    another world (often shortened to aw) is an american television soap opera that ran on nbc for 35 years from may 4, 1964 to june 25, 1999. 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 show in its early years opens with announcer bill wolff (1964â1987) intoning its epigram, âwe do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds,â which phillips said represented the difference between âthe world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for.â laguardia, robert (1974). the wonderful world of tv soap operas, page 288. new york: ballantine books. isbn 0-345-25482-1. 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 f
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