In 1965, a television event took place…an event that would change network history. But we’re not going to talk about that. Let us now focus on Misty Dawn, the long-forgotten Gothic soap opera created by Cal Balch-Springs, founder and president of the TBQ (Toxic Broadcasting…well, no one was ever quite sure what the ‘Q’ stood for).
Audiences had become tired of the standard formulaic soap operas that dealt only with sex, greed, murder, mistaken identities, love triangles and the like, so, in the now infamous words of Carl Balch-Springs, “What could one more hurt?” Thus began the downward spiral of Misty Dawn.
Misty Dawn made its television debut on September 21, 1965. The audience for the first episode was almost insignificant. By the time the second episode aired, they both stopped watching.
Terry Yates, Author, Creator and Director of Misty Dawn, Texas: the Found Episodes, says he was inspired to create this Dark Shadows meets Dallas, comedy/horror/satire, “as an homage to when I used to run home from school to catch the latest episode of Dark Shadows in the mid 1960’s.”
One of the first true Web TV Trailblazers, Terry produced Misty Dawn before YouTube was ever invented. With a team comprised of highly talented and totally unpaid actors, crew and donated craft services, the show found viewers on the website and Dallas Cable Community TV.
Terry will be speaking at the Web TV Trailblazers Summit. On this free, Live Google Hangout on Air event, Terry will show you how to find the story inside of you and turn it into a show. Get your free pass today!
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