Editing How to Survive a Marriage (section)

==Synopsis==
Larry and his wife Christine (nicknamed "Chris," played by [[Jennifer Harmon (actress)|Jennifer Harmon]]) soon divorced and while battling for custody of their daughter Lori, Chris entered the workforce. On [[Valentine's Day]] 1975, Chris and Larry remarried, and she then battled [[alcoholism]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Copeland |first1=Mary Ann |title=Soap Opera History |date=1991 |publisher=Publications International |isbn=0-88176-933-9 |pages=162–163}}</ref>

Initially, the show featured veteran soap actress [[Rosemary Prinz]] in the role of Dr. Julie Franklin, a staunch [[feminist]] who counseled her friends on the joys of being an independent woman, only to decide that her life was truly complete by marrying a man. Prinz only agreed to stay on the show for a short time (as she had with ''[[All My Children]]'' several years earlier), and earned top billing, a three-day work week, and supposedly $1,000 an episode, which was a big salary for a soap actress to earn in the 1970s. After six months Julie left town to marry Dr. Tony DeAngelo.

Another major story centered on Fran Bachman ([[Fran Brill]]) coping with sudden widowhood. Brill received over a thousand letters of condolence from viewers.