Posts with tag SoapNet
Posted Jul 4th 2008 6:25PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, Reality-Free
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Shannen may be coming to the new 90210, and Jennie is definitely in the cast, and Tori will miss the first few episodes because she just had a baby, but generally speaking, there's been lots of buzz and interest in the upcoming, 2008 version of
Beverly Hills 90210.
While CW gears up for the new, SOAPNet is happy to celebrate the old.
On Saturday, July 26th, SOAPNet will glory in the 50 hottest moments of the original Fox series. From 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., ET/PT, three beach-oriented episodes of the show will be shown back-to-back-to-back, with six interstitials that will reveal from 1-50, the hottest "moments" in
BH 90210 history.
Continue reading SOAPNet plans Beverly Hills 90210 beach marathon
Posted Jun 22nd 2008 3:21PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Casting, Reality-Free
There'll be another big name soap star on the second season of SOAPnet's
General Hospital: Night Shift. In addition to
Antonio Sabato, Jr. returning as Jagger Cates,
Tristan Rogers will join Night Shift, reprising his role as secret agent Robert Scorpio, the Australian spy and former Port Charles police commissioner. His younger brother, Mac, is the current top cop in PC, so expect them to cross paths.
However, it's as the father of Dr. Robin Scorpio, played by Kimberly McCullough. Robin, who is HIV-positive, that Robert will mainly drive story. She is currently in the midst of her first pregnancy. You would imagine that Robert's back to check in on his daughter, but there's more to his Night Shift stay.
Michael Logan in TV Guide reports that a rep for
Night Shift said that Robert is suffering from "a major health issue that'll have him grappling with his mortality." Instead of Robert caring for Robin -- to trying to -- the situation will be reversed. Dr. Robin will have to treat her father.
"This'll be a real departure wherever it's headed," says Mr. Rogers. "Robert and Robin will finally get a chance to connect as adults."
Continue reading Tristan Rogers returns to General Hospital, but on Night Shift
Posted Jun 18th 2008 11:24AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Late Night, Casting
SOAPnet has landed a big star to anchor the second season of
General Hospital: Night Shift.
As TV Squad mentioned previously, Antonio Sabato, Jr., who was rumored to be returning as Jagger Cates, has signed on the dotted line. When
Night Shift returns to SOAPnet on Tuesday, July 22, the character of Jagger, played by Antonio Sabato, Jr. will be front and center.
Jagger Cates has not been involved in
General Hospital since 1995, so presumably he's older and wiser. But since Antonio is still playing the role, he's going to definitely be as gorgeous as ever. Interestingly, if Antonio is booked, what's the likelihood that Steve Burton will be there as Jason?.
Continue reading Antonio Sabato, Jr. checks in to General Hospital - Night Shift
Posted May 28th 2008 8:52AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Contests and Giveaways, Reality-Free
Hey everyone! We've got some great prizing this week, courtesy of a new show on SOAPnet called
Relative Madness.
Relative Madness is a brand new six-week original series of specials counting down the 25 most over-the-top TV and celebrity families – with commentary from a variety of actors and comedians. The show airs Thursdays at 11PM ET.
We're giving away a 30GB iPod (emblazoned with the SOAPnet logo on the back), a
Relative Madness mug and relative Madness t-shirt.
To enter, simply leave a comment below before 5:00PM Eastern, Wednesday, June 4 simply telling us if you're going to check out the show or, if you've caught it already, what you think of it. As always, we'll randomly choose the winners amongst the eligible entries. Some other details:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating if you'll check out SOAPnet's new series, Relative Madness.
- The comment must be left before June 4, 2008 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- One winner will be selected in a random drawing to receive a Apple iPod Video Enhanced 5th Generation 30GB Media Player - Black (valued at $200).
- One winner will be selected in a random drawing to receive a Relative Madness coffee mug (valued at $5).
- One winner will be selected in a random drawing to receive a Relative Madness t-shirt (valued at $15).
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
Click
here for complete Official Rules.
Posted May 28th 2008 8:24AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Late Night, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
When something's a success, a follow up is inevitable. Therefore, the news that
SoapNet is launching a second season of General Hospital: Night Shift, commencing Tuesday, July 22, is no big surprise. The surprise will be who is going to be involved in the daytime soap spinoff that airs once a week on SoapNet at 11 o'clock. Last season, actors for
General Hospital, including Kimberly McCullough, Jason Thompson and Steve Burton did double-duty. And they weren't alone. Some new characters appeared on
Night Shift, but the draw was definitely the daytime stars.
SoapNet ordered 13 new episodes of
Night Shift and this year the show will be produced in high def. Production begins next month, and unlike last year's edition, the show will be filmed on new stages dedicated solely to
Night Shift instead of sharing space with
General Hospital.
Continue reading SOAPnet books another season of Night Shift
Posted Apr 23rd 2008 12:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Ratings, Reality-Free
You might be surprised to learn that the results of a new poll by AOL.com found that the
number one soap opera among web searchers is Day of Our Lives. According to the
Nielsen ratings for the soaps,
The Young and the Restless is the top daytime drama -- and has been for over a thousand weeks. But I'm not surprised to read these AOL results, which shows
Days, General Hospital and
All My Children at the top of the list.
Y&R is number eight. Also getting a lot of search engine hits is a Spanish telenovela,
Fuego en la Sangre, from Mexico.
Continue reading Days of Our Lives tops poll as most searched soap
Posted Apr 2nd 2008 10:23AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Late Night, Industry, Daytime, Cable/Satellite, Reality-Free
The success of last summer's
General Hospital: Night Shift was the harbinger of things to come. And now they have. SoapNet announced a new 10-episode drama series
called MVP: The Secret Lives of Hockey Wives. It makes sense that SoapNet would take another stab at creating its own dramas. Last year's
Night Shift, the channel's first attempt at that kind of original programming, proved more popular than the reruns of daytime soaps it had been running at 11 o'clock at night. But the difference between this new offering -- about the ladies in the lives of professional hockey players...hockey and soap? -- is that
Night Shift was based on
General Hospital and used popular stars from the daytime show for the spin-off. If Steve Burton (Jason), Kimberly McCullough (Robin) and Jason Thompson (Patrick) were not in
Nightshift, would SoapNet viewers have tuned in?
Continue reading SoapNet mixes drama with hockey in new series
Posted Mar 14th 2008 10:07AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Celebrities, Casting
Things will never be the same in Llanview. Rapper
Snoop Dogg will be guesting on One Life to Live. Following in the footsteps of other big name music stars Mary J. Blige, Nelly Furtado, Chris Botti, Erykah Badu, Timbaland and Keri Hilson, Snoop is going to sing at the Ultra Violet dance club in episodes airing on ABC (and SoapNet) May 8 and May 9.
Continue reading One Life to Live goes to the Dogg
Posted Jul 11th 2007 3:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Casting
That's right, ladies, Lando Calrissian, rogue smuggler and former administrator of Cloud City, will be appearing on General Hospital: Night Shift, a spin-off of General Hospital debuting tomorrow at 11:00 p.m. on SoapNet. The series will air for thirteen weeks.
I guess I should refer to him by his real name, Billy Dee Williams. Apparently the movie star decided, at the ripe old age of 70, to have some fun with his roles. In the past, he had been asked to join the cast of the original General Hospital, but always turned down the offer.
Continue reading Billy Dee Williams, soap star
Posted Feb 13th 2007 7:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Cable, Daytime
It's called General Hospital: Night Shift, and it is, as the title indicates, a spinoff of General Hospital. The new series, set to premiere on SOAPnet this summer with thirteen episodes, will flesh out the stories from General Hospital and delve deeper into the characters and their lives. Really, it's more of an extension of a series than a bona fide spinoff, but whatever you call it, it's a clever idea. If ever a series had a built-in fanbase, it's this one. The new series will be written by General Hospital head writer Robert Guza, Jr., and executive produced by General Hospital executive producer Jill Farren Phelps.
This is just part of SOAPnet's plan to extend beyond daytime programming: the cable channel will also begin airing episodes of The OC and One Tree Hill starting April 9. SOAPnet recently acquired the rights to all seasons of both series.
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Posted Jun 7th 2006 12:25PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Reality Shows
Who wants to be a soap star? Well, apparently quite a few people. Casting auditions for the third season of SoapNet's
I Wanna Be A Soap Star have been underway in major cities like New York and Chicago, and people from all walks of life have been trying out for the series, the winner of which will be given a thirteen-week contract to appear on the popular ABC soap opera
One Life To Live. Despite this being the third season, I hadn't even heard of this show until recently. Of course, I'm also not an avid soap opera watcher, so it's not as if a show like this would have been on my radar, anyway. If any of you have seen it, I'd love to hear your take on it. Is it a worthy "guilty pleasure" or something I should avoid? The new season begins this Thursday at 11 p.m. EST.
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