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| | As The World Turns - Nostalgia Central |
 | | Set in the town of Oakdale, As The World Turns is one of the longest running daytime soap operas in the world. |
 | | First broadcast on April 2 1956, the series has the usual mix of deceit, love interests, death, illness, intrigue, money, success and failure - It also always has hard-to-unravel entanglements that endure for years, primarily revolving around the lives of the Hughes family and the Lowell family. |
 | | A number of famous actors appeared on As The World Turns in the early stages of their career, most famously Martin Sheen as Jack Davis (1960s), Meg Ryan as Betsy Stewart (1982-84), Swoosie Kurtz as Ellie Bradley, Dana Delaney as Hayley Wilson Hollister (1981) and Marisa Tomei as Marcy Thompson (1983-85). |
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