On Friday, August 18, “The Young and the Restless'” Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Newman) will be joined by some of daytime’s most beautiful stars when she hosts a charity meet and greet benefiting Dharma Rescue for disabled dogs.
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Jean Passanante, who has spearheaded “General Hospital” alongside Shelly Altman since July 2015, officially retires from soap opera writing.
Robert Scott Wilson (“Days of our Lives,” “All My Children”) has signed on to play a millionaire bachelor in “The Girl Who Cried Wolf.”
Jordi Vilasuso has confirmed that he is departing NBC’s “Days of our Lives” after portraying Dario Hernandez since February 2016.
Despite signing a four-year contract with the soap last summer, Rebecca Budig is out as “General Hospital’s” Hayden Barnes.
Prospect Park Networks v. ABC Case Dismissed, Alphabet Network Regains Rights to ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live’
First filed in April 2013, the lawsuit brought against the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) by Prospect Park Networks, LLC over soap operas “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” has been dismissed, court records show. As a result, rights to the soap operas have been returned to ABC.
In honor of ABC’s “The Goldbergs” receiving its first ever TV Guide Magazine cover, the publication has turned back the dial with an all ’80s-themed issue, due out on newsstands later this week. As part of the celebration, several of daytime’s biggest hunks from the decade will be featured in the upcoming issue, including Kin Shriner (as Scotty Baldwin, “General Hospital”), Stephen Nichols (as Steven “Patch” Johnson, “Days of our Lives”), A Martinez (as Cruz Castillo, “Santa Barbara”), Doug Davidson (as Paul Williams, “The Young and the Restless”), Don Diamont (as Brad Carlton, “The Young and the Restless”) and Michael E. Knight (as Tad Martin, “All My Children”).
Veteran daytime director and producer Shelley Curtis has joined the directing team of CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful,” Soap Opera Network has learned exclusively.
“Good Morning America” is set to reveal the new “Dancing with the Stars” cast live on Tuesday, March 8, between 7 am and 9 am, on ABC. Over the years the competition series has featured an array of daytime stars, most memorably first season champ Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall, “General Hospital”). Might a soap star past or present be in the mix this time around?
“The Young and the Restless” alum Elizabeth Hendrickson (ex-Chloe Mitchell; ex-Maggie Stone, “All My Children”) has launched web series “30 Days Max.” Billed as “a quirky unromantic comedy,” it stars Hendrickson as a 30-something woman who begrudgingly resorts to a month of online dating to try and mend her broken heart. Will Max uphold the deal that she makes with herself by swiping right? Or is this new way of meeting men all wrong?