Search for Tomorrow

1951

Seasons & Episodes

  • 35
  • 26
  • 1
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Released: 03 September 1951 Ended
Producted By: National Broadcasting Company
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Search for Tomorrow is an American soap opera that premiered on September 3, 1951, on CBS. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It continued on NBC until the final episode aired on December 26, 1986, a run of thirty-five years. At the time of its final broadcast, it was the longest-running non-news program on television. This record would later be broken by Hallmark Hall of Fame, which premiered on Christmas Eve 1951 and still airs occasionally. The show was created by Roy Winsor and was first written by Agnes Nixon for thirteen weeks and, later, by Irving Vendig.

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Drama, Soap

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Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch
Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated
Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
jf_moran49 Actually, monica.murray@nyumc.org, you've got it wrong. The soap you are describing in your comment above is not "Search For Tomorrow," but "The Secret Storm." That's the one which for many years featured story lines revolving around the "Ames" family."Search For Tomorrow" revolved mainly around the characters of "Joanne Gardner Barron Tate Reynolds Vincente Tourneur" (played the show's entire, 35-year run by Mary Stuart) and her good friends "The Bergmans"-- "Stu Bergman" (Larry Haines) and, for many years his wife, "Marge" (played by Melba Rae for 20+ years until her sudden, 1972 death).However, both soaps were created by Roy Winsor.To answer your question, Jada Rowland, who played "Amy Ames Rysdale Britton Kincaid" off and on for most of the two decades "The Secret Storm" aired (replaced in intermittent periods by other actresses, including the last time by the equally popular Lynne Adams, who played "Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris Bauer" on "The Guiding Light" for many years) is now a painter and illustrator.After "Storm" was canceled in 1974, Rowland had another, long-running stint, as a character on NBC's "The Doctors."
monica-murray i remember mom would watch SFT when she was still home not working and I'd watch with her. The series started with the Ames family, the father, mother, 2 daughters, although I only remember Amy Ames (Jada Rowland) who wasn't listed in the full cast. The mother died and the father remarried. Later, Amy got involved with a priest (david gale) who almost left the church. she married a man who became crippled and later regained his use of legs. I haven't seen any of this info in years and would love it if someone else remembered this along with more of the story. i really enjoyed that series. thanks for the opportunity to write. I'm very nostalgic at this stage of my life and it brings back fond memories of being home with mom. I wonder whatever happened to Jada Rowland from that series. Thanks for the opportunity to write. Monica Murray
Syl Back in the 1980s, soaps ruled daytime. It's not replaced with talk and service shows now. There are only 9 shows. Only four are produced in New York City and the 5 are produced in Los Angeles. There was a time when it was 14 and New York City ruled daytime television. Those days are long gone because of production costs and the fact that audiences don't seem to be interested in daytime television as much as prime time. In England, soaps are very popular and acceptable. They have become part of their culture. It's sad that the same country that produced the early daytime serials like Search for Tomorrow which showed Agnes Nixon's creative genius and actors like Mary Stuart and Larry Haines play Jo and Stu for 35 years to lose daytime television. Daytime soaps like Search for Tomorrow are no longer being produced in New York City. I don't believe New York City will ever reclaim or want to reclaim it's title of the daytime television industry. It's a shame. There are plenty of actors who want to stay in New York City and work in stage, film, and television without having to relocate to Los Angeles. Maybe the answer is north in Toronto where actors and actresses can work on stage, film, and television. I remember Mary Stuart and Jane Krakowski from Ally McBeal fame in this show. This was a pleasant half-hour on television. We don't have them anymore.
Totallyrad80 I remember when I first watched soaps in 1981 I remember I wanted to see what the oldest soap (at the time "Search for Tomorrow" was the oldest soap on the air)was like. I liked what I saw and I got hooked on the show but I never understood a show like that was only stayed a half hour where most soaps aired for an hour. I watched it when it was in its last few months on CBS and it had a good thing going on location to Hong Kong with Travis (Rod Arrants, who had a quality of Luke Spencer) and his wife Liza (Sherry Mathis, later Louan Gideon) and they were the super couple of the show. I was glad that NBC picked up the show after CBS cancelled it and gave it a few more years to live. I did like the teenagers scene, Wendy (Lisa Peluso) and Suzi (Cynthia Gibb, then Elizabeth Swackhamer and Terri Eoff)and I thought the show was good. Of course the best was Stephanie (Marie Cheatham). She was the best character they had in Henderson, USA. The only problem this show had was that they had a constant turnover of executive producers and writers that the show got lost with viewers. I did remain true to the show till it got cancelled. But I liked it and was glad to be a fan to a soap that lasted for 35 years. It still lives on and the search isn't over.