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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
settled on the character of Eladio. As Shiban's story was coming together, series creator Chris Carter noted its telenovela/soap opera-like nature, and so it was decided to title the episode "El Mundo Gira", which means "The World Turns" in Spanish and is a direct reference to the popular American television soap opera "As the World Turns". Lozano was portrayed by Panamanian singer, actor, and ad hoc politician Ruben Blades, whom Chris Carter had long been wanting to feature in an episode