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ATWT premiered on April 2, 1956, on CBS, set in Oakdale, Illinois

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The 36th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards nominations were announced on Thursday, May 14. The award show will be hosted by Vanessa Williams on the CW network on Sunday, August 30, 2009, at 8 p.m., from the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.

For the full list of Daytime Emmy Awards nominations in all categories, click here!

Watch full episodes of ATWT daily at CBS.com as well as Veoh Video Network, KYW CBS Video, Fancast, and Joost.

It was announced on June 17 that Maura West (Carly) and her husband Scott DeFreitas (ex-Andy) welcomed baby No. 5, a little girl, into their family, which already included Joseph, 9, Katherine, 7, Basil, 2, and Benjamin, 12, from Maura's first marriage.

ATWT and AMC were nominated for a 2008 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Daily Drama. On March 28, 2009, in New York City, ATWT won for their storyline about Luke and Noah!

Terri VandenBosch Hertz, who played Frannie Hughes on ATWT in 1982-83 died on March 9 at the age of 46 from a chronic kidney disease.

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As the World Turns:  Set in the closely-knit community of Oakdale, IL, AS THE WORLD TURNS centers on the complex lives of the Hughes, Montgomery, Ryan, Snyder, Stewart and Walsh families. The show celebrated its 52nd Anniversary in April 2008.

Henry Coleman, with the help of Alina Adams, has written the novel, "The Man From Oakdale," in which Lucinda Walsh hires him to investigate the disappearance of Lucy and Johnny. From the sun-drenched South American Republic of Montega to a nobleman's dangerous lair in Sweden, Henry and the gorgeous Vienna Hyatt discover that the tentacles of Lucy Montgomery's life on the run reach far and wide, even to the United Nations in Manhattan. With help from Margo and Tom Hughes, Sierra Esteban, and Gwen and Will Munson, and challenged by the tensions in their own romantic relationship, they confront enemies both seen and unseen who are locked in a power struggle with Lucy and Johnny at its center. But when Vienna herself disappears, Henry must race against the clock to complete his mission so they can both make it back to Oakdale alive. In real life, Ms. Adams is the Creative Content Producer for both "Guiding Light" and "As The World Turns" who also wrote "Jonathan's Story" for GL and Katie Peretti's tell-all "Oakdale Confidential." "The Man From Oakdale" will be released on January 6, 2009, but you can pre-order the hardcover novel now at Amazon.com where you can also read Henry Coleman's Amazon Blog.  If you just can't wait, read an except from the book here!

"As the World Turns" and "One Life to Live" were nominated for the 2009 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement during the 2008 season in the category of daytime serials. The awards were presented on Saturday, February 7, 2009, in New York and Los Angeles. ATWT's Writing Team: Jean Passanante, Leah Laiman, Courtney Simon, Lisa Connor, David A. Levinson, Peter Brash, Richard Culliton, Susan Dansby, Cheryl Davis, and Leslie Nipkow. OLTL's Writing Team: Ron Carlivati, Carolyn Culliton, Elizabeth Page, Aida Croal, Shelly Altman, Janet Iacobuzio, Christopher Van Etten, and Anna Theresa Cascio. Click here to see a complete list of the nominees.

Barbara's Oral Cancer Story has won the 2008 Sentinel for Health Award by USC's Norman Lear Center which recognizes exemplary achievements of television storylines that inform, educate, and motivate viewers to make choices for healthier and safer lives. Colleen Zenk Pinter (Barbara) had the same illness in real life. The awards were announced on Thursday, October 2, 2008, at the Writers Guild of America, West, in Los Angeles. For more info including a slideshow of the event, click here.

Congratulations to ATWT for its 2 Creative Arts & Entertainment Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup and Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design presented in New York City on June 13, 2008, as well as a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress: Jennifer Landon as Gwen Munson presented at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on June 20, 2008. To see all the winners, please visit the Academy's website.

AMC and ATWT were the two daily dramas nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for 2007, recognizing and honoring media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives. Van Hansis (Luke) and Jake Silbermann (Noah) were presenters at the awards show in New York City on Monday, March 17, 2008, when "As The World Turns" won!

On January 10, 2008, it was announced that ATWT was nominated for a Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials.  Christopher Goutman directed spooky episode #12971 which aired on March 9, 2007, when Gwen and Maddie were haunted by memories of Adam's murder and burial.  The other directorial nominees were Casey Childs, AMC (Episode #9669), Scott McKinsey, GH (Episode #11228), Ellen Wheeler, GL (Episode #15221), and Larry Carpenter, OLTL (Episode #9947). The awards were presented on January 26, 2008, at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California, when OLTL's Larry Carpenter won.

Get CBS Soaps On Demand For Free at tv.msn.com.  MSN is offering full episodes and highlight clips of shows from CBS' primetime, daytime, and late-night lineups on-demand for free. The content will include first-run series from the 2007-2008 CBS fall lineup.  Full ATWT episodes are now accessible at http://tv.msn.com/tv/series/as-the-world-turns.

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Oakdale Confidential: Secrets Revealed - Oakdale Confidential, the New York Times bestseller, is now expanded with a special note from the author, 16 pages of color photos and a shocking new epilogue that everyone on the show is talking about...literally.
The novel that had Oakdale in an uproar is now even more sizzling! Katie Peretti, who acknowledged that she is the author of Oakdale Confidential, has vowed to fight back against the Oakdale citizens who are vilifying her - and she means business. She has added to this new edition of her novel an all-new epilogue, featuring her current husband, her ex-husband - and his new girlfriend, which reveals a startling secret that will change the lives of several of Oakdale's most prominent citizens.  For more information, visit http://bookclubreader.com/oakdaleconfidential . You can also purchase the book at the CBS Store.   Want a chance for you and your reading group to chat with author Katie Peretti? Visit http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfmtab=1&pid=523045&qid=336&app=poll_quiz  from October 1, 2006 to January 14, 2007, to enter the Oakdale Confidential: Secrets Revealed Author @ccess sweepstakes and to check out the Reading Group Guide, the perfect tool for your book club discussion.

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