Just one day after revealing he would be returning to ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” for its 19th season as a pro dancer on “Good Morning America,” the network announced that Derek Hough will also be joining the cast of “Nashville” for a multi-episode story arc. Hough will portray Noah West, a beguiling and disarming movie star who crosses paths with the Nashville elite following his being cast as the lead in a biopic of a famous country music star.
Ratings Report for the Week of August 4-8, 2014
More than eight months since TMZ reported that Michael Muhney had been fired by Sony Pictures Television from his contract role as Adam Newman on CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” following allegations of groping a co-star’s breasts, the actor has finally broken his silence!
Despite allegations of inappropriate behavior against one of his co-workers, which is said to have led to his firing from CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” last December, Michael Muhney revealed earlier this evening that he was this close to returning to the daytime drama series to reprise his role of Adam Newman.
With the new television season kicking off in just a few weeks, ABC stations that signed up to air the no longer in production daytime talker “Katie” in 2012, following ABC’s decision to secede the 3:00 PM ET/2:00 PM PT network time slot to their affiliates in hopes that most of them would choose to pick up the talk show, has resulted in some of those stations deciding to move the network’s “General Hospital” back to where it aired for more than 25 of its 51+ year run, it was confirmed today by ABC.
With NBC’s “Days of our Lives” currently filming 4-5 months ahead of airdate, one has to wonder how the daytime drama series manages to keep storyline and casting secrets under wraps before the world begins chattering. Well one such secret is finally out of the bag. The drama series has cast daytime newcomer Billy Flynn in the contract role of Chad DiMera, who was previously portrayed by Casey Deidrick.
Some major news is in the works regarding ABC’s sudser, “General Hospital:” The soap opera is switching time slots!
The world was shocked by the news of actor Robin Williams’ suicide on Monday, August 11, and his “The Crazy Ones” co-star, Sarah Michelle Gellar (ex-Kendall Hart, “All My Children”) was no exception. The actress released a statement to People.com about the actor, calling him the father she “always dreamed of having.”
Last week was a good one for “All My Children” alum Levin Rambin (ex-Lily Montgomery): She and boyfriend Jim Parrack got engaged!
Hillary B. Smith may best be known for her 20+ year run as “One Life to Live’s” legal eagle, Nora Buchanan, but she’s recently taken on a new role in life: Fashion designer! Soap Opera Network caught up with the busy actress — who also appears on and supervising produces the web series “Venice” — to get the scoop on her new fashion line, as well as her thoughts on what went wrong with “OLTL’s” second run and what she thinks about her former TV home, “The Doctors,” making a return to television!
