The Road of Life (TV series)

The Road of Life
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Irna Phillips
Starring	Don MacLaughlin Virginia Dwyer
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	144
Production
Producer	John Egan
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	November 13, 1954 (1954-11-13) – July 1, 1955 (1955-07-01)

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.

The program was broadcast Monday through Friday from 1:15 to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time.^[3] 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.^[4] However the radio version of the series continued until 1959.^[5]

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

References

1. Young, William H. (April 30, 2004). The 1950s. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-05295-8 – via Google Books.
2. Jr, Kevin Mulcahy. "FLASHBACK: A Complete, Concise Yearly History of TV Soap Operas - 1947 to 1977 (Part 2)". Archived from the original on 2024-04-27. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
3. Hyatt, Wesley (October 6, 2015). Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops. McFarland. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-4766-0515-9. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
4. Waggett (1997). "Soap Opera Nielsen Ratings". Soap Opera Encyclopedia. pp. 626-628.
5. Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924–1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4. P. 285.

External links

• The Road of Life at IMDb