Editing The Edge of Night (section)

===Setting===
Unlike ''Perry Mason'', whose adventures took place in [[Southern California]], the daytime series was set in the fictional city of Monticello, located in the [[Midwestern United States]]. A frequent backdrop for the show's early scenes was a restaurant called the Ho-Hi-Ho. The state capital, however, was known generically as "Capital City"; the state in which Monticello was located had never been identified. From its beginning in 1956 until roughly 1980, the downtown skyline of the city of [[Cincinnati]] stood in as Monticello. Procter & Gamble, which produced the show, is based in Cincinnati. In later years, the Los Angeles skyline replaced that of Cincinnati. The skyline motif was eventually eliminated altogether in the final two years of the show, as was the word "The" in the title.