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Catching Up With ATWT's Billy Magnussen

Nelson Branco's weekly "Suds Report" Shocker: OLTL’s Erin Torpey returns! Antonio Sabato Jr. works the NIGHT SHIFT! Pre-Emmy party gossip! GL hires four head writers! DAYS brave social-issue story! Michael Tylo speaks on son’s tragic death! Stop the presses: Dylan Bruce is Canadian! Duffy back to B&B DALLAS vet Patrick Duffy (ex-Bobby) returns as THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL patriarch Stephen Logan on June 20. Tweaked OLTL Tale Adds "Original" Jess Michael Logan at TV Guide reports: What the Tuck? There's already a hitch in those fantastic One Life to Live 40th anniversary plans I revealed earlier this week. Fan fave Jessica Tuck, who was supposed to be seen in a Heaven sequence as her late, great character Megan, had to bow out of the gig yesterday due to a scheduling conflict. (Souces say the conflict is High School Musical 3, but I have no confirmation of that). This is not just a big disappointment for us Tuck-anistas, it's a big headache for the show because her appearance was no mere cameo. OLTL head writer Ron Carlivati had wanted Megan to serve as a celestial guide for her mama Viki (Erika Slezak), who will visit the Great Beyond after dying in a car crash — a major two-day plot twist (airing July 21-22) that riffs on one of the soap's most famous stories from the 1980s. The scenes shoot this coming Monday. The clock is ticking. What to do? Carlivati, who is quite the brain-stormer, quickly picked a different dead Megan to be Viki's guide — that would be Megan's namesake (and Viki's granddaughter), baby Megan, who died by miscarriage in 1999 when her mom, Jessica, was the victim of a hit-and-run. Back then, Jessica was played by another fan sensation, the much-missed Erin Torpey — and that's who's gonna come back to the show and play baby Megan in Heaven! Granted, it's a little weird, but it's certainly a creative way to solve a casting crisis! BLOG UPDATE: Marlena DeLacroix "Introducing Soap Shrink, a column by a real life practicing therapist, Damon L. Jacobs, that diagnoses and analyzes our favorite characters. Damon has an M.A. in psychology and is a New York-licensed marriage and family therapist. What is going to make this fun is that Damon is also real life longtime soap fan, one of Marlena’s Thinking Fans who looks at soaps from the same sophisticated and humorous perspective you and I do. Each week Damon will pick a character and analyzes him or her." On the Soap Shrink’s Couch: General Hospital’s Carly Corinthos Jacks WORLD: Eyeballs stuck to same TV shows including B&B According to ratings firm Eurodata TV Worldwide, which listed highest ratings worldwide for 2007, CSI, about a team of forensic experts, drew 83.9 million viewers, beating out sequel show CSI: MIAMI and HOUSE as the globe's most popular TV drama series. In the TV comedy category, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES attracted 61.5 million viewers, beating MONK and UGLY BETTY. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL with 26.2 million viewers was the most popular soap, against two Mexican telenovelas DESTILANDO AMOR and MARINA. In 2007, Eurodata listed the same three programs as the world's most popular for 2006. The figures, based on ratings in 51 countries with a potential 1.6 billion viewers, were released today by the Monte-Carlo Television Festival and Eurodata. DJ Mills wins soap roles Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills has reportedly scooped roles in THE BILL and HOLLYOAKS. Speaking to The Sun, Mills admitted: "I loved my part in The Bill very much, although I would like to catch some actual criminals next time.

Creative Arts "Technical" Emmy Winners

The 35th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Daytime Emmy® Awards were presented at a black-tie gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in the Time-Warner’s Columbus Circle complex in New York City. More than 1,000 performers, producers and craftspeople involved in daytime television, including drama, talk shows, children’s programs, game shows and lifestyle programs from both the East and West Coast congregated at a single ceremony to honor the winners. The star-studded cast of presenters included Alex Trebek (host of Jeopardy!), Jack Hanna (host of Jack Hanna's Into The Wild and Director Emeritus at the Columbus Zoo), Caroll Spinney (Oscar of Sesame Street), Kevin Clash (Elmo of Sesame Street), Bob McGrath (Sesame Street) Chris Knowings (Sesame Street), Christopher Lloyd (voice of “The Hacker” Cyberchase), Bindi Irwin (Bindi the Jungle Girl) Animal Planet, Jamie Durie (host of Victory Garden on PBS and recent gold medal winner at the Royal Horticultural Society), Ben Bailey (host of Cash Cab) Discovery, John Tartaglia (Johnny and the Sprites) on Disney Channel, Sandra Lee, (Creator and host of Semi Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee), Food Network, Candi Milo, (voice of Dexter from Cartoon Network's Dexter's Laboratory and Astro Boy from Sony Pictures Television), Danica Lee, (voice of Ming-Ming Duckling on Nickelodeon), Todd English, (host of Food Trip with Todd English), Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza, (co-hosts of Creative Juice and Witchcrafts on the DIY Network), Peter Ishkhans, (host of Peter Perfect on the Style Network), David Newell, (“Mr. Speedy Delivery” from Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood), Tom Silva and Roger Cook from This Old House and Ask This Old House. Stars from drama shows included: David Canary (Adam and Stuart Chandler) and Brianne Moncreif (Colby Chandler and David’s onscreen daughter), All My Children; Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord) and Brittany Underwood (Langston Wilde) from One Life to Live; Ellen Dolan (Margo Montgomery Hughes) and Colleen Zenk Pinter (Barbara Ryan) from As The World Turns; Kate Linder (Esther Valentine) from The Young and the Restless; Murray Bartlett (Cyrus Foley) and Bonnie Dennison (Daisy LeMay) from Guiding Light. The soap winners by show: 4 One Life To Live 2 As the World Turns 2 Guiding Light 1 All My Children 1 The Bold and the Beautiful 1 Days of our Lives 1 General Hospital 1 The Young and the Restless Winners by category: Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design For A Drama Series (tie) AS THE WORLD TURNS, CBS PATRICK HOWE, PRODUCTION DESIGNER TIM GOODMANSON, ART DIRECTOR KAREN HLIPALA, SET DECORATOR CATHERINE MCKENNEY, SET DECORATOR DENNIS DONEGAN, SET DECORATOR THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, CBS WILLIAM HULTSTROM, PRODUCTION DESIGNER DAVID HOFFMANN, ART DIRECTOR ANDREA JOEL, SET DECORATOR JOE BEVACQUA, SET DECORATOR FRED COOPER, SET DECORATOR Outstanding Achievement for a Casting Director For A Drama Series GENERAL HOSPITAL, ABC MARK TESCHNER, CASTING DIRECTOR Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design For A Drama Series ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC SUSAN GAMMIE, HEAD COSTUME DESIGNER DAVID BROOKS, COSTUME DESIGNER SALLY LESSER, COSTUME DESIGNER Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing For A Drama Series THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, CBS JONATHAN SMILOWITZ, EDITOR JIM FRIESEN, EDITOR BRIAN BAGWELL, EDITOR Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling For A Drama Series DAYS OF OUR LIVES, NBC MARGIE PUGA, HAIRSTYLIST MATTHEW HOLMAN, HAIRSTYLIST GARRY ALLYN, HAIRSTYLIST KIM SALVATORE, HAIRSTYLIST MONICA SEBEDRA, HAIRSTYLIST Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction For A Drama Series ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC SCOTT DEVITTE, LIGHTING DIRECTOR ROBERT BESSOIR, LIGHTING DIRECTOR Outstanding Achievement in Makeup For A Drama Series AS THE WORLD TURNS, CBS ELDO RAY ESTES, KEY MAKEUP ARTIST KIMBERLY BRAISIN, MAKEUP ARTIST STEPHANIE GLOVER-MCGEE, MAKEUP ARTIST ANETTE LIAN-WILLIAMS, MAKEUP ARTIST Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction And Composition For A Drama Series GUIDING LIGHT, CBS GARY DEINSTADT, MUSIC DIRECTOR , COMPOSER BILLY BARBER, MUSIC DIRECTOR , COMPOSER ROBYN CUTLER, SUPERVISING MUSIC DIRECTOR BRIAN D. SIEWERT, COMPOSER DANNY PELFREY, COMPOSER CHIELI MINUCCI, COMPOSER MARK STEPHEN ROSS, COMPOSER KENNETH EBERHARD, COMPOSER LINDA LAWLEY, COMPOSER MICHELE VICE-MASLIN, COMPOSER RON KOMIE, COMPOSER Outstanding Original Song (tie) ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC Song Title: Chemistry LANCE HORNE, COMPOSER, LYRICIST PAUL S. GLASS, LYRICIST ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC Song Title: Little Starr KEVIN BRIODY, COMPOSER, LYRICIST Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct To Tape Sound Mixing For A Drama Series GUIDING LIGHT, CBS CHARLIE JONES, PRODUCTION MIXER ROBERT DREW PRIMROSE, PRODUCTION MIXER STEVE WATSON, PRODUCTION MIXER THOMAS INESON, POST-PRODUCTION MIXER THOMAS BORNKAMP, POST-PRODUCTION MIXER DOUG KENT, POST-PRODUCTION MIXER ANDREW C. CAPUANO, BOOM OPERATOR CHARLIE IACONO, BOOM OPERATOR ANTHONY VALENTINO, BOOM OPERATOR ANTHONY BUTCH INGLESE, BOOM OPERATOR ERIC SHUTTLEWORTH, BOOM OPERATOR Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control For A Drama Series ALL MY CHILDREN, ABC MICHAEL V. POMARICO, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR RICHARD WESTLEIN, ELECTRONIC CAMERA TOM SHEPARD, ELECTRONIC CAMERA WILLIAM TYNAN, ELECTRONIC CAMERA GEORGE MONTANEZ, ELECTRONIC CAMERA FRANK FORSYTH, ELECTRONIC CAMERA ADAM KEITH, ELECTRONIC CAMERA ROBERT AMBRICO, ELECTRONIC CAMERA ERIC JOHNSON, ELECTRONIC CAMERA YONEETE COMMARE, SENIOR VIDEO CONTROL

How I Spent My Morning...

at Good Morning America to see Cyndi Lauper up close and personal. Be sure to check out her visit to AS THE WORLD TURNS on July 3rd. Please ignore my horrible dancing at various times during this video.

Last Week's Daytime Nielsen Ratings

From the ABC Daytime Ratings release for the week of June 2-6, 2008: * ABC clinched its fourth consecutive victory as Daytime's No. 1 network in Women 18-49 (1.4 rating/909,000), defeating key competitors NBC and CBS by a sizeable 17% (vs. 1.2 rating apiece). * In Women 18-34, ABC was home to Daytime's Top 3 programs with "General Hospital," "One Life to Live" and "The View" stacked at No. 1 with 1.0 ratings apiece. * For the second straight week, "One Life to Live" was Daytime's No. 2-ranked program in Women 18-49 (1.5 rating/966,000), surpassing time period rival CBS' "As the World Turns" by a sizeable 36% (1.1 rating/715,000). * In Women 18-49, all ABC programs ranked among Daytime's Top 5, marking the second straight week the network has owned 4 the Top 5, and the 9th straight week the net has owned at least 3 of the Top 5: "General Hospital" (No. 2T, 1.5 rating/1.01 million), "One Life to Live" (No. 2T, 1.5 rating/966,000), "All My Children" (No. 4T, 1.3 rating/832,000) and "The View" (No. 4T, 1.3 rating/831,000). * In Women 18-34, ABC delivered Daytime's Top 3 programs, marking the 9th consecutive week the network has placed 3 among the Top 5: "General Hospital" (No. 1T, 1.0 rating/349,000), "One Life to Live" (No. 1T, 1.0 rating/337,000) and "The View" (No. 1T, 1.0 rating/320,000). * Continuing its dominance of Daytime's 3 o'clock hour, "General Hospital" overshadowed time period competitor CBS' "Guiding Light" by a robust 148% in Women 18-34 (349,000 vs. 141,000), by 61% in Women 18-49 (1.01 million vs. 627,000) and by 32% in Total Viewers (2.93 million vs. 2.22 million). Following are the Daytime Lineup averages, plus Top 5 Programs Ranks - Week of June 2, 2008:Daytime Rank: Total Viewers Women 18-49 (Rtg/000s) No. 1 CBS 3.51 million No. 1 ABC 1.4/909,000 No. 2 ABC 2.97 million No. 1 NBC 1.2/781,000 No. 3 NBC 2.40 million No. 3 CBS 1.2/776,000 Top 5 Daytime Programs in Women 18-49 (rank based on rating)Program Net Rtg/000s The Young & the Restless CBS 1.7/1.10 million General Hospital ABC 1.5/1.01 million One Life to Live ABC 1.5/966,000 Bold and the Beautiful CBS 1.3/845,000 All My Children ABC 1.3/832,000

NY Pre-Daytime Emmy Party

Several New York soap stars attended Marcia Tovsky's 19th Annual Pre-Daytime Emmy Awards Party held at Nikki Midtown last night including Ewa Da Cruz, Kristen Alderson, BethAnn Bonner and Melissa Claire Egan. 1 Other stars in attendance included Ilene Kristen, Van Hansis, Colin Egglesfield, Amanda Baker, Jason Tam, Brittany Underwood, Brandon Buddy, Marnie Schulenberg, Billy Magnussen, Dylan Bruce, Caitlin Van Zandt, John Driscoll, Bonnie Dennison, Bree Williamson, Trent Dawson, Marie Wilson, Billy Miller, Jon Prescott, January LaVoy, Kevin Spirtas, Jessica Leccia, Yaya DaCosta, Sterling Sulieman and Brianne Moncrief.

Y&R: Katy Perry Behind the Scenes

Go behind the scenes with music artist Katy Perry as she guest stars on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, airing on Thursday, June 12th.

DAYS: Anatomy of a Love Scene

1 EASTENDERS' summer of red hot plots EASTENDERS bosses are apparently promising viewers a summer of red hot plots. The residents of Albert Square are going to be rocked by a series of dramas and romances, according to the Daily Star. A source told the paper: "Fans won't know what has hit them with these plots." Max Branning - played by Jake Wood - apparently returns to Walford after daughter Abi (Lorna Fitzgerald) sends him a text pretending to be from his wife Tanya begging him to come home. But when he arrives he finds Tanya (Jo Joyner) is happily in a relationship with his brother Jack (Scott Maslen). Max is furious and plots revenge, which could prove dangerous for Jack, who has managed to hide the real reason he left the police. Meanwhile, pregnant Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) is trying her best to avoid Sean Slater (Rob Kazinsky) but he follows her on her family holiday and makes it clear he wants to be there as the father of his baby. Roxy's sister Ronnie (Samantha Janus) is stunned when their father Archie (Larry Lamb) turns up. And it seems Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) is set to find love again with Max Branning's saucy sister Suzy (Maggie O'Neill). BLOG UPDATE: Sara A. Bibel Bibel interviewed Y&R stars Jeanne Cooper, Kate Linder, Christian LeBlanc, Tracey Bregman, Nia Peeples and Tammin Sursok at Monday's Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy celebration. INTERVIEW: AMC's Rebecca Budig answers questions from fans "I DO love working with Thorsten. We have a nice thing there, but I think the powers that be really love Kendall and Zach as a couple and are resistant to break them up. We shall see." Ex-EASTENDER Shaun heads to THE BILL? Former EASTENDER Shaun Williamson is apparently set to guest star on THE BILL. It seems the actor will play gang leader Dave Monks, who comes under scrutiny during an international drugs smuggling investigation. The actor told The Sun: "I had forgotten about the long days and how hard the actors and crew work on a continuing drama. But everyone has been fantastic to work with." DVRs lifting network TV? Copy that The growing popularity of digital video recorders is brightening the picture for network TV, which has been buffeted by steady erosion to cable. Only 23% of TV homes owned a DVR in May, Nielsen says. But that's nearly double the 12.4% average for the 2006-07 season. And because DVR users watch more TV than others, their impact on ratings is magnified. "People with DVRs have the capability of watching this stuff whenever they want," says ABC's Larry Hyams, adding that the most-recorded shows have ratings 40% higher in DVR homes. Problem is, until recently, networks haven't profited from procrastinators. In a compromise, they can now charge advertisers for delayed viewership, but only within three days. DVR users also can more easily skip commercials. AUDIO: Kate Linder Interview On Tuesday's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke and Mike visited with THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS star Kate Linder about her twenty six year career on the number one rated soap. ARMY WIVES Musters Record Audience The second-season premiere of ARMY WIVES (starring former ALL MY CHILDREN star Kim Delaney) set ratings records for Lifetime. About 4.5 million people watched the premiere Sunday night (June 8), making the episode the most-watched original series telecast in the cable channel's history. CELEBRITY CIRCUS starts tonight Look for former soap stars Antonio Sabato Jr. (GH, B&B) and Christopher Knight (AW) to be among the celebrities on tonight's 90-minute opener. 1 Is Father Kieron really sticking with HOLLYOAKS? Last week, Sharon Marshall announced on THIS MORNING that, owing to online petitions, HOLLYOAKS bosses had made the decision to keep Father Kieron Hobbs (Jake Hendriks), as opposed to killing him off as various rumours have suggested. However, a source at the Channel 4 soap's production house Lime Pictures tells me that "the fate of Kieron has yet to be determined". Daytime Emmy Goody bags Today, glotosleep.us announced that they are making their flagship product, the popular non-addictive alternative to sleeping pill, GLO to SLEEP™ masks, available to all of the nominees and media at the 2008 Daytime Emmys at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on June 18th and 19th. The top-ranked cast and crew of the THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, as well as the other nominees and media, will be receiving GLO to SLEEP™ masks, the healthy alternative to sleeping pills, which assist the wearer to achieve natural sleep without the use of electronics and are made from lightweight, hypoallergenic materials in the U.S. TV Squad Soap Report: GH gets graded "To put it bluntly, GENERAL HOSPITAL needs some intensive care. The show is suffering from post-dramatic stress disorder, not traumatic, dramatic."

OLTL: Tina and Marty are back!

DAYS OF OUR LIVES stars Jay Kenneth Johnson and Nadia Bjorlin reveal the ins and outs of making a love scene work.