About this season
The First Hundred Years is the first ongoing TV soap opera in the United States that began as a daytime serial, airing on CBS from December 4, 1950 until June 27, 1952. A previous daytime drama on NBC, These Are My Children, aired in 1949 but only lasted one month, and NBC's Hawkins Falls began in June 1950 as a primetime "soap" and didn't move to daytime until April 1951. The drama involved two couples who were next-door neighbors. The series did not succeed due to very low viewership, as few American households had television sets, and fewer still watched during the afternoon. The series was replaced with the television version of Guiding Light, which would prove to be much more successful, airing for 57 years.
Episodes (34)
1. Episode 258
Aired 3 December 1951 • 15 min
2. Episode 259
Aired 4 December 1951 • 15 min
3. Episode 260
Aired 5 December 1951 • 15 min
4. Episode 261
Aired 6 December 1951 • 15 min
5. Episode 262
Aired 7 December 1951 • 15 min
6. Episode 263
Aired 10 December 1951 • 15 min
7. Episode 264
Aired 11 December 1951 • 15 min
8. Episode 265
Aired 12 December 1951 • 15 min
9. Episode 266
Aired 13 December 1951 • 15 min
10. Episode 267
Aired 14 December 1951 • 15 min
11. Episode 268
Aired 17 December 1951 • 15 min
12. Episode 269
Aired 18 December 1951 • 15 min
13. Episode 270
Aired 19 December 1951 • 15 min
14. Episode 271
Aired 20 December 1951 • 15 min
15. Episode 272
Aired 21 December 1951 • 15 min
16. Episode 273
Aired 24 December 1951 • 15 min
17. Episode 274
Aired 26 December 1951 • 15 min
18. Episode 275
Aired 27 December 1951 • 15 min
19. Episode 276
Aired 28 December 1951 • 15 min
20. Episode 277
Aired 31 December 1951 • 15 min
21. Episode 278
Aired 2 January 1952 • 15 min
22. Episode 279
Aired 3 January 1952 • 15 min
23. Episode 280
Aired 4 January 1952 • 15 min
24. Episode 281
Aired 7 January 1952 • 15 min
25. Episode 282
Aired 8 January 1952 • 15 min
26. Episode 283
Aired 9 January 1952 • 15 min
27. Episode 284
Aired 10 January 1952 • 15 min
28. Episode 285
Aired 11 January 1952 • 15 min
29. Episode 286
Aired 14 January 1952 • 15 min
30. Episode 287
Aired 15 January 1952 • 15 min
31. Episode 288
Aired 16 January 1952 • 15 min
32. Episode 289
Aired 17 January 1952 • 15 min
33. Episode 290
Aired 18 January 1952 • 15 min
138. The Final Episode
Aired 27 June 1952 • 15 min