Finding your next obsession
Finding your next obsession

Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the show in its early years opens with announcer Bill Wolff intoning its epigram, “We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds,” which Phillips said represented the difference between “the world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for.” Another World focused less on the conventional drama of domestic life as seen in other soap operas, and more on exotic melodrama between families of different classes and philosophies.
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A focused series choice with a clear genre identity and enough story commitment to reward a viewer who wants more than a one-off watch.
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Who it is for
A good fit when you want a series you can spend some time with and already know the broad kind of story you want.
Commitment
Long-form commitment · 36 seasons
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The series
96 episodes
1964
164 episodes
1965
19 episodes
1966
64 episodes
1967
22 episodes
1968
8 episodes
1969
2 episodes
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6 episodes
80 episodes
1986
215 episodes
1987
257 episodes
1988
257 episodes
1989
259 episodes
1990
24 episodes
1991
1 episode
1992
1 episode
1993
1 episode
1994
1 episode
1995
2 episodes
1996
9 episodes
1997
249 episodes
1998
38 episodes
1999
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