Lovers and Friends

This article is about television series. For the song, see Lovers and Friends (song). For the 1821 novel, see Lovers and Friends (novel).
Lovers and Friends
Also known asFor Richer, For Poorer
Created byHarding Lemay
Paul Rauch
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJanuary 3, 1977 (1977-01-03) –
September 29, 1978 (1978-09-29)
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Lovers and Friends is an American soap opera that aired on NBC from January 3 to May 6, 1977.[1] When the show didn't catch on immediately, NBC put the show on hiatus for seven months, and then brought it back on December 6, 1977, as a retooled show with the title For Richer, For Poorer. The show continued on until it came to an end on September 29, 1978.[2]

The show was created by Harding Lemay and Paul Rauch, who were both also working for the daytime drama Another World. Lovers and Friends was not a spinoff or an indirect spin-off of the former series;[3] however, it did take the place of the direct Another World spinoff, Somerset, on the NBC schedule upon its premiere.[4] None of the show's characters came from Another World, nor did any of that show's characters appear on it until it became For Richer, For Poorer.[5]

  1. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 163. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ^ Schemering, Christopher (1987). The Soap Opera Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. Ballantine Books. pp. 110, 156. ISBN 0345353447.
  3. ^ Lemay, Harding (1981). Eight Years in Another World. Atheneum. pp. 109–189.
  4. ^ New York Times
  5. ^ Lemay, Harding (1981). Eight Years in Another World. Atheneum. pp. 109–189.