Days of Our Lives
MORE Fan Faves Return to Salem!
By Jillian Bowe on March 17, 2010
An all-star studded cast will make their return to Days of Our Lives for Grandma Horton's (Frances Reid) funeral. Published reports are confirming former DAYS stars, Bryan Dattilo (Lucas), Christie Clark (Carrie), Jaime Lyn Bauer (Laura), Lisa Trusel (Melissa), Maree Cheatham (Marie) Mary Beth Evans (Kayla), Melissa Reeves (Jennifer), Patsy Pease (Kimberly), and Roark Critchlow (Mike) are all heading back to Salem to say goodbye to Alice. No word on their airdates.
Charles Shaughnessy Back To DAYS
By Jillian Bowe on March 17, 2010
More of the Days of Our Lives' 80's gang is headed back to Salem! TV Guide Magazine is reporting Charles Shaughnessy will reprise the role of superspy Shane Donovan for a 10-episode stint, and maybe more. Shaughnessy starts taping as the ISA's top agent on March 22. No word on his first official airdate. With Kim Brady (Patsy Pease) rumored to be one of the returnees for Alice Horton's (the late Frances Reid) farewell storyline, will old Friends and Lovers finally be reunited? A girl can dream, can't she?
Victor Alfieri Heads To All My Children
By Jillian Bowe on March 17, 2010
Soaps in Depth is reporting former Days of Our Lives and The Bold and the Beautiful star Victor Alfieri (ex- Franco, DAYS, ex-Giovanni B&B) will now call Pine Valley home. The actor will make his debut on All My Children sometime in April as a fashion photographer who mixes it up with the Fusion women.
Blind Item: Fan Fave and One Third of Long-Running Soap Triangle OUT!
By Jamey Giddens on March 16, 2010
There really ought to be a law against getting rid of a character like this one. Don't be surprised when you hear that one soap opera has thrown out one of its most popular actresses. I guess fans won't have to worry about who __________ should be with anymore. Want more clues? Follow me on Twitter.
Daytime Confidential Top 20, February 2010
By Daytime Confidential on March 15, 2010
No. 20: Victoria Rowell, The Young and the Restless
Former The Young and the Restless star and Secrets of a Soap Opera Diva author Victoria Rowell falls nine spots on the Daytime Confidential Top 20 from No. 11 in January to No. 20 in February.
Ken Corday's DAYS Book Ready For Pre-Order
By Jillian Bowe on March 15, 2010
Days of Our Lives executive producer Ken Corday's upcomig memoir, The Days of Our Lives: The True Story of One Family's Dream and the Untold History of Days of our Lives is now available for pre-order. In the book— the first of several in a deal with Source Books— Corday will provide an insiders account of how his parents, the late Ted and Betty Corday, created the popular, long-running serial. Look for the book to hit stands May 4.
DC #526: Performer of the Week
By Luke Kerr on March 15, 2010 
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One Life to Live Wins GLAAD Award for Outstanding Daily Drama
By Jamey Giddens on March 13, 2010
A traffic jam,
When you're already late,
A no smoking sign,
On your cigarette break.
"Ironic" —Alanis Morrissette
Congratulations to One Life to Live, which tonight took home the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Daily Drama Series, the same week the show's executive producer Frank Valentini decided to stop "advancing story" for the groundbreaking couple that helped them achieve the nomination in the first place. Sorry, still bitter. Kudos to OLTL's head writer Ron Carlvati, Scott Evans (Fish), Brett Claywell (Kyle), Nicholas Rodriguez (Nick), Robin Strasser (Dorian) and everyone else involved in this amazing, if not "mainstream", story.
This Week in Daytime
By Luke Kerr on March 13, 2010
This week in Daytime,
I called bullshit! One Life to Live's ratings decline was blamed on the gays because the storyline reportedly doesn't "resonate with the mainstream audience." Which loyal and core audience does ABC Daytime think helped make Grey's Anatomy the No. 1 show in all of primetime? Who do they think tunes into ABC's Sunday night scripted lineup of Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters? Who do they think made the Bravo network a smash success? Who do they think tuned in to Ugly Betty for four seasons? Fans of soapy storytelling and gays, that's who. The same "mainstream" audiences who enjoy the gay storylines at nighttime and on cable are the very ones who watch in the daytime.
The Kish storyline and its lead characters are far better than any gay storyline Desperate Housewives has given us. Kyle (Brett Claywell) and Fish's (Scott Evans) relationship has been more organic than anything the soaptastic Shonda Rhimes has penned for her lesbian characters on Grey's Anatomy. I would put Kyle and Fish up against Brothers & Sisters' Kevin (Matthew Rhys) and Scotty (Luke Macfarlane) any day. To ABC's rationale I say bullshit!
Degrassi: The Next Generation Becomes Daily Soap!
By Jamey Giddens on March 13, 2010
Network television might not be the safest place for daily serialzed dramas—or their fans— anymore, but it looks like our dreams of cable stepping up to the plate to save our suds may finally be starting to come true. New York Daily News is reporting TeenNick will be trying out the telenovela format for the upcoming 10th season of Degrassi: The Next Generation.
The network will air half-hour versions of the teen drama 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday for six weeks, Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami told the Daily News Thursday.
"We're making additional episodes, a little more in the telenovela format, a little bit faster, cheaper and more efficient," Zarghami said. "It will be, I think, a big success."
