Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Sad News....

Due to recent wide gaps in posting and lack thereof, I have decided to stop all posting, I have no time to do so anymore. However, feel free to enjoy this site for what it was and read past postings.

Thank You for reading, and deepest regrets for the conclusion of this site.

Friday, June 17, 2011

2011 Soap Opera America Award Winners



It's that time of year again, one year ago, As The World Turns was the big winner taking home 5 wins at the Soap Opera America Awards, who will come out on top tonight?! Here are the winners for the 2011 Soap Opera America Awards:

OUTSTANDING VILLAIN/VILLAINESS:

Ewa Da Cruz as Vienna Hyatt, As The World Turns

Sean Young as Meggie McClaine, The Young & The Restless

Stephen Nichols as Tucker McCall, The Young & The Restless

Terri Conn as Aubrey Wentworth Buchanan, One Life To Live

Jerry verDorn as Clint Buchanan, One Life To Live

-With the entrance of Meggie on Y&R, fans were treated to a conniving villainess not seen on Y&R since Shelia Carter, and Meggie did everything but destroy one of soap's most famous couples. Her return brought shocking secrets as well, and fans rejoiced when she earned her just rewards!! But Sean Young played Meggie brilliantly, and made us long for villains like Meggie again.

OUTSTANDING PLOT/STORYLINE:

Newman v. Newmans [the lawsuit], The Young & The Restless

Nikki loses sobriety, The Young & The Restless

DNA Test Scandal, One Life To Live

Ronan is Chance’s Brother, The Young & The Restless

Reid’s Heart, As The World Turns

-Y&R has been known to utilize it's history very well, so the Ronan Malloy being Chance's brother (and Nina's Son) storyline was very intriguing, making good use of Y&R's history and bringing a captivating storyline that brought out the best acting skills of those involved.

[FAN VOTED] FAVORITE RILVARY:

Barbara Ryan/Emily Stewart, As The World Turns

Chloe Mitchell/Heather Stevens, The Young & The Restless

Jill Fenmore/Lauren Fenmore Baldwin, The Young & The Restless

Phyllis Summers/Sharon Newman, The Young & The Restless

Ronan Malloy/Chance Chancellor, The Young & The Restless

-This year's newest award, which is fan-voted, was given by the fans to what has become one of Y&R's most well-known rivalries next to Katherine Chancellor & Jill Foster. Phyllis and Sharon found themselves at war again this past year, but for a while they had called a truce, to help Sharon get out of a wrongful conviction. Who knows what will happen once Sharon returns to Genoa City?

[FAN VOTED] FAVORITE COUPLE:

Luke Snyder & Reid Oliver, As The World Turns

Cane Ashby & Lily Winters Ashby, The Young & The Restless

Brody Lovett & Jessica Buchanan, One Life To Live

Billy Abbott & Victoria Newman Abbott, The Young & The Restless

Victor Newman & Nikki Reed, The Young & The Restless

-Despite having their ups and downs, it looks like Victor and Nikki remain popular with the fans, once Nikki returns to Genoa City from rehab I have a feeling that the sparks may re-ignite with these two.

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR/ACTRESS: [25 or under]

Kelley Missal as Danielle Manning, One Life To Live

Kristen Alderson as Starr Marnning, One Life To Live

Christel Khalil as Lily Winters, The Young & The Restless

Brandon Buddy as Cole Thornhart, One Life To Live

Emily O'Brien as Jana Hawkes, The Young & The Restless

-Lily Winters has suffered more in her lifetime than anyone can bear, and she's still in her twenties! This past year has been hard on Lily, her children born premature, Cane was hiding secrets from her, and she believed Cane to be dead for a few months. Christel Khalil brought a gripping portrayal to Lily, bringing a fantastic performance to her repertoire.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Eric Sheffer Stevens as Reid Oliver, As The World Turns

Daniel Goddard as Cane Ashby, The Young & The Restless

Jeff Branson as Ronan Malloy, The Young & The Restless

Billy Miller as Billy Abbott, The Young & The Restless

Mark Lawson as Brody Lovett, One Life To Live

-Billy Miller (last year's Emmy Winner in this category) has shown to add a level of depth to Billy Abbott, and is a great actor overall, his desperation to protect his wife and keep her happy only gave Miller great material to work with and brought more perspective to Billy Abbott.

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Bree Williamson as Jessica Buchanan/Tess Smith/Bess Lord/Teen Jess/Wes Granger, One Life To Live

Trica Cast as Nina Webster, The Young & The Restless

Melody Thomas Scott as Nikki Reed Newman, The Young & The Restless

Lesli Kay as Molly Conlan, As The World Turns

Elizabeth Hendrickson as Chloe Mitchell, The Young & The Restless

-Bree Williamson has more talent than anyone I know, to be able to pull off acting 4 different personalities and one actual person in the past year, and to display a wide variety of emotions is just brilliant. Which is why it's all the more surprising that she has yet to win an Emmy... Maybe she'll be walking away a winner on Sunday!

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS:

Colleen Zenk as Barbara Ryan, As The World Turns

Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers, The Young & The Restless

Terri Conn as Katie Peretti, As The World Turns

Jeanne Cooper as Katherine Chancellor, The Young & The Restless

Jess Walton as Jill Fenmore, The Young & The Restless

-The weeks leading up to ATWT's finale brought a great kidnapping storyline for one of the show's vets and gave her a chance to show her talent. Which paid off, as she had one of the stronger showings from the three soap operas than any other actress I can remember in the same period.

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR:

Trent Dawson as Henry Coleman, As The World Turns

John-Paul Lavoisier as Rex Balsom, One Life To Live

Van Hansis as Luke Snyder, As The World Turns

Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, The Young & The Restless

Michael Graziadei as Daniel Romalotti, The Young & The Restless

-Victor Newman's life has been turned upside down in the past year, he's lost private ownership of his company, and severed ties with almost all of his children. We rarely see Victor emotional, but over the past year, Braeden brought a brilliant performance to the screen and we saw how Victor really felt. One of the strongest male performances in the past year deserves recognition.

BEST DRAMA SERIES:

The Young & The Restless

As The World Turns

One Life To Life

-This year's best Drama Series is without a doubt, One Life To Live, as they've unfearfully tackled a brave bullying storyline and shaken up the lives of Llanview residents. They've captivated viewers with interesting storylines and continue to do so, with the way they are going, the OLTL finale will be something that viewers won't forget!

HELEN WAGNER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Jeanne Cooper, Y&R

-Be on the lookout for the write-up on Y&R's Jeanne Cooper coming soon, and be sure to watch the Daytime Emmys coming on Sunday June 19th!! Congrats to the winners for tonight:

Y&R took home a total of 7 Wins out of 26 Nominations.

OLTL took home a total of 2 Wins out of 11 Nominations.

ATWT took home a total of 1 Win out of 11 Nominations.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Daytime Emmy Changes

The nominees for Best Drama Series surprisingly remains at four and the same four shows are nominated again this year.

Noticeable is the expansion of both the Lead Actress and Supporting Actress categories to six nominations as opposed to the regular five (that both Male categories are at still)... I guess it must've been a really good year for the women of daytime!

Furthermore, both Younger Acting categories have been cut to three nominations, I suppose soaps do not have as many younger actors as before??

Next year's Emmys (2012) will most likely not be impacted by the cancellation of AMC and OLTL, as these shows will continue well into the 'sweeps' period of submissions for consideration.

Daytime Emmy Nominations for 2011

Outstanding Drama Series

Outstanding Lead Actor

Outstanding Lead Actress

Outstanding Supporting Actor

Outstanding Supporting Actress

Outstanding Younger Actor

Outstanding Younger Actress

Saturday, April 16, 2011

'AMC' & 'OLTL' to end within the next year

It was announced from ABC just two days ago that One Life To Live and All My Children, both long-time soap mainstays on ABC (for over 40 years), will be going off air in January 2012 and September 2011, respectively.

One Life To Live's cancellation doesn't come as a big shock, as it's ratings have declined (as have all soaps), and it has been flip-flopping with already canceled As The World Turns for the past few years, and OLTL has been named the next casualty in Soap deaths.

Unexpected, however, is All My Children's demise along with it. Leaving only CBS's The Young & The Restless & The Bold & The Beautiful, NBC's Days Of Our Lives, and ABC's General Hospital as the only four soaps on air after January 2012.

What will be interesting is how the Daytime Emmys will adjust to these changes, if they will cut the number of nominees or leave them as is?, and how will they do the Best Drama Series nominations??

Interestingly, replacing both timeslots are 'lifestyle' shows, that are most likely cheaper to produce. When As The World Turns and Guiding Light went off-air, both were replaced by game shows, and I just have to ask: WHY?

I highly doubt anyone watches game shows as much as they used to anymore, with the way things are going, there isn't going to be much left in terms of Daytime television!!

BTW, I just wanted to add to the fact that I believe people don't watch gameshows as much anymore, then they should pre-empt game shows!! I'm tired of hearing that Y&R has been pre-empted because of MARCH MADNESS or some other sport... PLEASE put them on different times!!

Lastly, we are sad to hear that OLTL and AMC will go off air, as a fan of OLTL I will be sad to see the show go. Thoughts?

Saturday, March 26, 2011

TV Squad's Top 15 Female Soap Characters Of All Time

This is a pretty interesting list!!

http://www.tvsquad.com/2011/03/24/15-most-memorable-female-soap-opera-characters/?ncid=webmail

Enjoy!

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

2011 Soap Opera America Award Nominations

Here are the nominees for the 2011 Soap Opera America Awards:

(Be on the lookout for Polls on the site (sidebar on your right) or on the Facebook page to vote for your favorite couple & rivalry!!)

BEST DRAMA SERIES:

The Young & The Restless

As The World Turns

One Life To Life


OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR:

Trent Dawson as Henry Coleman, As The World Turns

John-Paul Lavoisier as Rex Balsom, One Life To Live

Van Hansis as Luke Snyder, As The World Turns

Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, The Young & The Restless

Michael Graziadei as Daniel Romalotti, The Young & The Restless


OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS:

Colleen Zenk as Barbara Ryan, As The World Turns

Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers, The Young & The Restless

Terri Conn as Katie Peretti, As The World Turns

Jeanne Cooper as Katherine Chancellor, The Young & The Restless

Jess Walton as Jill Fenmore, The Young & The Restless


OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Bree Williamson as Jessica Buchanan, One Life To Live

Trica Cast as Nina Webster, The Young & The Restless

Melody Thomas Scott as Nikki Reed Newman, The Young & The Restless

Lesli Kay as Molly Conlan, As The World Turns

Elizabeth Hendrickson as Chloe Mitchell, The Young & The Restless


OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Eric Sheffer Stevens as Reid Oliver, As The World Turns

Daniel Goddard as Cane Ashby, The Young & The Restless

Jeff Branson as Ronan Malloy, The Young & The Restless

Billy Miller as Billy Abbott, The Young & The Restless

Mark Lawson as Brody Lovett, One Life To Live


OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR/ACTRESS: [25 or under]

Kelley Missal as Danielle Manning, One Life To Live

Kristen Alderson as Starr Marnning, One Life To Live

Christel Khalil as Lily Winters, The Young & The Restless

Brandon Buddy as Cole Thornhart, One Life To Live

Emily O'Brien as Jana Hawkes, The Young & The Restless


[FAN VOTED] FAVORITE COUPLE:

Luke Snyder & Reid Oliver, As The World Turns

Cane Ashby & Lily Winters Ashby, The Young & The Restless

Brody Lovett & Jessica Buchanan, One Life To Live

Billy Abbott & Victoria Newman Abbott, The Young & The Restless

Victor Newman & Nikki Reed, The Young & The Restless


[NEW! FAN VOTED] FAVORITE RILVARY:

Barbara Ryan/Emily Stewart, As The World Turns

Chloe Mitchell/Heather Stevens, The Young & The Restless

Jill Fenmore/Lauren Fenmore Baldwin, The Young & The Restless

Phyllis Summers/Sharon Newman, The Young & The Restless

Ronan Malloy/Chance Chancellor, The Young & The Restless


OUTSTANDING PLOT/STORYLINE:

Newman v. Newmans [the lawsuit], The Young & The Restless

Nikki loses sobriety, The Young & The Restless

DNA Test Scandal, One Life To Live

Ronan is Chance’s Brother, The Young & The Restless

Reid’s Heart, As The World Turns


OUTSTANDING VILLAIN/VILLAINESS:

Ewa Da Cruz as Vienna Hyatt, As The World Turns

Sean Young as Meggie McClaine, The Young & The Restless

Stephen Nichols as Tucker McCall, The Young & The Restless

Terri Conn as Aubrey Wentworth Buchanan, One Life To Live

Jerry verDorn as Clint Buchanan, One Life To Live


TOTAL NOMINATIONS:

As The World Turns: 11

The Young & The Restless
: 26

One Life To Live: 11

Sunday, March 13, 2011

2011 Daytime Emmy Pre-Nominations!

Alas, I am behind the curve on this, but it just means we are closer to finding the actual nominations for the Emmys!! Here are the ones who made the cut:

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

All My Children
: Rebecca Budig (Greenlee Hayward), Alicia Minshew (Kendall Slater), and Debbi Morgan (Angie Hubbard)
As the World Turns: Maura West (Carly Tenney) and Colleen Zenk (Barbara Ryan)
The Bold and the Beautiful: Susan Flannery (Stephanie Forrester), Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan)
Days of our Lives: Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady), Alison Sweeney (Samantha Brady)
General Hospital: Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall) and Laura Wright (Carly Jacks)
One Life to Live: Kassie DePaiva (Blair Cramer) and Gina Tognoni (Kelly Cramer)
The Young and the Restless: Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor) and Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Newman)

Quick Thoughts: Glad that Zenk got pre-nominated as she did some fabulous work in the weeks nearing the finale! Not much to say on OLTL since I've missed most of it in 2010, but I think they must've gotten it right.... Y&R: ....about right, Cooper & Stafford both made my short-list for possible nominees for the awards here.


Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

All My Children: Ricky Paull Goldin (Jake Martin) and Michael E Knight (Tad Martin)
As the World Turns: Jon Lindstrom (Craig Montgomery) and Michael Park (Jack Snyder)
The Bold and the Beautiful: Don Diamont (Bill Spencer, Jr.) and Jack Wagner (Nick Marone)
Days of our Lives: Peter Reckell (Bo Brady) and James Scott (EJ DiMera)
General Hospital: Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos) and Steve Burton (Jason Morgan)
One Life to Live: Jerry ver Dorn (Clint Buchanan) and Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan)
The Young and the Restless: Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott) and Christian J LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin)

Quick Thoughts: For ATWT, I think Van Hansis (Luke Snyder) should've definitely gotten pre-nominated (unless he decided not to submit himself for consideration, which is a shame, since he did some great work near the finale).... not surprised to see Lindstrom and Park up for consideration, but I have a feeling they might not get nominated as they didn't have a strong showing in the final weeks. OLTL: I suppose it was a good choice? I don't think anyone else really stood out during nomination period?? Y&R: Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) is the only glaring omission I can mention, he did some great work near the end of 2010.... I can't remember anything that stands out from Bergman & LeBlanc (even though both are CRAZY talented).


Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

All My Children: Melissa Claire Egan (Annie Chandler) and Chrishell Stause (Amanda Martin)
As the World Turns: Terri Conn (Katie Peretti), Lesli Kay (Molly Conlan), and Julie Pinson (Janet Ciccone)
The Bold and the Beautiful: Adrienne Frantz (Amber Moore) and Heather Tom (Katie Logan Spencer)
Days of our Lives: Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe Lane) and Arianne Zucker (Nicole Walker)
General Hospital: Julie Marie Berman (Lulu Spencer) and Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis)
One Life to Live: Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord) and Bree Williamson (Jessica Buchanan)
The Young and the Restless: Tricia Cast (Nina Webster), Amelia Heinle (Victoria Newman), and Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe Mitchell)

Quick Thoughts: On ATWT, Pinson didn't have a strong showing as she did for when she won her Emmy last year, but I am over the moon that Kay & Conn both are pre-nominated because they did some fabulous work!! I hope that Conn takes home the gold this year! OLTL: Then again, I might be rooting for Williamson because she is very talented and I love her work as Jessica! Y&R: All three ladies did a great job last year, but I think Cast & Hendrickson might edge out Heinle.... On the purpose of having stronger material to work with... but I wouldn't count Heinle out yet because she has managed to make Victoria Newman into her own character in the past half-decade.


Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

All My Children: Cornelius Smith, Jr. (Frankie Hubbard) and Jacob Young (JR Chandler)
As the World Turns: Trent Dawson (Henry Coleman) and Eric Sheffer Stevens (Reid Oliver)
The Bold and the Beautiful: Patrick Duffy (Stephen Logan) and Rick Hearst (Whipple Jones, III)
Days of our Lives: Shawn Christian (Daniel Jonas) and Jay Kenneth Johnson (Philip Kiriakis)
General Hospital: Jonathan Jackson (Lucky Spencer) and Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake)
One Life to Live: Brian Kerwin (Charlie Banks) and Mark Lawson (Brody Lovett)
The Young and the Restless: Doug Davidson (Paul Williams) and Billy Miller (Billy Abbott)

Quick Thoughts: ATWT: Soooooooooooooo glad Stevens is up for consideration, his work as Reid was brilliant, but I think there is no excuse for Van Hansis to not be up for consideration, at LEAST in this category! OLTL: Again, I can't really say for sure. Y&R: Davidson is always talented but he didn't make my short-list as Miller did... though I think the actors of Ronan and Chance (and maybe Cane) would've edged out these two for me.


Outstanding Younger Actress In A Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

All My Children: Brittany Allen (Marissa Chandler) and Natalie Hall (Colby Chandler)
The Bold and the Beautiful: Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy Forrester) and Kim Matula (Hope Logan)
Days of our Lives: Molly Burnett (Melanie Layton) and Shelley Hennig (Stephanie Johnson)
General Hospital: Lexi Ainsworth (Kristina Corinthos Davis) and Haley Pullos (Molly Lansing Davis)
One Life to Live: Kristen Alderson (Starr Manning) and Brittany Underwood (Langston Wilde)
The Young and the Restless: Emily O'Brien (Jana Hawkes)

Quick Thoughts: Not much to say here, but O'Brien from Y&R did some great work.


Outstanding Younger Actor In A Drama Series Pre-Nominees:

All My Children: Finn Wittrock (Damon Miller)
As the World Turns: Mick Hazen (Parker Munson Snyder)
The Bold and the Beautiful: Scott Clifton (Liam Cooper) and Zack Conroy (Oliver Jones)
Days of our Lives: Casey Deidrick (Chad Woods) and Chandler Massey (Will Horton)
General Hospital: Chad Duell (Michael Corinthos) and Nathan Parsons (Ethan Lovett)
One Life to Live: Edward Alderson (Matthew Buchanan) and David A. Gregory (Robert Ford)

Quick Thoughts: No Y&R noms?? Hmmmm, anyways, not much to say here either.


THOUGHTS?? Sound Off In the comments!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Soap Opera America's Helen Wagner Lifetime Achievement Award: Colleen Zenk Pinter (2010 Honoree)


Perhaps most famously known for her role as the equally villainess and yet kind-hearted Barbara Ryan on As The World Turns, Pinter has become one of the most talented actresses in daytime, and one of the most beloved by fans.

In 1978, Pinter first appeared on As The World Turns, playing Barbara Ryan: a role which she would become most famously known for. In her thirty-two year stint on As The World Turns, she portrayed Barbara as many types of women, but it was her villainous turn in the 2000's that would garner her much critical acclaim. She earned back-to-back Daytime Emmy nominations in 2001 (Supporting Actress) and 2002 (Lead Actress), and a 2005 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination (Favorite Villain).

Throughout Pinter's stint on As The World Turns she became one-half of the famous super-couple with James Stenbeck (Anthony Herrera). Her rise to fame as Barbara began with Barbara becoming a heroine, suffering many tragedies at the hand of her former lover, James Stenbeck. In 1985, her villainous nature started to show as she broke up popular super-couple Tom Hughes & Margo Montgomery, this proved unpopular and she returned to being a heroine.

In the early 2000's Barbara became involved in a villainous plot to get back at her adversaries, which soon after, she reformed herself and became less of a villain. Yet, Pinter was still able to inject some boldness and brashy-ness into Barbara, creating a strong vibrant woman who we've come to know and love.

Pinter has remained an integral part of many of As The World Turns's storylines, being a regular contract player, and becoming a prominent character as the show started to come to a close in September 2010.

Pinter met her first husband on the set of As The World Turns and the two have a daughter and a grandchild together. She became diagnosed with oral cancer in 2007, and is now a proud cancer survivor, as well as a spokesperson for the disease. In 2008, Pinter agreed to have her character Barbara Ryan have an oral cancer storyline as well, which in turn ended up with Ryan being cancer free.

Pinter is a fantastic actress, a part of As The World Turns history, and a person who created one of the most bold and brazen females in soap history. We wish her great luck on her next acting ventures, and hope to see her soon in another fantastic role.

Soap Opera America's Helen Wagner Lifetime Achievement Award (Intro)

Helen Wagner, known as Nancy Hughes on As The World Turns, was a trailblazer. She spoke the very first words on ATWT and would go on to become one of the soap's most well-known characters. She became the matriarch of the show, becoming one of the longest tenured actresses on the soap, and winning a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Emmys in 2004. She set the world record for the longest played character on television with Nancy Hughes. ATWT's history is not complete without her, as she carried a sense of history every time she came onscreen.

We decided to name a lifetime achievement award in her honor after she passed away last May (2010). Reason being was that she has become one of the legends of daytime television, and one figure that daytime television can't ignore in it's long history.

This is an honorary award presented in the honor of As The World Turns star Helen Wagner (Nancy Hughes) who is no longer with us. This award will be presented to honor a Soap Vet who has contributed significantly to the world of soaps by playing an iconic role, or many iconic roles.