A look at what’s happening on “The Young and the Restless” during the week of August 8, 2011.

For the past two and a half weeks, I found myself in unfamiliar territory when it came to running the website as I was based out of Los Angeles. Normally, I run things here in New York. What I found unfamiliar, however, was finding out the true stories behind what many soap fans can’t seem to get enough of – the Disney/ABC and Prospect Park connection as it relates to “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” and even “General Hospital.” So what did I learn that I can share with you? Plenty!

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood makes her big screen debut this month in the 3D supernatural horror-thriller “Final Destination 5.”

A look at what’s happening on “The Bold and the Beautiful” during the week of August 8, 2011.

In an exclusive interview, new “Days of our Lives” co-head writers Marlene McPherson and Darrell Ray Thomas discuss what’s ahead for Salem as it resets course.

What started out as a typical week that began on July 25 ended up being one of the worst in Soap Opera Network history, but you wouldn’t have known it from a behind the scenes perspective.

A look at what’s happening on “All My Children” during the week of August 8, 2011.

A look at what’s happening on “One Life to Live” during the week of August 8, 2011.

A look at what’s happening on “General Hospital” during the week of August 8, 2011.

Esta TerBlanche and Shannon Kane will both return to “All My Children” later this summer. Kane, a rising film star, will reprise the role of Jesse Hubbard’s (Darnell Williams) daughter, Det. Natalia Fowler, beginning on Friday, August 26. 38-year old South African beauty, TerBlanche reprises the role of the love of Ryan Lavery’s (Cameron Mathison) life Princess Gillian Andrassy beginning on a date yet to be announced by the ABC soap.