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Soap Operas New Year's Schedule

Monday December 29, 2008
Happy almost New Year, everyone! What can we expect schedule-wise for our soaps during this holiday week? Take a look: All My Children Wednesday, December 31 will be a rebroadcast of the ... Read More

Y&R Poll: What are You Watching in 2009?

Monday December 29, 2008
The New Year promises to be ripe with great storylines on The Young and the Restless. There will be plenty of love, lies, drama and trouble - all the makings ... Read More

Soap Operas Christmas Schedule

Wednesday December 24, 2008
Happy Holidays, everyone! While Christmas can throw a wrench into our regular soap viewing habits, many of our favorite shows are featuring some really great ways to keep us tuning ... Read More

B&B Beauty Heads to HBO

Tuesday December 23, 2008
Ashley Jones, the gorgeous actress who portrays the recently scorned Bridget on The Bold and the Beautiful, is making her way to one of the hottest shows on the tube ... Read More

Soap Star Birthdays: Christmas Week Edition

Sunday December 21, 2008
Several soap stars will be decking their halls and eating birthday cake this week. Look who's celebrating their special day: Elizabeth Hubbard (Lucinda, ATWT) - December 22 John Callahan (Dr. Baker, DAYS) ... Read More

The Young and the Restless Celebrates 20 Years at Number One

Thursday December 18, 2008
What an amazing accomplishment - The Young and the Restless recently celebrated 1,040 consecutive weeks (that's 20 years!) as daytime's Number One drama. This, according to the Nielsen live plus ... Read More

Tiffany to Make Guest Appearance on Y&R

Sunday December 14, 2008
The Young and the Restless will spread the holiday spirit when recording artist Tiffany, best known for her 1980's hit "I Think We're Alone Now", pays a visit to Genoa ... Read More

Congratulations to ATWT and OLTL

Wednesday December 10, 2008
The Annual Writers Guild of America award nominees were recently announced and As the World Turns and One Life to Live were the only daytime serials (aka soaps) to receive ... Read More

This Week's Soap Star Birthdays

Tuesday December 9, 2008
Join me in wishing some of soaps' biggest stars a Happy Birthday, won't you? Celebrating this week: Frances Reid (Alice, DAYS) - December 9 Nia Peeples (Karen, Y&R) - December 10 John J. ... Read More

Soap Operas Poll: Vets vs. Newbies

Saturday December 6, 2008
In a genre that has been labeled as "troubled", one would think that The Powers That Be in the soaps world would move heaven and earth to pull in every ... Read More

Big 'All My Children' Stars Get Hit with Pay Cuts

Thursday December 4, 2008
In a recent article published in Advertising Age, Agnes Nixon, an ABC Daytime Consultant, confirmed that some of All My Children's heavy hitters - including Susan Lucci (Erica), Michael E. ... Read More

Y&R Casting Shocker: Don Diamont is Out!

Wednesday December 3, 2008
Just as it seemed one-time lovers Brad and Sharon may be getting a second go-around on The Young and the Restless, Soap Opera Digest gives us word that the actor ... Read More

Jack to Sharon: I'm a Sex Addict!

Monday December 1, 2008
On The Young and the Restless, we are definitely used to smarmy Jack covering a batch of lies with more lies. That's nothing new. But this one, I must say, ... Read More

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