Back ذا إدج أوف نايت Arabic The Edge of Night Finnish The Edge of Night French Ai confini della notte Italian The Edge of Night Dutch The Edge of Night Polish The Edge of Night Portuguese На пороге ночи Russian The Edge of Night Serbo-Croatian
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| The Edge of Night | |
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| Also known as | Edge of Night |
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| Created by | Irving Vendig |
| Starring | |
| Composers | Elliot Lawrence Paul Taubman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 28 |
| No. of episodes | 7,420 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Erwin Nicholson |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Procter & Gamble Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | April 2, 1956 – November 28, 1975 |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | December 1, 1975 – December 28, 1984 |
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The Edge of Night is an American mystery crime drama television series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions.
It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network for most of its run until November 28, 1975. The series then moved to ABC, where it aired from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984.[1] 7,420 episodes were produced, of which some 1,800 are available for syndication.
Writer Sir P. G. Wodehouse,[2] actresses Bette Davis and Tallulah Bankhead,[3] as well as Eleanor Roosevelt,[3] were all reportedly devoted fans.
- ^ Waggett, Gerard J. (November 1997). "The Edge of Night". The Soap Opera Encyclopedia. Harper Paperbacks. pp. 254–266. ISBN 0-06-101157-6.
- ^ Wodehouse, P. G. (4 February 2013). P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393089875 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "This Time There's No Doubt Whodunit as ABC Turns Out the Lights on the Long-Running Soap Edge of Night". people.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-01.