Edward Mallory Elizabeth Perry Morning Star 1965

''Morning Star'' is an American daytime

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

which aired on

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from September 27, 1965 to July 1, 1966. The show was created by Ted Corday who would later create the daytime serial '' Days of Our Lives''. The show aired at 11:00 AM; it was paired with ''Paradise Bay'' which aired after it and also was created by Ted Corday. ''Morning Star'' and ''Paradise Bay'' were also cancelled on the same day. ''Morning Star'' was one of the first soap operas to air in color.

Overview

The show followed Katy Elliot who was a fashion designer from

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; she moved to New York City to begin work in her chosen field. It followed her trials and tribulations along with those of her roommates Joan Mitchell and Joan's daughter Liz. Katy had left her hometown of Springdale after the death of Greg Ross, her fiance, who had been killed in a traffic accident before they were to have been married. In New York, Katy met and fell in love with Bill Riley, She also had contact with her aunt Millie Elliot; her uncle, Ed Elliot, who was a judge in Springdale; and her sixteen-year-old sister, Jan. As did ''Days of our Lives'', the show opened with an epigraph, as was customary for soap operas of the time, ''"No matter how dark the night, there is always a new dawn to come. The sun is but a morning star."''

Ratings

;1965-1966 Season *1. ''As the World Turns'' 13.9 *2. ''The Guiding Light'' 11.2 *3. ''Search for Tomorrow'' 11.0 *4. ''The Secret Storm'' 10.9 *13. Morning Star 4.1 (Debut)

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* {{US daytime soaps 1965 American television series debuts 1966 American television series endings American television soap operas Black-and-white American television shows English-language television shows NBC original programming Television series by Sony Pictures Television