OLTL Recap: Wednesday, April 27, 2011

(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “One Life to Live” Episode Recap – Thursday, April 28, 2011. IT HAPPENED TODAY… Despite Viki’s recovery, the appearance of her alters leads the judge to deny her bid for custody of Ryder. Tess and Ford’s celebration is brief, however, when the judge finds them unfit parents and intends to place their son in foster care. To everyone’s surprise, Aubrey convinces the judge to let her and Joey take temporary custody of the baby. Kelly prepares dinner for John, only to learn that John is cancelling their date to have dinner with Marty. He explains that it’s a fact-finding mission during which he hopes to determine Marty’s real mental state and to learn what she meant by her threats against Kelly and her cryptic comments about her role in his breakup with Natalie. Before John leaves for his date with Marty, Kelly gives him the encrypted document she…

(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “General Hospital” Episode Recap – Thursday, April 28, 2011. IT HAPPENED TODAY… The Spencers, Nikolas, Sonny, Carly and Steve encircle Luke in a surprise intervention for his alcohol addiction. Through individual letters, flashbacks and loving pleas, they ask Luke to choose rehab or else live with the consequence of losing everyone in his life. On the Next General Hospital… Sonny issues an ultimatum to Michael to stay away from Abby. Lucian disappears. Maxie question Jason and Sam’s timing on having a baby so soon after Jake’s death.  General HospitalRecaps

(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “One Life to Live” DVR Alerts for the Week of May 2, 2011. ONE LIFE TO LIVE: DVR ALERTS Monday: Todd and Téa are reunited. Marty cozies up to John. Deanna confides in Starr and James. Tuesday: Todd blames someone for shooting him. Dorian tries to get information from Cutter. Ford is ordered to give up his son. Wednesday: Todd gets a cryptic phone call. Brody realizes Tess has gone on the run. Clint has grim news for Bo about his condition. Thursday: Tess says “I do” once again. Matthew makes a confession to someone. Starr and James discuss Deanna. Friday: Natalie may find out what Marty has done. Todd learns his son is a bully. The Mannings and Morascos have a tense encounter. One Life to LiveAlerts

(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “All My Children” DVR Alerts for the Week of May 2, 2011. ALL MY CHILDREN: DVR ALERTS Monday: Madison faces Greenlee’s ire following another situation with Emma. Ryan asks Greenlee to remarry him. Scott’s upset when JR informs him that he plans on tearing down Stuart’s gatehouse. Tuesday: Greenlee contemplates telling Ryan the truth. David taunts Greenlee about Ryan. Ryan puts the pieces together. Jesse continues to struggle with the memories of his dead baby. Wednesday: Erica fakes passing out. Opal tells Krystal to back off Jackson. Angie warns Amanda against getting pregnant without Jake being on board. Thursday: Scott and Madison make love. Krystal comes to Jackson and Bianca’s defense when they are bombarded by a reporter. Erica’s captor sticks her with the needle. Friday: Madison tells Greenlee she did not rat her out to Ryan. Jack and Bianca have a near encounter with Erica’s captor. Kendall…

(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “General Hospital” DVR Alerts for the Week of May 2, 2011. GENERAL HOSPITAL: DVR ALERTS Monday: Brenda unravels with Lucian’s disappearance, accusing Sonny of not giving a damn about her son. Jason breaks into Johnny’s penthouse only to discover a suspicious woman in the doorway. Jason asks Sam what she wants to do about the fertility procedure. Tuesday: The identity of Lucian is revealed. Jax threatens to take Carly to court to win custody of Josslyn. Jason and Abby have a heart to heart about Michael. Wednesday: Luke seeks legal representation from Alexis to regain his life. Elizabeth returns to work, only to be haunted by visions of Jake. Siobhan takes Lucky to a romantic cabin in an attempt to distract him. Thursday: Luke invites Ethan to a drink. What will he do? Elizabeth decides to tell Lucky the truth about Aiden. Sam goes to General Hospital for…

(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “One Life to Live” fans received a pleasant, yet unexpected surprise in the midst of Erika Slezak’s (Viki) special episode Wednesday celebrating the six-time Daytime Emmy winner’s 40th anniversary with the recently canceled ABC soap. After months of the same dozen or so mid and end show “bumpers” for other cast members being regurgitated and airing repeatedly in episode after episode, “One Life’s” longest-running cast member finally gets her due.  The show unveiled Viki’s new bumper today, airing it not once, but twice. With a voice over from Slezak reminding viewers that “OLTL” “will continue in a moment” and to “stay tuned for scenes” from the tomorrow’s episode, numerous images of her four decades in Llanview filled the screen, while a few familiar notes reminiscent of “One Life’s” 1995-2004 opening theme could be heard in the background. Slezak joined “One Life to Live” on March 17, 1971, becoming…

(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — "The Young and the Restless" Episode Recap – Wednesday, April 27, 2011. IT HAPPENED TODAY… Billy, Victoria and Chloe arrive at the church to find Katherine and Murphy with Delia and Lucy. They are thankful that they have kept them safe and soon begin to wonder where Jana has gone. They all find out from Delia that Kevin was with Jana. Billy instantly assumes that Kevin and Jana must be working together in the kidnapping. Chloe defends him telling him that Kevin most likely is a victim, not a kidnapper. Jana takes Kevin back to the abandoned school house. When he tries to talk to her about turning herself in, she tells him that they aren't going anywhere. A spiraling Jana tells Kevin she's not letting him go; he will be with her until she convinces him that he loves her. Trying again to reason with her, he…

(SoapOperaNetwork) — With “All My Children” scheduled to end production permanently in just a little over three months, news of the expected casting shake-ups at the soap are being revealed every day. Forty-eight hours after reports leaked that Cady McClain is in-talks to return as Dixie Cooney, the love of Tad Martin’s (Michael E. Knight) life, comes the report that Thorsten Kaye is also in-talks to return as Zach Slater, the love of Kendall Hart’s (Alicia Minshew) life. Just as many fans speculated after the April 14 cancellation announcement preceding the Easter break, both returns are suspected to be a sure thing. Kaye first aired in the role of casino owner Zach Slater on May 20, 2004. He last aired on contract five and a half years later on December 29, 2009. The four-time Daytime Emmy nominee, twice for his role on “AMC,” has returned for several short stints on…

(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — Following much speculation on the topic, a spokesperson for “All My Children” has revealed that Lorraine Broderick’s first official script as Head Writer will air on Monday, June 27. “AMC” and “One Life to Live” creator Agnes Nixon will assist Broderick in scripting the shows final months. Broderick’s promotion to the position was announced on April 2. The 41-year old serial drama is scheduled to air its final episode before the 2011-2012 television season officially debuts in September. Production is expected to cease in early August. As previously reported, this will mark Broderick’s fourth stint as “AMC’s” top scribe. She was a member of the “AMC” writing team from 1979 to 1991; she served as an Associate Head Writer of the show from 1981 to 1986 and from 1989 to 1991. From 1986 to 1989, Broderick served in the positions of Co-Head Writer and sole Head Writer at…

(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “All My Children” Episode Recap – Wednesday, April 27, 2011. IT HAPPENED TODAY… Marissa agrees to the double date for Bianca’s sake, believing her friend needs the distraction. After lunch JR’s called away on business leaving the girls to hang out. Alone for a moment with Bianca, Louise points out that maybe the date was a mistake because it’s clear she has feelings for someone else. Affected by her feelings for Marissa, Bianca decides to back out of going to the play. Seeing how upset he is over Erica’s disappearance, Krystal offers to spend some time with Jack in the hopes she can distract him. Erica tries to grab hold of the disembodied voice but is unsuccessful. When her captor serves her something to eat she recognizes it’s from Krystal’s but when she asks if the person is Krystal she gets no response. Upon Asher’s questioning, Caleb says…