The closing credits of Another World
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The Closing Credits of Another World
Main article: Another World (television series)
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The closing credits usually started with the writers, beginning with Head Writer and going down from there, dictated by tenure. The director of the episode was usually credited next, followed by the executive producer, producers and associate producers. Then the cast would be credited in order according to tenure. In the 1970s, it was decided by then-executive producer Paul Rauch that Victoria Wyndham, Douglass Watson, and Constance Ford, in that order, be credited before the rest of the cast. By the mid-1990s, this wasn't a problem anymore, as Watson and Ford had since died, and Wyndham had, by then, become the longest-serving cast member on the show anyway.
After the contract players would be credited, the recurring players who show up from time to time would be mentioned, then the transitional characters who just showed up for the day.
From 1986 to 1989, as per a clause in her contract, Denise Alexander was credited after all other cast members. Her mention, after all other players, would state:
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DENISE ALEXANDER
Mary McKinnon
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On certain days, the entire crew would also be credited. The credits would end with a mention of the supervising producer, and the executive in charge of production, followed by the copyright and the year, which was only added to the end of the program starting in 1980. From 1985 onwards, the Procter & Gamble logo (made in both shortened and extended versions) would appear at the very end of the credit crawl.
In 1995, the networks were broadcasting the O.J. Simpson murder trial via updates and had to abbreviate the airtime of their daytime dramas. The head of daytime at NBC had the show do squeeze credits, in which action from the day's episode ran on the left and the credits themselves ran on the right, so as not to interfere with the picture. This "squeeze credits" format continued until the show was canceled in 1999.
In 1996, the order of the credits changed; Procter & Gamble (AW's production company) began instituting credits in which the executive producer was listed ahead of the writers.