Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series) Porter paid Jim Abbott to perform an illegal abortion on girlfriend Terry Andrews, who later died, a disenchanted Mia decides to return to Hong Kong. Iris becomes emotionally involved with Jim, but the scandal surrounding Terry Andrews forces him to leave San Francisco for New York. Laura decides not to take her final vows and leaves the church for Mark, who ends his relationship with Iris and begins a career as an architect. Lt. Tom Donnelly (Robert Burr) helps Helen (Grace Albertson, Gloria Hoye) overcome her grief when husband Phillip (Len Wayland) dies suddenly, and after a short courtship, the
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series) of us. Goodbye, and God bless you." "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" owed its existence to CBS daytime head Fred Silverman, who openly favored serials over game shows. Its predecessor at 2:00 PM Eastern/1 Central was the original run of "Password", which had run aground against NBC's serial "Days of Our Lives" and ABC's "The Newlywed Game." Despite high hopes on the network's part, "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" struggled against that competition, and could not keep the viewers from its lead in, the #1 serial "As the World Turns". On September 11, 1972, CBS moved "LIAMST" to