Posts with tag Barbara Bloom
Posted Apr 18th 2008 5:40PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free

It's with a big sigh of relief that I report that Michael Logan at
TV Guide has confirmed that
CBS has booked Guiding Light for one more year. That'll make it 72 years of continuous broadcasting -- radio and television. No program can match
Guiding Light's longevity, and I would hate to see CBS cancel a show with this kind of legacy.
That said,
Guiding Light needs to have a better year going forth than they've had looking back. In fact, since tying with
The Young and the Restless last June as Outstanding Daytime Drama at the Emmys, the show has been going through major transitions.
The new style of filming, shooting on locations in a New Jersey town that's being used as the fictional Springfield, began on February 29, and it hasn't been welcomed by the critics or viewers.
Continue reading CBS renews Guiding Light for another year
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