Series
These Are My Children
1949 · 1 season
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Overview
These Are My Children is a short-lived American television soap opera which ran on NBC from January 31, 1949 to February 25, 1949. The show was broadcast live from Chicago, Illinois, airing fifteen minutes a day, five days a week, at 5:00 p.m. EST. These Are My Children was the first soap opera to air on a major television network. Created by Irna Phillips and directed by Norman Felton, the show was based in large part on Phillips' early radio soaps Today's Children and Painted Dreams. Children centered on an Irish widow, Mrs. Henehan and her struggles to run a boarding house as well as help her three children and new daughter-in-law Jean. Critics were not impressed; Television World ended their review with: "There is no place on television for this type of program, a blank screen is preferable."
Cast
Joan Arlt
Jean Henehan
Jane Brooksmith
Patricia Henehan
George Kluge
John Henehan
Eloise Krummer
Kay Carter
Alma Platt
Mrs. Henehan
Mignon Schreiber
Mrs. Berkovitch
Martha McClain
Penny Henehan
Details
- First aired
- January 31, 1949
- Last aired
- February 25, 1949
- Status
- Returning Series
- Original language
- English
- Episodes
- 20
Seasons
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