Xavier Toups is the co-founder of Soap Opera Network. He is also the data specialist for the resource archive.

Ratings: ‘DAYS’ Continues To Fall

Photo: NBC Friday, April 9, 2010 2:47 AM ET | By Xavier Toups (SoapOperaNetwork.com) -- Ratings for the Week of March 29 - April 2, 2010.           March 29 - April 2, 2010 (Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year) Total Viewers 1. Y&R 5,051,000 (-128,000/-83,000) 2. B&B 3,066,000…

An Interview with Nancy Curlee

Nancy Curlee is a former soap opera writer who has written for "Guiding Light." She began writing for the show in 1985 as a Script Writer and quickly rose up the ranks, holding positions as Breakdown Writer, Script Editor, Associate Head Writer, Co-Head Writer and then eventually becoming…

An Interview with Karen Harris

Sunday, October 26, 2008 11:33 PM | By Xavier Toups (SoapOperaNetwork.com) – Karen Harris is a television writer whose career spans over three decades – beginning with The Incredible Hulk in 1978 to currently writing for General Hospital, where she first began her soap opera career in 1993. Harris…

An Interview with Sara A. Bibel

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:57 PM| By Xavier Toups (SoapOperaNetwork.com) -- Sara A. Bibel is a soap opera writer who’s written for CBS’s “The Young and The Restless” and ABC’s “All My Children.” She began her daytime career in 2000 as an Assistant to the Producers/Story Coordinator for “Y&R.” In…

BREAKING NEWS: List of ‘Financial Core’ Writers

EXCLUSIVE: Soap Opera Network has learned the names of soap opera writers who declared “Financial Core” status to keep on working during the strike. By going “Fi-Core,” these writers can never be members of the WGA again but they continue to pay reduced union dues and the Guild is obligated to…