As the World Turns (
ATWT) is an American television
soap opera that airs each weekday on
CBS.
Set in the fictional town of
Oakdale, Illinois, the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956
at 1:30pm
EST. Before this show (and
The Edge of Night, which premiered at 4:30pm EST on the same day), all soaps were fifteen minutes in length; ATWT was the first half-hour serial.
