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 […]

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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 – [...]

Carly and Bo discuss her daughter, Roman leads the search for Sydney and Nicole changes her look once she lands in Cleveland.

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 […]

AMC's Pete Cortlandt, Daniel Kennedy, really lays it all on the line in this no holds barred interview with ironically, a newspaper called OurPrattville, out of Prattville, AL. Ironic because Mr. Pratt, AMC's now former Headwriter, is a subject that comes up often. Check out the interview by clicking here.