The show was usually run for 25-30 minutes (the last five minutes was usually given over to a mid-morning newsbreak with the late Douglas Edwards, when it moved to 4 PM EST, it went back to 30 minutes). The premise was the story of two sisters, one good, one bad. The good sister, Vanessa "Van" Dale (Peggy McCay) was always searching for human dignity and was upright and compassionate. On the flip side, her sister, Meg (Jean McBride) was the show's main villain. She was always greedy, amoral and grasping and was always wanting to marry for money.