Ryan's Hope 50th Anniversary
July 7 marks the 50th anniversary of the debut of Ryan's Hope. It ran on ABC until July 13, 1989.
Share your memories of Maeve and Johnny and their kids Frank, Mary, Pat and Siobhan as well as their rarely seen and seldom mentioned sister Kathleen.
Did you witness Delia push Frank down the steps? What about when Prince Albert the ape kidnapped Delia?
Were you hot for Joe Novak? What about that hunky Rick Hyde and his older brother, Bill Hyde?
Do you recall Maeve singing Danny Boy?
Share those Ryan's Hope memories here.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 8, 2025 11:03 PM
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I met Ilene Kristen at a Farewell OLTL party. I said. 'at last, my Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Coleridge' and we clicked glasses. She's a peach. Was the best part of the show.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 7, 2025 2:10 AM
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Christian Slater will celebrate by throwing Ilene down a flight of stairs.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 7, 2025 2:31 AM
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LOL r2
I'm sure Christian's mother Mary Jo Slater would approve.
His late father would likely appreciate it too.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 7, 2025 2:56 AM
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I watched the truncated run on SOAPnet — what a great show.
I fell for Sarah Felder. She was perfection as Siobhan.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 7, 2025 2:59 AM
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I also LOVED Tom Lisanti’s oral history.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 7, 2025 3:02 AM
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Kate Mulgrew was the perfect Mary. They never managed to find another Mary as good as Kate. But show certainly did try. Tried with three other actresses.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 7, 2025 3:06 AM
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Show went through five Franks, four Marys, four Pats and five Siobhans.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 7, 2025 3:08 AM
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One of the Siobhans got fired because she was fug, right?
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 7, 2025 3:45 AM
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I seem to recall a young Marge Helgenberger in this.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 7, 2025 4:20 AM
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Nothing against Ilene, but Randall Edwards was my favorite Delia.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 7, 2025 4:33 AM
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I agree with R4. Sarah Felder was PHENOMENAL. I also enjoyed Kelli Maroney's Kimberly towards the last year of her run when she had the baby. Michael Corbett's Michael was also sex on a Stick and Louise Shaffer's Rae was a goddess. I guess I liked the supporting players more that the lead Ryans!
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 7, 2025 5:32 AM
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I liked Maggie Selby. And her background music.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 7, 2025 5:34 AM
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Michael Corbett sucked alot of cock. Alot! He always smelled like cum.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 7, 2025 8:46 AM
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They really did have a lot of trouble with Mary recasts. They did better with Siobhans (Ann Gillespie and Carell Myers were kind of duds, but Marg Helgenberger and Barbara Blackburn were great). and they also lucked out with Franks once they got rid of Michael Hawkins. Haven't seen as many of the Pats, but Malcolm Groome was so damn cute that I don't care.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 7, 2025 2:53 PM
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Scott Holmes as Dave Greenburg made me moist - down there.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 7, 2025 3:24 PM
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Reading the Ryan's Hope book was fascinating. The general consensus seems to be that ABC kept making mistakes with the show, with the time slot move being the final nail in the coffin. Ben Shelby, Dakota Smith, and Chaz Saybrooke were hot.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 7, 2025 4:18 PM
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I know we have a Bill Hyde fan here.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 7, 2025 7:17 PM
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I thought John Blazo was a hot Pat.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 8, 2025 12:29 AM
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Both Hyde brothers were ultra hot and sexy -- Rick and Bill.
Both Grant Snow and David Sederholm were terrific in the parts.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 8, 2025 12:34 AM
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