Jean Passanante, who has spearheaded “General Hospital” alongside Shelly Altman since July 2015, officially retires from soap opera writing.
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Ron Carlivati is officially ready to hit a home-run for NBC’s “Days of our Lives.” Will you be watching?
It’s been months since it was announced that Ron Carlivati would be taking over head writing duties at “Days of our Lives” and we’re finally just weeks away from seeing where he plans to take the folks of Salem.
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.
With returning stars Candace Cameron-Bure, Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber as D.J. Tanner, Stephanie Tanner and Kimmy Gibbler, respectively, Netflix announced today that all 13 episodes of “Fuller House,” the spin-off of the popular ABC sitcom that dominated the late 1980s and early 1990s, will release on Friday, February 26. The streaming service also released the first teaser trailer that brings back plenty of nostalgia for longtime fans.
After terrorizing Genoa City for half the year with everyone wondering who killed some of “The Young and the Restless'” most beautiful people, actor Chris McKenna (ex-Detective Mark Harding) announced that he’ll next appear on an upcoming episode of CBS’ “NCIS: New Orleans.”
Former “One Life to Live” actor Josh Casaubon (ex-D.A. Hugh Hughes) will soon be taking up cooking class on Freeform’s (the new name for ABC Family beginning January 12, 2016) “Young & Hungry,” reports TV Insider.
“One Life to Live” alum Kathy Brier (ex-Marcie Walsh McBain) delivered a touching eulogy to Nathaniel Marston (ex-Michael McBain) at his recent sea burial in Kauai, Hawaii. On Friday, December 11, the actress posted her touching words on her Facebook page, at the request of Marston’s mother Elizabeth Jackson.
In addition to the previously reported untitled Cain and Abel themed soapy family drama that the network gave a put pilot order to on Friday, Deadline is reporting that NBC has bought family drama “The Bourbon Kings,” based on the best-selling novel of the same name by J.R. Ward, and “Talent,” a family oriented soap opera following a music prodigy who is dealing with the murder of his one true love in a unique way. Both projects are in development for the 2016-17 television season.
So you probably have already heard that Netflix green-lit a revival of the popular ABC comedy series “Full House,” but you probably didn’t know that said house, titled “Fuller House,” will also include some familiar names from the soap opera world.
In the newest issue of Soap Opera Digest, on newsstands now, it’s revealed that Serena Mason will become the first victim of the upcoming serial killer storyline on NBC’s “Days of our Lives.” The news doesn’t come as much of a surprise considering the character was one of the first reported to be leaving Salem following the hiring of a new head writing regime earlier this year. In an interview with the magazine, portrayer Melissa Archer talks about how she found out about her character dying, what’s next in her career and how Serena meets her maker!