The Road of Life (TV series) explained

Genre:	Soap opera
Creator:	Irna Phillips
Producer:	John Egan
Starring:	Don MacLaughlin Virginia Dwyer
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Network:	CBS
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	144

The Road of Life is an American daytime soap opera which aired on CBS from December 13, 1954, to July 1, 1955.^{[1] [2]} The series was created by Irna Phillips and debuted on radio in 1937. The story follows doctor Jim Brent and his wife Jocelyn (played by Don MacLaughlin and Virginia Dwyer) in a small town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

Because many CBS affiliates choose to run local news and talk shows during The Road of Life time slot, it never achieved the popularity of its radio counterpart and was canceled after six months.^[3] However the radio version of the series continued until 1959.^[4]

Cast

• Don MacLaughlin as Dr. Jim Brent
• Virginia Dwyer as Jocelyn Brent
• Charles Dingle as Conrad Overton
• Barbara Becker as Sybil Overton Fuller
• Harry Holcombe as Malcolm Overton
• Elizabeth Lawrence as Francie Brent
• John Larkin as Frank Dana #1
• Chuck Webster as Frank Dana #2
• Jack Lemmon as Surgeon
• Dorothy Sands as Reggie Ellis
• Bill Lipton as John Brent

See also

• List of radio soaps

Notes and References

1. Book: Young, William H.. The 1950s. April 30, 2004. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 978-0-313-05295-8 . Google Books.
2. Web site: FLASHBACK: A Complete, Concise Yearly History of TV Soap Operas - 1947 to 1977 (Part 2). Kevin Mulcahy. Jr. 2024-04-27. 2024-04-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20240427203132/https://www.welovesoaps.net/2015/08/History-of-TV-Soap-Operas-2.html. live.
3. Waggett (1997). "Soap Opera Nielsen Ratings". Soap Opera Encyclopedia. pp. 626-628.
4. Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924–1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 285.