Title: 	
Betty and Bob

Type:
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 McCmabridge, 
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