SOAPnet has picked up GENERAL HOSPITAL: NIGHT SHIFT for a second season to launch in July, after the General Hospital spin-off scored record ratings for the cabler in its first year.
As for changes, Season 2 will not only be shot in high definition, it will feature continuity between NIGHT SHIFT and the ABC mothership. (Good news for those who remember how the first time around, Jason was imprisoned during the "day" yet roaming about/playing hero at "night.") Characters from NIGHT SHIFT's first season will return, along with new players and "legacy characters" from ABC's long-running daytime drama.
Even more siginificant than the series attracting record numbers of viewers to SOAPnet was its No. 5 ranking among women 18-49 in all of basic cable for its timeslot, given the network's limited distribution.
BLOG UPDATE: Thorsten Kaye"OK OK, so I know I said I’d get it up on Sunday afternoon, but things have gotten crazy with this series and I’ve been busy at work…but you know what? That’s just excuses. And in playoff hockey, there isn’t any room for excuses.
So without further adieu, here is the result of my one-on-one interview with Ted Lindsay, only one night before he and his fellow teammates were honored by the Detroit Red Wings and the NHL at a special Legends’ dinner on Sunday, May 25."
HOLLYOAKS video clip: The "Confession Time" update
BLOG UPDATE: Former soap writer Tom Casiello
"I'm a sucker for a good underdog story - who isn't? Which is probably why last week's episodes of ALL MY CHILDREN, leading up to Friday's CGI-infused, thrill-a-minute cliff-hanger, got me a little... am I really about to say this? Yes, in fact I am... EXCITED! And the weirdest part is, I have no idea who to thank."
GH Couple of Weeks in Review: Stupidity Is the Only Winner
Becca at Serial Drama writes: "Do you sometimes wonder whether GENERAL HOSPITAL is some kind of social experiment, in which we as viewers are being tested as to how much horribly crappy un-soapiness we can be subjected to without going postal and storming the studio? It seems like a risky strategy, but it makes far more sense than the alternative possibility, which is that there are people putting this show on the air who actually think it's good. I've exhausted so many adjectives describing GH in recent years, but my thesaurus is now empty. I'm just exhausted by the stupidity."
Former Y&R and current GOSSIP GIRL actor Penn Badgley tells everything he knows about sexy
BLOG UPDATE: Sarah A. Bibel
"Call me crazy, but I think most people who watch daytime soaps like daytime soaps. Anyone who is looking for primetime style entertainment in the afternoon need only flip the channel to cable. Everything from LAW & ORDER reruns to CHARMED is available. Unfortunately for daytime, a lot of viewers have made the switch. Those who have stuck around are fans of the genre. Instead of alienating them becoming a pale imitation of something else, I wish soaps would embrace their true nature. Soaps ratings were strong when the shows focused on slow-paced larger-than-life romances, and cliffhangers. There’s nothing wrong with that! My unsolicited advice to TPTB: take a cue from an old late night TV character, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's Stuart Smalley. Look into a mirror and say to yourselves: 'I work for a soap opera… and that’s okay.'"
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