Newly widowed New Yorker Karen St. John moves to a rural town to be close to her relatives. There she falls for a man who was adopted by her relatives when he was a boy. But, he's already betrothed to another.
One of the first television soap operas, this show focused on an immigrant Irish family who lived in a boarding house in Chicago.
Attorney Chris and Connie Martin are newlyweds adjusting to married life in New York City. Both sets of parents live nearby to give sage advice and not interfere too much in their children's lives.
Two cousins inherit a chain of stores and the mansion where they live, prompting friction between the two, until she proposes a 'risk it all' where only one will become the sole heir, starting a real battle of the sexes.