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On episode 1052 Daytime Confidential's Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin and guest Regan Cellura celebrate the premiere of Beyond the Gates on CBS! They dig into the the first episode and discuss which characters jumped out at them, the sets, the storylines and the drama. They grade the first episode. They then dive into the twists and turns from the remainder of the first week's storylines and episodes. Who ended up being their favorite character? Which storyline are they most invested in? When is the last time soap viewers saw a soap character in 2-3 different outfits in nearly every episode, like Dani got? Beyond the Gates' first week ended with a literal bang and the DC crew can't wait to see what's in store. All this and more on the latest Daytime Confidential podcast! Bluesky: @DCConfidential, LukeKerr, JillianBowe, Josh Baldwin, and Melodie Aikels. Facebook: Daytime Confidential Subscribe to Daytime Confidential on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify.
On episode #1115 of a super-sized Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr and Joshua Baldwin are joined by special guest, and old school DC co-host, Regan Cellura to count down the Top 5 Things We'd Change About General Hospital Right Now. All this and more on the latest Daytime Confidential podcast! Twitter: @DCConfidential, Luke_Kerr, JillianBowe, Josh Baldwin, and Melodie Aikels. Facebook: Daytime Confidential Subscribe to Daytime Confidential on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify.
On the latest Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Mike Jubinville, Jilliane Bowe and Joshua Baldwin are joined by old-school DC co-host Regan Cellura to discuss all the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines. All this and more on the the latest Daytime Confidential episode! Twitter: @DCConfidential, @Luke_Kerr, @Mike Jubinville, @JillianBowe, Josh Baldwin, Carly Silver and Regan Cellura. Facebook: Daytime Confidential Subscribe to Daytime Confidential on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify.
Daytime Confidential celebrates its milestone 1000th episode. In the nearly 15 years since premiering in November of 2006, the Daytime Confidential podcast has blazed a trail within the daytime and soap opera communities. Join Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Mike Jubinville, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin and Carly Silver as they share their favorite moments from Daytime Confidential's momentous run. There are returns by Melodie Aikels, Regan Cellura, Belinda Ache, Danielle Bumpers, Karen from Wubs.net, guest appearances by Geek Confidential's Dan Pearce and Mo Walker and shout-outs from past contributors Lisa Knox, J. Bernard Jones and WikiJohn. SiriusXM's Larry Flick joins the 1000th celebration from Great Britain. The radio host reflects on the DC crew's visits to his OutQ show and weighs in on the current state of soaps. Prima of Perkie's Observations makes her Daytime Confidential debut. Friends of the podcast and longtime listeners from around the world share their favorite Daytime Confidential podcast memories. All this and more on the the latest Daytime Confidential episode! Twitter: @DCConfidential, @Luke_Kerr, @Mike Jubinville, @JillianBowe, Josh Baldwin and Carly Silver. Facebook: Daytime Confidential Subscribe to Daytime Confidential on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Sara Bibel, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Mike Jubinville dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Sara Bibel and Regan Cellura make their 2015 Daytime Emmy Winner predictions. Find out who they think should win and who will win the night's biggest prizes in Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress, Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress, Outstanding Younger Actor and Actress, Guest Performance and Outstanding Drama Series categories.
On today's Pop Confidential podcast Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura, Melodie Aikels and Sara Bibel dish celebrity gossip and TV headlines, including: Kyle Jenner is stirring up trouble for the Kardashians. Fashion designers Dolce and Gabbanna cause controversy by calling children born to gay couples via fertility treatment "synthetic." The PC gang then dives into the soapy drama of The Royals on E!. Did it live up to expectations or did it disappoint? The PC crew reacts to How to Get Away With Murder's finale. Olivia Pope gets her back broke by a brother. Glee took its final bow with a satisfying season finale for Luke and Mel. Game of Thrones debuts another trailer. American Crime and Secrets & Lies get mixed responses from the panel. All this and much more on today's Pop Confidential podcast!
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Sara Bibel, Regan Cellura and Mike Jubinville dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.
On today's Pop Confidential podcast Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Sara Bibel dish the latest in celebrity and TV gossip and headlines. From Kathy Griffin quitting the Fashion Police to the latest Kardashian shenanigans, they dive into the wonderful world of reality TV. The PC gang takes a deep dive into Empire, the must see show of 2015. From the latest plot twists to Mo'Nique's claim she was supposed to play Cookie they dish it all. Of course the PC crew couldn't return without discussing the latest Game of Thrones trailer, Girls, Looking, Shameless, American Crime, Secrets and Lies, The Royals, Jane the Virgin and The Fosters.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura, Sara Bibel and Mike Jubinville dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.
On today's Pop Confidential podcast Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest in TV, film and pop culture storylines and headlines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura, Melodie Aikels and Mike Jubinville dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills headlines and storylines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura, Mike Jubinville and Sara Bibel dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and The View headlines and storylines.
On this week's Pop Confidential Podcast, Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura, Melodie Aikels, Jenna Dorsi and Sara Bibel share found memories of comedy legend Joan Rivers. The gang also gushes over the latest episode of TNT's Dallas. Mel is excited for the final season of Boardwalk Empire. Should volatile topics like abortion be explored on sitcoms? Mindy Kaling says no, but the PC crew has varying opinions on the subject. Jamey is excited about the big screen adaptation of Jonathan Tropper's This Is Where I Leave You. Will the dramedy about a big, Jewish family sitting Shiva live up to the novel? Idris Elba takes a dangerous turn in No Good Deed and a discussion of YA books brings out the feisty in Regan!
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Melodie Aikels, Regan Cellura and Sara Bibel dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and The View headlines and storylines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Melodie Aikels and Regan Cellura dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including: Ridge tries dumping Bill out of a helicopter to get a confession on The Bold and the Beautiful. Why is Maya sniffing around Eric Forrester? Wyatt tries to get Hope back from Liam. Deacon is still sporting a pornstache. EJ gets out of jail on Days of Our Lives. Is Eileen Davidson joining The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills? How can Eve avoid being sucked into the Dannifer vortex? Ava escapes from Sonny with Julian's help. Nina manipulates Silas and Sam on General Hospital. Why is Maxie dressing like she lives in a little house on the prairie? Shemar Moore returns to The Young and the Restless for two episodes. Tricia Cast and Michael Fairman return for the anniversary of Katherine's passing. Stitch's secret comes out. All this and much more on today's Daytime Confidential podcast!
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Melodie Aikels and Regan Cellura dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines!
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Melodie Aikels and Regan Cellura dish the latest daytime headlines and storylines, including: Sherri Shepherd and Jenna McCarthy are out at The View, leaving only Whoopi Goldberg behind. TMZ is reporting that Rosie O'Donnell has signed on to return to the gabfest, but is it time to cancel the long-running talk show? Quinn lost her mind on The Bold and the Beautiful and attacked Liam with a sword. Several DC members would be cheering if she tried killing Hope, but Jamey insists he needs a California blonde on soaps. Deacon is back, but does he need to shave his pornstache? Who could have guessed Days of Our Lives would be tell a better corporate takeover storyline than The Young and the Restless? Kate and Sami teaming up to take down Stefano and EJ is must see TV. The DC crew is enjoying Kassie DePaiva as Eve Donovan. Michelle Stafford looks like she's having more fun playing General Hospital's Nina Clay than she did during her last five years on The Young and the Restless. Nina needs out of Silas' orbit as quickly as possible. We can't wait for Nina vs. Ava to finally happen. Ava and Sonny continue to play cat and mouse. Rafe and Molly end up in a car chase and car crash. Does GH need to cast a special Drivers Ed teacher so Port Charles' citizens can learn how to drive safely? Rafe admits he ran Patrick's car off the road on purpose, but someone else made him do it. Burgess Jenkins took over the role of Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless. Some among the DC gang don't mind him as Billy and others think he should have been cast as Adam Newman. Billy and Chelsea have sex. Devon is losing his mind over Hilary. Lily's rivalry with Hilary has brought the character alive.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Melodie Aikels and Regan Cellura are joined by Sara Bibel to dish about the 2014 Daytime Emmy Awards. From the DISASTROUS red carpet hosts who joked about rape, black people and didn't know who any of the stars were to the night's biggest winners, the DC gang covers it all. Sara Bibel spills red carpet and press room scoop. The DC weighs in on quite possibly the best moment in Daytime Emmy history, Kathy Griffin cutting off Jill Farren Phelps' acceptance speech. All this and oh so much more on today's Daytime Confidential podcast
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Melodie Aikels and Regan Cellura make their predictions about who will take home a 2014 Daytime Emmy statue.
On today's Pop Confidential podcast Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish about Upfronts and weigh in on which dramas and comedies they are looking forward to and which they plan to skip.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest daytime, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless storylines and headlines, including: Legendary journalist Barbara Walters retires after fifty years of breaking the glass ceiling. Are The Bold and the Beautiful's Liam, Hope and Wyatt the most disrespectful triangle in soaps? Would Liam and Quinn sleeping together shake things up? Aly goes after Taylor with an ax, literally. Who killed Nick Fallon on Days of Our Lives? Everyone in Salem is a suspect, but who actually pulled the trigger. The DC gang weighs in on General Hospital's Nurses' Ball, from Ronn Moss' cameo to the performances. Who should Lucy Coe be with, Kevin or Scotty? Has Franco damaged and defanged Carly? How can she get her bite back and should GH put a fork in Franco? The Young and the Restless is delivering great soap with the Neil, Hilary and Devon triangle. It's the single storyline that gets the DC crew excited about Genoa City. Why is Abby Newman stuck with 1990s dialogue? We don't know, but it's about to cause Jamey a coronary.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura react to the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations. Find out which actors they think deserved to be nominated, who didn't and the stars who are glaring omissions.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura react to the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Pre-Nominations. The DC gang dishes about their favorite pre-nominees, pleasant surprises and the pre-nominations that had them scratching their heads.
On today's Daytime Confidential Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines!
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels are back with the first episode of 2014 and there are so many headlines and storylines to discuss. The Young and the Restless fired Michael Muhney in December much to the surprise of fans. While no reason was given at the time, during the first week of January TMZ published allegations Muhney was fired for groping co-star Hunter King. The DC gang dives into the allegations, actor reactions, the fallout for Y&R and the giant mess the whole thing has become. The DC crew then give their First Impressions of Ryan Paevey as General Hospital's newest detective. Sabrina is pregnant, but is the baby Patrick's or Carlos? Chandler Massey says goodbye to Salem as Guy Wilson takes over the role of Will Horton on Days of Our Lives this week. What will Sami do when she finds out that EJ and Abby had sex? Why does everyone on The Bold and the Beautiful shame Brooke for being a slut when they don't have any room to judge? Ridge reacts to finding out Brooke and Bill were an item.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels return with the second half of the Best and Worst of Soaps in 2013.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Melodie Aikels and Regan Cellura dive into the Best and Worst of Soaps in 2013. The super-sized episode was so big we had to split it into two parts. Enjoy!
On today's Pop Confidential Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Melodie Aikels and Regan Cellura dish the latest TV, film and pop culture headlines and storylines.
On today's Daytime Confidential Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Melodie Aikels and Regan Cellura count down the Top 5 Things They Are Thankful For in Soaps in 2013.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels debate the latest All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.
On today's Daytime Confidentail podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura discuss the latest All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels debate the ever so awkward 2014 Daytime Emmy Awards. They dish out some tough love to General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and One Life to Live while applauding Days of Our Lives, The Bold and the Beautiful and All My Children.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Regan Cellura, Jillian Bowe and Melodie Aikels make their picks for who will take home the golden statue at the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
On today's Super-sized Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including: General Hospital's fantastic 50th Anniversary celebration. From the anniversary episode and surprise appearances to the Nurses Ball, the DC gang discuss their favorite moments and the ones that left them scratching their heads. Carly and Brenda go to war. Is Helena really dead? Emme Rylan makes her GH debut on April 11. Katie ends up in the hospital on The Bold and the Beautiful. Bill and Brooke have sex after Katie demands a divorce. Caroline can't get enough of Hercules. Jen Lilley heads to Days of our Lives. Cameron strips down. Jennifer rips into Daniel. Susie Bedsow Horgan is out as One Life to Live's co-head writer. Summer tries to seduce Kyle on The Young and the Restless, but Melodie has an idea to salvage her storyline. Nick proposes to Avery. Adam wakes up. All this and much more on today's Daytime Confidential podcast.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens and Regan Cellura count down their Top 5 General Hospital moments from the past 50 years. From the fantastic to the insane, the ABC soap has served up countless memories for fans to cherish. What are your Top 5 General Hospital Moments?
On today's Pop Confidential podcast Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest in pop culture headlines, Dallas, Scandal, Pretty Little Liars and the new movie Spring Breakers.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikles dish the latest All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live, The Young and the Restless and The View storylines and headlines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens and Regan Cellura dish the latest All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless storylines and headlines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels react to the 2013 Daytime Emmy Pre-Nominations and dish the latest casting news, storylines and Twitter "secrets."
On today's Pop Confidential podcast Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr and Regan Cellura dish the latest pop culture, movie, music gossip and TV headlines and storylines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens and Regan Cellura dish the latest All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.
On today's Pop Confidential podcast Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest in pop culture, movie, music and TV hot topics and headlines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast, Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest in All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restleess headlines and storylines.
On today's Pop Confidential podcast Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura dish the latest pop culture gossip, headlines, TV series and the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels make their picks for Soap's Best and Worst of 2012.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Regan Cellura and Melodie Ailkes dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless storylines and headlines, including: The Bold and the Beautiful continues its farewell to Susan Flannery’s Stephanie Forrester. Is Katie losing her marbles or has she already lost them? B&B jumps and skips back and forth between LA and Aspen. Is Thomas believable as the head of Forrester? Nicole’s secret is out on Days of Our Lives. Can she be redeemed? More importantly, should she be redeemed? Sean Kanan’s return as AJ has shook Port Charles. Carly and AJ face off. Does General Hospital have a problem finding a place for Elizabeth? Would Elizabeth and AJ make a good couple? Tristan Rogers returns to GH. Kassie DePaiva teases her upcoming stint on GH. Victoria is kidnapped on The Young and the Restless. Does anyone want to see her saved? Should Billy and Victoria be split up? Y&R is rolling out a teen bullying storyline. Sharon is losing it. Who knew getting Chelsea angry would make her interesting?
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels discuss the latest in The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless storylines and headlines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless storylines and headlines.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels discuss the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless storylines and headlines.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens and Regan Cellura dive into the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and Talk Show news, including: What is the best soap of all time? Steve Harvey’s talk show ties Katie in demos. Did The Bold and the Beautiful make a big mistake by letting General Hospital snap up Sean Kanan? Chad’s anger problem came out of left field on Days of Our Lives. Will and Sonny kiss, again. Is it time for Daniel to be written out of Salem? Sean Kanan returns to General Hospital. Vanessa Marcil’s tweet stirs up Twitter. Kelly Monaco defends her first season Dancing With the Stars championship. Should all GH fans be rooting for her? Who should return for Edward Quartermaine’s funeral? Does Steve Burton owe it to Ingle’s memory to make an appearance? Carolyn Hennesy returns to Port Charles as Diane Miller. The casting blood bath has subsided as the contract ax has been put back in the woodshed. Josh Griffith reveals how he wants to rehabilitate Sharon Newman. Christel Khalil and Eric Braeden are staying at the No. 1 soap. Jess Walton is returning for a visit.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura dive into the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless storylines and headlines, including: A bunch of new talk shows are premiering this fall. The DC gang weighs in on the premieres of Katie, The Jeff Probst Show, The Ricki Lake Show and The Steve Harvey Show. Did Katie deliver on the hype? Brooke and Ridge get married again on The Bold and the Beautiful. Do Stephanie’s children need to return and fight for control of Forrester Creations? Should the character of Caroline be recast? Why isn’t there more sex on B&B? How will Deacon factor into B&B’s upcoming storylines? Chad proposed to Melanie on Days of our Lives. Why do soap actors and actresses refuse to have their characters return to their evil roots when it’s what made them popular? Should Alan Harris return to romance Will and get revenge on Sami? Should EJ and Sami marry and Sami embrace being Mrs. DiMera? General Hospital jumps time slots in most markets. Did Jillian enjoy JaSam’s “What if” episode? Jerry’s plan plays out as Port Charles tries to save themselves. Sharon ends up in a facility for observation on The Young and the Restless and runs into Daisy. Jill Farren Phelps has fabulous stories planned. Could fan’s campaign to keep Christel Khalil work? Is JFP the right person in the right place at the right time? Will Jack lose everything to Victor again?
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura are joined by TV Guide’s Michael Logan to dish August’s crazy soap headlines. From The Bold and the Beautiful to The Young and the Restless, they discuss it all. They dive into Steve Burton’s decision to leave General Hospital after 21 years and the impact his departure will have on the show. Logan shares more about Burton’s novella project with James Franco and Jill Farren Phelps. Logan weighs in on Ronn Moss’ departure from The Bold and the Beautiful. He reveals a surprising All My Children actor as a possibility to fill the role of Ridge Forrester. He also talks about Susan Flannery leaving the CBS soap. Logan provides insight into JFP's plans for Y&R. Will there big big casting cuts and is Christel Khalil replaceable for Y&R? Could the fact that Days of Our Lives tapes episodes so far in advance impact the last remaining NBC soap’s chances at renewal? How many reboots will it take to put the show on solid ground? The DC crew wraps the hour long podcast with Michael Logan by delving into the new talk shows from Katie Couric, Ricki Lake, Steve Harvey and Jeff Probst. All this and much more on today’s special Daytime Confidential podcast.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura discuss the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless storylines and headlines, including: Steve Burton has decided to quit General Hospital after 21 years. What impact will his departure have on the soap? Frank Valentini promised a “huge” surprise and delivered to fans the return of Ian Buchanan as Duke Lavery. Find out what the DC gang thinks of his return. Florencia Lozano returns to GH on September 7. Could Sean Kanan be returning to The Bold and the Beautiful? Is Peter Reckell under consideration for the role of Ridge Forrester? Rick schemes to get Hope away from Liam. Will and Gabi had sex on Days of our Lives. Nick gets out of prison and returns to Salem. Sonny is beaten by T. Stefano is alive and EJ is free to roam Salem. The Young and the Restless casts Robert Adamson as Noah Newman. Jill Farren Phelps wants The Young and the Restless to be more alluring and compelling. Should the CBS soap be negotiating with Christel Khalil? Tucker has a master plan for Sharon. All this and much more on today’s show!
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dish the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including: The news on Monday that Susan Flannery is leaving The Bold and the Beautiful. What impact would her departure have on the CBS soap as a member of “the core four”? Should the role be recast or should the character be written out? Is it time for Stephanie’s children to return to fight Taylor’s children for control of Forrester Creations? Former Days of our Lives star Crystal Chappell defended Melissa Reeves after the Chick-fil-A controversy. Reeves shut down her Twitter account. Will ends up having sex with Gabi because of self esteem issues. DAYS is launching a bullying storyline. Hear what the DC gang thinks of this upcoming plot twist. Jerry poisons Alexis and Josslyn, but are the citizens of Port Charles in danger too? Is it time for Joe Jr. and Kristina to pack their bags and leave town? Should Starr be paired with Trey on General Hospital? The Young and the Restless issues a casting call for a smart and witty African American male. Sharon is a slippery ho and is taking over control of Newman Enterprises. Why aren’t Victoria and Nick just buying up stock to get control of the company and protect it from their father’s new wife? All this and much more on today’s Daytime Confidential podcast.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels discuss the latest in The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including: The Bold and the Beautiful is not airing anything interesting. Has the CBS soap lost its creativity? What happened to the struggle for Forrester, torrid affairs and wanton manipulations? B&B once excelled at telling PSA storylines, but the driving while texting storyline has fallen flat. Days of our Lives may be off the air for the Olympics, but a tweet by Melissa Reeves about Chick-fil-A has kept it and its star in the news. Find out what the DC gang thinks of the controversy. Sebastian Roche returned to General Hospital as Jerry Jacks. What does he have planned for the residents of Port Charles and what is his connection to Robin’s kidnapping? Is anyone interested in the Patrick/Lulu/Dante storyline? The Young and the Restless had a busy week, with two weddings and news of a returning Daisy. Doctor Tim blackmailed Phyllis to keep his mouth shut. Ashley said goodbye to her Genoa City family and friends. All this and much more on today’s Daytime Confidential podcast
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura dive into the firing of Maria Arena Bell at The Young and the Restless. What led to event fans had long awaited? What will be the fallout? Former General Hospital executive producer Jill Farren Phelps has been hired to take over at Y&R. What can fans expect from the incoming team? Will the cast be cleaned up? Jamey and Jillian share the scoop they’re hearing from sources. After thoroughly dissecting the upheaval at Y&R, the DC gang dives into the latest headlines and storylines from The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless? All this and oh so much more on today’s Daytime Confidential podcast!
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura throw out the outline and discuss whatever storyline topics that have them tuning in each day or make them want to chuck something at their TV. From General Hospital’s Kate and Sonny to why Days of Our Lives needs a bloodbath, they dig into it all.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dive into the 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. From the winners and losers to red carpet fashion and HLN’s production values, they discuss it all. They wrap the podcast by discussing Luke and Anna’s sex scenes on General Hospital and the pairing’s controversial squish name. All this and much more!
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels count down the Top 5 Characters Everyone Loves, But We Hate. Find out which beloved All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live, Santa Barbara and The Young and the Restless characters ended up on the DC Crew’s lists. Share your Top 5 Characters Everyone Loves, But You Hate in the comments!
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dive into the 2012 Daytime Emmy Nominations. Find out who the DC gang believes will win, should win or is least likely to take home the golden statue on daytime’s biggest night. Share who your 2012 Daytime Emmy predictions in the comments!
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura dive into the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including: Sean Kanan is coming back to The Bold and the Beautiful as Deacon Sharpe. Might Nadia Bjorlin return to Days of Our Lives? General Hospital recasts Kristina with Lindsey Morgan. Victor gets Beauty of Nature on The Young and the Restless, but Jack gets Nikki. All this and much more on today’s Daytime Confidential podcast!
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura dive into the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless storylines and headlines. A date has been set for the 2012 Daytime Emmy Awards. Would Oprah be smart to air the Daytime Emmys on OWN? The DC gang weighs in on The Bold and the Beautiful 25th anniversary celebration. Has B&B lost sight of telling multi-layered storylines, in favor a single "A" storyline? Why is everyone so obsessed with Hope’s sex life? Will’s coming out storyline on Days of Our Lives continues to be one of the best in daytime. Carrie takes on Abby after learning the truth. John and Hope’s time in Alamania isn’t something the DC crew is enjoying. Should DAYS spend more time on stories like Will’s coming out and less time attempting to recreate the past? General Hospital shocked fans with the revelation that Robin isn’t dead, but instead very much alive. Does GH need to avoid Johnny having sex with Kate so that he doesn’t end up with a stigma, like DAYS’ EJ and OLTL’s Robert Ford? The Young and the Restless’ ratings are falling fast and the shows terrible state sets Jamey off on an epic rant about what it has become. From Y&R’s double wedding to the Japanese cosmetics industry, he dissects everything that is wrong with the No. 1 rated soap. Has it become an All My Children nursing home? All this and much more on today’s show!
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura dive into the 2012 Daytime Emmy Pre-Nominations. They discuss which pre-nominations they are excited to see, which pre-noms have them scratching their heads and who they feel are missing from the list. All this and a discussion about General Hospital clearing the deck for Kristina Wagner on today’s Daytime Confidential podcast!
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura discuss the latest in The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless storylines and headlines, including: Jack Wagner is taken off contract at The Bold and the Beautiful. Regan shares her first impressions as a new viewer of B&B, from Steffy/Liam/Hope to Brooke/Ridge/Taylor. If you were Steffy, would you sign the annulment papers or would you stick it to Liam? Karen Spencer returns to town with a daughter, Caroline. Chandler Massey and Alison Sweeney have been on fire as Will and Sami on Days of Our Lives. Their scenes have pulled on history and provided many emotional moments for the characters. John and Hope discover they are still married. Contract negotiations between Nadia Bjorlin and DAYS fall apart. Robin Mattson returns to General Hospital. What will Steve’s mom think of Olivia? The DC gang shares their thoughts on Alexis’ menopause storyline. Johnny and Carly have been spending a lot of time together, but have they a couple the DC crew is enjoying? Since he’s no longer at B&B, should Jack Wagner return to GH as Frisco? Darnell Williams debuts as Sarge on The Young and the Restless on February 20. Crazy Patty Williams shot Jack. Adam struggles with more vision problems. What will happen to Cane and Lily after they marry on Valentine’s Day? All this and much more on today’s Daytime Confidential podcast.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels discuss One Life to Live’s final week and episode finale. From their favorite moments, to the prison break and the show’s shocking cliffhanger, the DC gang discusses it all. They then dive into ABC daytime, post One Life to Live, including OLTL stars joining General Hospital. ABC hoped it would find ratings success with The Revolution, but the new show’s ratings have tanked. Do daytime viewer’s want to be told how to live their lives?
He gave up a career as a lawyer to pursue his true passion for writing soap operas. Now, some 15 years after first joining One Life to Live as a writer's assistant, the soap's last head writer Ron Carlivati joins Daytime Confidential's Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels to dish having completed the daunting task of wrapping the iconic sudser up on ABC Daytime. Hear from Carlivati himself on his thoughts about how the 43-year-old sudser came to a close. Would he have done things differently had he known OLTL wouldn't be moving online immediately following the ABC finale? Carlivati shares how it felt to be able to bring back such popular veterans as Jessica Tuck (Megan), Roscoe Born (Mitch), Fiona Hutchison (Gabrielle), Susan Batten (Luna), Ty Treadway (Troy), and more during the soap's Between Heaven and Hell arc during its final week. He also clears up all those rumors surrounding the exits of Robin Strasser (Dorian) and Trevor St. John (Victor), the latter of whom made a surprise appearance in the series finale. Tune in to hear how Carlivati planned to bring Dorian Lord back in a story that would have had President Barack Obama watching his back! Is Carlivati satisfied with the way things ended for such Llanview lovers as Clint and Viki (Jerry VerDorn and Erika Slezak), John and Natalie (Michael Easton and Melissa Archer), Todd and Blair (Roger Howarth and Kassie DePaiva), Rex and Gigi (John-Paul Lavoisier and Farah Fath)? He also shares what it meant to be able to finally reunite Cord and Tina (John Loprieno and Andrea Evans). Then the conversation shifts to Carlivati's next gig. He and his boss Frank Valentini are now serving as head writer and executive producer respectively of ABC's last daytime soap opera General Hospital. With Howarth, DePaiva, Easton and Kristen Alderson (Starr) all following Frank and Ron to Port Charles, should fans be worried about those rumors that GH and OLTL are merging? Hear Carlivati set things straight as only he can, revealing he's been a fan of General Hospital even longer than he was of OLTL. And of General Hospital, with the almost 50-year-old, one-time supersoap fighting for its life against Katie Couric, The Chew and The Revolution, does Carlivati feel added pressure to help keep GH on the air? This is one podcast no fan of One Life to Live or General Hospital can afford to miss, that is if you want to hear the real truth from the writer's mouth!
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels continue to reveal their picks for Soap's Best and Worst of 2011. During the episode they announce they reveal who they believe deserves Guy Whose Chestnuts we Want Roasted Over an Open Fire, Biggest Ho Ho Ho, Glittery Hoo Hoo of the Year, MP of the Year, Most in Need of a Love Interest, Most in Need of a Roll in the Hay, Dumbest and Smartest Character, Soap Opera Scenery Chewer of the Year, Hall of Shame, The Charity Ramer Award for Babies Who Don't Know Where They Are, The Megan McTavish Award for Special Achievement in Serial Drama Dismantling and Best and Worst Daytime Drama.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels look back at the year in soaps and reveal their picks for Soap's Best and Worst of 2011. The three-hour episode was so big it had to be broken up into two episodes. In Best and Worst of 2011 Part I the DC gang announce their choices for Most Improved Actor or Actress, Most Improved Male or Female Character, Biggest Waste of Male and Female Talent, Most in Need of a Makeover, Most in Need of a Story, Best Stunt Casting, Dreams Really Do Come True, Be Carful What You Wish For, Best and Worst Couple, Triangle and Quad, Most Tortured Couple and Best and Worst Storyline and Scenes. Be sure to tune in for Soap's Best and Worst of 2011 Part II, where the DC crew reveal their picks for Guy Whose Chestnuts we Want Roasted Over an Open Fire, Biggest Ho Ho Ho, Glittery Hoo Hoo of the Year, MP of the Year, Most in Need of a Love Interest, Most in Need of a Roll in the Hay, Dumbest and Smartest Character, Soap Opera Scenery Chewer of the Year, Hall of Shame, The Charity Ramer Award for Babies Who Don't Know Where They Are, The Megan McTavish Award for Special Achievement in Serial Drama Dismantling and Best and Worst Daytime Drama.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dive into the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including: Prospect Park’s latest statement, in an article with Variety. One Life to Live’s Fraternity Row reflects the show’s own plight. Gigi returns to Paris Texas. Bryan Dattilo officially returns to Days of Our Lives. Chad and Melanie are kidnapped. Deacon and Nikki get married on The Young and the Restless. Victor frames himself to protect Nikki. Is Sharon a fool to let Adam get close to her again? Jackie M steals designs from Forrester Creations. Katie’s insecurities about Steffy moving in on her husband continue to surface. Could General Hospital be more boring than it already is? Does anyone care about who killed Lisa?
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels count down their Top 5 Things We're Thankful For in soaps. From favorite soap actors and couples to web soaps and well-written daytime dramas, there was a lot to be thankful for in 2011. What are the Top 5 Things Your Thankful for?
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels dive into the latest All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live, The Young and the Restless and Dirty Soap headlines, storylines and episodes. The DC gang discusses the latest Prospect Park reports about All My Children. What will happen at the Forrester Thanksgiving on The Bold and the Beautiful? A sniper attacks the Brady pub on Days of Our Lives and Ejami's chemistry. Jonathan Jackson’s decides to leave General Hospital. Trevor St. John and others return to One Life to Live. Delia’s recovery on The Young and the Restless and Jeanne Cooper’s return date. All this and much more on today’s show!
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura dive into the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless storylines and headlines, including: Hope rushes to Aspen to try and stop Steffy from going too far with Liam. Brooke and Taylor find themselves caught up in their children’s lives. James Scott stays with Days of Our Lives. The era of DAYS 2.0 has revitalized Salem. One Life to Live’s Todd and Blair flashback’s had us reliving their romantic past. The DC gang wants to see more Chord and Tina. Two of the group enjoyed David Vickers talking to John and Natalie’s baby, two didn’t. Can you guess who loved it and who didn’t? General Hospital’s Lexi Ainsworth is leaving Port Charles. Why does this show keep getting rid of great young actors like Ainsworth and Drew Garrett? Why is Franco so obsessed with Jason and will he ruin Sam and Jason’s honeymoon? Former All My Children star Melissa Claire Egan joins The Young and the Restless, but should she be worried? Y&R has a way of turning audiences off of fan favorites. The DC crew shares their first impressions of Debbi Morgan on Y&R.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels return to The Morning Jolt With Larry Flick to discuss all the hottest soap, TV, movie and celebrity headlines with Larry Flick and Keith Price. In the first hour the gang dives into Days of Our Lives 2.0, Prospect Park’s All My Children and One Life to Live, why General Hospital needs to learn from DAYS’ reboot, The Chew’s premiere on ABC and touch on the state of The Young and the Restless. Time flies by when you’re having fun. In the second hour the topics turn to pop culture, as they dish about Amanda Knox, new and returning fall TV series, The Real Housewives of New Jersey and the latest movies coming out in theaters.
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura discuss All My Children's broadcast finale on ABC. The gang dives into their favorite moments; Angie and Jesse, Jackson and Erica, JR's drunken spiral, Adam and Brooke's return to Pine Valley, Stuart Chandler is alive, David Hayward's redemption and fan favorite cameos. What should Prospect Park do without Susan Lucci or other popular AMC actors? Why is this week the most important week in soaps since Luke and Laura's wedding? Tune in to find out.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikles discuss the latest in All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless hot topics and news, including: The latest Prospect Park developments for All My Children and One Life to Live. The Young and the Restless’ casting bloodbath. Melody Thomas Scott’s contract with Y&R. One show needs a retreat day to go back and watch old episodes. Can you guess which soap the DC gang is talking about? Mary Beth Evans returns to Days of Our Lives. Is General Hospital really improving? The DC crew shares their first impressions of Kelly Sullivan’s Kate Howard on General Hospital and much more!
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels discuss the latest in All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless storylines and headlines!
On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura discuss the latest in All My Children, The Bold and the Beatiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless storylines and news.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels discuss the latest in soap opera news, including: The news that Prospect Park has licensed All My Children and One Life to Live to air on the web, through internet enabled TV and on other platforms. Prospect Park is responsible for such series as USA’s Royal Pains and FX’s Wilfred. What does this mean for Pine Valley and Llanview? Should the fans expect see a shake-up in the show's casts? Hear what the DC gang thinks. They then discuss Taylor and Ridge’s wedding being interrupted by Stephanie and Thomas on The Bold and the Beautiful. Patrick Muldoon and Christie Clark return to Days of our Lives. Robin Christopher returns to General Hospital. All My Children’s Debbi Morgan signs on the dotted line at The Young and the Restless. Clint gets Gigi’s heart. Rex takes over the Buchanan fortune and the DC crew has plenty to say about John-Paul Lavoisier. All this and more hot topics on today’s show.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura discuss daytime’s latest headlines, including: Genie Francis’ arrival as Genevieve on The Young and the Restless. Has she lived up to the hype? Has Christel Khalil saved the atrocious Genevieve/Cane storyline? Robin Strasser breaks the news that One Life to Live’s head writer Ron Carlivati is headed for General Hospital. Garin Wolf has already started bringing GH favorites back to Port Charles. Is there enough time to turn GH’s ratings around? Brian Frons needs to be held accountable for the demise of ABC daytime. Ken Corday hands out pink slips at Days of Our Lives, getting rid of Crystal Chappell, Louise Sorel, Tamara Braun, Nadia Bjorlin and other actors to bring back Drake Hogestyn and Deidre Hall. Jamey talks about what DAYS needs to do to help keep it on air.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikles dive into the 2011 Daytime Emmy Nominations and make their predictions of who will win, the dark horse contenders and who doesn’t have a chance. Make your 2011 Daytime Emmy Nomination predictions in the comments!
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikles discuss the latest in All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless storylines and news, including: ABC soap fans protest the cancellation of All My Children and One Life to Live at ABC upfronts. Ryan (Cameron Mathison) and Madison (Stephanie Gatschet) lose their baby. General Hospital fired Bob Guza. What does this mean for Port Charles? Does anyone want to see a Kristina (Lexie Ainsworth) and Ethan (Nathan Parsons) redux? Taylor (Hunter Tylo) ate some of those oh so special berries on The Bold and the Beautiful and had fantasies of Ridge (Ronn Moss) in a Speedo. Days of Our Lives fired Dena Higley and replaced her with former Passions’ writers Marlene Clark Poulter and Darrell Ray Thomas, Jr.. Will things get even crazier in Salem now? Matt Ashford is returning to DAYS. Mad Marty (Susan Haskell) continues her reign of terror in Llanview. Jamey weighs in on Roger Howarth’s return. Jamey is the only one of the DC crew who is enjoying Wes (Bree Williamson). Tucker (Stephen Nichols) fights for his life on The Young and the Restless. Adam (Michael Muhney) and Diane (Maura West) team up against Victor (Eric Braeden), but he still has a few tricks up his sleeve. All this and much more on today’s show.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Regan Cellura, Jillian Bowe and Melodie Aikels are joined by TV Guide’s Michael Logan to talk about the tragic news ABC has cancelled All My Children and One Life to Live. In February, Jamey reported ABC would be making a major decision about its line up in April. On April 1 Logan took the story one step further, reporting ABC would likely cancel both AMC and OLTL. It was one report Logan wishes he was wrong about. During the episode, Logan discusses with the DC gang how the industry came to this point in time, how several soaps' PR teams are not doing their jobs, whether-or-not we can ever believe an ABC press release again, what this means for the four remaining soaps and much more. After the episode ends, hear more calls to the Daytime Confidential hotline by fans of AMC and OLTL as they share their reaction to the news.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura, Melodie Aikles and J Bernard Jones discuss ABC’s decision to cancel two of its three soaps, All My Children and One Life to Live. During the episode the DC gang shares their reactions to the sad news that the two long-running serials have been canceled. What path led to each show’s cancellation? Who is responsible or shares in the blame? They recap the progression of reports since Jamey first reported, back in February, ABC would be making a major decision in April. Did All My Children throw its actors under the bus? Susan Lucci has been a class act through it all, while Robin Strasser’s poignant hotline message to fans pulled at the heart strings. Might Oprah be interested in saving AMC and OLTL by bringing them to the OWN network? Then each in the group reveals how they’d like to see each soap wrap up its run. However, there are differing opinions on how to tie everything up on each of the shows. Melodie’s ending for AMC is all about Erica Kane while you’re not going to want to miss Jamey’s tongue-in-cheek suggestion for Viki and Dorian on OLTL. After All My Children goes off the air in September it will be replaced by The Chew, a cooking talk show hosted by Mario Batali, Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, Michael Symon and Daphne Oz. When One Life to Live ends its run in January of 2012 it will be replaced by The Revolution, a show about health and lifestyle transformations featuring Tim Gunn and Kimberly Locke. Readers and listeners have been calling the Daytime Confidential Hotline with their reaction to the cancellation news. We’ve included some of those messages on this podcast, while the remaining calls will be attached to future podcasts. This is truly the end of an era.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast TV Guide's Michael Logan joins Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels to discuss all the latest soap opera hot topics and news, including: Soap Opera Digest reported that Bob Guza could be on his way out, before the story was later discounted by ABC. If Guza had left General Hospital, would it have been a good thing or bad thing for the show? Logan weighs in on GH’s decision to kill off baby Jake and teases the fallout from the storyline. Jamey asks Logan to provide insight into One Life to Live’s continued red herrings about Roger Howarth’s version of Todd Manning. Could Howarth still return to Llanview? ABC continues to develop talk shows, but will one of them replace an ABC soap? (Editor's Note: This podcast was recorded prior to Deadline.com's story about the possible cancellation of All My Children on March 21, 2011) Find out if Logan thinks All My Children should keep their current head writers. Jamey is dreaming of DAYS with Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn back in Salem where they belong, thanks to a Soap Opera Digest article. Get Logan’s take on whether or not they might return. Meanwhile, Jamey is warming up to Daniel and Jennifer (Shawn Christian and Melissa Reeves), but what where does that leave his love for Jack (Matt Ashford)? Logan ponders what the brass at All My Children thought when they learned Tamara Braun was interested in returning to soaps and had signed on to DAYS. Jillian is digging Natalia Livingston as Taylor. The last time Logan dropped by the Daytime Confidential podcast no one was very happy with The Young and the Restless. Does the veteran soap journo think things have improved in Genoa City? It appears Stephanie and Brooke’s (Susan Flannery and Katherine Kelly Lang) truce is over on The Bold and the Beautiful, thanks to Thomas (Adam Gregory) tonguing his stepmommy down in Paris. Jamey wants to see Thomas and Brooke get it on more now than ever. Logan discusses his recent interview with Brad Bell and whether or not Thomas could still end up being gay. The Daytime and Pop Confidential gang love Showtime’s Shameless and it turns out the Logan does too! Also learn what he thinks about this season of Celebrity Apprentice, featuring former daytime divas Star Jones and Lisa Rinna, and so much more!