With weekly episodes of “All My Children” now reduced to just two originals (down from the previously scheduled four), Prospect Park’s The OnLine Network has released a revised breakdown schedule of episodes for the weeks of May 27 and June 3, 2013.

With weekly episodes of “One Life to Live” now reduced to just two originals (down from the previously scheduled four), Prospect Park’s The OnLine Network has released a revised breakdown schedule of episodes for the weeks of May 27 and June 3, 2013.

HLN, which is scheduled to air the 40th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards, has released the Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series Nominee Reels in anticipation of the Sunday, June 16 telecast. The nominees are “The Young and the Restless'” Max Ehrich (Fenmore Baldwin) and Bryton James (Devon Hamilton) along with “Days of our Lives'” Chandler Massey (Will Horton) and Freddie Smith (Sonny Kiriakis).

In a video highlighting their YouTube Channel, TOLNSoaps, Prospect Park’s The OnLine Network has the cast of “All My Children” talking about all the handy little features and noteworthy items.

On Thursday, May 16, Prospect Park announced its plan to reduce the episode orders of both “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” from the previously planned 168 original episodes per year (excluding Friday “MORE” shows) to just 110 episodes. Fans remain divided on whether the stated reasons behind the change from four original episodes to just two per week was in fact due to the binge viewing the company claimed in their press release or some bigger reason(s) we’re all not privy to, however, the company does admit they can quickly change things should the demand catch up to the supply.

Cancelled primetime dramas “666 Park Avenue” and “Zero Hour” may no longer be in production but fans will get closer to a conclusion to their epic tales as Deadline is reporting that ABC plans to burn off the remaining episodes of both series starting in June. In its report, Deadline says that “Zero Hour” will begin airing its final episodes on Saturday, June 15 from 8:00 – 10:00 PM ET/PT. Then, on Saturday, June 22, “Hour” will continue airing from 8:00 – 9:00 PM ET/PT as it leads into “666 Park Avenue,” which begins airing from 9:00 – 10:00 PM ET/PT that night.

For the first time ever fans of “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” will be able to watch a legal copy of the premiere episodes of both soaps, which launched on Monday, April 29 via Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes. Just a short time ago, Prospect Park’s The OnLine Network uploaded the premiere episodes on its TOLNSoaps YouTube page for the viewing pleasure of fans all around the world (ie. no region cap). “TOLNSoaps on Youtube is a hub for all fans of the shows, a place to watch Behind the Scenes content, Recaps, Previews and Interviews through a platform that allows for free streaming on all devices including mobile. Subscriptions to the TOLNSoaps channel on Youtube is free,” read a notice sent out to fans signed up for the TOLN newsletter.

According to TV Guide’s Michael Logan, Rena Sofer (ex-Lois Cerullo, “General Hospital”) is joining the cast of CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” as Quinn Fuller, the mother of Darin Brooks’ Wyatt Fuller. “Not a lot of deets yet, except that Mama is as mysterious as Sonny Boy and both have secrets that will rock the soap,” the publication reported.

According to a report by E! Online, “The Young and the Restless'” Michelle Stafford is departing the daytime drama series after 16 years portraying the role of Phyllis Summers off and on since 1994 (1994-1997 and 2000-present), according to their sources.

As previously reported, ABC Entertainment Group President, Paul Lee, has called much of the networks new 2013-2014 primetime dramas “soaps,” and we definitely agree with that assessment. Wondering what our readers thought of the shows, we thought we’d give you a closer look at the networks new dramatic offerings.