Ignacio Serricchio

The fight is on to keep primetime bubble shows from, well, bursting. According to TV Guide.com's Matt Mitovich, Privileged, the smart, wholesome dramedy based on Zoey Dean's YA novel How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls has decided to add a little soap sizzle in the form of General Hospital grad Ignacio Serrichio.

While I admittedly made every joke under the message board sun about Serrichio's first stint as dim bulb stalker Diego, his reprisal for last year's Text Message Killer storyline was badass and liquid hot. Serrichio returned to GH a more confident and lethally-sexy actor. Gone were the dopey stares and awkward mumbling, replaced by intense, precision-like delivery and command of a scene that made you hate he didn't have a love interest the second time around.

Although I will never forgive Diego for not ridding Port Charles from Sam and her crotch crickets once and for all, Serrichio's addition to Privileged will definitely have me tuning in. Thanks Megan for the tip!

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General Hospital Fan Club Weekend is upon us!  What does that mean in terms of Scoop?  It means lots of fans hit the message boards and give recaps of what they've heard and seen while at various actor's events as well as the main event.  The reports are already coming in!  Check back for updates!

So far, here is what I've got (remember to have your salt shakers near by, these recaps are all based on the fan's perspective of how things were said and the actors in the past have been told by TPTB what they can and can not say):

One fan said Steve Burton (Jason) was asked about Liason and his response was that they are stalled.  However, he also said that he would be a guest at Rebecca Herbst's (Elizabeth) event and they would talk more about it then.

The actor's discussed their charities and Sebastian Roche (Jerry Jacks) spoke about his trip to Africa. 

Ignacio Serricchio (ex-Diego) gave a fan a lap dance.  Apparently there was an auction at a Girls Night Out event.  He also sang with his band at the Kick Off and if I am understanding these recaps correctly, so did Rick.  At the GNO event, there were quite a few Night Shift cast members.  Sonya Eddy (Epiphany Johnson) told the fans the writing on Night Shift Season Two is very good. Continue Reading...

What soap fan doesn't sit at home and play fantasy exec/writer? Lord knows I do, it's what gets me through plots about unaborted children, jerky camera movement and the lack of diamonds or cleavage in Genoa City. Tonight I feel like playing fantasy casting director and letting you know just exactly who, in my humble opinion, should play which roles on what soaps.

Ted King to Days as Lawrence Alamain

With all the talk about the notorious Alamain clan of Days of Our Lives coming up both on the show and here at Daytime Confidential, a thought popped into my mind about how awesome it would be for former GH baddie Ted King (ex-Alcazar) to reunite with his former leading lady Tamara Braun (ex-Carly, GH/Ava, Days) in Salem!

  King would be perfect as dastardly Alamain patriarch Lawrence. I loved Michael Sabatino, who originated the role, but he's been away from the soap for so many years and as the returns in recent years of Christie Clark, Austin Peck, Billy Warlock and many others have proven, having fan faves reprise their roles doesn't always lead to rating success for Days.

King and Braun were a hit with GH fans as Lorenzo and Carly. Those fans could decide to tune in to Days to see them reunited and raising hell. And while we're at it, why not throw in Ignacio Serrichio (ex-Diego, GH) as a recast for Lawrence's son Nicholas?

Beth Ehlers to All My Children as Hayley Santos

Okay I am about to walk on sacred ground here. I am going on record to say I think GL's Beth Ehlers (Harley) would make a perfect recast for Hayley on All My Children.  Kelly Ripa is one of the most recognizable All My Children alums of all time and her portrayal of Hayley Vaughan Chandler Cortlandt McIntyre Santos Santos will forever be remembered fondly by the show's fans; but let's be real, the chances of Kelly ever reprising the role for more than a one-day guest stint are about as good as fans getting to see Demi Moore mix it up with Tony Geary on GH.

Ripa is a major proponent of soaps, who proudly recalls her work in the genre (unlike some of her peers), but she's moved on to bigger things. That shouldn't mean Hayley can't retun to Pine Valley in the capable hands of another actress.

It wouldn't be the first time a wildly popular character originated by someone who went on to mainstream industry success was recast on AMC. Sarah Michelle Gellar anyone? Who would have ever thought the Emmy-winning minx who first gave us Erica's deliciously-bitter illegitimate daughter Kendall could ever be replaced? Well...she was, and quite successfuly by then-relative newcomer Alicia Minshew.

Ehlers might have an even easier time making the transition due to an already built in fan base from GL, not to mention the chance to finally give Gush fans what they have been screaming for by reuniting Ehlers with soon-to-be exiting GL leading man Ricky Paull Goldin (Gus, GL/Jake, AMC), even if it's on another network.

If a pairing between Ehlers and RPG isn't in the cards at AMC, they can always go another route. GL toyed with the idea of reuniting Loving supercouple Laura Wright and Paul Anthony Stewart (they had played Ally and Casey on that sudser) when both were on GL as Cassie and Danny respectively, but when a chemistry test failed they decided to keep Danny with Michelle. So if lightening doesn't strike for Ehlers and Goldin on AMC, they could always recast Hayley's husband Mateo. Is Antonio Sabato Jr. available? 

Brandon Beemer to Bold and the Beautiful as Thomas Forrester

You've read about this bit of wishful casting every where from our BFF Nelson Branco's column, to right here at DC, however I have been saying for weeks that Brandon Beemer (who last airs on Days as Shawn Douglas this week) would be a perfect edition to the lush, dysfunctional, sexually-charged playground of Brad Bell's Bold and the Beautiful.

I would love to see Beemer's Thomas return to L.A. as an equally-chiseled chip off Ridge's block, a cocky, hot shot designer who beds his way though Beverly Hills. How hot would a triangle between Beemer's Thomas,  good girl Katie Logan and her built-for-sin sister Donna be? Plus isn't it about time Brooke played mattress tag with another Forrester male?

What happens when you take a few actors from ABC's hit soap General Hospital and put them at the same Las Vegas hotel/casino as a disgruntled former rap music tycoon? A hot mess that's what! 

Soap Opera Weekly is reporting that GH/Night Shift actress Angel Wainwright (Regina) got into an altercation with 
infamous hip hop personality Suge Knight. Wainright was in Vegas for a GH fan event over the President's Day weekend along with Sonya Eddy (Epiphany), Ignacio Serricchio (Diego), Sebastian Roche (Jerry) and Jason Thompson (Patrick). 

Allegedly, Wainwright and Knight got into their scrape at the Tryst nightclub located in the Wynn Hotel. Knight supposedly threatened Wainwright who responded by jabbing the man in his eye! Knight then grabbed Wainwright, causing Sonya Eddy to begin pummeling Knight to get him to release her co-worker! Who says Jason Morgan is the only hero in Port Chuck?

For soap fans not familiar with Suge Knight, he is the co-founder and former CEO of West Coast-based Death Row Records which was involved in a long-term, messy "East Coast vs. West Coast" turf  feud with Sean "P.Diddy" Comb's Bad Boy Records. Both labels lost their key stars (Tupac Shakur and Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace respectively) at the climax of the feud, although both deaths remain unsolved. Death Row was once also the home of OLTL celeb fan Snoop Dogg.

How does Kristina Davis-Corinthos factor into the Text Message Killer storyline?  Well for weeks now we've been telling you about RUMORS that have Kristina being grabbed or possibly seeing the killer at the Lakehouse.  The RUMORS go on to say that Kristina is once again traumatized by what or who she sees.   Remember the last time little Kristina was traumatized into silence?  Yep! When Sam shot and killed Diego Alcazar.  With the RUMORS that Ignaccio Serricho is back on set, anyone else thinking that Kristina sees a dead man?

Is Diego the TMK?  RUMORS say he is and he is doing it to avenge his family.  Is that why the TMK seems to be focusing on Alexis and her family?  Remember, Alexis killed Luis, Diego's uncle.   Sam was the one who shot and supposedly killed Diego.  Carly, broke his dad's heart and Diego has always hated Maxie.  We're guessing that Leticia was in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Emily was to get at Jason for killing his father.  The only one that is tough to explain is Georgie.  Diego and Georgie were friends and Diego even had feelings for the youngest Jones girl, but Georgie did have a hand in Sage's death.  If Georgie's death happened the way Cooper explained it to Logan, its completely plausible that Georgie ran from Coop, scratching him in the process and ran directly into Diego.  Knowing that Georgie would do the right thing and out him to really be alive, Diego did the only thing he could and killed Georgie.  

NOW, these are just RUMORS but where there's smoke, there's fire.  Ignaccio has a guest starring role on CBS' The Ghost Whisperer and with the strike, he obviously would have the time to come back to General Hospital.  Remember Brian Frons' comments on the strike and how primetimers can come back to daytime?