CBS' The First Hundred Years holds a distinction as one of the first daytime soaps. The series ran for roughly 18 months (December 1950-June 1952) before being dropped in favor of The Guiding Light being transitioned from radio to television.
Procter & Gamble produced & sponsored the series, which began the company's association with daytime drama. P & G also packaged Guiding Light, Search For Tomorrow, As The World Turns, and World's short-lived primetime spin-off, Our Private World, which spent a summer on CBS in 1965.
Rob Wargo posted this sample episode on YouTube:
Not sure about this, but that might be Ken Roberts as the narrator, carrying the story along, as if it was intended for radio, and, yes, Roberts worked in radio himself back in the Golden Age.
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