One Life to Live: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Premiering on 15 July 1968, One Life to Live has followed the lives of the fictional city of Llanview for over thirty years. Located only a short distance away from Pine Valley, there have been many crossovers over the years between One Life to Live (Llanview) and All My Children (Pine Valley), including a 2004 baby switch story that has spanned most of the year, and involved One Life to Live's Cramers and Buchanans and All My Children's Chandlers, Kanes and Martins. Originally the focus of the show was on the wealthy Lord family and the 'normal' Woleks and Rileys. Although the Lord family remains very much a part of the show, the focus has moved to the Buchanans, Rapaports, Gannons, Holdens and Cramers, among others. Over the years One Life to Live has featured stories on interracial couples, personality disorders, drug addiction, gang violence, cultism, rape, time travel and even out...

Series details

• Title: One Life to Live
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1968-07-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-01-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 5910
• TVDB ID: 74882

Cast and credited roles

• Roger Howarth — Todd Manning
• Trevor St. John — Todd Manning
• Michael Easton — John McBain
• Kristen Alderson — Starr Manning
• John-Paul Lavoisier — Rex Balsom
• Kassie DePaiva — Blair Cramer
• Melissa Archer — Natalie Buchanan
• Bree Williamson — Jessica Buchanan
• Erin Torpey — Jessica Buchanan
• Erika Slezak — Victoria Lord
• Robert S. Woods — Bo Buchanan
• Farah Fath — Gigi Morasco

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1968: premiered 1968-07-15; final listed air date 1968-07-15.
• Season 1990: premiered 1990-01-01; final listed air date 1990-01-01.
• Season 1991: premiered 1991-01-01; final listed air date 1991-02-28.
• Season 1992: premiered 1992-01-03; final listed air date 1992-02-28.
• Season 1993: premiered 1993-01-04; final listed air date 1993-02-26.
• Season 1994: premiered 1994-01-03; final listed air date 1994-02-28.
• Season 1995: premiered 1995-01-02; final listed air date 1995-02-28.
• Season 1996: premiered 1996-01-02; final listed air date 1996-02-29.
• Season 1997: premiered 1997-01-06; final listed air date 1997-02-28.
• Season 1998: premiered 1998-01-02; final listed air date 1998-02-27.
• Season 1999: premiered 1999-01-01; final listed air date 1999-03-01.
• Season 2000: premiered 2000-01-03; final listed air date 2000-01-31.
• Season 2001: premiered 2001-01-02; final listed air date 2001-01-26.
• Season 2002: premiered 2002-01-01; final listed air date 2002-01-28.
• Season 2003: premiered 2003-01-02; final listed air date 2003-07-14.
• Season 2004: premiered 2004-01-02; final listed air date 2004-07-15.
• Season 2005: premiered 2005-01-03; final listed air date 2005-09-30.
• Season 2007: premiered 2007-01-02; final listed air date 2007-01-31.
• Season 2008: premiered 2008-01-02; final listed air date 2008-12-30.
• Season 2009: premiered 2009-01-02; final listed air date 2009-12-30.
• Season 2010: premiered 2010-01-04; final listed air date 2010-12-29.
• Season 2011: premiered 2011-01-03; final listed air date 2011-12-30.
• Season 2012: premiered 2012-01-03; final listed air date 2012-01-13.

Source and licence

Adapted from One Life to Live on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.