One Life to Live (often abbreviated as
OLTL) is an American
soap opera broadcast on the
ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a
web series on
Hulu and
iTunes via
The Online Network from April 29 to August 19, 2013. Created by
Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature ethnically and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social issues.
One Life to Live was expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes on July 26, 1976, and then to an hour on January 16, 1978.