Jane Aldridge ushered in her 5th Year with another famous Jane (Krakowski) in daytime drama Search for Tommorrow

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Jane Aldridge Ushered in her 5th Year with another famous Jane (Krakowski) in the daytime drama Search for Tomorrow

December 26—After 35 years on the airwaves and holding the title of longest-running non-news program on network television, NBC airs the final episode of daytime drama Search for Tomorrow.Wednesday, December 23rd The 357th day of 2009.

On this date in:
1783	George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Army and retired to his home at Mount Vernon, Va.
1788	Maryland passed an act to cede an area "not exceeding ten miles square" for the seat of the national government; about two-thirds of the area became the District of Columbia.
1823	The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C. Moore was first published, in the Troy (N.Y.) Sentinel.
1941	American forces on Wake Island surrendered to the Japanese during World War II.
1948	Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed in Tokyo.
1968	Eighty-two crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been captured.
1972	The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Oakland Raiders 13-7 in an NFL playoff game on a last-second touchdown catch by Franco Harris that was dubbed the "immaculate reception."
1986	Episode Cast (in credits order) Jane Krakowski ... Rebecca 'T.R.' Kendall	Jane Krakowski Biography movies.yahoo.com Loading Image... Anything but a plain jane, Tony-winning actress Jane Krakowski gracefully made the transition from child performer to adult television star to Broadway stage star all before the age of 35. With her curly blonde hair and deep yet vesatile voice, the attractive teen first moved to the big screen as...

	Tristan Carrasco
	Paul La Greca	...	Christopher Henry
	Mary Eileen O'Donnell	...	Sister Margaret
	John Pankow	...	Father O'Hanlan
	Marc Raducci	...	Young Dad

In a newspaper interview during this period (The Videot) Mary Stuart complained, "They have created a new program and they're calling it Search for Tomorrow." She said she believed she was being eased out by the Kate McCleary character. Whatever the intentions of the writers were, they failed to benefit the show in the ratings. At the end of the 1983-84 season, Search, which had been a solid top-five series for CBS just a decade before, hit bottom and finished last in the ratings with a 3.2. Search was able to climb out of the ratings cellar at the end of the following season, but this was largely due to the continuing struggles of The Edge of Night (which was canceled at midseason), and Search returned to the bottom of the ratings list with an anemic 2.9 rating for 1985-86.
The show was cancelled in 1986, but only after a memorable attempt to bring up the ratings: The whole town of Henderson was washed away in a flood, and in a display of reverence the only buildings left standing afterward were Joanne's residence and business.
On December 26, 1986 the final episode ended with senior characters Stu Bergman and Joanne Tourneur talking about the future. Stu asked Joanne what she was searching for, and she answered "Tomorrow, and I can't wait." This was followed by a taped piece in which the cast thanked the show's viewers for their loyalty over the past 35 years, ending with a slightly-tearful Mary Stuart saying "Thank you...thank you all. They were wonderful years." and saluting the audience goodbye. The show also ended with the song We'll Be Together Again by Lou Rawls (Love of Life also closed out its run with the same song, but used a version by Tony Bennett).
The series was replaced by the Tom Kennedy game show Wordplay, which aired until September 4, 1987. As had been the case in two of the previous three season, Search ended its 35-year run last in ratings with a 2.5 at the time of its cancellation.


1997 A jury in Denver convicted Terry Nichols of involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

2003 The government announced the first suspected case of mad cow disease in United States.

2003 A jury in Chesapeake, Va., sentenced teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to life in prison, sparing him the death penalty.

2003 New York Gov. George Pataki pardoned the late comedian Lenny Bruce for his 1964 obscenity conviction.

2004 Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland pleaded guilty to a corruption charge. (He was later sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.)

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