Evening News

Who Created All My Children’s Erica and Sugar on the Run?
Marlena De Lacroix discusses her feelings on jail-bound Erica Kane on ALL MY CHILDREN escaping from the cops during a police van crash and going on the run handcuffed to a bank robber named … Sugar.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS back for season 3
The acclaimed football-and-family drama will return on NBC for a third year after the 13 new episodes have aired on satellite-television provider DirecTV, in an unusual deal designed to spread production costs while rekindling a series whose audience until now has been as small as it is fervent. The series will unfold weekly for DirecTV subscribers beginning Oct. 1. Then, early in 2009, it will be seen on NBC, which made the announcement Wednesday. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Full NBC prime time schedule takes shape
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS back in Winter, LIPSTICK JUNGLE renewed and Justin Bruening's KNIGHT RIDER on Wednesday nights.

From DEGRASSI To 90210?
Current Teen Vogue intern and DEGRASSI starlet Stacey Farber is taking some time off her job assisting the website to do something very important: Audition for the upcoming 90210 sequel in L.A.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES mulls fast-forwarding 5 years into the future
When ABC's DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES resumes its season on April 13, several months will have passed for the residents of Wisteria Lane. "Several months," though, is a drop in the bucket compared to the temporal shift HOUSEWIVES viewers might be subject to next. There is a plan on the drawing board to fast-forward the show five years into the future in the closing moments of the season finale — and continue on from there for the duration of the series.

VIDEO: Fan Q&A with DAYS cast
On March 15, seven past and present actors from DAYS OF OUR LIVES held two events to benefit Childhood Cancer Lifeline in Hartford, CT. Fans were treated to a lively Q&A and autograph session during the afternoon, and a cocktail reception in the evening, where the fans got to mingle with the actors. Those present included Martha Madison, Judi Evans, Nadia Bjorlin, Matthew Ashford, Brandon Beemer, Jay Kenneth Johnson and James Scott.