~ FEATURE ARTICLE - CANCELLATION LOOMING?
~ NEWEST NET LINKS - 6 NEW LINKS ADDED
~ POLL OF THE WEEK - WHICH NETWORK AIRS THE BEST SOAPS?
~ SPECIAL CHAT NOTICE - FRIDAY NIGHT SOAP PARTY!
~ LINK OF THE WEEK - COLLINS' MAUSOLEUM
~ FANS SPEAK OUT - WHO KILLED ANOTHER WORLD?

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CANCELLATION LOOMING?
Rumors abound concerning the cancellation of soaps on two different networks. What do you think?
http://soaps.about.com/library/weekly/aa091099.htm

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NEWEST NET LINKS
There have been 6 new links added this week in these categories:

-Dawson's Creek
-Message Boards: General
-Passions
-Passions Cast Pages
-Passions Couples
-Soap Fan Fiction

See the all new links in a glance:
http://soaps.about.com/library/blnewlinks.htm
For a complete listing of categories, visit our Link Library:
http://soaps.about.com/mlibrary.htm

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WHICH NETWORK AIRS THE BEST SOAPS?
**VOTE** http://soaps.about.com/library/news/blpoll_1.htm

MEET OUR NEWEST CHAT HOST
DATE: 10 August 1999
TIME: 10:00pm Eastern, 9:00pm Central, 7:00pm Pacific
Please take a moment and join us tonight as we welcome aboard our newest chat host, AlysmommyHOST. AlysmommyHOST will be hosting a CBS chat each Wednesday at 11:00am Eastern, and a general soap party on Friday nights at the times listed above. We'd love to have you join us for the first of our Friday night parties...TONIGHT!
http://soaps.about.com/mpchat.htm

SUBMIT YOUR SITE!
We're still accepting site submissions for inclusion in our link library. If you have a Soap Opera site you'd like included in our database, stop by our "Add a Link" area to submit it.
http://soaps.about.com/library/bladdlink.htm

SOAP SUDS DAILY
Your *free* daily dose of soap opera news and information. Updated daily with VCR alerts, hot links, and news. This page also links you directly to recaps for the daytime shows, spoilers, and much more.
http://soaps.about.com/library/blnewsuds.htm?nl

(Here's a sample of the news you'll find each day)

AS THE WORLD TURNS
-Anna Stuart will appear briefly in Oakdale as her Another World character Donna.

BEVERLY HILLS 90210
-Vanessa Marcil, Gina, will exit the show before the end of the upcoming season. She'll appear in only 5 episodes this season and last air February 16.

BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
-Justin Torkildsen has been hired to replace Jacob Young in the role of Rick. We'll first see him in October.

GUIDING LIGHT
-The rumors have been confirmed. Hunt Block will leave, his role as Ben, later this fall.

PASSIONS
-Continuing with the play on the popularity of the classic sitcom Bewitched, we'll meet Tabitha's friend Dr. Bombay, played by Bernard Fox. He'll first air September 17. By the way....Bernard Fox played Dr. Bombay on the sitcom also!

SUNSET BEACH
-Randy Spelling, Sean, has re-signed a three year contract with the show.

YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
-David Allen Brooks has been let go from his brief stint as Keith.

For all the most recent soap opera news visit Soap Suds Daily.

SOAP OPERA UPDATES
Daily updates for our favorite soap operas, written by fans. We're still looking for a few more updaters. If you love your show, why not stop by and see if you'd like to volunteer!
http://forums.about.com/ab-soaps/messages/?ctx=524288&msg=850.1

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COLLINS' MAUSOLEUM
A fascinating site filled to the brim with Dark Shadows information. One you should definitely visit. From pstoddard.
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/1692/eagle.html

------------------ Fans Speak Out ------------------

GL: CASSIE + RICHARD = NO!!!!
"Cassie is not in Richard's class at all. I wouldn't want a love triangle between he, Reva, and Josh though. Maybe bring on another character for him, but please not Cassie, or Beth for that matter. You know who would have been good w/him is Jenna even though I loved her and Buzz together. Maybe its the English accent :)." -Judi7
http://forums.about.com/ab-soaps/messages?lgnF=y&msg=1934.7

ATWT: LUCINDA WALSH
"You can either love Lucinda or hate her. Either way she seems to get her point across and in such a subtle way!!!!!!
Can't wait to see what she has up her sleeve. " -Suzyq
http://forums.about.com/ab-soaps/messages?lgnF=y&msg=1905.9

WHO KILLED ANOTHER WORLD?
"Hi all, just wondering what you think really led to the demise of Another World? I'm not talking about NBC and P&G here. Another World was on a long ratings decline way before NBC started grumbling. Some of the factors I think contributed to it's demise are:

1) Too many changes in direction, they lost their focus on established families and brought in too many newcomers.
2) They failed to keep fan favorites, and in fact often wrote them out to accommodate storylines that never worked out.
3) The refusal to tighten up their storylines. Another World took an exceptionally long time to play out a story even for a soap. It took nearly a year to discover that Paulina shot Jake, and by that time I didn't care anymore. The only redeeming factor in the storyline was bringing Judi Evans Luciano on as Paulina and teaming her with Tom Eplin in one of their best love stories.
4) Redeeming their witches. Another World had a history of redeeming their witchy women. Rachel became positively saccharine (in the last several years she lacked passion for anything but Carl, hardly even cared when the funds were taken from Cory Publishing, WHERE WAS HER FIRE???), Vicky the earth mother, and Lila was on her way to becoming Martha Stuart, and they got rid of Iris. I'm sure if they had been around longer this would have happened with Cindy too. The only unredeemable woman on AW was Donna, and she got little or no storyline. Soaps need a villain AND a villainess to be effective.

Anyway those are some of the ideas I had for why the show declined. What do you think they could have done differently?" -Numbart
http://forums.about.com/ab-soaps/messages?lgnF=y&msg=1665.1

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NBC'S PASSIONS - YOUR GUIDE
News, photos, links, family trees, cast lists, puzzles, polls, and more...all about the new NBC daytime soap Passions.
http://soaps.about.com/library/blpassions.htm

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AMC: ALL MY CHILDREN BLOOPERS
All My Children Guide Gloria Dasch shares with you bloopers that fans have found in different episodes of AMC.
http://allmychildren.about.com/library/blbloopers.htm

DOOL: INTERVIEW WITH KIRSTEN STORMS (BELLE)
Days of Our Lives Guide Susan Bolyen introduces you to the charming and talented young lady that has joined the cast as the now teen aged Belle.
http://daysofourlives.about.com/library/weekly/aa090899.htm

GH: GENERAL HOSPITAL RECYCLE ROOM
General Hospital Guide Linda S. Torrence brings you GH related want ads.
http://generalhospital.about.com/library/blrecycle.htm

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Don't hesitate to email me with any comments or suggestions for future issues. I'll see you next week!

Heather Arsenault
Soap Operas
http://soaps.about.com?nl
soaps.guide@about.com

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