matthews (Carol Roux), Lahoma Vane Lucas (Ann Wedgeworth), and Sam Lucas (Jordan Charney). These were three popular characters who were first seen on Another World. They moved to the fictional town of Somerset, an area in the northern Detroit suburbs in Michigan and started their lives anew.
The first stories on the serial revolved around the trio's progress in starting new friendships and romantic entanglements. In Somerset, the other families of importance were the Grants and the Delaneys, who ran Somerset's major employer, Delaney Brands. In early 1971, the show changed writers, with Robert Cenedella leaving the show in favor of Henry Slesar. Further, Somerset moved away from the traditional soap format, and started telling stories that dealt heavily with the Mafia and other types of crime, not unlike CBS' The Edge of Night. After the departure of Slesar, several other writers attempted to bring the show's ratings up with varying mixtures of the two previous formats. One of them, Roy Winsor, was the creator of Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life, and The Secret Storm.
The Somerset County Courthouse in Somerville, New Jersey was used for exteriors.
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