SUDSIEST QUOTES OF THE WEEKEND
“I was 12 when my first job offer was to be on a soap opera. I turned it down because I didn’t want to develop bad habits.”
—Claire Danes disses the soap medium in a New York Times article
Translation: The only soap I watched was Passions.
“And so Victor takes Jabot yet again. Boy, aren’t you surprised that Victor’s won? I’ll bet the audience is shocked.”
—Peter Bergman on Y&R’s latest surprise plot development in Soap Opera Digest
Translation: Damn Eric Braeden! Damn him!
“Sexy is more than being shirtless in love scenes. Soaps have gotten away from the romance that’s needed, just the basic story of a man and woman in love.”
—Steve Burton in a Soap Opera Digest story about the lack of sex in the afternoon
Translation: Or two men in love, like Jason and Sonny, or Jason and Franco.
WEEKEND SUDS FLASHES
Is Missy Reeves joining her hubby at GH? Stuart Damon jumps to DAYS!
• JFP is on fire! GH knew what they had in Scott Reeves and wisely put the actor on contract status. Does this mean Reeves’s wife, Missy, will be looking for soap work, too? In this week’s Soap Opera Digest, Reeves says not necessarily. “She’s loving being a mom for now,” he answers. “You never know. Maybe she’ll drop in to Port Charles? That’d be pretty cool.” Perhaps GH can recast Felicia Jones with the Daytime Emmy-nominated actress, which would be a nice wink to the audience since Reeves’s former co-star, Matt Ashford, played Felicia’s boyfriend Tom Hardy back in the day.
• Remember when everyone thought Mary Jane was really Diane Jenkins on Y&R? Well, Susan Walters will reprise Diane Jenkins on Feb. 26 and March 1. Wonder what that’s about …
• Did you know that that’s soap vet and acting coach Larkin Malloy’s voice during all the World Turns bumpers/voiceovers?
• It’s raining soap vets over in Salem! According to ABC Soaps In Depth, Stuart Damon will make his way to DAYS. No word on which role the Emmy winner will envelope. Let’s pray it’s not another mobster but a love interest for Maggie, Vivian or Kate.
• Here we go again! The biggest cliffhanger in the soap world these days is whether or not the 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will air. According to an interview with Associated Television International’s James Romanovich with On Air On Soap's Michael Fairman, an offer has arisen to televise the telecast internationally. The self-professed soap fan tells Fairman, “As of today, I can tell you that if we go forward, I have a television offer for the event in prime time nationwide, plus a second run option on a sister broadcaster should we opt for this. We are still awaiting NATAS’s final decision about the venue and the concept.”
• Is Dahlia Salem GH’s latest BrendaBot? That’s what Soaps In Depth is suggesting in its latest issue. The fan magazine wonders in print if the former Another World star’s federal prosecutor character, Claire Walsh, may provide Sonny with some much-needed sexual prosecution.
• “You got that?” Eric Braeden celebrates 30 years as the Moustache on Y&R. Daytimeconfidential.com gathered together some of the Emmy winner’s greatest moments here. Enjoy!
AWARDS SHOW CENTRAL
Welovesoaps.net’s first annual Indie Soap Awards
Venice and Gotham received a few honourable mentions in welovesoaps.net’s first annual Indie Soap Awards. See who won here!
SUDS POLL
Which soap star should release a sex tape? Click here to vote.
—DAYS’s Crystal Chappell
—Ex-soaper Austin Peck
—World Turns’s Jake Silbermann
—One Life’s Brett Claywell
—Venice’s Jessica Leccia
—ABC’s Brian Frons
—Y&R’s Billy Miller
—DAYS’s James Scott
—Y&R’s Jeanne Cooper
—GH’s Bradford Anderson
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SAVE ONE LIFE CAMPAIGN
Write ABC — let your voices be heard!
Brian Scott Frons, Daytime President
Anne Sweeney, ABC President
President, Daytime Disney-ABC Television Group, ABC, Inc.
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Phone numbers: (818) 560-1000 or (212) 456-7777
THE IDIOT RATINGS —Jan. 25-29
Winner — All soaps increase! B&B/GH big winners!
Loser — World Turns/Y&R down year-to-date!
(Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year)
Total Viewers
1. Y&R 5,237,000 (+86,000/-427,000)
2. B&B 3,438,000 (+126,000/-543,000)
3. DAYS 3,109,000 (-84,000/+58,000)
4. AMC 2,847,000 (+39,000/+96,000)
5. GH 2,811,000 (+216,000/-189,000)
6. ATWT 2,631,000 (+114,000/-392,000)
7. OLTL 2,506,000 (+35,000/-77,000)
Households
1. Y&R 3.8/12 (+.1/-.2)
2. B&B 2.5/8 (+.1/-.3)
3. DAYS 2.2/7 (-.1/same)
4. AMC 2.1/7 (same/same)
5. GH 2.0/6 (+.1/-.3)
6. OLTL 1.9/6 (+.1/-.1)
6. ATWT 1.9/6 (same/-.2)
Women 18-49 Viewers
1. Y&R 1,223,000 (+9,000/-6,000)
2. GH 913,000 (+75,000/-117,000)
3. DAYS 846,000 (-20,000/-97,000)
4. B&B 806,000 (+50,000/-49,000)
5. AMC 741,000 (+22,000/-114,000)
6. OLTL 717,000 (-28,000/-94,000)
7. ATWT 661,000 (+46,000/-106,000)
PICTURES OF THE WEEK
No H8ers here!
DAYS and Venice stars show their support for gay marriage! |
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THE NELSON RATINGS
Can’t watch all the soaps this week? No worries — here’s a cheat sheet!
Top 4 Soaps to Watch:
1. Days of our Lives, NBC/Global
2. General Hospital, ABC
3. The Young and the Restless, CBS/Global
—tie— All My Children, ABC
Top 3 Storylines to Watch:
1. Married or Dead Alive, DAYS
2. Jack’s the Biggest Loser Ever, Y&R
3. The Bride Wore Greenlee, AMC
Top 5 Actresses to Watch:
1. Crystal Chappell (Carly, DAYS)
2. Eileen Davidson (Ashley, Y&R)
3. Sarah Brown (Sandy, B&B)
4. Rebecca Budig (Greenlee, AMC)
5. Lisa LoCicero (Olivia, GH)
Top 5 Actors to Watch:
1. Stephen Nichols (Tucker, Y&R)
2. Jonathan Jackson (Lucky, GH)
3. Dominic Zamprogna (Dominic/Dante, GH)
4. Michael Muhney (Adam, Y&R)
—tie— Billy Miller (Billy, Y&R)
Top 3 Most Entertaining Performers:
1. Louise Sorel (Vivian, DAYS)
2. Amanda Setton (Kim, One Life)
3. Constance Towers (Helena, GH)
Top 3 Duos to Watch:
1. Fish and Kyle, One Life
2. Carly and Bo, DAYS
3. Carly and Jack, World Turns
Top 3 Dream Couples:
1. Ashley and Tucker, Y&R
2. EJ and Anna, DAYS
3. Jake and Greenlee, AMC
Top 3 Rivals:
1. Nikolas vs. Lucky, GH
2. Tucker vs. Katherine, Y&R
3. Vivian vs. Carly, DAYS
Top 3 Triangles to Watch:
1. Lucky/Liz/Nikolas, GH
2. Hope/Bo/Carly, DAYS
3. EJ/Sami/Rafe, DAYS
Top 3 Guilty Pleasures:
1. Jessica’s shock therapy, One Life
2. Liz’s fall from grace, GH
3. Ford’s shirtless closet, One Life
Top 3 Families To Watch:
1. The Kiriakises, DAYS
2. The Cramers, One Life
3. Sonny/Carly/Jason, GH
Top 3 New Duos To Watch:
1. Clint and Kim, One Life
2. Holden and Molly, World Turns
3. Justin and Hope, DAYS
Top 3 Duos To Avoid Like the Plague:
1. Mick and Alison, World Turns
2. JR and Marissa, AMC
3. Adam and Sharon, Y&R
Top 3 Young Actors:
1. Shenell Edmonds (Destiny, One Life)
2. Drew Garrett (Michael, GH)
3. Kelley Missal (Danielle, One Life)
Top 3 Biggest Wastes of Talent:
1. Renee Jones (Lexie, DAYS)
2. James Reynolds (Abe, DAYS)
3. Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki, Y&R)
Top 3 Hair Models:
1. Denise Vasi (Randi, AMC)
2. Texas Battle (Marcus, B&B)
3. Jackie MacInnes Wood (Steffy, B&B)
Top 3 Soap Magazine Covers (based on art direction):
1. CBS Soap In Depth — GH’s Who’s The Daddy?
—tie— Soap Opera Digest — Deadly Wedding DAYS!
—tie— Soap Opera Weekly — The Bride Wore Revenge, AMC
Top 3 Best Reads/Buys at the Newsstand:
1. Soap Opera Digest
2. Soap Opera Weekly
3. ABC Soaps In Depth
Top 3 Soap Moments To Watch:
1. Friday: Gina Tognoni slips back into her Kelly Cramer skin on One Life. “Why is the bathroom inside the studio? That doesn’t make any sense,” the perplexed Emmy winner shouts.
2. Friday: EJ flips out when Sami and Rafe reunite on DAYS. “I could have sworn Rafe wanted to pull a Brokeback on me,” says EJ.
3. Wednesday: Whip continues to woo Taylor on B&B. “Let’s make love,” asks Whip. “Why are all those paper bags by the bed,” asks Taylor.
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Nelson Branco is a Toronto freelance entertainment journalist, who regularly contributes to Hello! Canada, The National Post, The Los Angeles Times' theenvelope.com, TV Guide USA, tvguide.com, Inside Entertainment, OUT, and fab magazine, along with spearheading the soap coverage for TVGuide.ca's popular daytime TV hub. After graduating from Ryerson University in 1997, he moved from Toronto to New York in 1998 to take on the roles as senior news editor at Soap Opera Update. Branco first freelanced for Soap Opera Weekly as an intern in 1994, and after leaving Soap Update to help create and launch Bauer Publishing's In Touch Weekly in 2003, Branco continued to freelance occasionally for its sister publication, Soaps In Depth. Most recently, he helped create and launch Canada's first celebrity magazine, Weekly Scoop in 2005 as its news and entertainment director. Branco is also a contributor to a new TV show titled Planet Soap to air in Canada and America.
