American television crime drama and soap opera (1956–1984)
For the poem from "The Lord of the Rings", see The Edge of Night (song). For the Greek film, see Edge of Night (film).
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The Edge of Night
Also known as
Edge of Night
Genre
Soap opera
Drama
Crime
Mystery
Created by
Irving Vendig
Starring
Donald May
Ann Flood
Forrest Compton
Lawrence Hugo
Lois Kibbee
Sharon Gabet
Joel Crothers
Mandel Kramer
Composers
Elliot Lawrence Paul Taubman
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
28
No. of episodes
7,420
Production
Executive producer
Erwin Nicholson
Producers
Robert Driscoll
Rick Edelstein
Charles Fisher
Freddie Bartholomew
Jacqueline Haber
Werner Michel
Erwin Nicholson
Charles Polachek
Running time
30 minutes
Production company
Procter & Gamble Productions
Original release
Network
CBS
Release
April 2, 1956 (1956-04-02) – November 28, 1975 (1975-11-28)
Network
ABC
Release
December 1, 1975 (1975-12-01) – December 28, 1984 (1984-12-28)
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The Edge of Night is an American mystery crime drama television series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions.
It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network for most of its run until November 28, 1975. The series then moved to ABC, where it aired from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984.[1] 7,420 episodes were produced, of which some 1,800 are available for syndication.
Writer Sir P. G. Wodehouse,[2] actresses Bette Davis and Tallulah Bankhead,[3] as well as Eleanor Roosevelt,[3] were all reportedly devoted fans.
^Waggett, Gerard J. (November 1997). "The Edge of Night". The Soap Opera Encyclopedia. Harper Paperbacks. pp. 254–266. ISBN 0-06-101157-6.
^Wodehouse, P. G. (4 February 2013). P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393089875 – via Google Books.
^ ab"This Time There's No Doubt Whodunit as ABC Turns Out the Lights on the Long-Running Soap Edge of Night". people.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
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