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Full Circle is an American soap opera that aired on CBS from June 27, 1960 to March 10, 1961. The half-hour series starred Robert Fortier, with Dyan Cannon, and Jean Byron as his romantic interests. It was the first American soap opera to be broadcast live-on-tape from Hollywood. Premise Gary Donovan is a drifter who wants to see new places and meet new people. Pre-show publicity said "the series will take him all over the United States." The initial storyline had him taking a lumberyard job in the fictional town of Crowder, Virginia. There he runs afoul of the owner, Loyal Crowder, a wealthy older man whose ancestors founded the town. Crowder has a pretty 21 year old new wife named Lisa Linda. She had come from Maryland to Crowder, Virginia, with her first husband, who was mysteriously murdered. Lisa soon provokes her husband by paying attention to Donovan. He orders some of his workers to beat up Donovan, who then has his injuries tended by Dr. Katherine "Kit" Alderich. Donovan and Alderich soon form an attachment that must weather the machinations of both Lisa and Loyal Crowder. Response The end credits (available on YouTube) list actors in alphabetical order, disguising that Fortier was the star and Gary Donovan the central character. Critics who reviewed the initial shows were negative about Fortier's diction and Cannon's acting, the dialogue, and the level of "sex" and violence which were very atypical of the genre at that time. As the first storyline developed, Cannon's treacherous young blonde Lisa proved to be the main attraction for what few viewers stuck with the show. Reviewers ignored Full Circle after the first episodes, but months later Cannon was still attracting interviewers. Production Full Circle was a replacement for a show dealing with marital issues called For Better or Worse, which had run on CBS for a year in the same time slot. That show had monthly storylines with changing casts. Diane Cannon had appeared in the first storyline, "The Case of the Childless Bride", during July 1959. CBS producers must have felt her brash character's personality would also work well as Lisa Crowder.

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Full Circle is an American soap opera that aired on CBS from June 27, 1960 to March 10, 1961. The half-hour series starred Robert Fortier, with Dyan Cannon, and Jean Byron as his romantic interests. It was the first American soap opera to be broadcast live-on-tape from Hollywood. Premise Gary Donovan is a drifter who wants to see new places and meet new people. Pre-show publicity said "the series will take him all over the United States." The initial storyline had him taking a lumberyard job in the fictional town of Crowder, Virginia. There he runs afoul of the owner, Loyal Crowder, a wealthy older man whose ancestors founded the town. Crowder has a pretty 21 year old new wife named Lisa Linda. She had come from Maryland to Crowder, Virginia, with her first husband, who was mysteriously murdered. Lisa soon provokes her husband by paying attention to Donovan. He orders some of his workers to beat up Donovan, who then has his injuries tended by Dr. Katherine "Kit" Alderich. Donovan and Alderich soon form an attachment that must weather the machinations of both Lisa and Loyal Crowder. Response The end credits (available on YouTube) list actors in alphabetical order, disguising that Fortier was the star and Gary Donovan the central character. Critics who reviewed the initial shows were negative about Fortier's diction and Cannon's acting, the dialogue, and the level of "sex" and violence which were very atypical of the genre at that time. As the first storyline developed, Cannon's treacherous young blonde Lisa proved to be the main attraction for what few viewers stuck with the show. Reviewers ignored Full Circle after the first episodes, but months later Cannon was still attracting interviewers. Production Full Circle was a replacement for a show dealing with marital issues called For Better or Worse, which had run on CBS for a year in the same time slot. That show had monthly storylines with changing casts. Diane Cannon had appeared in the first storyline, "The Case of the Childless Bride", during July 1959. CBS producers must have felt her brash character's personality would also work well as Lisa Crowder.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).