(SOAP Q) Honoring 2 Soaps that left the airways on this Day!

25 years ago Today...Ryan's Hope aired its Final Episode (after 13 years) with Original Cast Member, Jack Fenelli (Michael Levin) marrying his long time Love, Leigh (Felicity LaFortune) , after finally letting go of the ghost of his first wife, Mary (Kate Mulgew). Mary died in 1980 from a car accident. Even Mary's spirit surfaced as she gave her blessing just before the wedding. Also at the Wedding, Pat learned he was indeed the father of Former Love Faith's daugher. 



As Bernard Barrow told Good Morning America on January 10, 1989, the show's Nielsen numbers were still openly revealed to cast and crew until Ryan's Hope fell to dead last in the daytime ratings during the 1987-1988 TV season. Thereafter, "a lid was tightened" according to Barrow, and the show's now-12th (13th the following year) place ranking was harder to obtain from the insiders. The final episode (#3515) on January 13, 1989, concluded with Helen Gallagher's Maeve singing "Danny Boy", as she had for many previous Ryan celebrations. For the final episodes, numerous cast members who had been on the show in previous years returned.

2 Years ago today...Soon after the RH's end, the then-current and last version of the Ryan's Bar set was modified and then used on One Life to Live, where it was used for the next few years as a bar/club in Llanview. Coincidentally, both Ryan's Hope and One Life to Live would later share a series finale date, as OLTL concluded a 43-year run on January 13, 2012, twenty-three years to the day that Ryan's Hope aired its final episode.



OLTL has lived on with many characters arriving on General Hospital and keeping the stories alive. Now with news or OLTL returning in 2013 online. The show has a new life Until August 2013.

In  October 2013, RH's Delia Ryan landed on GH and is slated to live on.

Hears hoping Ryan's Hope will get a Full reboot someday.