About the Show

August 2008 

AS THE WORLD TURNS

Now in its 52nd season on the CBS Television Network

ON AIR:             Weekdays (2:00-3:00 PM, ET; 1:00-2:00 PM, PT)

ORIGINATION:    New York (tape)

FORMAT:            Drama focusing on the daily lives of the residents of the small, close-knit fictional community of Oakdale, Ill.

PREMIERE:          April 2, 1956

CAST (alphabetically):

Noelle Beck.................................... Lily Snyder

Dylan Bruce............................Chris Hughes

Terri Colombino............................. Katie Peretti

Ewa da Cruz...........................Vienna Hyatt

Trent Dawson........................... Henry Coleman

Ellen Dolan................................ Margo Hughes

Eileen Fulton.................... Lisa Mitchell Grimaldi

Meredith Hagner....................Liberty Ciccone

Van Hansis................................... Luke Snyder

Don Hastings........................... Dr. Bob Hughes

Kathryn Hays................................ Kim Hughes

Mick Hazen...........................Parker Munson

Jon Hensley............................... Holden Snyder

Kelley Menighan Hensley............ Emily Stewart

Scott Holmes................................ Tom Hughes

Roger Howarth................................. Paul Ryan

Elizabeth Hubbard...................... Lucinda Walsh              

Agim Kaba............................Aaron Snyder

Billy Magnussen.....................Casey Holmes

Marie Masters...................... Dr. Susan Stewart

Michael Park................................. Jack Snyder

Wolé Parks.............................Dallas Griffin

Austin Peck.............................Brad Snyder

Julie Pinson............................Janet Ciccone

Colleen Zenk Pinter..................... Barbara Ryan

John Prescott..........................Mike Kasnoff

Marnie Schulenburg................Alison Stewart

Chaunteé Schuler...............Bonnie McKechnie

Jake Silbermann........................Noah Mayer

*Helen Wagner........................... Nancy Hughes

Maura West................................. Carly Snyder

Kathleen Widdoes....................... Emma Snyder

Marie Wilson................................. Meg Snyder

 *Denotes original cast member

PRODUCED BY:              Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:   Christopher Goutman

SENIOR PRODUCER:        Carole Shure

PRODUCERS:                  Vivian Gundaker

LINE PRODUCER:              Sonia Blangiardo

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER:    Jennifer Salamone

DIRECTORS:                    Habib Azar, Sonia Blangiardo, Michael Eilbaum, John O'Connell, Jennifer Pepperman, Maria Wagner

HEAD WRITER:                 Jean Passanante

WRITERS:                       Peter Brash, Lisa Connor, Susan Dansby, Cheryl Davis, Leah Laiman, David A. Levinson, Gordon Rayfield and Courtney Simon.

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Press Contacts:

Meredith Tiger              212-975-3829                mftiger@cbs.com

Cindy Marshall              323-575-2019    cindy.marshall@cbs.com

Photo Contact: 

Susan Eyre                   212-975-1079                sceyre@cbs.com