THE FIRST DAYTIME DRAMA WHICH SHOWED A JEWISH FAMILY
One Life To Live was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially
and socio-economically diverse characters and consistently emphasize
social issues.
The show originally concentrated on the wealthy
Lord family, the less wealthy Siegels - the first attempt to showcase a
Jewish family on daytime television - the middle-class Rileys and
Woleks, and the African-American Grays.
Since its debut in
1968, One Life to Live has centred on the character of Victoria 'Viki'
Lord who has been portrayed by six-time Emmy winner Erika Slezak since
March, 1971.
Long-suffering Viki has weathered love and loss,
widowhood, rape, divorce, stroke, and breast cancer, and has been
plagued by dissociative identity disorder for decades.
Viki has also had heart problems, improbably leading up to having the heart of her dying husband transplanted into her.
In
2002, the popularity of anti-hero Todd Manning prompted ABC to market a
rag doll of the character, complete with his signature scar.First
offered for sale on April 29, 2002, the doll was pulled eight days
later after a backlash begun because the character had been convicted of
rape.
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