One Life to Live
Air Dates: 1968 - ????
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One Life to Live (OLTL) is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC since July 15, 1968.
One Life to Live is set in the fictional city of Llanview, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pa., modeled after the Chestnut Hill section of the city.
The show originally concentrated on the wealthy Lord family, and the less wealthy Siegels, and the middle-class Rileys and Woleks. One Life to Live has been called "the most peculiarly American of soap operas: the first serial to present a vast array of ethnic types, broad comic situations, a constant emphasis on social issues, and strong male characters."
Since its inception, OLTL has centered on the character of Victoria "Viki" Lord (originated by Gillian Spencer), who has been portrayed by six-time Emmy winner Erika Slezak since March 1971.
Viki, a long- and oft-suffering heroine, has weathered great love and loss, widowhood, rape, divorce, stroke and breast cancer, and has been plagued by dissociative identity disorder off for decades.
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Adam Chandler, Sr.: Talking to you would be a waste of my breath, David.David Vickers: Continue to talk to me, waste your breath, because if you waste your breath, you just might drop dead.