One Life to Live
originally aired on ABC
One Life to Live was the first daytime drama to feature ethnically and socioeconomically diverse characters. The show was originally a half-hour serial until it was expanded to 45 minutes on July 23, 1976, and to one hour on January 16, 1978. Erika Slezak played the series' central protagonist Victoria Lord in March 1971 and won a record six Daytime Emmy Awards for the role. After nearly 43 years on the air, ABC canceled the show on April 14, 2011. On January 7, 2013, Prospect Park resumed its plan to continue the show as a 30-minute web series on Hulu and iTunes via The Online Network.