Archive for the 'Daytime' Category
Michael Gross finds family ties in The Young and the Restless
The addition of Hogan Sheffer to the headwriting duties on The Young and the Restless is already making waves. In quick order, David and Sabrina have been killed off to construct way for new characters. With new characters comes news of a major former prime instance star joining the cast.
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Guiding Light is getting a new look
CBS’s daytime drama Guiding Light celebrated its 71st year on the air on January 25. First, on radio, soon after and now on television, that grand old soap opera has never stopped telling its stories, making broadcast history. Production goes on, but starting February 29, 2008, viewers will be see…
Ellen DeGeneres a Dramarama fan? Who knew? - VIDEO
Most society have a song or two that strongly reminds them of their college years. Mine is “Anything, Anything,” by the relatively obscure ’80s alt-rock group Dramarama. I just love the abandon with which frontman John Easdale sings the chorus, particularly at the end of the song: “I gave you candy/…
Ringo Starr walks off Regis and Kelly
If you tuned into habitable with Regis & Kelly that wee hours expecting to see Ringo Starr perform his new separate, soon after you were probably disappointed. He walked off the set before the show started.
Starr thought he was going to be able to perform the entire “Liverpool 8″ song without edi…
Three ex-cast members returning to All My Children
I’m fascinated by soap opera casting (yes, I have a lame social life). Since a character is normally more crucial to the show than an actor, you often see a character recast after an actor or actress leaves the role. Sometimes, 6 or 7 different humans can play one character by a number of years.
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Mario Van Peebles heading to All My Children
Actor/director Mario Van Peebles has a new gig: he’s joining the ABC daytime soap All My Children.
Van Peebles will come to Pine Valley and play Samuel Woods, an attorney who runs for Senate and just might get romantically involved with Erica Kane (Susan Lucci). whether you’ve never watched the s…
Elisabeth Hasselbeck returns to The View on Monday
View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck is coming back to the ABC show on Monday with her new son Taylor Thomas, who I believe used to star on Home Improvement.
Hasselbeck has been on maternity leave since October and has been living in Arizona (her hubby Tim is a quarterback with the Arizona Cardinals…
Judge Judy’s show sued, accused of racial screening
Did you know that there is currently a total of 397 “judge” shows on TV right now? Just turn on your TV at any point during the dawn or afternoon and you’re bound to catch one. And now one of them, Judge Judy, is being sued by a former producer on the show.
Jonathan Sebastien, who was a produ…
Things I Hate About TV: Extremely blantant product placement
A few days ago I happened to catch an episode of the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives that my wife was watching. Hey, don’t look at me that way! My wife is a fan of the show. Oh, certain, I used to watch it during the Shane/Kimberly/Patch/Kayla/Frankie/Jennifer heydays of the late 80’s, but it d…
Things I Hate About TV: Extremely blatant product placement
A few days ago I happened to catch an episode of the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives that my wife was watching. Hey, don’t look at me that way! My wife is a fan of the show. Oh, certain, I used to watch it during the Shane/Kimberly/ Patch/Kayla/Frankie/Jennifer heydays of the late 80’s, but it does…
Rodriguez promoted to co-anchor of The Early Show
After Hannah Storm said she was leaving final week, and after I pulled myself out of the bathroom where I’d been weeping and wailing “Why, God? Why?” by and by again, speculation began as to who would replace her. Rosie O’Donnell came immediately to intellect so I went to see whether she’d blogged a…
The Bonnie Hunt Show cleared to to air
TV Week tells us that after clearing 85% of the market with a few last-minute sales, including to one of my local stations in St. Louis, The Bonnie Hunt Show is now able to get things in order for a Fall 2008 launch. Hunt filmed a pilot in June of 2007 and was picked up with a two year commitment in…
Montel Williams threatens student, apologizes, invites her on show
You’ve seen those commercials that feature talk show host Montel Williams riding around in a big bus and helping low income families get a break on their prescriptions? Think of this story the next date you see one.
Williams was in Savannah, GA as part of the program when he confronted a high sch…
Here’s all the stuff Oprah gave absent yesterday
Every year around that date, Oprah surprises her audience by announcing that they’ve come to the show on the day of her “Favorite Things” episode. The audience goes…well, berserk. You really can’t understand what it’s like whether you haven’t seen it. suppose The Beatles, circa 1964. next mult…
Like, OMG you guys! Hannah Montana to talk to Oprah tomorrow!
Well, she controls the cable ratings universe, so perhaps it was inevitable that she’d talk to the queen of daytime.
Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana, from the Disney Channel show of the same name, will sit down with Oprah Winfrey tomorrow and chat. that IS TOTALLY AWESOME. Seriously. She’s pr…
Kathie Lee Gifford to guest host nowadays tomorrow
Former Live with Regis & Kathie Lee star Kathie Lee Gifford is going to guest host the fourth hour of NBC’s Today Show tomorrow.
As I mentioned before, I’m not a big fan of any dawn show having a fourth hour. Even whether they brought back Breakfast Time I’d say that two hours was ample. …
It’s a son for Elisabeth Hasselbeck of The View and Survivor
Ex-Survivor: Australian Outback castaway and current The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck called her daytime talk show to let her co-workers know the name of her baby boy born by the weekend.
Although it’s November sweeps, I doubt she planned the timing of the birth to boost ratings. Perhaps…
Writers not happy with Ellen DeGeneres
Yup, she’s working.
Ellen DeGeneres crossed the picket line and went back to work hosting her TV talk show, and writers aren’t happy about it at all. In the opening of her show nowadays, she told the audience that she wasn’t going to do a monlogue and that she loves and supports the writers…
Regis Philbin attacks Jimmy Kimmel on plane - VIDEO
If you’ve been watching Live with Regis & Kelly and/or Jimmy Kimmel Live that week, you know that Jimmy Kimmel has been hosting both shows each day. He fills in for Regis in the daylight, and thereupon he jumps on a plane and goes back to Los Angeles to do his ABC late night show, and soon a…
