Nancy Malone
The First Hundred Years (1950)
Season 2
The First Hundred Years is the first ongoing TV soap opera in the United States that began as a daytime serial, airing on CBS from December 4, 1950 until June 27, 1952. A previous daytime drama on NBC, These Are My Children, aired in 1949 but only lasted one month, and NBC's Hawkins Falls began in June 1950 as a primetime "soap" and didn't move to daytime until April 1951. The drama involved two couples who were next-door neighbors. The series did not succeed due to very low viewership, as few American households had television sets, and fewer still watched during the afternoon. The series was replaced with the television version of Guiding Light, which would prove to be much more successful, airing for 57 years.
Released Dec. 4, 1950
Episode 15 min
None+
S2E1 - Episode 258
Dec. 3, 1951, midnight
S2E2 - Episode 259
Dec. 4, 1951, midnight
S2E3 - Episode 260
Dec. 5, 1951, midnight
S2E4 - Episode 261
Dec. 6, 1951, midnight
S2E5 - Episode 262
Dec. 7, 1951, midnight
S2E6 - Episode 263
Dec. 10, 1951, midnight
S2E7 - Episode 264
Dec. 11, 1951, midnight
S2E8 - Episode 265
Dec. 12, 1951, midnight
S2E9 - Episode 266
Dec. 13, 1951, midnight
S2E10 - Episode 267
Dec. 14, 1951, midnight
S2E11 - Episode 268
Dec. 17, 1951, midnight
S2E12 - Episode 269
Dec. 18, 1951, midnight
S2E13 - Episode 270
Dec. 19, 1951, midnight
S2E14 - Episode 271
Dec. 20, 1951, midnight
S2E15 - Episode 272
Dec. 21, 1951, midnight
S2E16 - Episode 273
Dec. 24, 1951, midnight
S2E17 - Episode 274
Dec. 26, 1951, midnight
S2E18 - Episode 275
Dec. 27, 1951, midnight
S2E19 - Episode 276
Dec. 28, 1951, midnight
S2E20 - Episode 277
Dec. 31, 1951, midnight
S2E21 - Episode 278
Jan. 2, 1952, midnight
S2E22 - Episode 279
Jan. 3, 1952, midnight
S2E23 - Episode 280
Jan. 4, 1952, midnight
S2E24 - Episode 281
Jan. 7, 1952, midnight
S2E25 - Episode 282
Jan. 8, 1952, midnight
S2E26 - Episode 283
Jan. 9, 1952, midnight
S2E27 - Episode 284
Jan. 10, 1952, midnight
S2E28 - Episode 285
Jan. 11, 1952, midnight
S2E29 - Episode 286
Jan. 14, 1952, midnight
S2E30 - Episode 287
Jan. 15, 1952, midnight
S2E31 - Episode 288
Jan. 16, 1952, midnight
S2E32 - Episode 289
Jan. 17, 1952, midnight
S2E33 - Episode 290
Jan. 18, 1952, midnight
S2E138 - The Final Episode
June 27, 1952, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 15 min.
Season Runtime: 15 min.
Released: Dec. 4, 1950
Last Air Date: June 27, 1952, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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