WEEKEND SUDS FLASH
NBC Daytime revives itself with a new strategy and programming!
• According to Broadcasting & Cable, NBC is considering pairing DAYS with Bravo’s successful Real Housewives franchises to help attract younger viewers to its anorexic daytime lineup. But that’s not all. The article reports Sony’s The Nate Berkus Show, an Oprah spinoff, NBC Universal’s The Real Housewives — which has been a big hit for Bravo — and Access Hollywood Live, which aims to bring viewers all the day’s news from Hollywood in a fresh format, will help revive NBC’s anemic and limp daytime lineup. Smart move, NBC.
• Nadia Bjorlin will be hosting ACME Saturday Night on Aug. 14. The show starts at 7 p.m. PT. Tickets are $10 online and $15 at the door. ACME Comedy Theatre is located at 135 N. La Brea Ave in Hollywood, Calif.
• Is DAYS pursuing Matt Ashford now that Missy Reeves is returning to Salem full time? As of press time, Ashford tells On Air, On Soaps’ Michael Fairman that DAYS has not approached the actor, but would more than likely agree to a comeback.
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PODCAST OF THE WEEK
DC.com interviews Michael Muhney
Check out Y&R master-villain Michael Muhney’s best interview to date on one of Daytimeconfidential.com’s most entertaining podcasts yet.
PICTURE OF THE WEEK
For Your Consideration: Emmy Catfight!
Susan Lucci will lampoon herself on the Aug. 18 episode of Hot In Cleveland. On the episode titled “Tornado,” Wendie Malick’s character, Veronica, prepares to head back to Los Angeles in hopes of winning a Daytime Emmy, but when a tornado threatens to hit Cleveland, the ladies find way more than just shelter in Betty White’s secret storm cellar. |
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WEB SUDS
Confessions from The Bay
As The Bay approaches its Sept. 15 premiere date, fans can tune in to the soap’s weekly promotional interviews “The Bay: Confessions of the Garretts” starting this Wednesday, Aug. 11 (a.k.a. Brenda Barrett Day). The five-minute video clips will be released in six parts, leading up to the first episode and will consist of exclusive in-depth interviews with the characters Sara Garrett (Mary Beth Evans), Brian Garrett-Nelson (Dylan Bruce), Marly Garrett-Nelson-Foster (Martha Madison) and Pete Garrett (Kristos Andrews) and will give audiences a peek at the complicated back story behind the Garrett family.
SUDS POLL
Will you be tuning in this week to see Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo on GH? Click here to vote.
• Yes — Brenda rocks!
• Nah — I’m over it!
• Who?
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THE NELSON RATINGS
Can’t watch all the soaps this week? No worries — here’s a cheat sheet!
Top 3 Soaps to Watch:
1. General Hospital, ABC/A
2. The Young and the Restless, CBS/Global
3. Days of our Lives, NBC/Global
Top 3 Storylines to Watch:
1. Brendamania, General Hospital
2. Hope for Adam?, Y&R
3. Rafe Busts EJ, DAYS
Top 5 Actresses to Watch:
1. Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo (Brenda, GH)
2. Signy Coleman (Hope, Y&R)
3. Adrienne Barbeau (Suzanne, GH)
4. Florencia Lozano (Téa, One Life)
5. Alicia Minshew (Kendall, AMC)
Top 5 Actors to Watch:
1. Michael Muhney (Adam, Y&R)
2. Brad Rowe (Murphy, GH)
3. Trevor St. John (Todd, One Life)
4. Tuc Watkins (David, One Life)
5. James Scott (EJ, DAYS)
Top 3 Duos to Watch:
1. Brenda and Murphy, GH
2. Todd and Téa, One Life
3. Hope and Adam, Y&R
Top 3 Couples to Fast-Forward Through:
1. Lisa and Patrick, GH
2. Paul and Nina, Y&R
3. Maxie and Matt, GH
Top 3 New Duos to Watch:
1. Tucker and Ash, Y&R
2. Chloe and Ronan, Y&R
3. Olivia and Steven, GH
Top 3 Rivals:
1. Brooke vs. Stephanie, B&B
2. EJ vs. Rafe, DAYS
3. Victor vs. Tucker, Y&R
Top 3 Love Triangles to Watch:
1. EJ/Sami/Rafe, DAYS
2. Reid/Luke/Noah, World Turns
3. Nick/Sharon/Adam, Y&R
Top 3 Soap Magazine Covers (based on art direction):
1. ABC Soaps In Depth: GH’s Brenda and Sonny
2. Soap Opera Weekly: Y&R’s Sharon Case
3. Soap Opera Digest: DAYS’s Rafe Learns the Truth
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. Wednesday: Brenda’s back on GH! “Sorry, Susan Lucci — I’m the Queen of ABC now,” Marcil Giovinazzo says.
2. Wednesday: Todd and Dani say their farewells to Téa on One Life. “Say ‘hi’ to Roger Howarth for us,” smirks Trevor St. John.
3. Tuesday: It’s Brendathon on ABC Daytime today! “I want my own day on ABC, too, damn it!” pouts AMC’s Stephanie Gatschet.
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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. |
