| Acknowledgments | |
| Preface | p. 1 |
| Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories (The Ultimate Conclusion) | p. 7 |
| Backstage Wife (The Perfectly Named Serial Heroine) | p. 15 |
| Big Sister (John's Other Wife) | p. 29 |
| The Brighter Day (Falling Leaves) | p. 37 |
| David Harum (Bab-O's Own Program) | p. 44 |
| Front Page Farrell (The Unforgettable Radio Drama) | p. 52 |
| The Guiding Light (The Longest Narrative Ever Told) | p. 60 |
| Hilltop House (To the Women of America) | p. 71 |
| Just Plain Bill (A Giant of the Air) | p. 77 |
| Life Can Be Beautiful (A Beam of Hope in a Dark World) | p. 85 |
| The Light of the World (An Eternal Beacon) | p. 94 |
| Lora Lawton (Where So Few Dreams Come True) | p. 98 |
| Lorenzo Jones (More Smiles Than Tears) | p. 105 |
| Ma Perkins (Mother of the Air) | p. 111 |
| One Man's Family (Bewildering Offspring) | p. 133 |
| Our Gal Sunday (Can This Girl...Find Happiness?) | p. 145 |
| Pepper Young's Family (The House That Camay Built) | p. 157 |
| Perry Mason (Murder and Mayhem in the Afternoon) | p. 170 |
| Portia Faces Life (Courage, Spirit, Integrity) | p. 179 |
| The Right to Happiness (Ivory Soap's Own Story) | p. 185 |
| Road of Life (The Duz Program) | p. 193 |
| The Romance of Helen Trent (The Goddess of Goodness) | p. 201 |
| Rosemary (This Is You) | p. 213 |
| The Second Mrs. Burton (Second Wife) | p. 221 |
| Stella Dallas (Nothin' but Trouble) | p. 229 |
| This Is Nora Drake (A Modern Story) | p. 241 |
| Today's Children (A Bridge Over Troubled Waters) | p. 250 |
| Wendy Warren and the News (Reports from the Women's World) | p. 258 |
| When a Girl Marries (Follow Your Heart) | p. 268 |
| Young Doctor Malone (A Page from a New Chapter) | p. 277 |
| Young Widder Brown (The Age-Old Conflict) | p. 286 |
| Epilogue | p. 299 |
| Soap Opera Firsts, Lasts and Mosts | p. 301 |
| Adult Weekday Radio Serials by Year of Debut | p. 303 |
| Chapter Notes | p. 307 |
| Annotated Bibliography | p. 311 |
| Index | p. 317 |
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