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Aug.22.2010
My DVR’s hard drive is pretty full, so I was almost relieved that while I was in New York last week, SOAPNet was replacing Ryan’s Hope with General Hospital reruns marking the return of Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo (you can read Sara Bibel’s thoughts on that here, here and here). But tomorrow, things...
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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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Jul.22.2008
When General Hospital's Executive Producer, Gloria Monty, asked Anthony Geary to join the cast as Luke Spenser in 1978, he famously said, "I hate soap opera." To which Monty replied, "Honey, so do I. I want you to help me change all that." The exchange raises two obvious...
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Jun.22.2008
Nope, that’s not a typo. And no, we’re not in a time warp. I’ve been waiting a whole year to talk about the 2007 Daytime Emmy broadcast on CBS. But I need a basis for comparison. To read live bloggers coverage of ABC’s orgy of corporate synergy, check out snark and serial drama (thanks to Mallory...
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Jun.11.2008
After last week's inescapable explosion of gushing over the new and improved One Life to Live, I decided it was time to set aside my innate skepticism and have a look. So I programmed the DVR to record the Sunday afternoon block of episodes. But when I started to watch, what had recorded was two...
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