This is NBC's longest running soap opera. The record was previously held by "Another World" (1964), which was cancelled in 1999. The Walton's Mary Jackson was the original Alice Horton in the unaired pilot. The role was then assumed by Frances Reid for the TV broadcast who has played her since the show's TV debut. In July of 2001, Daytime NBC (with soaps Days of Our Lives & Passions) became the first network to broadcast with Spanish closed-captioning. The show is taped on ...[Read Story ]