| Faraway Hill | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Starring | Flora Campbell Mel Brandt Ann Stell Frederic Meyer Lorene Scott Melville Galliar |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | David P. Lewis |
| Original release | |
| Network | DuMont Television Network |
| Release | October 2 – December 18, 1946 |
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Faraway Hill was the first soap opera broadcast on an American television network, airing on the DuMont Television Network[1] on Wednesday nights at 9:00 PM[2] between October 2 and December 18, 1946. A Variety article stated the Caples advertising agency bought time on DuMont for "experimentation purposes," and had "walked where other video programmers feared to tread," moving soap operas from radio to the "infant medium television."[3]
The series' plot was based on a novel that David P. Lewis had begun, but never finished.[4]
- ^ "First television soap opera". Guinness World Records 2017. 18 December 1946. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "TV Listings: Past & Present: October 2, 1946". TV Tango. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ Television Reviews "Faraway Hill", Variety, October 23, 1946, page 90
- ^ Folkart, Burt A. (October 30, 1992). "David P. Lewis; Creator of First TV Soap Opera". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.