Sound and Fury

The Daytime Emmys aired last night. This was an unusual year. The major broadcast networks didn't want to air the show, so a production firm (ATI) cobbled together a deal that used an "available" night owned by MGM on the CW (which is owned by CBS). The show was shipped to smaller venue (The Orpheum in Los Angeles).Production wise, others with […]

The holidays magnify the dysfunction in our favorite soap families. Tune in for Daytime Confidential's Top 5 Dysfunctional Families countdown. (Daytime Confidential)The ouster of Chuck Pratt hasn't come soon enough. This week the Pine Vally Bulletin takes on the destruction of Amanda Dillon. (Pine Valley Bulletin)As the World Turns' "foun […]

After reading the comments about a particularly "???!!!???" piece of dialogue on yesterday's General Hospital, I knew that I needed to watch the episode immediately, because most lines of dialogue are terrible and baffling, so for something to inspire THAT MUCH confusion must have been epically bad. Although "epically bad" is even se […]

When I last wrote at length about As The World Turns earlier this fall, I wasn’t very encouraged by what I was seeing on screen. It’s not perfect, but I’m happy to report that Oakdale is a far more welcoming (and watchable) town these days. ATWT’s current renaissance has worked because it’s used one major story – [...]

Rebecca catches Nikolas and Elizabeth, Michael acts out, Dante and Lulu get closer, Jason finds Franco's loft, and Jax summons Dante again.

By Connie Passalacqua Hayman Happy 20th anniversary, Soap Opera Weekly!  Congratulations to the generations of writers, editors, production, art and business people who have worked on the magazine over the years.  I was  lucky to be one of them, from its launch on November 21, 1989 through the magazine’s first eleven years. Each week, under the pen nam […]

Julia and Greg’s marriage had been arranged by their families as a socially acceptable match. Greg had just graduated from Annapolis when they were married. Greg was then shipped out to sea, leaving his young bride alone. Julia was young, beautiful, and very lonely when she met tall, handsome, rich Asa Buchanan, and he swept [...]

I haven't returned to watching soaps yet - crazy-busy work and life continue, though in a minor miracle September was the first (and last) month this year in which I did not get on a plane - but I have...

The initial major nominations for the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced this morning on the fourth hour of Today with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford.  Jessica Shaw, Entertainment Weekly’s senior writer, announced the nominees. Outstanding Daytime Drama Series: All My Children (ABC); The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS); Days of Our Lives (NB […]

In addition to acting, Jonathan Jackson plays guitar and sings in a band with his brother, Richard Lee. The band is called Enation, and they have released several albums and had a Top 10 hit on the iTunes national Rock Charts. Jonathan and Richard Lee played under various names before forming Enation, such as Jono and the Rock, Scarlet River and Scarlet Road […]

The holidays magnify the dysfunction in our favorite soap families. Tune in for Daytime Confidential's Top 5 Dysfunctional Families countdown. (Daytime Confidential)The ouster of Chuck Pratt hasn't come soon enough. This week the Pine Vally Bulletin takes on the destruction of Amanda Dillon. (Pine Valley Bulletin)As the World Turns' "foun […]