Betty and Bob
Soap Opera

Broadcast History:
Oct 10, 1932-May 29, 1936	Blue Network. 15m, daily at 3:00, later at 4:00. General Mills
Jun 1, 1936-May 27, 1938	CBS. 15m weekdays at 10:00am, then at 1:00 (1937-1938). General Mills
May 30, 1938-Mar 15, 1940	NBC. 15m weekdays, most at 2:00. General Mills for Wheaties and Bisquick.
Ca. 1940, transcribed syndication

Cast:
Bob Drake	Don Ameche, Les Tremayne, Vinton Hayworth, Onslow Stevens, Spencer Bentley, Carl Frank, J Anthony Hughes,
		 Van Heflin 
Betty		Elizabeth Reller, Beatrice Churchill, Alice Hill, Mercedes McCambridge, Arlene Francis
May/Gardenia 	Edith Davis

First true network soap opera of the air, using melodrama at its core. Themes of love, hate, jealousy, misunderstanding, 
divorce, murder, betrayal. It influenced many of the soapies to follow.

Source:	On the Air - John Dunning