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title: As the World Turns text: – are also the three longest serving actors in the history of American soap operas. The show passed its 10,000th episode on May 12, 1995, and celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 2, 2006. On September 18, 2009, "As the World Turns" became the last remaining Procter & Gamble-produced soap opera for CBS after "Guiding Light" aired its final episode on the network. On December 8, 2009, CBS announced that it was canceling "As the World Turns" after a run of almost 54 years due to low ratings. The show taped its final scenes on June 23, 2010, and with title: As the World Turns text: had a resurgence in ratings, and by 1991, it was back in its once habitual top-four placing. "As the World Turns" survived NBC's cancellation of its sister "Another World" in 1999. On December 8, 2009, CBS confirmed that it would not renew "As the World Turns". The final CBS episode was taped on June 23, 2010, at JC Studios in Brooklyn, which aired on September 17, 2010. The final scene included Kim Hughes (Kathryn Hays) telling Bob Hughes (Don Hastings) to take as much time as he needed. Bob said the final two lines "Good Night" and left the Oakdale title: As the World Turns text: As the World Turns As the World Turns (often referred to as ATWT) is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created "As the World Turns" as a sister show to her other soap opera "Guiding Light". Running for 54 years, "As the World Turns" holds the third-longest continuous run of any daytime network soap opera on American television, surpassed only by "General Hospital" and "Guiding Light". "As the World Turns" was produced for the first 43 years in Manhattan and in Brooklyn from 2000 title: As the World Turns text: although they are on the same network. On December 8, 2009, CBS canceled the series after almost 54 years, with the series finale airing on September 17, 2010, making it the last Procter & Gamble soap opera to end. On November 22, 1963, the live CBS broadcast of "As The World Turns" began as always at 1:30 EST. In this episode, the Hughes family was discussing plans for Thanksgiving. Ten minutes later, a "CBS News Bulletin" slide suddenly came up on the screen and Walter Cronkite gave the first report of the assassination. At the end of this bulletin, CBS title: History of As the World Turns text: studios, with the final episode airing on September 17 of that year. History of As the World Turns As the World Turns is a long-running soap opera television series that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Its fictional world has a long and involved history. List of characters who were part of the original cast: Like many daytime dramas of the period, the show entered into a mixed experiment with heavily youth-oriented action-adventure storylines in the early 1980s under producer Mary-Ellis Bunim and writers Bridget and Jerome Dobson. One of their juiciest stories centered around