A Martinez in Little Girl Lost

Don’t miss Lifetime Movie Network’s original movie premiere of Little Girl Lost starring Ana Ortiz (UGLY BETTY), A Martinez (ONE LIFE TO LIVE), and Judy Reyes (SCRUBS) on Sunday, August 17th at 8PM. In Little Girl Lost, Reyes portrays Luz Cuevas, a working-class mother who is told that her infant daughter, Delimar, has perished in a suspicious fire in their Philadelphia row house. Despite the evidence, and based only on her intuition as a mother, Luz remains convinced that her daughter was kidnapped and that she's still alive. Luz and her husband (Bustamante) attempt to put the tragedy behind them for the sake of their other children, however, Luz continues to suspect her distant cousin (Ortiz) of foul play and enlists the help of Angel Cruz (Martinez), a sympathetic State Representative.

Daytime Nielsen Ratings - Week of August 4-8, 2008

From the ABC Daytime ratings release: * ABC extended its streak as Daytime's No. 1 network in key Women 18-49 to 12 straight weeks (1.2 rating/761,000 - tied on rating). * In Women 18-34, ABC was home to 3 of Daytime's Top 5 programs for the 17th week in a row: "The View" (No. 2T, 0.8 rating/270,000), "General Hospital" (No. 2T, 0.8 rating/266,000) and "One life to Live" (No. 5T, 0.7 rating/247,000). * In Women 18-49, for the 17th week running the net has ranked at least 3 shows among the upper echelon: "General Hospital" (No. 2T, 1.2 rating/823,000), "The View" (No. 2T, 1.2 rating/808,000) and "One Life to Live" (No. 4T - 1.1 rating/729,000). * Ranking among Daytime's Top 5 programs for the 16th straight week in target young women, "One Life to Live" topped CBS' "As the World Turns" (2:00 - 3:00 p.m.) head to head by 39% in Women 18-34 (247,000 vs. 178,000) and by 13% in Women 18-49 (729,000 vs. 643,000). * "General Hospital" surpassed CBS' "Guiding Light" at 3 o'clock by a solid 71% in Women 18-34 (266,000 vs. 156,000), by 36% in Women 18-49 (823,000 vs. 607,000) and by 16% in Total Viewers (2.63 million vs. 2.27 million). Following are the Daytime Lineup averages, plus Top 5 Programs Ranks - Week of July 28, 2008:Daytime Rank: Total Viewers Women 18-49 (Rtg/000s) No. 1 CBS 3.66 million No. 1 CBS 1.2/774,000 No. 2 ABC 2.72 million No. 1 ABC 1.2/761,000 No. 3 NBC 2.55 million No. 3 NBC 1.1/721,000 Top 5 Daytime Programs in Women 18-49 (rank based on rating)Program Net Rtg/000s The Young & the Restless CBS 1.8/1.20 million General Hospital ABC 1.2/823,000 The View ABC 1.2/808,000 The Bold and the Beautiful CBS 1.1/751,000 One Life to Live ABC 1.1/729,000 Days of Our Lives NBC 1.1/721,000

ATWT: Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death

From CBS: "Liberty is a sassy, sixteen year old with a new dad who doesn't quite get her and a younger boyfriend whom she's tutoring in all things teen-age - including sex."

Flashback: Martha Byrne on Doogie Howser

Having ANOTHER WORLD reruns available has made me spend more time on Hulu lately. One gem I discovered was an old episode of DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. from season two (fall 1990), where Martha Byrne (who had left ATWT to Los Angeles) guest starred as a young bulimic model. Jason Brooks (ex-Peter, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) also appears as a nude model in the episode.