Press-Enterprise: Hunky Eric Martsolf of NBC's "Passions" is starring in "Jingle Bell Rock" at the California Theatre of the Performing Arts in San Bernardino and at the Ivar Theater in Hollywood through December 23rd. Hopefully, there won't be any flying tomatoes. "I've had some vegetables thrown at me in the grocery store," Martsolf said, laughing. "We are tearing down the walls of soap-opera borders. DirectTV is letting us get a little risqué. It's trendier and more contemporary. We've never been your normal mom-and-pop soap opera," he said. "We have a cult following with 'Passions,' millions of viewers." New York Daily News: In a shocking move, Rebecca Budig will return to the role of "All My Children's" Greenlee on Jan. 16. "It all happened so fast," says Budig, who moved to L.A. with her husband, Bob Guiney ("The Bachelor"), after quitting "AMC" two years ago. Budig made the deal last week over lunch with ABC Daytime President Brian Frons and is already on her way back to New York. "I think it's all in place," she says. "I can't wait to get back to see my peeps, but we have so much to do. We sold our apartment in New York, so I'm going to have to rent somewhere - or crash on Cameron Mathison's [Ryan] couch."
Variety: While most fall shows have just one or two episodes left to air -- if that -- the Universal Media Studios/Imagine TV-produced "Friday Night Lights" is in much better shape. It'll have six episodes in the can when it returns early next month from a short holiday break. "We're hoping that the lack of original (scripted) competition will help the ratings," Manze said. "Just by default, we should see some kind of increase." It helps that "Friday Night Lights" isn't the 98-pound ratings weakling it appeared to be last season. In fact, NBC's decision to move the show to Fridays -- a shift some fans feared was a death sentence -- seems to have worked out well. Opposite two decently performing newcomers that have been given big promo pushes (CBS' "Moonlight," ABC's "Women's Murder Club"), "Friday Night Lights" has emerged as the No. 1 show in its 9 p.m. time period with viewers 18-34, making it the youngest scripted show on any network's Friday lineup. DVRs have also been a boon to the skein, one of the most time-shifted on TV -- ratings rise 18% when you count viewership that takes place after the first date of broadcast.
Independent: The continued popularity of "Coronation Street" and "X Factor" has shored up ratings at ITV1.
Soap Opera Network: Daytime Nielsen Ratings for the week December 3-7, 2007. All soaps are up in total viewers except "General Hospital" and "One Life to Live." CBS-TV's "The Young and the Restless," "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "As The World Turns" were the top three shows of the week.
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