Chuck Pratt is out at All My Children, but lest any of us forget the horror of his run relive some of the Prattastrophe with links below.

Chuck Pratt to AMC Cast: "Jamie Luner is No &#$ Kisser!"
Jamie "No A$$ Kisser" Luner All My Children Promo
AMC's Chuck Pratt Blames Rianca Story Bomb on Riegel's Exit
Eden Riegel Takes High Road With AMC's Chuck Pratt
One Shocking Twist After Another
Beth Ehlers Talks Greasy About Chuck Pratt and JR Martinez!
Chuck Pratt On Rebecca Budig "She's My Favorite"
Why One Life to Live Deserves to be The Last ABC Soap Standing
21 Daytime Questions With Jillian
All My Children Was ABC's Most Watched Soap The Week of Oct. 19-23
Hey Fronsie, Maybe Thorsten and Alicia Just Aren't That Into You?
BREAKING NEWS: I TOLD Y'all, All My Children MOVES to LA; OLTL Gets AMC Studio!
The Murder That Changed a Town Forever
Pratt In At All My Children, Esensten And Brown Out?
DC #381: DC Meets The Pine Valley Podcast
Daytime Soap Operas and The Theory of Opposite Thinking
HALLELUJAH: Chuck Pratt OUT at All My Children!! READ MORE

Just heard from a reliable source something that'll make AMC fans scream with joy: Pratt is history.

HALLELUJAH!!!

Today is "officially" the big day! What are your First Impressions of James Franco on General Hospital? 

After weeks of speculation and hype, Emmy nominated and Golden Globe winning movie star James Franco makes his much-anticipated debut on General Hospital as a mysterious artist/assassin set to mix it up with uber-hit man Jason Morgan (Steve Burton). READ MORE

After getting over the shock of The Young and the Restless making the boneheaded decision to recast Malcolm Winters, one of daytime's most popular hunks ever, with Family Matters alum Darius McCrary, an actor about as physically dissimilar to Shemar Moore—the Emmy-winning, wildly popular stud who originated the role— as humanly possible, I couldn't help but recall other ridiculous recasts soaps have attempted over the years. Some worked. Some didn't, but one thing is for sure, this is nothing new for daytime! READ MORE

Brad is able to make a connection with Katie next week on As The World Turns. Also, Molly returns to Oakdale, which doesn't sit too well with Lily! Watch the promo after the jump. READ MORE

TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco chats up One Life to Live's Ilene Kristen in his latest interview. In it he asks her about the return of Roscoe Born and the revelation that Mitch is Rex's (John-Paul Lavoisier) father. 

TVG: What’s it like having Roscoe back on the show after all these years?

IK: You know what? I’m totally thrilled and excited, but we have yet to work together. I’m dying to tape our scenes and see how Mitch’s return affects Roxy’s life. This storyline has a lot of potential. I can’t wait. I have no idea where the storyline is headed but that makes it more exciting as an actress. Roscoe and I share a deep history as friends. Actually, I included scenes between Roscoe and I on my first Emmy nomination reel.

Read the entire interview at TV Guide Canada.

On today’s ABC episode of the Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Regan and Eye on Soaps’ Belinda (The View From the Recliner’s Edge) discuss the latest storylines and news for the week of November 9, including:

More fan favorites return to All My Children for the 40th Anniversary. Julia Barr, Eden Riegel, Eva La Rue, Leven Rambin and more are set to return. Therefore the question becomes, can Chuck Pratt whip AMC into shape so that lapsed fans who tune in will have reason to stick around? Is there someone missing from the line up of returnees who you want to return? BethAnn Bonner makes her Pine Valley debut. Is it hard to watch and believe the Zach and Kendall storyline knowing that Thorsten Kaye isn’t making the move to L.A.? Annie pretends to fake the loss of a baby only to find out she’s actually pregnant. How original.

Chad Brannon is returning to General Hospital for one episode. Luke is sick of the smug, spoiled Michael Corinthos III, but Regan loves this Michael. What do you think of him? Jonathan Jackson has had some time to settle back into the role of Lucky, but Regan isn’t sure she’s liking this version of Lucky. Hear her explain why. Is Dante’s secret identity the worst kept secret in town or would that be Jake’s paternity? Everyone and their mother seems to know–or will soon find out–who he really is. Please tell us GH isn't leading up to an Ethan and Kristina pairing.

Bad ass Mitch Laurence has returned to shake up the citizens of Llanview’s lives. Were Jessica and Natalie’s reaction too over-the-top? Was it dissapointing to see Rex find out who his father is? Couldn’t the revelation have waited until Rex returned to Llanview so that we could see more people’s reactions all at once? Marcy gave birth to her miracle baby in a dramatic scene, but we’re happy she finally has a child. All this and much more on today’s show!

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Michael Fairman spoke to powerhouse Michael Park on the recent departure of co-star Austin Peck from As The World Turns.

MICHAEL: What can you tell us about the reports that Austin was indeed, “fired”?

MICHAEL PARK: Look, he did not get fired. We needed to facilitate Brad going away to facilitate story and unfortunately he was collateral damage. What a firestorm it started because the fans got very upset. But the story that happened because of that was so gorgeous that that death was so wonderful, and so many people benefited from it. Most of all, I believe the fans did. And it’s not over yet, because the Christmas Eve show will knock your socks off! The Christmas Eve show is one of our most beautiful shows of the year, I think.