| The Brighter Day | |
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| Created by | Irna Phillips |
| Written by | Sam Hall |
| Starring | Mike Barton Walter Brooke Mona Bruns |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Irna Phillips |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC Radio (1948–1956) CBS (1954–1962) |
| Release | 1948 (Radio)/January 4, 1954 (TV) – September 28, 1962 |
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The Brighter Day is an American daytime soap opera which aired on CBS from January 4, 1954, to September 28, 1962.[1] Originally created for NBC Radio by Irna Phillips in 1948, the radio and television versions ran simultaneously from 1954–56. Set in New Hope, Wisconsin, the series revolved around Reverend Richard Dennis and his four children, Althea, Patsy, Babby and Grayling.[2]
The Brighter Day was the first soap opera to air on network television with an explicitly religious theme. Another soap opera created by Phillips, The Guiding Light, initially had a religious theme as a radio show but dropped it by the time the series moved to television.
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. pp. 71–72. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ The Brighter Day (PDF). TV-Radio Mirror. August 1954. pp. 38–39. Retrieved January 30, 2012. (PDF)