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Daytime Dish: Eric Braeden Discusses Young and the Restless Return

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Daytime, Drama, CBS, News, Video


While it was inevitable that Victor Newman’s character would return in some form, fans of should be happy to know that the actor hasn’t changed.

After nearly a month of negotiations with his bosses (and public discussions with the media), soap opera vet has agreed to return to the long-running CBS drama. The 68-year-old’s change of heart came just one week after telling Entertainment Weekly that he was done for good.

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Days of our Lives Streaming Online

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Daytime, NBC, Internet

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NBC, now down to only one soap opera, is making sure gets seen.

Those unable to watch the sudser during its daytime slot now have additional viewing options. As of this week, DOOL is now being made available online and through your mobile device.

The episodes, which will be posted daily, can be accessed for up to 16 days each. Those interested in catching up can find the program here.

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Daytime Dish: Guiding Light Canceled

Guiding Light

The reign for TV’s longest-running drama will soon come to a end. On September 18, will air its final hour.

Today, the execs at CBS officially made its announcement about the 72-year-old sudser. It was news that came as no surprise to anyone watching or involved. GL‘s ratings had been ranking at or near the bottom of daytime broadcasts.

The serial, which got its start on radio back in 1937, found its way onto the small screen in 1952. Approximately 15,700 episodes have aired in total.

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Daytime Dish: Marlena and John Cut from Days of Our Lives

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Daytime, Drama, NBC, News

Days of our Live's Marlena and John

One of daytime’s popular soaps has just been hit with two of the most dreaded words today: budget cuts.

In hopes of keeping up and running for at least another 18 months, the sudser’s producers have been forced to make a few difficult decisions. Unfortunately for fans, that means saying goodbye to two of the show’s longest-running characters: Marlena Evans and John Black.

Despite some work on other projects, actress Deidre Hall has been with the 43-year-old NBC program since 1976. Her on-and-off daytime husband, Drake Hogestyn, joined DOOL back in 1986.

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As the World Turns’ Gay Kiss

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Daytime, Drama, CBS, Editorial, News, Video

Back in January, we told you about a grassroots campaign some fans of As The World Turns had started.

Although the sudser was the first soap to introduce a gay kiss, the program for some reason left the characters - and the viewers - wanting more.

Yesterday, 7 months later, the drama finally allowed Luke and Noah to show some more PDA:


Hallelujah!  Who knew this issue would still be so controversial in 2008?

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This Week on TV (3/24-3/30)

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(You can view TV Envy’s Post-Strike Television Schedule here.)

MONDAY (3/24)

  • How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8:30):  The overly-promoted Britney Spears cameo finally airs tonight.  Let’s just be happy the show is only 30-minutes long.
  • Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious (CW, 9pm):  Nicole Scherzinger gives the girls tips on vocal expression.  Sadly, advice on releasing solo albums is not something she can dish out.
  • CSI: Miami (CBS, 10pm):  New episode.  “A bride is murdered at her wedding.  The investigation takes the CSIs to a strip club where the bachelor party took place.”  Strip club? This would be the perfect time for another Elizabeth Berkley appearance.
  • The Hills (MTV, 10pm):  Season premiere.  I wonder if LC wore any of her own designs in Paris.  Doubt it.

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TV on DVD: February 26, 2008

Here are some of the options available this Tuesday.

  • 1968 with Tom Brokaw Extras Extra Special Season Finale
  • 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship
  • 2008 Fedex Orange Bowl
  • 2008 Rose Bowl Game
  • B.L. Stryker (Season 1)
  • Dark Shadows: The Beginning No. 3 (Episodes 71-105)
  • Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale
  • Family Affair (Season 5)
  • The Fugitive (Season 1, Vol. 2)
  • Ghost Hunters (Season 3, Part 2)
  • Hotel Babylon (Season 1)
  • Newhart (Season 1)
  • NFL Super Bowl XLII - New York Giants Championship DVD
  • Punky Brewster (Season 4)
  • The Smurfs (Season 1, Vol. 1)
  • WWE: Royal Rumble 2008

TV on DVD: February 12, 2008

Here are some of the options available this Tuesday.

Blade Series

  • Blade (Complete Series)
  • Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav
  • Dallas (Season 8)
  • The Dragnet Collection (Volume 1)
  • The Equalizer (Season 1)
  • Family Ties (Season 3)
  • General Hospital: Night Shift (Season 1)
  • George of the Jungle (Complete Series)
  • Girlfriends (Season 3)
  • Pokemon (Season 1, Vol. 3)
  • 60 Minutes: Saddam’s Confessions
  • 60 Minutes: House of Cards
  • Tactics (Complete Series)
  • Tell Me You Love Me (Season 1)

Click here to see the Movies-On-DVD options for this week.


General Hospital’s Underground Fan Favorite

Carolyn+HennesyWhether by accident or by design sometimes an actor considered a bit player or non-essential to a TV show’s main storyline becomes an underground fan favorite.

Meet a.k.a. Diane Miller on General Hospital.  Hennesy is one of those actresses who probably gets a lot of people coming up to her and saying, “Didn’t we go to high school together?” or “Weren’t you my brother’s divorce attorney?” The 46-year old classically trained actress looks so familiar because she works steadily in Hollywood and has for years.

Hennesy’s IMBd.com page lists bit parts in everything from Dawson’s Creek to Moesha to Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare but so far none of those roles have launched her into that fabled realm of name-recognition stardom.

Some fans think that should change.  A few have even launched a write-in campaign on various soap opera message boards to get Henessey’s character a life and storyline of her own.

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Daytime Dish: ‘GH’, ‘One Life to Live’, ‘As The World Turns’

Sarah Brown, the first of four actresses to play the role of Carly Corinthos, will be making a return to . Interestingly enough, she won’t be there to take her old spot back (like recently did on ).  Brown will be making a splashy entrance as an entirely new character: Claudia Zacchara, mobster Johnny’s sister.  (Don’t try and question how this could happen; played a different character on the vampire-filled before she became Sam on the bloodsucker-less GH.)

Sarah, who originated the role of Carly back in 1996 (she left in 2001), will not only have a juicy face-to-face with the current Carly (played by ), she’ll have a heated encounter of the bedroom kind with her old hubby, Sonny Corinthos.  I can’t wait!  Brown currently has a one-year contract with the daytime drama and is scheduled to make her debut on Thursday, Jan. 31.

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