Posts with tag AsTheWorldTurns
Posted May 1st 2008 10:04AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Reality-Free
There's something about the name Carly, I guess. The four actresses that have caught my attention are now or have played a "Carly" on daytime TV. They are all terrific actresses. They've all brought something dynamic and exciting to their characters, even when they are no longer named Carly. The four ladies in question are Laura Wright, the current Carly Corinthos Jacks on
General Hospital, Maura West, Carly Tenney Snyder on
As the World Turns, Tamara Braun, Carly #2 on
GH and currently Ava Vitali on
Days of Our Lives, and Sarah Brown, Carly #1 on
GH and presently Claudia Zacchara on
GH. Each woman has made a lasting impression on daytime, and they continue to rattle the rafters still.
Continue reading TV Squad Soap Report: The Carlys of my life
Posted Apr 30th 2008 2:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Talk Show, Emmys, Reality-Free
The Daytime Emmy nominations were announced this morning on
The View. My initial reaction is this: there are so many repeat nominees! This list is filled with actors who have won multiple times. Are the Daytime Emmys in a rut? I'm afraid so. This list seems very stale to me, not that many of these performers aren't worthy, but a lot of other worthy actors were completely overlooked. Again. Emmy could use an overhaul, but we'll discuss that another time.
Here are the main nominees -- and some comments -- and you can check out the complete list and a photo gallery of the
Daytime Emmy nominees at AOL Television. On Friday, June 20, ABC will broadcast the awards in primetime (8-11 p.m. EST) from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
Outstanding Daytime Drama General Hospital
Guiding Light
One Life to Live
The Young & the Restless Here we have the usual suspects. Last year,
Y&R and
GL shared the prize. My choice would be
OLTL this time around -- they had a great year and have been on the uprise. However,
Y&R has a lot of actor nominations and that could mean another Emmy for the Bell show. I'd be flabbergasted if either
GH or
GL win. Both shows have received critical blasts this past year.
Continue reading The Daytime Emmy nominations announced
Posted Apr 7th 2008 5:25PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Reality-Free
The waiting goes on. Kind of like that spinning planet that symbolizes
As the World Turns. TV Squad reported
recently that many fans of the soap are anxious to see the two gay lovers
, Noah (Jake Silbermann) and Luke (Van Hansis), smooch on screen. There are web sites with a clock ticking, waiting for the next on screen kiss from the fellas. Now comes news that
TV Guide's Michael Logan questioned Barbara Bloom, head of CBS Daytime, to find out if the show, the sponsor or the network is afraid to depict a homosexual teen love story in the same way they do a heterosexual one?
Continue reading CBS daytime head is all for gay love story on As the World Turns
Posted Mar 26th 2008 9:01AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, TV Squad Lists
For some actors, the soaps are a stepping stone to a career in features. That's how it was for Meg Ryan, who began as Betsy on
As the World Turns. For others, like Eva Longoria Parker, the place she made her mark before becoming one of the
Desperate Housewives was as Isabella on
The Young & the Restless. Allison Janney is another one. She was a lowly -- but brilliant -- maid at the Spaulding mansion on
Guiding Light before lighting up the screen as C.J. Cregg on
The West Wing and winning four Emmys along the way. Looking at the current crop of actresses at work in daytime today, who are the women, the divas if you will, who are ready for primetime, nay silver screen, success? Here's a list of seven who have caught my eye.
Continue reading Seven soap divas ready for primetime
Posted Mar 24th 2008 3:21PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Casting
They'll be whistling Dixie in Pine Valley again.
Cady McClain is coming back to All My Children. It's not unusual for a soap favorite to return to the show where they once were a prominent player. It happens all the time. Cady has done it before, multiple times. But this time is different. This time she's coming back as a ghost!
You see, last January 2007, Dixie was killed by a serial killer. She returns now because she has a job to do, reuniting Tad with the child they thought they'd lost, Kate.
Continue reading Cady McClain will haunt All My Children
Posted Mar 20th 2008 4:22PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Casting
For the past two decades, give or take a year here and there, actress Martha Byrne has played the character of Lily Snyder on
As the World Turns. That all ends next month. According the executive producer Christopher Goutman, "We made Martha an incredibly generous offer in hopes that she would remain. Unfortunately, Martha has decided to leave despite our best efforts to keep her." That's the show's side of the story. Michael Logan spoke with Martha Byrne
to hear her side of the story.Continue reading Martha Byrne dishes about leaving As the World Turns
Posted Mar 3rd 2008 4:21PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Brothers and Sisters, Emmys
It was big news when
As the World Turns, CBS and Procter & Gamble's 52-year-old daytime drama, presented a gay love story between two men. When Luke Snyder (Van Hansis) admitted to Noah Mayer (Jake Silbermann) that he loved him, it was a major step forward for the soap opera genre. However, fans of the show are upset. No, they're okay with them being gay. They just want them to be more affectionate. They're protesting!
In an AP story
about the As the World Turns protest, Roger Newcomb, a die-hard fan, said, "We totally support this show and applaud the show for doing this story line. We just don't understand why they [Luke and Noah] have to be censored or treated differently."
Continue reading Gay fans demand more love on As the World Turns
Posted Sep 11th 2007 1:00PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, NYTVF
I know what you're thinking. Who would want to work on daytime soaps? They're cheesy and lame. And they're not "real" TV shows. So why would anyone waste their time checking out the
NYTVF's panel on "Breaking into Daytime Drama?"
Well, I would. And I'm glad I did. As a writer trying to break into television, I like to know all about potential employers. Besides, it's not like TV shows grow on trees out here in NYC. Us actors, writers, and other creative types have to take what we can get where we can get it.
And as I found out Saturday at the Daytime Drama panel, I'd be darn lucky to land a job on a soap.
Continue reading NYTVF: Breaking into Daytime Drama
Posted Apr 22nd 2006 3:16PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV Royalty, Talent, Celebrities, Obituaries
I've been searching my brain Rolodex trying
to remember where I knew this name from, and then it hit me: he played Colonal Sanders in Kentucky Fried Chicken TV
commercials in the mid-90s!
Of course, he was known for much more than that. He played Dr. Dan Stewart on
As The World Turns for 31 years (1960 to the character's death in 1991), appeared in other TV shows such as
Law and Order and
Dr. Kildare, and had a long career in the theater, appearing in such classics plays
as
The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas,
The Birthday Party, and
Who's Afraid Of Virginia
Woolf?He
died last
Monday in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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