Saturday, March 29, 2008

Evening News

Handicapping the potential Daytime Emmy nominees
In a category that hasn't been dominated by any one soap for the past several years, this season's competition might very well be a measure of which show made the most noise in 2007. Seventy-one-year-old CBS soap opera GUIDING LIGHT, last season's outstanding drama series winner (tied with CBS' "THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS), recently made headlines when the show announced it would deploy handheld cameras in a bid to attract a younger audience. But several soaps have been making overtures toward the CW demo -- with varying degrees of success -- for the better part of last year. ABC's ALL MY CHILDREN has used handheld cameras for some time, and has experimented with characters directly addressing the camera and pop-song-laden montages to close out episodes. "I can't really tell whose got the momentum this time," Stanton says. "A couple of shows that do just OK in the ratings have told me they've got some really strong material to submit this year. It's anyone's guess who'll make the cut." ABC's GENERAL HOSPITAL hit ratings highs last February with its multiweek hostage-crisis story line. The show also spun off into the weekly primetime series GENERAL HOSPITAL: NIGHT SHIFT on SoapNet. And having seen the monster draw of Disney's breakthrough made-for-TV "High School Musical," ABC's ONE LIFE TO LIVE staged the four-day event "Prom Night: The Musical," giving the soap its best female teen demos in months.

VIDEO: Behind the scenes memories to celebrate Y&R's 35th Anniversary
Peter Bergman, Judith Chapman, Amelia Heinle, Kristoff St. John, Michelle Stafford, Josh Morrow, Kate Linder, Adrienne Frantz, Jeanne Cooper, Thad Luckinbill and Doug Davidson talk about their Y&R experiences.

AMC's Mathison participates in GET BLUE campaign
April marks the 25th anniversary of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time dedicated to child abuse education, awareness and prevention activities. To observe National Child Abuse Prevention month, Love Our Children USA, (a national organization headquartered in New York whose mission is to break the cycle of violence against children) begins its fifth annual GET BLUE campaign – a national effort to educate and raise awareness for Child Abuse Prevention. Joining the effort this year is Cameron Mathison from ALL MY CHILDREN.

Mathison supports the BlueClaws
Cameron Mathison is has been added to the list of celebrities who are set to appear at a Lakewood BlueClaws game throughout the 2008 season.

CORONATION STREET adds gay character as EMMERDALE axes two
CORONATION STREET is to become the latest British soap opera to add a gay character, EMMERDALE will lose two gay characters. The popular ITV drama will soon feature Michael Byrne playing Ted Paige, the long lost gay father to long suffering character Gail Platt. The Sun reports that Ted was a young solider that Audrey Roberts dumped when she fell pregnant with daughter Gail aged 18. Ted will reappear in the summer. A show source told the tabloid: "Audrey wanted to settle down with someone so she could claim back son Stephen who she had when she was 16. But the man she fancied wasn�t interested so Audrey went for his best friend, Ted. When she discovered she was pregnant by Ted, she fled as she knew he would propose - and she couldn't spend the rest of her life with him." At some point in the past, Ted, presumably came to terms with his sexuality as when he appears on screen he will be openly gay.

Fellow ITV soap, EMMERDALE will, however, lose a gay couple. Christopher Villiers and Richard Grieve, who play gay villagers Grayson Sinclair and Jonny Foster, are to be axed, the newspaper also reported.

Top 10 People of Daytime 2007
Ron Carlivati and Ed Scott top the list while John Black's death and the Noah/Luke/Maddie triangle take top honors on the 10 Best Storylines and Moments list.

EMMERDALE stars 'unhappy' with new chief
Morale has dropped on the EMMERDALE set since the arrival of new series producer Anita Turner, according to a report. Turner, who took over from Kath Beedles as the soap's chief in January, has already made her mark by axing characters and changing storylines. "We call her Anita Turnoff because she's running around firing people left, right and centre," an insider told The Sun. "Those who are being spared the chop are now talking of quitting. Turnoff is like the smiling assassin and morale among cast and crew seems very low."

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