 actors George Reinholt, Jacqueline  Courtney and Robin Strasser were arguably the most popular stars on  daytime television, and the love triangle between them was the most  popular storyline of the day. Strasser left "Another World" in 1972.  By 1975, because of backstage politics, George Reinholt and  Jacqueline Courtney were fired (both had reputations as  uncooperative divas). Since Reinholt and Courtney were still very  popular with viewers, the producers at "One Life to Live" (which was  trailing "Another World" in the ratings at that time) quickly hired  them and created new roles for them on the show; they became Tony  Lord and Pat Ashley respectively and were quickly put into a new  love triangle situation with a character called Cathy Craig. The  "Live" producers hoped to entice Strasser to take over the role of  Cathy, in order to re