Editing Search for Tomorrow (section)

{{Short description|American soap opera (1951–86)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = Search for Tomorrow titles (1981).jpg
| genre                = [[Soap opera]]
| creator              = [[Roy Winsor]]
| starring             = [[Mary Stuart (actress)|Mary Stuart]]<br />[[Larry Haines]]
| narrated             = [[Dwight Weist]]
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme            = 
| composer             = [[Dick Hyman]]
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 35
| num_episodes         = 9,130
| list_episodes        = 
| camera               = [[Multi-camera setup|Multi-camera]]
| runtime              = 15 minutes (1951–68)<br />30 minutes (1968–86)
| company              = [[Procter & Gamble Productions]]
| channel              = [[CBS]] (1951–82)<br />[[NBC]] (1982–86)
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1951|9|3}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1986|12|26}} 
}}

'''''Search for Tomorrow''''' is an American television [[soap opera]]. It began its run on [[CBS]] on September 3, 1951, and concluded on [[NBC]], 35 years later, on December 26, 1986.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schemering |first1=Christopher |title=[[The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (Schemering book)|The Soap Opera Encyclopedia]] |date=1987 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=0-345-35344-7 |edition=2nd |pages=200–212}}</ref>

Set in the fictional town of Henderson in an unspecified state, the show focused primarily on the character of [[Joanne Gardner|Joanne "Jo" Gardner]], portrayed by [[Mary Stuart (actress)|Mary Stuart]] for the entire run of the series.<ref>{{cite web |last=Klemesrud |first=Judy |date=September 4, 1976 |title=‘Search for Tomorrow’ (Sob!) Holds 25th Anniversary Party |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/04/archives/search-for-tomorrow-sob-holds-25th-anniversary-party.html |website=The New York Times}}</ref>