All episodes Season 1997 S1997E52 1997-03-18 60 min 1970s ABC

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Tuesday March 18 1997

TV Flash files “Tuesday March 18 1997” as hour 743 of 2997 in the TV Flash guide — All My Children (1970–2011) on ABC, season 1997, episode 52, aired 1997-03-18, 60 min.

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This leaf is S1997E52: listed hour 743 of 2997 in the All My Children guide, hour 52 of 83 in season 1997. It aired 1997-03-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Monday March 17 1997” (S1997E51). Next is “Wednesday March 19 1997” (S1997E53). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Viewer FAQ

Where does Tuesday March 18 1997 sit in the All My Children guide?

S1997E52 is listed hour 743 of 2997 — hour 52 of 83 in season 1997, season 1997 episode 52.

When did All My Children S1997E52 air?

Tuesday March 18 1997 aired 1997-03-18 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Where should I start a soap that ran for decades?

For this 1970s catalog seat, start with Nixon's Pine Valley launch and Erica Kane as the ambition engine. Later decades are continuation, not a required front-to-back novel.

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Why this series still plays

Agnes Nixon's Pine Valley makes Erica Kane, via Susan Lucci, into daytime's defining diva, then withholds the Emmy long enough to mint a mythology. Social-issue soap with a supermodel of ambition at the center. Lucci's long game: marriages, schemes, and the victory lap America demanded.

The drought was the story. The victory lap was the after-party. January 5, 1970, ABC: Agnes Nixon opens Pine Valley as a daily machine and Susan Lucci's Erica Kane becomes shorthand for daytime ambition before anyone has a chance to file the first marriage as amicable. All My Children is a 1970s soap launch that runs to 2011 — 2,997 hours, twenty-three seasons in the pack — and the withheld Emmy then the lap is pure daytime mythology. David Canary, Ruth Warrick's Phoebe Tyler, Julia Barr's Brooke. If you only…

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