Love of Life is a long-running American soap opera which was aired on CBS from September 24, 1951 to February 1, 1980, lasting 29 years. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation Search for Tomorrow had premiered three weeks before Love, and who would go on to create The Secret Storm two and a half years later.
Love was taped at several studios in New York City, but primarily at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street and CBS' St...
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Love of Life is a long-running American soap opera which was aired on CBS from September 24, 1951 to February 1, 1980, lasting 29 years. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation Search for Tomorrow had premiered three weeks before Love, and who would go on to create The Secret Storm two and a half years later.
Love was taped at several studios in New York City, but primarily at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street and CBS' Studio 52 behind the Ed Sullivan Theatre. In 1975, the studio was moved to make way for a nightclub that would eventually become known as Studio 54. Until its final show in 1980, Love of Life was taped in Studio 44 at the CBS Broadcast Center.
Unlike most other soap operas, Love was originally not split up into segments dictated by commercial breaks. Because the show was owned by packaged-goods giant American Home Products and merely licensed to CBS, all commercials were for AHP brands, and occurred before or after the show. In the 1960s, one...
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