Another World (TV series)

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Another World
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Irna Phillips William J. Bell
Starring	Series cast
Theme music composer	Charles Paul (1964–75) Bob Israel (1975–81) Jonathan L. Segal (1981–87) John Loeffler & Ralph Dion Schuckett (1987–96) Dominic Messinger (1996–99)
Opening theme	"Another World Theme" (1964–87 and 1996–99) (various separate themes used during the two timespans with this title) "(You Take Me Away To) Another World" (instrumental, 1987; performed by Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris, 1987–96)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	35
No. of episodes	8,891
Production
Executive producers	Allen M. Potter (1964–66, 1983–84) Doris Quinlan (March–July 1965) Paul Robert (1965–66) Mary Harris (1966–71) Lyle B. Hill (1969–71) Paul Rauch (1971–83) Stephen Schenkel (1985–86) John Whitesell (1986–88) Michael Laibson (1988–93) Terri Guarnieri (1993–94) John Valente (1994–95) Jill Farren Phelps (1995–96) Charlotte Savitz (1996–98) Christopher Goutman (1998–99)
Running time	30 minutes (1964–75) 60 minutes (1975–79, 1980–99) 90 minutes (1979–80)
Production company	Procter and Gamble Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	May 4, 1964 (1964-05-04) – June 25, 1999 (1999-06-25)
Related
As the World Turns Guiding Light Lovers and Friends Search for Tomorrow
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Another World is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999.^[1][2] It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J. Bell, and was produced by Procter & Gamble Productions at NBC Studios, 1268 East 14th Street in Brooklyn.

Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the series originally opened with announcer Bill Wolff intoning its epigram, "We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds," which Phillips said represented the difference between "the world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for."^[3] Another World focused less on the conventional drama of domestic life as seen in other soap operas, and more on exotic melodrama between families of different classes and philosophies.

In 1964, Another World was the first soap opera to talk about abortion when such subjects were taboo. It was the first soap opera to do a crossover, with the character of Mike Bauer from Guiding Light, which was also created by Irna Phillips, coming from Springfield to Bay City. It was also the first to expand to one hour, then to ninety minutes, and then back to an hour. It was the first soap opera to launch two spin-offs, Somerset and Texas, as well as an indirect one, Lovers and Friends, which would be renamed For Richer, For Poorer. Another World was also the second soap opera with a theme song to chart on the Billboard record charts, "(You Take Me Away To) Another World" by Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris, in 1987.

On April 12, 1999, NBC announced it was canceling Another World. Its final episode aired on June 25, 1999. It was replaced with another soap opera, Passions, on July 5, 1999.