It's official: "The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" will be broadcast live on Pop on <strong>Sunday, April 26</strong> from 8:00 PM, ET/5:00 PM, PT from the historic Warner Bros. Studios lot on Stage 16, it was announced today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The awards show, which will share space previously utilized by such iconic films as "Casablanca," "Jurassic Park" and "Ghostbusters," will be executive produced by <strong>Michael Levitt</strong> and his Michael Levitt Productions banner. Credited for creating the "TV Land Awards," Levitt has previously produced "The Billboard Music Awards," "The Producers Guild Awards" and the "Young Hollywood Awards," along with several other award shows, music specials, reality shows, live events, non-fiction informational series and reunion specials.
As <a href="https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2014/10/pop-formerly-tvgn-developing-queens-drama-reality-series">previously reported</a>, soap stars <strong>Lindsay Hartley</strong> (“All My Children,” “Days of Our Lives,” “Passions“), <strong>Crystal Hunt</strong> (“Guiding Light,” “One Life to Live”), <strong>Vanessa Marcil</strong> (“Beverly Hills, 90210,” “General Hospital”), <strong>Chrystee Pharris</strong> (“Passions,” “General Hospital”) and <strong>Hunter Tylo</strong> (“The Bold and The Beautiful”) have signed on for POP's newest reality series, "Queens of Drama," where the ladies will work together to produce a pilot for a new serialized primetime drama series. As the poster above warns, today, October 28, marks the beginning of production for show. <strong>Donna Mills</strong> (“General Hospital,” “Knots Landing,” “Melrose Place”) will also be taking part with special appearances.
With soap stars <strong>Eileen Davidson</strong> (Ashley Abbott, "The Young and the Restless"; Kristen DiMera, "Days of our Lives") and <strong>Lisa Rinna</strong> (ex-Billie Reed, "DAYS"; ex-Taylor McBride, "Melrose Place") currently filming the fifth season of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," it was only a matter of time before a network greenlit a new reality series/docu-series comprised solely of the divas of daytime and primetime soap operas.
TVGN (TV Guide Network) announced today during its upfront presentation several new and returning series that will encompass more than 400 hours of original programming set to air on the network during the 2014-2015 television season. As part of its presentation, the network revealed that it is currently developing a new docu-series project from the producers of “Hatfields & McCoys” and “Gene Simmons Family Jewels” that follows former daytime and primetime soap stars as they attempt to produce a new primetime serialized drama that they will eventually star in.
TVGN, which yesterday announced plans to air marathon episodes of "The Tomorrow People," "The Originals" and "Reign" on Saturday afternoons leading up to the return of new episodes to The CW, today announced that it will provide an all-day marathon of CBS' "Hostages" on Sunday, January 5. The marathon begins at 1:00 PM ET/PT, starting with the series premiere, and will last until 2:00 AM ET/PT on Monday, January 6.
CBS' "The Bold and the Beautiful" will be joining sister soap "The Young and the Restless" on cable for the first time ever when it begins airing encore episodes on TVGN (TV Guide Network) beginning Monday, December 2 at 6:30 PM ET/PT, it was announced today by Brad Schwartz, President, Entertainment and Media, TVGN and Bradley P. Bell, Executive Producer and Head Writer, "The Bold and the Beautiful." TVGN will encore the prior day's episodes of "B&B" immediately preceding encore airings of "Y&R." Additionally, TVGN will begin airing the five most recent episodes of the soap back-to-back every Sunday beginning Sunday, December 8 from 11:00 AM ET/PT to 1:30 PM ET/PT.
In the first 10 weeks of the first quarter, "The Young and the Restless" along with "Big Brother After Dark," have delivered triple-digit gains in Total Viewers and Women 25-54, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings.