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Deep Soap: Antonio Sabato Jr. and Tristan Rogers Preview General Hospital Night Shift Rogers: "We’re shot more as a primetime show. We’re structured more as a primetime show. I won’t say that the storylines are more primetimeish but the rhythm of the show is different and there’s a lot more storylines going on and we have a beginning, a middle and an end which is what a normal daytime show doesn’t have." Sabato: "It’s 13 years later and he’s got a little boy that’s going to have to deal with some health issues throughout the 13 shows. He’s an FBI agent. He’s got a lot more responsibilities than he’s ever had before. Hopefully he’s grown a bit. He’s going to have to deal with Robin and Robert Scorpio." 1 TCA scoop: A gay doctor on NIGHT SHIFT? Per AfterElton, SOAPnet is teasing that in Tuesday's premiere of the second season of its original GENERAL HOSPITAL: NIGHT SHIFT series, one of its doctors will be coming out as gay. Most of the speculation is around Dr. Kyle Julian (played by Adam Grimes). AMC's Jacob Young to become a dad Jacob Young (JR, AMC; ex-Lucky, GH) and wife Christen are due to become first-time parents on November 19. "It's a boy," reports Young. "We're going to name him Luke Wayne Young — Wayne is my middle name, and Luke we chose because we wanted something biblical. It's not after Tony [Geary, Luke, GH, his former on-screen father]!" LYNN LICCARDO: What we have here is a failure to communicate "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 questions: What did they both hate about soap opera, and exactly what did Monty want to change? Since neither Geary nor Money ever elaborated on their famous exchange, what they really meant when they said they hated soap opera and wanted to change it is open to speculation: Were they being funny? Ironic? Maybe a little hyperbolic? Did they literally mean what they said? I expect some combination of the above. But words matter, and whatever Geary and Monty may or may not have meant by "I hate soap opera," over the past 30 years, the idea that soap opera somehow needed to become something else in order not to be hated has become deeply imbedded in daytime's collective psyche, and, I believe, this is what lies at the heart of why soaps are in their current sorry state." How former HOLLOAKS star Hannah Tointon refused to slim down for the teen soap Former HOLLYOAKS actress Hannah Tointon admits she felt huge pressure to stay slim on the teen soap. The slim 20-year-old joined the Chester-set drama in April 2007 as the little sister of HOLLYOAKS bad boy Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas). After leaving the Channel 4 show three months ago after just under a year on screen, Tointon is moving on to pastures new. Referring to her time on Hollyoaks, where many of the cast are former models, Tointon admitted she battled with body insecurity. She said: "I did feel pressure to look a certain way on Hollyoaks. But I just had to stay strong and not let myself get into a state of mind that isn't healthy." PASSIONS to end on August 7th PASSIONS, which was originally scheduled to end on August 11 on DIRECTV, will be ending its run on August 7 instead. DIRECTV will also be running a marathon of the final four episodes on August 8. Don Diamont happy at home on Y&R "When you get a soap opera you sink or you swim, you have to be very committed to learning your craft and I was lucky enough to work with some wonderful people who helped me along in those early days." PASSIONS' Liza Huber is expecting second child Susan Lucci (Erica, AMC) confirms that daughter Liza Huber (Gwen, PASSIONS) and her hubby, Alex Hesterberg, are expecting baby No. 2. "We're so thrilled," Lucci gushes. "[One-year-old] Royce is going to be an adorable big brother!" SCRIPTS & SCRUPLES: Episode #831 Henry finds an unexpected visitor at the loft.