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 second-longest continuous run of any daytime network soap opera on American television, surpassed only by
Guiding Light.
As the World Turns was produced in New York City for all of its time (its first 43 years in
Manhattan and in
Brooklyn from 2000 until 2010).