Somerset

1 9 7 0 – 1 9 7 6 (USA)
1,710 x 30 minute episodes

This NBC daytime soap was a spinoff from Another World – in fact, it was originally called Another World: Somerset and even shared the theme music with that show.

The early shows initially concerned the lives of four characters from Another World– Missy Matthews, Lahoma Vane Lucas, Ricky Matthews and Sam Lucas, all living in the town of Somerset where Sam Lucas was a lawyer working in partnership with Ben Grant.

Pretty quickly though the format of the show changed to a mystery/crime theme with regular murders and criminal activity (even though Somerset had only 25,000 people living in it – it seems they were all crooked!).

Virgil Paris 
Marc Alaimo
Eve Lawrence 
Bibi Besch
Tony Cooper 
Doug Chapin
San Lucas 
Jordan Chaney
Jasper Delaney 
Ralph Clanton
Robert Delaney 
Nicolas Coster
Julian Cannell 
Joel Crothers
Rowena Standish 
Dortha Duckworth
Tom Conway 
Ted Danson
Lai Ling 
Helen Funai
Peter Delaney 
Len Gochman
Andrew Moore 
Harriet Hall
Ellen Grant 
Georgann Johnson
Ben Grant 
Ed Kemmer
David Grant 
Ron Martin
Gerald Davis 
Walter Matthews
Dale Robinson 
Jameson Parker
Dr Karen MacMillan 
Nancy Pinkerton
Danny Catsworth 
Melinda Plank
Missy Palmer Matthews 
Carol Roux
Harry Wilson 
Fred J Scollay
Mitch Farmer 
Richard Shoberg
Rex Cooper 
Paul Sparer
Laura Delaney Cooper 
Dorothy Stinnette
Pammy Davis 
Pamela Toll
India Bishop Delaney Hillman 
Ann Wedgeworth
Avis Ryan 
Sigourney Weaver
Carrie Wheeler 
JoBeth Williams
Mr Whittington 
Edward Winter