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05/05/2024

Daytime Emmy winning actor Jordi Vilasuso (The Young and The Restless, All My Children, Guiding Light, Days of Our Lives) is joining The Bay as series regular Justin Ramos. The role of Justin was previously played by David Lago and was last seen in season 5. The Bay is nominated for five (5) Daytime Emmys this year including Outstanding Drama Series. The awards will air on CBS on June 7th, 2024.

11/05/2023

Soapdom is saddened to report that Jackie Zeman, long beloved star of General Hospital in the role of Bobbie Spencer has passed at age 70 after a brief battle with cancer. More on this breaking story here:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jacklyn-zeman-dies-general-hospital-star-played-bobbie-spencer-dead-age-70/

Photo (c) ABC 2013 Jackie was a wonderful person, a delightful spirit and a devoted mom. I had the pleasure to meet her and/or interview her on several occasions. She was always more than gracious. Soar now with the angels, Jackie. Your 45-year career as Bobbie Spencer on General Hospital is an amazing legacy. Your spirit will be missed but will live on in the hearts of your friends, family and your multitude of fans. RIP.

10/04/2023

It is with a very heavy heart I report that Elizabeth Hubbard who starred for many years on As the World Turns, crossed over to the other side. She was 89 years old and was posting to Facebook as recently as a week or two ago. Cause of death was not disclosed.

Her son reported her passing on her page saying: "I'm sorry to say with a broken heart mi mum passed over the weekend. Thank you for being an unmovable rock that guided me through life. I will try to honour your memory for as long as I live.
Love & Prayers.
Jeremy "

So very sorry for your loss, Jeremy. The world has lost a great lady and a wonderful actor. May she soar now with angels.

02/04/2023

Kelly Cuoco, Penny of The Big Bang Theory and star of HBOMax’s the Flight Attendant has welcomed her first baby with boyfriend,Tom Pelphrey, soap star of As the swirls Turns and Guiding Light! Congrats to them both xoxo

The star of “The Flight Attendant” and “The Big Bang Theory” said on Instagram Saturday that she and fellow actor Tom Pelphrey are the proud parents of a baby girl.

01/02/2023

Celebrate Y&R;s 50th Anniversary along with the cast as they shoot their 50th Anniversary Cast Photo! Congrats Y&R. Here's to 50 more.

29/01/2023

Tracey Bregman on the View discussing her 40 years as Lauren Fenmore on The Young & the Restless.

27/01/2023

Tracey Bregman celebrates 40 years on Y&R. Congrats.

20/12/2022

Posting this with a heavy heart. Sonya Eddy (Epiphany, General Hospital) has passed away suddenly after what has been reported as an infection that set in after an elective surgical procedure. Her GH family is already weighing in:

"Sonya was truly beloved on General Hospital. Her presence on set would instantly calm and at the same time light up the place. Sonya was solid. Not a false note in her warm groundedness. A hug from Sonya wsa a spiritual experience. Her hugs were motherly, sisterly and full of her heart, which was huge," posted GH co-star Nancy Lee Grahn.

Sending prayers to Sonya's family, friends and co-workers. RIP lovely lady and soar now with the angels.

(This beautiful photo of Sonya Eddy is borrowed from Ms. Eddy's page.)

14/11/2022

It is with a very heavy heart that I share news of the passing of Days of our Lives actor extraordinaire, John Aniston.

Father of Jennifer Aniston, John was a fixture in the soap opera town of Salem, whether he was up to nefarious deeds as his character, Victor Kariakis, or coming around to Victor's more humane side as the character sometimes did, his impact on the show, its characters and its fans will surely be missed.

In a post on Instagram, Jennifer said of her dad in part:
"You were one of the most beautiful humans I ever knew. I am so grateful you went soaring into the heavens in peace -- without pain..."

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jennifer Aniston, her family and John's friends and family at Days of our Lives.

Aniston was 89.

02/10/2022

What you many not have known about your favorite Days of our Lives stars...according to this video, anyway. Take it with a grain of salt.

12/09/2022

The Fall Season 2022 and what it means for some of your soaps!

With cooler temps and hints of Halloween and Thanksgiving in the air, the fall TV season is about to get rolling in full swing. CBS is using the storytelling strategy of crossovers for not only some of it's primetime shows, like NCIS and NCIS Hawaii, but also for it's two daytime staples: The Young & the Restless and The Bold & the Beautiful. Y&R's Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and B&B's Deacon (Sean Kanan) will cross paths beginning September 20th, both in Genoa City and Los Angeles. Will these encounters rekindle long lost feelings or embark new adventures for the two?

While over on NBC, Friday, September 9th was the last network broadcast of the long running daytime serial, Days of our Lives. But fear not. The show has been renewed through September 2023, airing exclusively on Peacock beginning Monday, September 12th. There is a subscription involved. Will you carry on watching your favorites in Salem if you have to subscribe to the channel? Replacing Days on NBC is an hour-long news program.

Over a decade ago, when ABC cancelled All My Children and One Life to Live (hard to believe it's been that long), The Online Network (TOLN, Prospect Park) picked up both shows and attempted to launch the first online streaming network. They were instrumental in negotiating contracts with all the entertainment unions for this new form of distribution, but alas, they were just a year or two ahead of the curve. TOLN failed, and All My Children and One Life to Live fans had their shows cancelled again. Then, about a year later, Hulu was launched, Netflix pivoted from a dvd video mail in rental company to a streaming service and the rest, as they say, is streaming history.

So is streaming the way of serialized drama aka soap operas in the future? Just imagine all the binge watching! But it will cost you. Would love to hear your thoughts! Please feel free to comment below.

Photo (c) CBS

07/09/2022

Congratulations to our friends at The Bay for reaching not one, but two major milestones. They have just completed filming on their 100th episode! Not only that, they are now picked up by the Peacock network. Now you can on Peacock, and PopStar! TV, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi in the US, Channel 10 and Ten Play in Australia, SABC in South Africa, and others.