43 daytime Emmy awards later, As The World Turns sustains audience intrigue with cutting edge storylines and compelling characters who come to form the emotional core of the fictional town of Oakdale, where the show is set. The adventures and misadventures of some of the town's leading legal and medical families, including the Hughes and the Snyders, have guaranteed generation after generation of devoted viewers.
In 2006, As The World Turns drew unprecedented acclaim by reaching #3 on The New York Times Bestseller list for it's scandalous novel Oakdale Confidential, a book based on the secrets of the main characters featured in the daytime soap.
Ongoing Daytime Drama: 60 minutes per episode