Today in Soap Opera History (August 27)

August 27, 2019, 9:23 am

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1976: Ryan's Hope's Frank realized his campaign was over.
1992: All My Children's Nick returned.
1996: Another World's Fax was ready to kill again.
2010: As the World Turns' Henry and Barbara married.

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Today in Soap Opera History (August 28)

August 28, 2019, 9:35 am

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1986: Another World's"Marissa" made her way to Bay City.
1991: Santa Barbara's Dash and Katrina grew closer.
1998: All My Children's Junior was locked in a cage.
2009: One Life to Live's Fish didn't remember his night with Stacy.

Marla Adams

Ruby Holbrook (ex-Wilma, All My Children) - 89
Martin West (ex-Phil, General Hospital; ex-Don, As the World Turns; ex-Phil, Dallas) - 82
Marla Adams (Dina, The Young and the Restless; ex-Mildred, General Hospital; ex-Belle, The Secret Storm; ex-Myrna, Capitol; ex-Helen, Generations; ex-Claire, Days of our Lives) - 81
Ken Jenkins (ex-Pastor Neal, Beverly Hills, 90210) - 79
David Soul (ex-Roy, The Yellow Rose) - 76
Debra Mooney (Verna, Scandal) - 72
Russell Curry (ex-Tyus, Sunset Beach; ex-Carter, Another World; ex-David, Guiding Light; ex-Vic, Santa Barbara) - 63
John Allen Nelson (ex-Warren, Santa Barbara; ex-Jack, The Edge of Night; ex-Duke, Loving; ex-Walt, 24) - 60
Jim Fitzpatrick (ex-Pierce, General Hospital; ex-Dr. Robinson, Days of our Lives; ex-Raz, Santa Barbara; ex-Pierce, All My Children; ex-Danny, Capitol) - 60
Emma Samms (ex-Holly, General Hospital; ex-Fallon, Dynasty; ex-Fallon, The Colbys; ex-Elizabeth, Holby City; ex-Amanda, Doctors) - 59
Jennifer Coolidge (ex-Betty, The Secret Life of the American Teenager) - 58
J. Cynthia Brooks (ex-Taylor, Days of our Lives) - 57
Amanda Tapping (ex-Helen, Sactuary) - 54
Jason Priestley (ex-Brandon, Beverly Hills, 90210) - 50
Daniel Goddard (Cane, The Young and the Restless; ex-Eric, Home and Away) - 48
Matthew John Armstrong (ex-Ted, Heroes; ex-Lee, The Young and the Restless) - 46
Rachel Kimsey (ex-Meredith, Days of our Lives; ex-Mac, The Young and the Restless) - 41
Kelly Overton (ex-Rain, All My Children) - 41
LeAnn Rimes (ex-Madison, Days of our Lives) - 37
Sarah Roemer (ex-Leila, The Event) - 35
Armie Hammer (ex-Gabriel, Gossip Girl) - 33
Samuel Larsen (ex-Joe, Glee) - 28
Kelly Thiebaud (ex-Britt, General Hospital; ex-Alicia, Days of our Lives) - 27

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Today in Soap Opera History (August 29)

August 29, 2019, 9:32 am

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1966: Mia Farrow left Peyton Place.
1979: Calvin had a big day on Edge of Night.
1985: Ryan's Hope's D.J. celebrated her 16th birthday.
2006: Sami and Austin's wedding began.

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Today in Soap Opera History (August 30)

August 30, 2019, 6:57 am

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1968: The Doctors' Mike returned home.
1991: Wayne Northrop returned to Days of our Lives as Roman.
2004: General Hospital debuted a new opening.
2010: ATWT's Bob revealed Nancy Hughes had passed away.

"History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
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1968: On The Doctors, Mike Powers (Peter Burnell in his debut) returned home, much to the delight of his father, Dr. Matt Powers (James Pritchett).

1968: On Dark Shadows, Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) and Willie Loomis (John Karlen) went to the crypt where Tom Jennings (Donald Briscoe) kept his coffin, but when Barnabas opened the coffin, it was empty. Jennings arrived and tried to bite him.

1979: On The Edge of Night, Zack (Jay Ingram) took aim at Steve Guthrie (Denny Albee) and Paige Madison (Margaret Colin).

1984: On Guiding Light, Warren Andrews (Warren Burton) gave Alexandra Spaulding (Lydia Bruce subbing for Beverlee McKinsey) evidence against Vanessa she could use against Henry.

1985: On Another World, Carl Hutchins (Charles Keating) thought Marley Love had disassociated when he met her twin sister, Victoria (Ellen Wheeler).

1991: Wayne Northrop returned to Days of our Lives as Roman Brady.

1999: On As the World Turns, Hal and Barbara's wedding celebration is interrupted by news of Gary Rady's death.

2004:General Hospital debuted its new "Sirens" opening sequence, which famously featured Anthony Geary (Luke) walking out of the shot at the end.

2007: Heather Tom debuted as Katie Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful.

2009: The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were held in Los Angeles, televised on The CW. Acting winners were Susan Haskell, Christian LeBlanc, Jeff Branson, Vincent Irizarry, Tamara Braun, Darin Brooks and Julie Marie Berman. The Bold and the Beautfiul was named Outstanding Drama Series, General Hospital won for Writing and One Life to Live was honored for Directing.

The clip below features the opening of the ceremony with host Vanessa Williams, who was edited into scenes with daytime stars including Ronn Moss, Anthony Geary and Jessica Leccia.

2010: On As the World Turns, Dr. Bob Hughes (Don Hastings) told the family that his mother, Nancy, had died. Helen Wagner played Nancy Hughes since the very first episode of ATWT and spoke the show's first line in 1956 ("Good morning, dear."). She passed away on May 1, 2010, less than two months before the show wrapped production. When the series ended its run on September 17, 2010, Hastings fittingly spoke the last line as her son, Bob ("Goodnight."), a role he had played since 1960.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Warren Buffett (Guest Star, All My Children) - 89
Elizabeth Ashley (ex-Emma, Another World; ex-Madge, All My Children) - 80
Ben Jones (ex-Judge Manning, As the World Turns) - 78
Peggy Lipton (Norma, Twin Peaks) - 73
Breon Gorman (ex-Lenore, As the World Turns; ex-Tess, For Richer, For Poorer) - 65
Debbie McLeod (ex-Rene, The Young and the Restless; ex-Jane, Another World; ex-Lori, Another Life; ex-Connie, As the World Turns; ex-Marlena, Search for Tomorrow) - 61
Michael Chiklis (ex-Nathaniel, Gotham; ex-Dell, American Horror Story) - 56
Michael Michele (ex-Jane, Gossip Girl; ex-Nikki, Central Park West) - 53
Anne Sayre (ex-Tina, Gotham; ex-Mitzi, As the World Turns; ex-Pam, Another World; ex-All My Children)
Kimberley Joseph (ex-Joanne, Home and Away; ex-Cindy, Lost) - 45
Sarah-Jane Potts (ex-Leanne, Emmerdale; ex-Jo, Waterloo Road; ex-Eddi, Holby City) - 43
Elden Henson (ex-Paul, As the World Turns) - 42
Colleen Broomall (ex-Dani, As the World Turns) - 36
Emily Montague (ex-Abby, Days of our Lives) - 35
Johanna Braddy (ex-Shelby, Quantico; Anna, UnREAL; ex-Jordan, Greek) - 32
Nathaniel Gleed (ex-Liam, EastEnders) - 22

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Today in Soap Opera History (August 31)

August 31, 2019, 6:32 am

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1960: Grace was still bitter on The Secret Storm. 1989: Josie
moved in with the Matthews family on Another World.
1994: Erica was in a neckbrace on All My Children.
2010: Oakdale said goodbye to Nancy Hughes on ATWT.

Randy Hamilton

Ronn Carroll (ex-Stan, The Edge of Night) - 84
Lee Bryant (ex-Lyla, As the World Turns) - 74
Randy Hamilton (ex-Rikki, Texas; ex-Ron, Days of our Lives) - 68
Kevin Bash (ex-Phillip, General Hospital) - 64
Jaime Gomez (ex-Sonny, Generations) - 54
Jonathan LaPaglia (ex-Bryan, Brothers & Sisters) - 50
Sara Ramirez (ex-Callie, Grey's Anatomy; ex-Hannah, As the World Turns) - 44
Mike Erwin (ex-Nate, Jack & Bobby) - 41
Chad Brannon (ex-Zander, General Hospital; ex-Lucas, Friday Night Lights; ex-Stan, Undressed) - 40
Joshua Close (ex-Kurt, Undressed) - 38
Ryan Kelley (ex-Jordan, Teen Wolf; ex-Ryan, Smallville) - 33

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Carol Lynley Dead at 77

September 6, 2019, 10:09 am

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Carol Lynley, best known for the 1972 disaster movie The Poseidon Adventure, died on September 4. She was 77.

The actress, who was born in New York City, died “peacefully in her sleep” at her Pacific Palisades home.

Her daughter, Jill Selsman, said in a statement the actress “loved the industry and she was equally a great fan of the movies.”

“She loved working in film as much as she loved going to the movies. I saw everything as a child with her,” Selsman, a director, said of her mother’s love for film and television. “She was curious about the world around her, loved to spend time with interesting people, of all stripes and was generally a very peaceful person. Very live and let live.”

Lynley was also a “life-long fitness person” and a yoga practitioner since the 1970s “when everyone still made fun of it,” Selsman said of her mother.

“She loved to dance, going to the ballet, seeing anything on Broadway. I basically lived at Lincoln Center as a child because of her,” Selsman said. “She had an easy approach to life and always took the good with the bad. She was a bon vivant. There really was no situation that couldn’t be improved or ignored because there really was so much fun to be had, why dwell on things you can’t change.”

“Which is what I think she’s doing now. Clearly, you can’t change death, but if there is a world beyond, she’s dancing with her great friend Fred Astaire and enjoying her new life as much as she enjoyed her previous one,” Selsman said.

Lynley began her career as a child model and later pursued acting after appearing on the 1957 cover of LIFE magazine at the age of 15.

The actress turned heads in the controversial 1959 drama Blue Denim in which she and costar Brandon deWilde play two teenagers who deal with an unwanted pregnancy and pursue abortion, which was illegal at the time.

Lynley received her first Golden Globe nomination for most promising newcomer.

She followed that role with parts in Return to Peyton Place, Under the Yum Yum Tree, Bunny Lake Is Missing, The Pleasure Seekers, The Cardinal and The Poseidon Adventure.

She performed the Oscar-winning song “The Morning After” in The Poseidon Adventure (however, her singing voice was dubbed over by Renee Armand).

In 1960, Lynley married publicist Michael Selsman. The two had one child, daughter Jill, before divorcing in 1964.

A year later, the actress posed nude for Playboy.

While Lynley didn’t live the wild Hollywood life of so many of her contemporaries, she did have an 18-year, on-again, off-again relationship with British talk show host David Frost.

The actress shied away from commenting on their relationship, but did say she was in a period of “transition.”

“I’m playing middle-aged parts, which is a good idea!” she said. “Eventually, I want to make the next transition, to where I’m playing snowy-haired old ladies, my Helen Hayes period.”

Lynley’s last film role was in Sylvester Stallone’s 2006 short-film Vic, which was co-written and directed by Stallone’s late son, Sage.

Check out Lynley's guest appearance on an episode of Another World from September 1, 1989 below.

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Today in Soap Opera History (September 1)

September 1, 2019, 3:50 pm

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1976: Ryan's Hope's Jack was annoyed with Little John.
1981: The Edge of Night's Nadine called out her daughter, Raven.
1981: General Hospital's Heather defended herself to Burt.
2004: As the World Turns' Barbara was determined to get her son.

"History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1966: On Dark Shadows, Joe Haskell (Joel Crothers) told Carolyn Stoddard (Nancy Barrett) about David Collins' crystal ball's prediction. Burke Devline (Mitchell Ryan) investigated Bill Malloys' disappearance, certain that he had incriminating evidence against Roger Collins and Sam Evans (David Ford). Sam believed everyone in the entire town was headed towards death.

1975: On Another World, Alice Frame's (Susan Harney) adoption of Sally (Cathy Greene) was approved.

1976: On Ryan's Hope, Jack Fenelli (Michael Levin) was annoyed while Little John was staying with him and Mary (Kate Mulgrew).

1977: On All My Children, Chuck Tyler (Richard Van Vleet) and Donna Beck (Candice Earley) were married by a justice of the peace.

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1980: On The Edge of Night, Nadine Scott (Dorothy Stinnette) confronted her daughter, Raven Swift (Sharon Gabet), with the information she learned from Mr. Peabody, and told her she was changing her will.

1981: On General Hospital, Burt Ramsey (Bob Hastings) warned Heather Webber (Robin Mattson) to leave Anne Logan (Susan Pratt) alone. Heather felt Burt was determined to pin Diana Taylor's murder on her.

1986: Kristen Meadows debuted as Victoria Lane on Santa Barbara.

1989: On Guiding Light, Blake Lindsey (Sherry Stringfield) was not happy when she saw Phillip Spaulding (Grant Aleksander) on TV asking for information about the missing, not dead, Beth Raines.

1989: Young female fans tossed panties and bras on stage during a pop concert by The Young and the Restless heartthrob Michael Damian in Dubuque, Iowa. Police reported more than 60 people were slightly hurt when some in the crowd of four-thousand toppled barriers.

1993: Jason Brooks debuted as Peter Blake on Days of our Lives.

1994:"Soap Opera : The Inside Story of Procter & Gamble" was released by Simon & Schuster. the book, by Wall Street Journal reporter Alecia Swasy, told the chilling story of life within P&G.

1998: On Port Charles, Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring) was stuck in restraints at the mental hospital, mistaken for Victor Collins (Nicholas Pryor), who had escaped and was with Kevin Collins (Jon Lindstrom) dressed as a women.

2000: On All My Children, Marian Colby and Opal Cortlandt (Jill Larson) held a seance to try to contact Stuart Chandler.

2003: Judi Evans made her first appearance on Days of our Lives as Bonnie.

2004: On The Bold and the Beautiful, Ridge Forrester surprised Brooke Logan with an impromptu honeymoon celebration in their bedroom by feeding her foods from exotic locations.

2004: On As the World Turns, Barbara Ryan (Colleen Zenk) drove her car through a hospital wall, pulled a gun on Hal Munson (Benjamin Hendrickson) and some other cops, and demanded to have "her son."

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Joyce Holden (ex-Marie, Guiding Light) - 89
Bill Moneymaker (ex-Larry, Days of our Lives) - 81
Lily Tomlin (ex-Roberta, Desperate Housewives) - 80
Philece Sampler (ex-Donna, Another World; ex-Lacey, Rituals; ex-Renee, Days of our Lives) - 66
Beau Billingslea (ex-Trent, The Young and the Restless) - 66
Sachi Parker (ex-Lucy, Santa Barbara) - 63
Kevin McClatchy (ex-Nick, Another World; ex-Evan, General Hospital; ex-Vinnie, Guiding Light; ex-Brian, One Life to Live) - 56
Ricardo Chavira (ex-Carlos, Desperate Housewives) - 48
Burn Gorman (ex-Trask, Revenge; ex-Ben, Coronation Street) - 45
Scott Speedman (ex-Sam, Last Resort) - 44
Adrienne Wilkinson (ex-Adrienne, Venice; ex-Lois, Undressed) - 42
Lara Pulver (ex-Claudine, True Blood) - 39
Ashley Holliday (ex-Melissa, Hollywood Heights) - 34

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Today in Soap Opera History (September 5)

September 5, 2019, 4:22 pm

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1960: Search for Tomorrow's Alison dealt with her mother-in-law.
1980: General Hospital's Monica faced a divorce decision.
1989: As the World Turns Paul shot his father, James Stenbeck.
2008: Hollyoaks' John Paul found Kieron's body.

"History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer

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1938: Radio soap opera Life Can Be Beautiful premiered on CBS, starting a successful 16-year run. Life Can Be Beautiful quickly became known to radio insiders by its initials, and widely referred to as "Elsie Beebe." It was the story of Carol Conrad (Alice Reinheart, and later Teri Keane), a disadvantaged child who--still in her teens--ran into the Slightly Read Bookshop seeking shelter and a hiding place from Gyp Mendoza (Waldemar Kappel, and later Paul Stewart), the town racketeer. The kindly old book dealer, Papa David Solomon (Ralph Locke), would soon become one of the great philosophers of daytime radio. Carol became "Chichi" and was installed on a pallet in the back room as the old man's ward. Fifteen years later, she was still there. The show was billed as "an inspiring message of faith drawn from life."

1960: On Search for Tomorrow, after talking things over with Joanne (Mary Stuart), Alison (Anne Pearson) endured an uncomfortable evening with her in-laws, the Metcalfs, who came over for dinner.

1967: CBS broadcast The Edge of Night in color for the first time.

1967: Marcella Martin aired for the final time as Flo Murray on Another World. Flo had killed Danny Fargo. Ralph Oliver also aired for the last time that day as Charlie Rushinberger.

1980: On General Hospital, Alan (Stuart Damon) told Monica (Leslie Charleson) she could leave but she wasn't taking the baby. "You've never been a bargain as a wife," Alan told her, "but let's see how you do as a mother."

1983: On Ryan's Hope, Jill (Nancy Addison) felt pangs of jealousy when she saw Frank (Geoffrey Pierson) with Rae (Louise Shaffer).

1985: On Santa Barbara, Assistant District Attorney Felicia Dalton (Phylicia Rashad, then known as Phylicia Allen Ayers) questioned Ted Capwell (Todd McKee) about the death of Steve Bassett. Joel Crothers (playing attorney Jack Lee) made his final television appearance before he passed away on November 6, 1985.

1989: On As the World Turns, Paul Stenbeck (Andrew Kavovit) walked in on his father, James (Anthony Hererra), attacking Emily Stewart (Melanie Smith) and shot him three times.

1989: On Guiding Light, Phillip (Grant Aleksander) told Lillian (Tina Sloan) he thought Beth could still be alive. Lillian she angrily refused to believe him.

1992: Irving Allen Lee, who played Calvin Stoner in The Edge of Night and Evan Cooper on Ryan's Hope, passed away at age 43. He died of AIDS-related lymphoma, according to his companion, John Uehlein.

1994: Marie-Alise Recasner debuted as Lynn Burke in Days of our Lives.

1996:Dallas executive producer Leonard Katzman died at age 69.

2002: MTV aired the final episode of Undressed, which gave viewers "a peek behind closed doors at the intricacies of modern relationships."

2006: On One Life to Live, Jessica (Bree Williamson) was integrated with Tess after her session with Dr. Jamison. She later told Nash (Forbes March) that she still felt Tess's feelings for him.

2006: MyNetworkTV, an upstart network launched by News Corporation, launched two with nightly serials. After the moderate success of Desire and Fashion House, ratings began to decline. The second pair of soaps, Wicked Wicked Games and Watch Over Me had decent ratings but not as successful as the debut telenovelas. By the time the third batch, American Heiress and Saints and Sinners, were shown, the ratings were disastrous and the format was phased out.

2008: On Hollyoaks, while Craig Dean (Guy Burnett) made a last ditch effort to win back ex-lover, John Paul McQueen (James Sutton), Niall Rafferty (Barry Sloane) was beginning his final revenge plot against the entire McQueen family. First up, Niall would drug and kill John Paul's fiancé, Kieron Hobbs (Jake Hendriks), and in doing so, would maneuver to have the ex-priest "hear his confession" before making his murder look like a suicide, thereby leaving John Paul wracked with guilt, thinking he was responsible for Kieron's death.

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Celebrating a birthday today are:
Bob Newhart (ex-Morty, Desperate Housewives) - 90
Carol Lawrence (ex-Angela, General Hospital) - 87
Johnny Briggs (ex-Fin, Echo Beach; ex-Tom, Holby City, ex-Mike, Coronation Street) - 84
William Devane (ex-Edward, Revenge; ex-Greg, Knots Landing) - 80
George Lazenby (ex-Logan, Rituals; ex-Reginald, General Hospital) - 80
Raquel Welch (ex-Dianna, Central Park West) - 79
Rod Arrants (ex-Travis, Search for Tomorrow; ex-Steven, The Young and the Restless; ex-Richard, Days of our Lives; ex-Austin, Another World; ex-Austin, Lovers and Friends; ex-Austin, For Richer, For Poorer; ex-Andre, Dallas; ex-Henderson, Falcon Crest) - 75
Rick Moses (ex-Jefferson, General Hospital) - 67
Bill Shanks (ex-Casey, As the World Turns; ex-Mark, Another World) - 61
Roberta Weiss (ex-Flame, Santa Barbara) - 58
Kristian Alfonso (Hope, Days of our Lives; ex-Lauren, Melrose Place; ex-Pilar, Falcon Crest) - 56
Michael McLafferty (ex-Brian, General Hospital; ex-Dr. Whitaker, Days of our Lives) - 47
Rose McGowan (ex-Teddy, Nip/Tuck; ex-Paige, Charmed) - 46
Davida Williams (ex-Jade, As the World Turns; ex-Lois, The Young and the Restless; ex-Days of our Lives) - 33

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Today in Soap Opera History (September 6)

September 6, 2019, 4:00 pm

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1976: Ryan's Hope's Delia searched for evidence against Frank.
1978: All My Children's Erica Kane married Tom Cudahy.
1985: General Hospital's Robin Scorpio arrived in Port Charles.
2011: All My Children's Erica met Verla Grubbs.

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Today in Soap Opera History (September 11)

September 11, 2019, 1:13 pm

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1975: Ryan's Hope's Jack visited Sister Mary Joel.
1984: Santa Barbara's Jade ran into David Hasselhoff.
1986: Another World's Reginald had a fire started to stop a story.
2003: The Young and the Restless' John punched Victor.

Larry Gates starred as H.B. Lewis on Guiding Light.

1997: On The Bold and the Beautiful, Stephanie (Susan Flannery) angrily confronted a perplexed Lauren Fenmore (Tracey Bregman) over the scandalous photo that was found in the minister's Bible during Stephanie's now-aborted wedding to Eric. The photo, which showed Lauren and Eric naked in bed had actually been planted by Stephanie's nemesis, Sally Spectra. SLAP ALERT!

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1997: On Guiding Light, friends and family gathered for the funeral of H.B. Lewis, a beloved character played by Emmy winner Larry Gates for 13 years until his death on December 12, 1996.

T.J. Hargrave played Tim Werner on Guiding Light.

2001: Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site in New York City, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon. Former Guiding Light child actor T.J. Hargrave, who played Tim (T.J.) Werner, was working as a vice president of Cantor Fitzgerald at the time of the attacks on the World Trade Center, and lost his life that day. He was only 38.

2003: On The Young and the Restless, John Abbott (Jerry Douglas) finally got to do what others have only dreamed about when he punched Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) smack, dab right in the kisser! "Raging Bull" John was out for blood that day, because he felt Victor's recent machinations were what led to John's grandson, Robert Carlton, being stillborn.

Thanks to FoxCrane for sending in the item above.

2010: Actor Kevin McCarthy, whose primetime soap roles included Lucas Carter in The Colbys and Claude Weldon on Flamingo Road, died at age 96.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Jenny Gago (ex-Connie, General Hospital; ex-Maria, Knots Landing) - 66
Reed Birney (ex-Walter, Another World) - 65
Roxann Dawson (ex-Adrienne, Another World) - 61
Scott Patterson (ex-Finn, 90210; ex-Michael, The Event; ex-Luke, Gilmore Girls) - 61
John Hawkes (ex-Sol, Deadwood) - 60
Susan Gibney (ex-Grace, One Life to Live) - 58
Virginia Madsen (ex-Penelope, Witches of East End; ex-Catherine, The Event) - 58
Joey Dedio (ex-Raul, Another World) - 56
Laura Wright (Carly, General Hospital; ex-Cassie, Guiding Light; ex-Ally, The City; ex-Ally, Loving) - 49
Taraji P. Henson (Cookie, Empire) - 49
Gibson Frazier (ex-Martin, Wallflowers) - 48
Tyler Hoechlin (ex-Derek, Teen Wolf; ex-Martin, 7th Heaven) - 32
Elizabeth Henstridge (Jemma, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; ex-Emily, Hollyoaks) - 32

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Tamron Hall Guest Stars on Friday's Episode of 'General Hospital'

September 12, 2019, 8:27 am

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Talk show host Tamron Hall will guest star on an all-new episode of General Hospital, airing Friday, September 13. She'll tease the appearance with a behind the scenes clip on Thursday's edition of her new nationally syndicated show, Tamron Hall (check your local listings). Watch a preview clip of Tamron Hall’s meeting with Jasper Jax (Ingo Rademacher) on General Hospital below.

Also coming up this week on Tamron Hall is celebrity fashion designer Christian Siriano, seven DNA siblings who share the same sperm donor meet for the first time and a special sit-down with actress Susan Lucci, which will kick off the show’s recurring “Legend Series.”

To find out when/where you can watch Tamron Hall please visit www.TamronHallShow.com and follow the show on social media @TamronHallShow.

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'Dark Shadows: Reincarnation' Receives CW Pilot Script Order

September 12, 2019, 11:46 am

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The CW has given a pilot script order to “Dark Shadows: Reincarnation,” a one-hour gothic horror drama based on the original Dark Shadows soap opera by Dan Curtis.

The reimagined show will be a modern-day continuation of the strange, terrifying, and sexy saga of the Collins family of Collinsport, Maine — a mysterious, influential, publicity-shy group hiding a ghastly secret: For the past 400 years, they’ve lived under a curse that bedevils their blueblood with every imaginable supernatural creature and horror.

Warner Bros. Television is the studio, and Mark B. Perry will write and executive produce. Michael Helfant, Bradley Gallo, Tracy Curtis and Cathy Curtis will also executive produce, with Tracy Mercer for Amasia Entertainment.

Reincarnation is a the third TV iteration of Dark Shadows— the original series aired on ABC from 1966 to 1971. Curtis was also behind a 1991 remake of the horror series which was canceled after one season.

The original series starred Jonathan Frid as the vampire Barnabas Collins, Grayson Hall as Dr. Julia Hoffman, Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard and Alexandra Isles as Victoria Winters. Johnny Depp starred as Barnabas Collins in 2012 a film remake of Dark Shadows, alongside Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife Elizabeth and Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Hoffman.

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Today in Soap Opera History (September 12)

September 12, 2019, 12:57 pm

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1966: Days of our Lives' Tony prepared to leave town.
1985: General Hospital's Josh Clayton was killed.
1994: One Life to Live's paralyzed Luna took her first steps.
1994: All My Children's Hayley and Alec plotted revenge.

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Today in Soap Opera History (September 15)

September 15, 2019, 10:46 am

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1964: Primetime soap opera Peyton Place premiered on ABC.
1988: Santa Barbara's Eden Capwell was raped.
2009: Guiding Light's Alan Spaulding died.
2010: As the World Turns' Carly and Jack married one last time.

Forrest Compton

Forrest Compton (ex-Mike, The Edge of Night; ex-Dr. Daly, Loving; ex-Bill, One Life to Live; ex-Alfred, Another World; ex-Vince, Bright Promise; ex-Grayling, The Brighter Day) - 94
Henry Darrow (ex-Carlos, The Bold and the Beautiful; ex-Rafael, Santa Barbara; ex-Danto, One Life to Live; ex-Ambassador Tabris, General Hospital; ex-Ramon, Dynasty) - 86
Ed Scott (Supervising Producer, The Bold and the Beautiful; Days of our Lives; The Young and the Restless) - 75
Tommy Lee Jones (ex-Mark, One Life to Live) - 73
Fran Myers (Writer, Days of our Lives; Another World; One Life to Live; ex-Peggy, Guiding Light) - 69
Scott Thompson Baker (ex-Connor, The Bold and the Beautiful; ex-Brian, Savannah; ex-Craig, All My Children; ex-Colton, General Hospital) - 59
Ross Kettle (ex-Jeffrey, Santa Barbara; ex-Stewart, As the World Turns) - 58
Josh Charles (ex-Will, The Good Wife) - 48
Marisa Ramirez (ex-Carmen, The Young and the Restless; ex-Gia, General Hospital) - 42
Dave Annable (ex-Justin, Brothers & Sisters) - 40
Christian Cooke (ex-Brae, Echo Beach) - 33
Kate Mansi (Abigail, Days of our Lives) - 31

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Today in Soap Opera History (September 13)

September 13, 2019, 3:40 pm

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1977: ABC's serialized comedy series Soap premiered.
1979: The Edge of Night's Raven clashed with Elliot.
1985: Days of our Lives' Marlena & Richard made love.
1985: GH's Anna told Robert that Robin was his daughter.

As the World Turns legend Eileen Fulton.

Eileen Fulton (ex-Lisa, As the World Turns; ex-Lisa, Our Private World) - 86
Joe E. Tata (ex-Rudy, General Hospital; ex-Nat, 90210; ex-Nat, Beverly Hills, 90210; ex-Warren, Days of our Lives) - 83
Jacqueline Bisset (ex-James, Nip/Tuck) - 75
Jean Smart (ex-Martha, 24) - 68
Randy Jones (ex-Cowboy, Texas) - 67
Geri Jewell (ex-Rose, The Young and the Restless) - 63
Roger Howarth (Franco/ex-Todd, General Hospital; ex-Todd, One Life to Live; ex-Paul, As the World Turns; ex-Jory, Guiding Light; ex-Kent, Loving) - 51
Tyler Perry (Creator, The Haves and the Have Nots; If Loving You Is Wrong) - 50
Dominic Fumusa (ex-Gray, As the World Turns) - 50
Jason Cook (ex-Matt, General Hospital; ex-Shawn, Days of our Lives) - 39
Taylor Gildersleeve (ex-Sydney, All My Children; ex-Leah, One Life to Live) - 28

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Today in Soap Opera History (September 14)

September 14, 2019, 3:38 pm

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1966: Constance went into labor on Peyton Place.
1981: General Hospital's Susan was in the hospital after having baby Jason.
2009: Guiding Light's Lillian visited Maureen Bauer's grave.
2010: One Life to Live's Dorian threw water on Bo and Nora.

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Today in Soap Opera History (September 25)

September 25, 2019, 1:53 pm

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1970: ABC aired the final episode of The Best of Everything.
1984: All My Children's Tad was celebrated at his bachelor party.
1996: Days of our Lives' Sami and Austin married.
1998: One Life to Live's Bo grieved his son, Drew.

"History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1967: On Dark Shadows, while Willie Loomis remained in a coma, Julia Hoffman (Grayson Hall) attempted to hypnotize David Collins (David Henesy) to stop his prying into Barnabas' (Jonathan Frid) affairs.

1970: ABC aired the final episode of The Best of Everything, a short-lived ABC daytime soap opera that had only premiered on March 30, along with A World Apart, which ran until June 25, 1971. Based on the novel and 1959 motion picture of the same name, The Best of Everything focused on three career girls who became friends at powerful Manhattan publishing company Key Publishing. April Morrison (Julie Mannix, who was later replaced by Susan Sullivan), Linda Warren (Patty McCormack), and Kim (Katherine Glass) soon discovered that achieving "The Best of Everything" was a difficult prospect, as they faced romance, intrigue, and publishing magnate Amanda Key (Gale Sondergaard) in the Big Apple.

Also starring in the cast were Geraldine Fitzgerald as Violet Jordan, Rochelle Oliver as Barbara Lamont, and Gwenn Mitchell as Ginnie Curtis, and Gregory Rozakis as Squirrel.

1979: On As the World Turns, Lisa (Eileen Fulton) weighed in on the romance between her son, Tom Hughes (Tom Tammi), and Barbara Ryan (Colleen Zenk).

1980: On Another World, Gwen Frame visited Mac Cory (Douglass Watson) to say goodbye before her move to be with Willis. This was Dorothy Lyman's final appearance as Gwen, until her visit during the show's 25th anniversary in May 1989. Ron Harper also appeared for the last time as Taylor Halloway. The episode includes a St. Croix flashback including Christine Jones' memorable character, Janice Frame.

1984: On All My Children, Tad Martin (Michael E. Knight) was "a jolly good fellow" at his bachelor party.

1984: On The Edge of Night, Beth confronted her sister, Liz (Marcia Cross), about Liz's efforts to steal Miles.

1988: Actor Francis De Sales died at age 76. He played Rusty Lincoln in Days of our Lives in the 1960s and returned in 1971 to play James Spencer.

1996: On Days of our Lives, Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) and Austin Reed (Austin Peck) were married.

1998: On One Life to Live, friends and family paid their condolences to Bo Buchanan (Robert S. Woods) after his son, Drew, died.

1999: Paul Feig's short-lived primetime drama Freaks and Geeks premiered on NBC, produced by Judd Apatow.

2009: On General Hospital, Maxie Jones (Kirsten Storms) has a nightmare on the day of her wedding to Damien Spinelli (Bradford Anderson). Later, Spinelli announces during the ceremony that he loved Maxie but could not marry her.

2011: Docu-series Dirty Soap premiered on E!

2012: Entertainer Andy Williams died age age 84. In 2007 he appeared and sang as a special guest star on As the World Turns when Jennifer Landon's Gwen (plus her look-a-like Cleo) and friends headed to Branson.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Barbara Walters (Former host of the Daytime Emmy Awards) - 90
Josh Taylor (Roman/ex-Chris, Days of our Lives; ex-Jed, The Young and the Restless; ex-Quint, Guiding Light; ex-Jack, Beverly Hills, 90210) - 77
Mark Hamill (ex-Kent, General Hospital) - 68
Tommy Norden (ex-Gary, Search for Tomorrow) - 68
Eduardo Yáñez (ex-Jose, Amores Verdaderos; ex-Juan, Corazon Salvaje) - 59
Heather Locklear (ex-Amanda, Melrose Place; ex-Sammy Jo, Dynasty) - 58
Shell Danielson (ex-Dominique, General Hospital; ex-Laken, Santa Barbara; ex-Bunny, The Young and the Restless) - 57
Matt Battaglia (ex-J.L., Days of our Lives; ex-Drew, Queer as Folk) - 54
Hal Sparks (ex-Michael, Queer as Folk) - 50
Matthew Dale (ex-Ian, Home and Away) - 50
Justin Carroll (ex-David, Passions)
Nikos Psarras (ex-Robert, Guiding Light) - 48
Clea DuVall (ex-Wendy, American Horror Story) - 42
Hunter Garner (ex-Billy, As the World Turns) - 40
Van Hansis (Thom, EastSiders; ex-Luke, As the World Turns) - 38
Sarah Jayne Dunn (ex-Mandy, Hollyoaks) - 38
Alexis Manta (ex-Amanda, All My Children) - 29
Megan Corletto (ex-Abigail, Days of our Lives) - 27
Ashlyn Messick (ex-Belle, Days of our Lives) - 26
Kayley Messick (ex-Belle, Days of our Lives) - 26

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Jan Merlin Dead at 94

September 25, 2019, 3:50 pm

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Former Another World writer Jan Merlin died on September 20 in Los Angeles. He was 94.

Born on April 3, 1925, Merlin was a torpedo man aboard U.S. Navy destroyers during World War II. He studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and appeared in the ensemble in the original 1948 Broadway production of "Mister Roberts," starring Henry Fonda.

From 1950-54, Merlin starred as Roger Manning on the kids TV program Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, based on a comic strip.

He moved to Hollywood for a role in Six Bridges to Cross (1955), starring Curtis, then appeared with Mamie Van Doren in Running Wild (1955), with Dale Robertson in A Day of Fury (1956), with Tom Tryon in Screaming Eagles (1956) and with Ann Sheridan in Woman and the Hunter (1957).

In 1958-59, Merlin portrayed Lt. Colin Kirby on The Rough Riders, an ABC series set in the aftermath of the Civil War.

His credits also included the films Guns of Diablo (1964), The Oscar (1966), The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967), Take the Money and Run (1969) and The Hindenburg (1975) and such TV shows as Laramie, The Virginian, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Mannix, Mission: Impossible and Little House on the Prairie.

Merlin also spent about five years as a writer on Harding Lemay's team at NBC soap Another World, winning a Daytime Emmy in 1975 and receiving another nomination two years later.

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Today in Soap Opera History (September 26)

September 26, 2019, 3:28 pm

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1986: Bobby was alive and well on Dallas; his death was a dream.
1994: All My Children's Erica visited her mother's grave.
1995: Another World's Grant shot his brother, Ryan, in the back.
1997: Days of our Lives recast the role of Jack...in a shower.

"History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer

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1938: Radio soap opera Houseboat Hannah premiered on the NBC Red Network. Hard working Dan O'Leary, who lost an arm in a factory accident, moved his financially strapped family aboard a house boat in Shanty Fish Row on San Francisco Bay. Resourceful and resolute Hannah O'Leary became a mother figure to most of the Row. The theme song for Houseboat Hannah was Harry Revel and Mack Gordo's "Laugh Your Way Through Life."

1979: On As the World Turns, John Dixon (Larry Bryggman) told David Stewart (Henderson Forsythe) he thought his ex-wife, Kim (Kathryn Hays), was falling apart inside after Dan's death.

1986: Actor Hugh Franklin died at age 70. His soap roles included Charles Tyler Sr. in All My Children, Ralph Brown in As the World Turns, Ed Bridgeman in Love of Life, Fred McNeill in Young Doctor Malone and Richard Garner in Dark Shadows.

1986: On Another World, Marley Love (Ellen Wheeler) prepared to walk down the aisle in her wedding to Jake McKinnon (Tom Eplin). Laurence Lau debuted in this episode as Jamie Frame, who was now a doctor.

1986: As the 10th season of Dallas kicked off, Pam Ewing (Victoria Principal) got out of bed and went to the shower, where she found her husband, Bobby (Patrick Duffy), very much alive. It turned out everything that happened in the previous year was just Pam's dream. Below is the cliffhanger from the previous season.

1993: Actor Biff Warren died at age 37. He played Mark Lewis in As the World Turns.

1994: On All My Children, Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) told her daughter, Kendall Hart (Sarah Michelle Gellar), to go back to the Harts. Later, Erica visited her mother's grave.

1995: On Another World, Justine (Victoria Wyndham) shoved Rachel (Victoria Wyndham) off the train trestle. As Ryan (Paul Michael Valley) held Justine at gunpoint, Grant (Mark Pinter) pulled out his own gun and shot Ryan (Paul Michael Valley) in the back.

1997: On Days of our Lives, Jack Deveraux, played by Mark Valley, started taking a shower. By the time Jack was finished with the show the role was being played by Steve Wilder.

2000: Actor Richard Mulligan, who played Burt Campbell in Soap, died at age 67.

2006:Inturn winner Alex Charak made his debut on As the World Turns as Elwood Hoffman.

2010: Titanic actress Gloria Stuart died at age 100. She played Catherine in General Hospital.

2011: On EastEnders, Zainab (Nina Wadia) optimistically believed her estranged husband's visit was a sign that Masood (Nitin Ganatra) was prepared to reconcile with her, when instead, he'd come to tell her of his decision that they should divorce by reciting the Muslim ritual of the "triple talaq."

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2011: Deidre Hall, Drake Hogestyn, Patrick Muldoon and Christie Clark returned to Days of our Lives as Marlena, John, Austin and Carrie.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Olivia Newton-John (ex-Bitsy, Sordid Lives) - 71
Linda Hamilton (ex-Lauren, King's Crossing; ex-Lisa, Secrets of Midland Heights) - 63
Lysette Anthony (ex-Angelique, Dark Shadows) - 56
Stephen Markle (ex-Mel, One Life to Live; ex-Ted, The Edge of Night)
Tricia O'Kelley (ex-Tanya, Devious Maids; ex-Camille, The Secret Life of the American Teenager) - 51
Michael Redfield (ex-Max, Days of our Lives) - 40
Christina Milian (Liliana, East Los High) - 38
Jessie Pavelka (ex-Team Captain, Friday Night Lights) - 37
Sean Hemeon (Ken, Bloomers; Brady, Husbands; ex-Max, As the World Turns)
Thore Schölermann (ex-Christian, Verbotene Liebe) - 35
Corsica Wilson (Callie, L.A. Macabre)
Emma Rigby (ex-The Red Queen, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland; ex-Hannah, Hollyoaks) - 30

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Today in Soap Opera History (September 24)

September 24, 2019, 5:13 am

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1951: Love of Life premiered on CBS.
1979: As the World Turns' Doug and Annie declared their love.
1981: General Hospital's Alan proposed to Susan.
1986: Another World's Mitch met his son, Matthew.

"History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1951: Daytime soap opera Love of Life, created by Roy Winsor, premiered on CBS, three weeks after Search for Tomorrow debuted on the network. Both shows started as 15-minute serials but Love of Life would expand to 30 minutes in 1958, and remain a half hour until its final episode on February 1, 1980. None of the original actors stayed from beginning to end but director Larry Auerbach did. He went on to direct several other New York soaps before retiring the late 1990s. He was among those interviewed by Dustin Hoffman for the soap opera comedy, Tootsie.

The first episode, with approximately six members in the cast, was produced live at Liederkranz Hall in New York City (it later became Studio 54). The show told the story of two sisters, Vanessa Dale Sterling (Peggy McCay, who currently stars as Caroline Brady on Days of our Lives) and Meg Dale Hart (Jean McBride), their family and friends in Rosehill. Sammy Davis Jr. was a vocal Love of Life fan. Some of the biggest stars that game from the show include Warren Beatty, Peter Falk, Jessica Walter, Marsha Mason, Bert Convy and Richard Coogan.

1970: David Henesy aired for the final time as David Collins in the original Dark Shadows. In the 1990 TV movie and 1991 revival series, David Collins was played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In the unaired 2004 pilot, he was played by Alexander Gould. Gulliver McGrath played the role in the 2012 film adaptation directed by Tim Burton.

1979: On As the World Turns, Doug (Dennis Romer) and Annie Stewart (Julie Ridley) kissed and declared their love for each other. Kim Stewart (Kathryn Hays) decided to move back home. Barbara Ryan (Colleen Zenk) offered to stay with Tom Hughes (Tom Tammi), who took care of Sheila Winston (Martha Lambert) out of guilt.

1980: Paul Keenan debuted as Tod Chandler in Days of our Lives, a role he would play for just over a year. Keenan died in 1986 at age 31.

1981: On General Hospital, Alan Quartermaine (Stuart Damon) asked Susan Moore (Gail Ramsey) to marry him.

1984: On Days of our Lives, Bo Brady (Peter Reckell) survived the explosion caused by Max Hathaway's (Tom Hallick) men, who were trying to get their hands on the prism.

1984: Actor Neil Hamilton, who played Philip Mercer on General Hospital, died at age 85.

1985: On Days of our Lives, Brother Francis (Brian Matthews) rescued Hope Brady (Kristian Alfonso) while Richard Cates (Rod Arrants) was determined to find her.

1986: On Another World, Matthew Cory (Daniel Dale) got acquainted with his biological father, Mitch Blake (William Gray Espy).

1987: On the Season 9 premiere of Knots Landing, five weeks had passed since anyone had seen Ben. Meanwhile, the crack in the cement at the Lotus Point playground got worse. Abby (Donna Mills) just wanted it patched, but Gary (Ted Shackelford) and Karen (Michele Lee) out voted her. The workmen removed the cement and found Peter's body. The show also debuted the painting version of its opening by Sandy Dvore, who also drew the opening sketches for The Young and the Restless in its first 15 years as well as the Y&R logo that came after them.

1992: On Santa Barbara, Sawyer Walker (Eric Close) tried to get Mr. Watkins to book him in some boxing matches. Watkins asked Sawyer to take off his shirt, then was unimpressed by the light middle weight. To convince him he was worthy, Sawyer punched him.

2002: On Guiding Light, Cassie Winslow (Laura Wright) enlisted her friends' help in getting the Beacon Hotel ready for the arrival of a Baroness.

2008: Irene Dailey, best known for her Emmy-winning portrayal of Aunt Liz Matthews on Another World, died at age 88. Prior to AW, she starred as Pamela Stewart on The Edge of Night. At 8, Dailey was dancing in vaudeville, and at 18 she was working in summer stock. With consistent "bad luck," she kept winning parts in what she once said were 13 of Broadway’s worst shows. “Miss Lonelyhearts,” for example, had a nine-day run.

Celebrating a birthday today are:
Kristina Wayborn (ex-Greta, General Hospital) - 69
Kevin Sorbo (ex-Frank, The O.C.) - 61
Paul Michael Valley (ex-Ryan, Another World; ex-Cal, Guiding Light; ex-Josef, One Life to Live) - 53
Stacy Galina (ex-Kate, Knots Landing) - 53
Megan Ward (ex-Kate, General Hospital) - 50
Michelle Ray Smith (ex-Ava, Guiding Light) - 45
Justin Bruening (ex-Jeff, Switched at Birth; ex-Jamie, All My Children) - 40
Erin Chambers (ex-Melanie, The Young and the Restless; ex-Siobhan, General Hospital; ex-Lacey, Days of our Lives) - 40
Ross Mathews (ex-Chris, Days of our Lives) - 40
Tom Degnan (ex-Joey, One Life to Live; ex-Adam/Riley, As the World Turns) - 37
Ryan Paevey (Nathan, General Hospital) - 35
Nicholas Galbraith (ex-Zac, As the World Turns) - 35
Jessica Lucas (Tabitha, Gotham; ex-Kimberly, 90210; ex-Riley, Melrose Place) - 34
Spencer Treat Clark (ex-Steven, Another World) - 32
Grey Damon (Sam, The Flash; Brian, Aquarius; ex-Brian, The Nine Lives of Chloe King; ex-Hastings, Friday Night Lights) - 32

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11th Annual Indie Series Awards Nominations

January 30, 2020, 1:31 pm

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The 11th Annual Indie Series Awards nominations in 28 categories were revealed on Wednesday via Twitter. The ISAs celebrate the best in independently produced entertainment created for the Web.

Indoor Boys led all series with 15 total nominations. The show is joined in the Best Comedy Series category by Before We Go, FabUless, F#CKING 40, La règle de (3), The Ninth, Poor Us and Three Year Letterman.

Poz Roz and Studio City earned 12 nominations apiece to lead the dramas. They are joined in the Best Drama Series field by After Forever, The Bay, Bronx SIU, People Like Us, A Place Called Hollywood and Save Me.

In all, there are 33 nominated series from around the globe. Crystal trophies will be presented to the winners during a gala ceremony on April 1 at The Colony Theatre in Burbank, California. The two-day celebration includes a launch party, red carpet reception, press walk, presentation ceremony and official after party.

Since 2009, the Indie Series Award has honored the most creative and progressive talent in independent web series.

Check out the complete list of nominees below.

BEST DRAMA SERIES
After Forever
The Bay
Bronx SIU
People Like Us
A Place Called Hollywood
Poz Roz
Save Me
Studio City

BEST DIRECTING – DRAMA
After Forever, Tina Cesa Ward
Blackout, Tanya Hoshi
A Place Called Hollywood, Gregori J. Martin
The Rehearsal, Jaclyn Bethany
Save Me, Fab Filippo
Studio City, Timothy Woodward, Jr

BEST WRITING – DRAMA
After Forever, Michael Slade & Kevin Spirtas
A House Divided, Dan Garcia
The Rehearsal, Jaclyn Bethany
Save Me, Fab Filippo
The Square Root, Misti Boland & Jeremy Osbern
Studio City, Michele Kanan & Lauren de Normandie

BEST LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA
Kristos Andrews, A Place Called Hollywood
Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Save Me
Sean Kanan, Studio City
Kevin Spirtas, After Forever
Adam David Thompson, The Rehearsal
Brian White, Bronx SIU

BEST LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA
Jaclyn Bethany, The Rehearsal
Sarah Joy Brown, Studio City
Emily Hampshire, Save Me
Cady Huffman, After Forever
Paula Jai Parker, A House Divided
Chauntae Pink, Poz Roz

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA
Matthew Ashford, The Bay
Hemant Ashoka, People Like Us
Steven Clark, Poz Roz
Tristan Rogers, Studio City
Derrell Whitt, A Place Called Hollywood
Lenny Wolpe, After Forever

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA
Patrika Darbo, Studio City
Celeste Fianna, The Bay
Anita Gillette, After Forever
Carolyn Hennesy, Studio City
Melissa L. Williams, Poz Roz
Jacklyn Zeman, Misguided

BEST GUEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Sean Blakemore, The Bay
A Martinez, The Bay
Ade M'Cormack, A Place Called Hollywood
Christopher J. Hanke, After Forever
NORIStar, People Like Us
Scott Turner Schofield, Studio City

BEST GUEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Tina Benko, The Rehearsal
Marylou Depeiza, Unconditional Love
Meg Foster, A Place Called Hollywood
Grace Kalaiselvi, People Like Us
Joy McElveen, Poz Roz
Cynthia Watros, Misguided

BEST ENSEMBLE – DRAMA
After Forever
The Bay
Bronx SIU
Poz Roz
The Rehearsal
Studio City

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Before We Go
FabUless
F#CKING 40
Indoor Boys
La règle de (3)
The Ninth
Poor Us
Three Year Letterman

BEST DIRECTING – COMEDY
The Boxcar Adults, Julie Pearson
FabUless, Nathan Chang
Indoor Boys, Wesley Taylor & Alex Wyse
The Ninth, Daniel AM Rosenberg
Shangri-LA, Drew Rosas
True Dating Stories, Zack Russell

BEST WRITING – COMEDY
FabUless, Victor Albaum, Jenny Zigrino & Desiree Abeyta
F#CKING 40, Bill Caco
Indoor Boys, Wesley Taylor & Alex Wyse
The Ninth, Michael Goldlist & Daniel AM Rosenberg
True Dating Stories, Emma Malm
Shangri-LA, Drew Rosas & Nick Sommer

BEST LEAD ACTOR – COMEDY
Bill Caco, F#CKING 40
Jeremy Dozier, Poor Us
James Franco, Ozara and Katessa
Caleb Leach, Three Year Letterman
Nick Sommer, Shangri-LA
Alex Wyse, Indoor Boys

BEST LEAD ACTRESS – COMEDY
Inessa Frantowski, True Dating Stories
Lee Garlington, Before We Go
Léane Labrèche-Dor, La règle de (3)
Kate Linder, Donna On The Go
Alyse McCamish, Three Year Letterman
Diane Robin, Strange Therapy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – COMEDY
Matthew Brent, Cutoffs
Kalup Linzy, Ozara and Katessa
Ryan Long, True Dating Stories
Freddie Rivas, True Dating Stories
Sean Grandillo, Indoor Boys
Wesley Taylor, Indoor Boys

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – COMEDY
Desiree Abeyta, FabUless
Samiah Alexander, Scales
Carolee Carmello, Indoor Boys
Veanne Cox, Indoor Boys
Jessie Kahnweiler, Shangri-LA
Carrie Schroeder, F#CKING 40

BEST GUEST ACTOR – COMEDY
Mitchell Blackburn, Poor Us
Andrew Chappelle, FabUless
Frankie Grande, Indoor Boys
Kyle Harris, Indoor Boys
Robert Lesser, Strange Therapy
Michael Tacconi, Indoor Boys

BEST GUEST ACTRESS – COMEDY
Kathy Fitzgerald, Indoor Boys
Ann Harada, Indoor Boys
Krysta Rodriguez, Indoor Boys
Elise Santora, FabUless
Jonée B Shady, Poor Us
Melinda Shankar, True Dating Stories

BEST ENSEMBLE – COMEDY
The Boxcar Adults
FabUless
F#CKING 40
Indoor Boys
The Ninth
Poor Us

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blackout, Christina Ienna
La règle de (3), Simon Villeneuve
The Ninth, David Suddaby
People Like Us, Looi Wanping
The Square Root, Jeremy Osbern & Matt Jacobson
Studio City, Pablo Diez

BEST EDITING
How to Make it in Hollywood (When you are Foreign AF), Alessandro Miro
The Ninth, Micah Rix-Hayes
Save Me, Sam Thomson & Thom Smalley
The Square Root, Stephen Deaver
Studio City, Wayne J. Liu
True Dating Stories, Marianna Khoury

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
After Forever, Scott Michael Salame
As Da Art World Might Turn, Kalup Linzy
The Bay, James Flook, Bryan Barbosa, Amber Connelly, Michael Laymon, Mikki Peterson & Ryder Ray
A Place Called Hollywood, Alessandro Marvelli
Poz Roz, Ashanti T. Mozelle
The Square Root, Andreina Byrne

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Bronx SIU, Gregory De Lulio
FabUless, Louis Robert King
A House Divided, Gregori De lulio
Ozara and Katessa, Kalup Linzy
The Rehearsal, Dalal Bruchmann & Jeff Franzel
The Square Root, Nathan Towns

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Cling The Series, Lamontt "Spechouse" Blackshire
People Like Us, Michelle Ong
A Place Called Hollywood, Michael Balch
Poor Us, Jeremy Dozier
Poz Roz, Malachi Rivers
Three Year Letterman, Seth Morton & Nick Davis

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Faithful” from Cling The Series by Kim Cash Tate
“Girl Stop Playing” from Poz Roz by Mike Damn
“Letting Go” from Poz Roz by Davi Akei
“Smooth Sailing” from Bronx SIU by Ameal Cameron
“Shangri-LA” from Shangri-LA by Drew Rosas
“Stay Close To Me” from Cling The Series by Kim Cash Tate & Lamontt "Spechouse" Blackshire

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
As Da Art World Might Turn, Kalup Linzy
The Bay, Gabrielle Sciabbarrasi
A Place Called Hollywood, Melissa Morin
Poor Us, Jeremy Dozier
Poz Roz, Ashanti T. Mozelle
True Dating Stories, Vanessa Fischer

BEST MAKEUP
As Da Art World Might Turn, Haley Hayes, Laura Meckling, Mel at Mac Cosmetics (Tulsa)
The Bay, Ren Bray, Noreen Diani, Eric Kirker, Sosi Bournazyan, Shane Harris, Emily Isaac, Kirara Scranton & Leyla Van Hassel
Blackout, Shawn Hunter
Poor Us, Joe Selph
Poz Roz, Reginald Raphael
Ozara and Katessa, Nana Fischer & Darci Snider

TOTAL BY SERIES
15 Indoor Boys
12 Poz Roz
12 Studio City
10 After Forever
9 The Bay
9 A Place Called Hollywood
8 FabUless
8 Poor Us
8 True Dating Stories
7 The Rehearsal
6 The Ninth
6 People Like Us
6 Save Me
5 Bronx SIU
5 F#CKING 40
5 Shangri-LA
5 The Square Root
4 Ozara and Katessa
4 Three Year Letterman
3 As Da Art World Might Turn
3 Blackout
3 Cling The Series
3 A House Divided
3 La règle de (3)
2 Before We Go
2 The Boxcar Adults
2 Misguided
2 Strange Therapy
1 cutoffs
1 Donna On The Go
1 How to Make it in Hollywood (When you are Foreign AF)
1 Scales
1 Unconditional Love

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Sean Kanan, Carolyn Hennesy, Patrika Darbo Among Indie Series Awards Winners

June 19, 2020, 1:29 pm

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The winners of the 11th Annual Indie Series Awards were revealed on Thursday, June 18 in a virtual ceremony hosted by Sean Kanan. The ISAs celebrate the best in independently produced scripted entertainment created for the Web.

Top honors went to After Forever and Indoor Boys, named best drama and best comedy series of the year.

Drama series acting honors went to Sean Kanan (Studio City), Chauntae Pink (Poz Roz), Derrell Whitt (A Place Called Hollywood), Patrika Darbo (Studio City) Carolyn Hennesy (Studio City), A Martinez (The Bay) and Meg Foster (A Place Called Hollywood).

Comedy winners included Alex Wyse (Indoor Boys), Lee Garlington (Before We Go), Wesley Taylor (Indoor Boys), Carolee Carmello (Indoor Boys), Frankie Grande (Indoor Boys) and Jonée B Shady (Poor Us).

Since 2009, the Indie Series Award has honored the most creative and progressive talent in independent web series. In all, 33 series were nominated from around the globe.

Check out the complete winner's list below.

BEST DRAMA SERIES
After Forever

BEST DIRECTING – DRAMA
After Forever, Tina Cesa Ward

BEST WRITING – DRAMA
Studio City, Michele Kanan & Lauren de Normandie

BEST LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA
Sean Kanan, Studio City

BEST LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA
Chauntae Pink, Poz Roz

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA
Derrell Whitt, A Place Called Hollywood

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA
Patrika Darbo, Studio City (tie)
Carolyn Hennesy, Studio City

BEST GUEST ACTOR – DRAMA
A Martinez, The Bay

BEST GUEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Meg Foster, A Place Called Hollywood

BEST ENSEMBLE – DRAMA
Bronx SIU

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Indoor Boys

BEST DIRECTING – COMEDY
Indoor Boys, Wesley Taylor & Alex Wyse

BEST WRITING – COMEDY
The Ninth, Michael Goldlist & Daniel AM Rosenberg

BEST LEAD ACTOR – COMEDY
Alex Wyse, Indoor Boys

BEST LEAD ACTRESS – COMEDY
Lee Garlington, Before We Go

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – COMEDY
Wesley Taylor, Indoor Boys

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – COMEDY
Carolee Carmello, Indoor Boys

BEST GUEST ACTOR – COMEDY
Frankie Grande, Indoor Boys

BEST GUEST ACTRESS – COMEDY
Jonée B Shady, Poor Us

BEST ENSEMBLE – COMEDY
Poor Us

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Square Root, Jeremy Osbern & Matt Jacobson

BEST EDITING
The Square Root, Stephen Deaver

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
After Forever, Scott Michael Salame

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Square Root, Nathan Towns

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Poz Roz, Malachi Rivers

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Letting Go” from Poz Roz by Davi Akei

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
A Place Called Hollywood, Melissa Morin

BEST MAKEUP
Ozara and Katessa, Nana Fischer & Darci Snider

TOTAL WINS BY SERIES
6 Indoor Boys
4 Studio City
3 A Place Called Hollywood
3 After Forever
3 Poz Roz
3 The Square Root
2 Poor Us
1 The Bay
1 Before We Go
1 Bronx SIU
1 The Ninth
1 Ozara and Katessa

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12th Annual Indie Series Awards Nominees Include Brandon Beemer, Mike Manning, A Martinez

February 3, 2022, 1:35 pm

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Nominees for the 12^thAnnual Indie Series Awards were revealed Wednesday during a special episode of Serial Scoop Now hosted by actor and entertainer Jo Weil.

Anacostia and The Bay led the pack with 15 nominations each. They are joined in the Best Drama Series category by Arthur, Capital Roar, For the Record, Incompleteness, My Pride and Purgatory.

The comedies were led by The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort with 14 nominations. They are joined in the Best Comedy Series category by Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him), Cady Did, Cam_Girlfriend, Claire-ity, The Communist's Daughter, Reality Sets In and Searching for Sylvie.

The growing audio fiction genre was added to the ceremony this year. The nominees for Best Audio Series are Around the Sun, Clutch: Chapter 3, Earth Eclipsed, Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story, The Ol' Timey Spectral Hour and Silva Lining's Care Plan.

A record number of submissions were received from outside the United States leading producers to create the Best International Series category. Nominees include Arthur (Switzerland), Capital Roar (Colombia), Don’t Care to Share (Israel), Incoming: Words of War (Australia), Isolated (Peru), Like in Movies (Japan), Mortal Glitch (Ecuador) and On a List (Canada). Submissions were also received from Bulgaria, Germany and Italy.

Also revealed today was the winner of the ISA12 Spotlight Award, created to celebrate new series made on a small budget. Love in 2020 received the honor, after being named a finalist in early January along with I Am You and Smothered.

The 12^th Annual Indie Series Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at The Colony Theatre in Burbank.

Founded in 2009, the Indie Series Awards celebrate the best in independently produced entertainment created for the Web. The ceremony is produced by Roger Newcomb and Susan Bernhardt.

Below is a complete list of nominees:

BEST DRAMA SERIES
Anacostia
Arthur
The Bay
Capital Roar
For the Record
Incompleteness
My Pride
Purgatory

BEST INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Arhur (Switzerland)
Capital Roar (Colombia)
Don’t Care to Share (Israel)
Incoming: Words of War (Australia)
Isolated (Peru)
Like in Movies (Japan)
Mortal Glitch (Ecuador)
On a List (Canada)

BEST DIRECTING – DRAMA
Arthur, Nick Rusconi
The Bay, Gregori J. Martin
Capital Roar, Pablo Stoll & Mauricio Leiva-Cock
Don’t Care to Share, Dekel Aizen
Rumors, Matthew Vieira

BEST WRITING – DRAMA
Anacostia, Anthony Anderson
The Bay, Gregori J. Martin, Wendy Riche, Nick Peet & Susan Dansby
I Am You, Daryn Strauss
Incoming: Words of War, Kerry Drumm
Rumors, Nicole Vernarec

BEST LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA
Anthony Anderson, Anacostia
Kristos Andrews, The Bay
James Darch, On a List
Erik Fellows, Purgatory
Danny Mahoney, Purgatory
Ettore Nicoletti, Arthur

BEST LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA
Tamieka Chavis, Anacostia
Jade Harlow, The Bay
Suzanne Lenz, I Am You
Tatjana Marjanovic, Purgatory
Karrueche Tran, The Bay
Nicole Vernarec, Rumors

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA
Brandon Beemer, The Bay
Antonio Harrison Jr., Anacostia
Wil Lash, Anacostia
Mike Manning, The Bay
Eric Nelsen, The Bay
Jun Winter, Love Undone

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA
India Doy-Young, Anacostia
Ashlee Kegler-Lee, #Washed
Kira Reed Lorsch, Rumors
Jacklyn Zeman, The Bay
MarHadoo Effeh, Love Undone
Pasha Diallo, Anacostia

BEST GUEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Carey Green, Anacostia
A Martinez, The Bay
Draper Wynston, #Washed
James Jones, Love Undone
Randy Wayne, The Bay

BEST GUEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Brittney Bluitt, #Washed
Chiara D’Ambrosio, The Bay
Bianca D’Ambrosio, The Bay
Lauren B. Martin, Anacostia
Akiba Robinson, Anacostia

BEST ENSEMBLE – DRAMA
Anacostia
The Bay
Isolated
Rumors
Scales
#Washed

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
Cady Did
Cam_Girlfriend
Claire-ity
The Communist's Daughter
Reality Sets In
Searching for Sylvie

BEST DIRECTING – COMEDY
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Morgan Waters & Brooks Gray
Cady Did, Megan Hess
Cam_Girlfriend, Daniel AM Rosenberg
Claire-ity, Michael Klapp
Love in 2020, Eirinn Disbrow
Searching for Sylvie, John Cramer

BEST WRITING – COMEDY
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Morgan Waters & Brooks Gray
The Artist's Way Out, Jeananne Goossen
Cady Did, Jason Cicci
Cam_Girlfriend, Michael Goldlist & Ethan Cole
Claire-ity, Marybeth Massett & Patrick Massett
Reality Sets In, Scott Brooks & Lauren B. Martin

BEST LEAD ACTOR – COMEDY
George Barr, Roads to Keystone
Tom Jenkins, Claire-ity
Brandon Tyler Jones, Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
Dave Keystone, Cam_Girlfriend
Jason Stuart, Smothered
Morgan Waters, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort

BEST LEAD ACTRESS – COMEDY
Cady Huffman, Cady Did
Anna Jaller, Love in 2020
Susan Jeffries, Searching for Sylvie
Lily LaBeau, Cam_Girlfriend
Lauren B. Martin, Reality Sets In
Marybeth Massett, Claire-ity

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – COMEDY
Dan Beirne, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
Benjamin Bryant, Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
Andy King, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
David Lavine, Searching for Sylvie
Chris Robinson, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – COMEDY
Veanne Cox, Cady Did
Inessa Frantowski, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
Ilene Kristen, Reality Sets In
Linda Purl, Claire-ity

BEST GUEST ACTOR – COMEDY
Scott Adsit, Cady Did
Clent Bowers, Smothered
Benjamin Keller, Girl, Chill
Pancho Moler, Smothered

BEST GUEST ACTRESS – COMEDY
Sandra De Sousa, Girl, Chill
Marni Lustig, Status Updates
Kelly McCormack, The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
Joyce Van Patten, Cady Did

BEST ENSEMBLE – COMEDY
Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
Call Center
Human Telegraphs
Miss!
The Salon
Scratch This

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Curtis Galindo-Orozco
Cady Did, Ramsey Fendall
Miss!, Ben Mezups
Rumors, Edward W. Salerno
What A Drag, Tyler Milliron

BEST EDITING
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Morgan Waters & Andy King
Halfway to Fifty, Amanda Frances
Love in 2020, Eirinn Disbrow
On a List, Mike Donis
#Washed, Jerod B. Couch

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Mercedes Coyle
Anacostia, Anthony Anderson, Pasha Diallo, Chris Bair, Spencer Bruttig & Lora Lee
Cady Did, Scott Michael Salame
#Washed, Yvonne Williams

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Glasscock Park, Kenneth Favell
Here to There, Charlie Salto
Letters to Daniel, Valyo Gennoff
Miss!, Andrew Clarke

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Anacostia, Anthony Anderson
Girl, Chill, Robert Michael
Love in 2020, Nick LaFalce
#Washed, Marcus Long

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Cady Did" from Cady Did, Written by Eric Miranda & Cady Huffman
"Here With Me" from Letters to Daniel, Written by Stephanie Ray
"Curious" from Roads to Keystone, Written by Colin Deane
"Where Do You Sleep" from #Washed, Written by Zalta (Produced by Byron Hardy and DJ Shad)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Vanessa Magic
Cady Did, Christopher Lawrence
Reality Sets In, Lauren B. Martin
Roads to Keystone, George Barr

BEST MAKEUP
The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort, Jessica Panetta
Anacostia, Lora Lee
Cady Did, Angela Lynn Ware
Roads to Keystone, George Barr

BEST AUDIO FICTION SERIES
Around the Sun
Clutch: Chapter 3
Earth Eclipsed
Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story
The Ol' Timey Spectral Hour
Silva Lining's Care Plan

BEST WRITING - AUDIO FICTION
Around the Sun, Brad Forenza
Church of Mike, Charles Andrew Gash, Charles Borg, Derek Nelson & Shawn Easter
Clutch: Chapter 3, Jonathan Robbins
Sister Zombie, A Memoir by Anna Appleby, Harold Brodie

BEST ACTOR - AUDIO FICTION
Benjamin Bryant, Forever and a Day
Tom Konkle, Clutch: Chapter 3
Leigh Joel Scott, Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story

BEST ACTRESS - AUDIO FICTION
Jillian Clare, Clutch: Chapter 3
Lisa Kudrow, Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story
Angie Morency, Sister Zombie, A Memoir by Anna Appleby

BEST ENSEMBLE - AUDIO FICTION
Around the Sun
Clutch: Chapter 3
Forever and a Day
Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story

TOTAL NOMINATIONS BY SERIES
15 Anacostia
15 The Bay
14 The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort
12 Cady Did
  8 #Washed
  6 Claire-ity
  6 Rumors
  5 Cam_Girlfriend
  5 Clutch: Chapter 3
  5 Reality Sets In
  4 Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him)
  4 Arthur
  4 Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story
  4 Love in 2020
  4 Purgatory
  4 Roads to Keystone
  4 Searching for Sylvie
  3 Around the Sun
  3 Capital Roar
  3 Girl, Chill
  3 Love Undone
  3 Miss!
  3 On a List
  3 Smothered
  2 Don’t Care to Share
  2 Forever and a Day
  2 I Am You
  2 Incoming: Words of War
  2 Isolated
  2 Letters to Daniel
  2 Sister Zombie, A Memoir by Anna Appleby
  1 The Artist's Way Out
  1 Call Center
  1 Church of Mike
  1 The Communist's Daughter
  1 Earth Eclipsed
  1 For the Record
  1 Glasscock Park
  1 Halfway to Fifty
  1 Here to There
  1 Human Telegraphs
  1 Incompleteness
  1 Like in Movies
  1 Mortal Glitch
  1 My Pride
  1 The Ol' Timey Spectral Hour
  1 The Salon
  1 Scales
  1 Scratch This
  1 Silva Lining's Care Plan
  1 Status Updates
  1 What a Drag

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A We Love Soaps Reunion on 'Tub Talks with Damon'

March 12, 2022, 1:28 pm

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I recently taped an appearance on Tub Talks with Damon, the fascinating new talk series from longtime We Love Soaps writer, and my partner in crime, Damon L. Jacobs. In addition to offering our takes on current soap opera stories, we also dished on our favorite interviews and the Indie Series Awards. And yes, it all happened in a bathtub. Watch my episode out below, and be sure to check out the entire series.

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Patrika Darbo & Anna Maria Horsford Will Host 12th Annual Indie Series Awards

March 12, 2022, 1:37 pm

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Patrika Darbo and Anna Maria Horsford will host the 12^thAnnual Indie Series Awards on April 7, producers announced today.

Emmy-winning actress and four-time nominee Patrika Darbo is a veteran of over 35 years in film and television. She has guest starred on countless series including 9-1-1 Lonestar, The Big Bang Theory, The Middle, Devious Maids, Desperate Housewives, Dexter, Seinfeld, Roseanne and she was a series regular on the sit-com, Step by Step. She recently returned to the NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives in a role she originated in 1998.

As one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, Emmy-nominated actress Anna Maria Horsford continues to inspire audiences through cinema, television and theater. Her career and influence span generations, bringing to life some of our favorite characters including Thelma Frye on Amen, Mrs. Jones in Friday, Friday After Next, Dee Baxter on The Wayans Brothersor Vivienne Avant in The Bold and Beautiful.

"I am thrilled to be hosting the wonderful ISAs once again and this time with my dear friend, Anna Maria Horsford,” Darbo said. “Hell hath no fury like two seasoned old dolls!”

“Our gems are in the Indies,” added Horsford.

“Patrika has been a longtime friend to the Indie Series Awards, and we are excited to add Anna to the ISA family,” said producer Roger Newcomb. “We are excited to see them onstage together and be celebrating nominees and presenters live and in-person.”

The ISAs celebrate the best in independently produced scripted entertainment created for the Web. In total, 49 series from around the world are nominated in 34 categories.

Darbo had starring roles in the Netflix original film Puppy Star Christmas, Lifetime’s Cradle Swapping, and she had a recurring role on CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless. Some of her film credits include Leaving Normal, Midnight in the Garden Of Good and Evil, Daddy’s Dyin' (Who’s Got the Will?), Speed 2, Rango and Babe. She is often remembered for her standout role in Clint Eastwood's In the Line of Fire where John Malkovich infamously proclaimed to her character, "You shouldn't have been from Minneapolis.” The American Film Institute has listed this as one of the 100 most memorable film lines of the last century. She also served as a Governor at the Television Academy and can be seen on the Amazon series Studio City.

Horsford can be seen on a wide-range of projects premiering in 2021-2022, which include her roles as Roberta on TBS’s The Last OG, Nicole on ABC’s The Conners, Jolene Hernandez on Amazon Prime’s Studio City, Aunt Deedee on BratTv’s Sunnyside Up, and Gramma Missy on Amazon Prime’s Ghost Tape. Fans will be excited to see Anna in the Hulu premiere of Vacation Friends starring John Cena. She also recently landed a guest star role on FOX’s hit series Posealong with Billy Porter and can be seen on the new CBS hit series B Positive. Her recent credits include RuPaul’s How the Bitch Stole Christmas, as well as feature film Me Time on Netflix, alongside Kevin Hart, Regina Hall and the legendary John Amos.

Since 2009, the Indie Series Award has honored the most creative and progressive talent in independent web series.

The 12th Annual Indie Series Awards ceremony will be held at The Colony Theatre in Burbank on Thursday, April 7 at 8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET.

Anacostia and The Bay lead the pack with 15 nominations each. They are joined in the Best Drama Series category by Arthur, Capital Roar, For the Record, Incompleteness, My Pride and Purgatory.

The comedies were led by The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort with 14 nominations.  They are joined in the Best Comedy Series category by Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him), Cady Did, Cam_Girlfriend, Claire-ity, The Communist's Daughter, Reality Sets In and Searching for Sylvie.

The growing audio fiction genre was added to the ceremony this year.  The nominees for Best Audio Series are Around the Sun, Clutch: Chapter 3, Earth Eclipsed, Jack and Lou: A Gangster Love Story, The Ol' Timey Spectral Hour and Silva Lining's Care Plan.

A record number of submissions were received from outside the United States leading producers to create the Best International Series category.  Nominees include Arthur (Switzerland), Capital Roar (Colombia), Don’t Care to Share (Israel), Incoming: Words of War (Australia), Isolated (Peru), Like in Movies (Japan), Mortal Glitch (Ecuador) and On a List (Canada).

Notable winners over the years include Emma Thompson, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Townsend, Judd Hirsch, Keith Powell, Cady Huffman, Cynthia Watros, Richard Hatch, Sarah Brown, Martha Byrne, Joan Van Ark, Jim Rash, Michele Lee, Diane Delano, Wesley Taylor, A Martinez, Charlene Tilton, Frankie Grande and Billy Dee Williams.

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