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The August 1983 remote involving Jody, Preacher, and Steve Markham was shot at Breezy Point, Long Island.

It continues to draw interest from old and new fans alike. With intriguing mysteries, engaging characters, stellar cast, and superior direction, The Edge of Night remains one of the most cherished programs in television history. Throughout its 28 year run, it developed a cult audience that most notably included an unusually high percentage of male viewers. It was the first soap to debut in the half hour format and the first to fully utilize television as a visual medium by incorporating physical action, location shooting, and a brisker directorial style than the generally static soap operas of its era. The series departed in many ways from the typical daytime soap opera. Set in the mythical Midwestern city of Monticello, the series revolved around dedicated crime fighter Mike Karr, his family, his friends, his associates, and a seemingly endless stream of colorful villains. (According to a persistent rumor, the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but this has never been confirmed.) In a tribute to Posa in a 1985 issue of Soap Opera Digest, fellow "Edge of Night", actor Ernie Townsend wrote, "He died in early January after a long and painful illness that took away a talent in its prime.Dubbed "TV's most merciless soap opera" by Time magazine, The Edge of Night was an American, weekday afternoon serial broadcast from 1956 through 1984. Having contracted the AIDS virus and seriously ill by October 1984, Posa was unable to continue working on "The Edge of Night", and his character was written out of the show.

All the while, he continued to appear in pornographic films as Wade Nichols. Buoyed by his singing career, Posa (still as Dennis Parker) joined the cast of the mainstream television soap opera "The Edge of Night" in 1979 as Police Chief Derek Mallory.

In 1979, under the name of Dennis Parker, he recorded a solo disco album on Casablanca Records entitled "Like an Eagle", produced by Village People creator/producer Jacques Morali. His first feature film role was probably in the 1975 gay adult film Boynapped! He subsequently appeared mostly in straight porn films shot in New York and Los Angeles. 5 Car Garage presents paintings by Max Maslansky of Dennis Posa, aka Dennis Parker, aka Wade Nichols (1946 – 1985), an actor and singer from Freeport, New York who started his career in pornographic films.