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As the World Turns
As the World Turns (often referred to as ATWT) is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created "As the World Turns" as a sister show to her other soap opera "Guiding Light". Running for 54 years, "As the World Turns" holds the third-longest continuous run of any daytime network soap opera on American television, surpassed only by "General Hospital" and
Global Television Network, and on NTV in Newfoundland and Labrador. In Jamaica "As The World Turns" started airing on Television Jamaica Monday to Friday 1:00pm beginning in 2011. In Belize "As the World Turns" was seen on Great Belize Television at 2:00 pm Central Time, usually the same day as the U.S. telecasts. In New Zealand "As The World Turns" was aired on TVNZ 1 from 1962 to 1989. In Australia, "As The World Turns" was aired on Network Ten first at 1.30 pm,