News Brief

Cinema Blend: Sarah Brown Returns to GENERAL HOSPITAL. Hollywood 411 on TV Guide Network will air an exclusive interview with Brown on Wednesday, January 30, at 9 p.m. ET. She’ll reveal details about her new character, and also discuss her reactions to not returning to the role she made so famous.

Deadline Hollywood: More sources say mre WGA progress.

Variety: The effects of the writers strike are starting to show up in year-to-year ratings comparisons: In a week when Fox dominated thanks to AMERICAN IDOL and to a good start for lie-detector reality series MOMENT OF TRUTH, the broadcast industry as a whole limped across the finish line.

Huffington Post: Writer Lynn Grossman writes: "The only chant I've heard since we began the (writer's) strike was a small chorus of 'Heigh ho, scabs must go!' during a large demonstration against ALL MY CHILDREN, but I'm pretty sure that was led by a contingent of SAG members who were picketing with us that day. Although we're a fiercely committed group, pep on the picket line, it seems, is not a writerly thing."

In The Zone: AUDIO: Interview with GENERAL HOSPITAL star Leslie Charleson.

MarlenaDeLacroix.com: On Soaps, Multiple Suspect Murder Mysteries are So-o-o Done!

PGP Blog: A spoiler photo preview for AS THE WORLD TURNS. This is one fiery death that will make fans rejoice.

Guardian Unlimited: EASTENDERS turned the tables on EMMERDALE last night, January 29, winning its slot for the first time since the two soaps went head to head on a Tuesday night three weeks ago. The BBC1 soap had 7.1 million viewers and a 31% share in the 30 minutes from 7.30pm, according to unofficial overnight ratings. This was well ahead of the 6.5 million and 29% averaged by the second half of the hour-long Emmerdale on ITV1.

The Argus: HOLLYOAKS star Helen Noble has spoken out against planned funding cuts to a Sussex arts venue.

Soap Opera Digest: Catching up with former AS THE WORLD TURNS star Todd Rotondi.

Variety: Nickelodeon Latin America has jumped on the telenovela bandwagon with its first Latino sudser, KARKU, aimed at teens.