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With the Megyn Kelly drama now behind the network following news of the former FOX News Channel journalist taking over the third hour of “The Today Show” with her own new morning program, NBC has finally made a decision on the future of NBC’s “Days of our Lives” and it’s a positive one.
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.
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.
While it’s still uncertain as to who Michael Easton will be portraying when he returns to the “General Hospital” canvas in the coming weeks, the actor recently announced on his Facebook page that you’ll soon be able to catch his new short-film, “Dreamliner,” which reunites him with his former “One Life to Live” co-star Trevor St. John (ex-Todd Manning/ex-Victor Lord, JR). Easton wrote and directed the short.
With news that Michael Easton would soon be returning to ABC’s “General Hospital” in the weeks ahead, who better to hear from about his return than the actor himself? In a posting on his Facebook page, Easton not only reiterates the truthfulness of today’s big news, but also shares that it’s because of the fans that he’s even able to return to the daytime drama series.
On a special Sunday, February 14 episode of ABC’s “Castle,” former “One Life to Live” actress Kassie DePaiva (ex-Blair Cramer; Eve Donovan, “Days of our Lives”) will reunite with series star Nathan Fillion, who portrayed the role of Joey Buchanan on the daytime soap in the 1990’s, Soap Opera Network has learned.
Nathaniel Marston’s mother, Elizabeth Jackson, shared new details about her late son following a memorial service to honor him at Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York on Saturday, January 16. Marston, remembered as Michael McBain on “One Life to Live” and Eddie Silva, “As the World Turns,” died November 11 as a result of injuries he suffered in a car crash on October 30.
“Murder She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery,” starring Alison Sweeney (ex-Sami Brady, “Days of our Lives”) and Cameron Mathison (ex-Ryan Lavery, “All My Children”), premieres Sunday, January 10 at 9p on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
“One Life to Live’s'” Patricia Elliott has died at the age of 77. The actress, who portrayed Renee Divine on the former ABC Daytime drama series passed away on Sunday, December 20 in her Manhattan home after a battle with cancer, reports her niece, Sally Fay.
