In a late Sunday night press release, CBS Corporation announced that it has agreed to acquire Australia’s Network Ten for an undisclosed amount. The deal includes the core linear broadcast network TEN, digital terrestrial television channel (DTT) ELEVEN, which CBS already owned a 33 percent stake in, the DTT channel ONE and Network Ten’s rapidly growing digital platform, TENPLAY. The broadcaster is home to the Australian airings of “The Bold and the Beautiful,” which filmed a number of episodes in the country earlier this year to coincide with its 30th anniversary.
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Former “Days of our Lives” star Shawn Christian (ex-Daniel Jonas) is getting “Trapped” in the LGBTQ independent drama written and directed by Katerina Gorshkov. The film tells the story of Scarlet (Allison Gregory, “Rotten”), a girl sent to a wilderness camp for difficult teenagers where she meets another girl named Dylan (Ava Capri, “Little Rituals”). Together, they create a bond that is tested through experiences beyond their perceived realm of existence. Christian will play Peter Evans.
The CW’s “Jane the Virgin” will be short three episodes when the fourth season premieres on Friday, October 13.
In an interview promoting her upcoming film “Bushwick,” “Guiding Light” alum Brittany Snow (ex-Daisy Lemay) has admitted to battling anorexia, depression and self-mutilation during her time as a child star on the CBS daytime drama series and her star making turn in NBC’s “American Dreams.”
Lisa Rinna (“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” “Days of our Lives”) is about to get a taste of the Hecks when she guests on the third episode of ABC’s “The Middle,” which is entering its ninth and final season on ABC.
If you tuned into the Friday, August 25 episode of “Days of our Lives,” you discovered that Anjelica Deveraux had met her maker, marking the conclusion of portrayer Morgan Fairchild’s short run on the daytime soap.
It didn’t take long for Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” to trend on Twitter shortly after its release early Friday, and ABC was quick to take advantage of it all. The network quickly unleashed an all-new TGIT promo featuring the song with previously used clips from flagship dramas “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “How to Get Away with Murder.”
Lindsay Hartley (ex-Cara Castillo, “All My Children”; ex-Arianna Hernandez, “Days of our Lives”; ex-Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, “Passions”) is showing her deadly side when she stars in the movie “Deadly Attraction.”
In anticipation of its high concept new dramas, The CW today unveiled key art for shows “Dynasty” and “Valor.”
The bi-annual list of Television’s Highest Paid Stars: The Soap Opera Edition, is here! Find out who made the cut, who got richer and how being part of TV’s biggest hit doesn’t always equal big checks.
The rich will be getting even more ruthless as UMC has renewed the Victoria Rowell (ex-Drucilla Winters, “The Young and the Restless”) created “The Rich and the Ruthless” for a second season.
Tequan Richmond (TJ Ashford, “General Hospital”) has been keeping himself busy this summer filming the all-new AwesomenessTV original series, “All Night,” which finds a group of recent graduates taking part in a lock-in graduation party where they spend an entire night doing whatever it takes to make what’s left of their time in high school come true. The 10-episode half-hour comedy series was recently picked up by Hulu and is set to premiere in 2018. Richmond is set to play the role of Christian.
ABC’s “The Great American Eclipse” brought in the most viewers of any network, cable or broadcast, during the network’s coverage of the first total solar eclipse in 38 years on Monday, August 21. The program, which aired from 1:00-3:00 p.m. EDT, was hosted by “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir and brought in 7.9 million viewers with about 2.1 million in the Adults 25-54 demo, nearly tripling the average of what all-new episodes of “The Chew” and “General Hospital” would have attracted in the time period.
While he turns 38 years old on Sunday, September 10, “The Bold and the Beautiful’s” Jacob Young (Rick Forrester) won’t let that pesky little detail stop him from performing at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas as part of his big birthday celebration! The actor and musician has signed on to headline a Vegas show alongside fellow singer and friend Vanessa LeGrand.
After a leak of her appearance in a forthcoming episode of “Days of our Lives” hit the web recently, the show has officially confirmed Victoria Konefal’s casting as Ciara Brady. She first airs in early December.
With a hard “R” rating, “As The World Turns” alum Billy Magnussen (ex-Casey Hughes) shows his wild side as Nicky Sloane in the raunchy film “Ingrid Goes West,” set for wide release on Friday, August 25.
“General Hospital” will soon welcome ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith back to Port Charles. The host of “First Take” on ESPN2 will once again reprise his role as Brick, the surveillance expert working for Sonny Corinthos.
Netflix has given a green light to a second season of “Friends From College,” starring “As The World Turns” alum Annie Parisse. As was the case with the first season, the streaming service has ordered eight episodes of the half-hour comedy.
Sharp had a scheduling conflict that would have prevented him from taking part as filming commenced, forcing the show to recast, Soap Opera Network has learned.
In an allegedly since deleted posting on Vimeo, actor Kyler Pettis is said to have revealed his “final scenes” as Theo Carver on NBC’s “Days of our Lives.” This might come as a shock to fans as there had been no indication that the show planned to write the character off the canvas, albeit the show does film six months ahead of air.