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Jun.21.2010
the daytime emmys are this sunday. and according to the pre-show publicity , the soap opera component of daytime seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle.
the show is in las vegas (interesting choice) and according to executive producer, david mckenzie, viewers should expect " very vegas-...
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Jun.14.2010
at night.
And the news is mostly good. Last year around this time, I wrote about how disappointed I was that the CW cancelled Privileged, a show ostensibly about the filthy rich, but with storytelling grounded in “in honest portrayals of the emotional complexity that drives human relationships” So...
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Jun.07.2010
over the past two years, i mentioned an essay i was writing for an academic anthology on soap opera. well, it's finally here. well, not quite here -- the book won't be offically published until december. but the survival of soap opera: transformations for a new media era is now available for pre-...
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May.31.2010
Last week, Disney announced that at the end of 2011 SOAPNet will be no more. Clearly, this is not good news for soap opera. Currently five of the seven shows on the air are rebroadcast on SOAPNet. Losing that platform will only exacerbate the falling numbers. Yeah, I know people can watch on-line....
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May.23.2010
Eventually, I will have to gird myself and write something substantive about the fast-approaching end of As the World Turns. But with absolutely nothing to anticipate between now and September 17th – I understand exactly what some posters mean when they ask, “Is it September yet?” – all I can...
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May.09.2010
and I'm certainly not suggesting that I had anything to do with it...
But over the past couple of years, I've had a lot to say (here, here and here) about New York Times television critic Ginia Bellafante's snippy and condescending tone when discussing soap opera. So the headline "‘Friday...
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May.07.2010
An author writes and submits a piece, then waits for it to appear in print – it’s called lead time. At least that’s the way it used to be.
Media in the digital age has greatly reduced lead time for print magazines; and blogs allow for immediate editing and correction. Then there are books, in...
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May.05.2010
I know I haven’t written anything of substance since As the World Turn’s cancellation was announced last December. And it’s not denial; denial is different from avoidance. And I have had a lot on my plate.
But I just had to share this. Longterm ATWT fans have been clamoring for the Hughes family...
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Apr.19.2010
Back in January, We Love Soaps unveiled the 50 Greatest Soap Actresses of All Time. Now, it’s time for the men.
As with the women, Roger and Damon asked a wide range of panelists to each submit our top 25. I was pretty pleased to see 18 of the 25 actresses on my list make the final cut; with the...
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Apr.08.2010
Last week, with a little help from family and friends, I attended the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association conference in St. Louis, MO, where I presented the following paper at one of the three panels discussing the anthology, The Survival of Soap Opera: Transformations for a...
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