Sara A. Bibel blogs: "Renowned soap writer Douglas Marland once said that all story cones from backstory. Great stories spring from throwing characters with decades of conflict together in unexpected ways. Every conversation that two longtime characters have should be based upon their history. That’s why viewers smile in anticipation whenever THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS’s Victor and Jack or ALL MY CHILDREN’s Erica and Adam cross paths. Sometimes soaps decide that the best way to generate new story is to change the show’s history. Fans call it retconning."
TOM CASIELLO: Speechless
GH is "having a known terrorist (who held an entire hospital hostage at one point and got away with it), blow up a clinic with people trapped inside the next day" on the day after September 11th. Not good.
PATRICK ERWIN: From Bad to Good or Good To Bad: Seven Soap Characters Who Changed Before Our Eyes
"Most soap characters serve a purpose and stay in their designated slot: heroine, villain, rouge, or temptress. But every once in a while, a character will undergo a major metamorphosis and make a dramatic change, redeeming their wicked ways or shedding their goodness to get in touch with their inner bad seed."
Tom Wiggin to GUIDING LIGHT
The AS THE WORLD TURNS, TEXAS and ANOTHER WORLD vet will join the cast of GUIDING LIGHT as hot shot corporate mogul Mr. Decker beginning Monday, September 15.
PREVIEW: Will Sonny's Old Flame Snuff Kate's Wedding?
Michael Logan is reporting: GENERAL HOSPITAL's Kate thinks her upcoming wedding to mobster Sonny Corinthos is cursed after finding blood on her reception dress. And now that curse can be confirmed. On Sept. 19, Kate's cousin Olivia — who had a fling with Sonny back in high school — will turn up at the nuptials with some startling scoop about Kate's oh-so-secret past. The role will be played by ABC soap stalwart Lisa LoCicero (LOVING, THE CITY, ONE LIFE TO LIVE).
"Sonny has invited Olivia to the wedding, unbeknownst to Kate," LoCicero says. "He doesn't know there was quite a rivalry between the two women or that Olivia has something under her belt that's going to create big excitement—and a lot of friction."
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS scoop
From Michael Ausiello: "Well, per my on-set spy, the show has recently shot several flashback sequences that will help fill in the considerable gap between seasons 2 and 3. For starters, we'll see first-hand how the Panthers ended their season and what led to Smash's choice of colleges."
Peter Bartlett's musical comedy opens tonightDavid Pittu's "comedy with vocal selections," What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling, a satiric portrait of a musical theatre artist you've never heard of, officially opens at Atlantic Stage 2 Sept. 10.
The production, which began previews Off-Broadway Sept. 10, co-stars creator Pittu and Peter Bartlett (Nigel, ONE LIFE TO LIVE).
Disney-ABC Adds Three Execs to Digital Media
Dedicated to expanding its network and channel brands across multiple platforms and connecting viewers with their favorite shows anytime and anywhere, the Disney-ABC Television Group has added three new executives to its digital media senior management team, it was announced today by Albert Cheng, executive vice president, digital media, Disney-ABC Television Group.
Karin Timpone joins as senior vice president, product strategy and marketing for the digital media team; Lauren DeVillier joins as vice president, digital media, Disney Channel; and Beth Johnson has joined as vice president, digital media, ABC Daytime & SOAPnet. All three executives report to Mr. Cheng.
South African soap stars "madly in love"
RHYTHM CITY's "Stone and Tshidi" are sharing a small flat and have been going out for three years according to Sowetan. On RHYTHM CITY, e.tv’s daily soap, Stone and Tshidi co-star as close siblings. But once the TV cameras have stopped rolling, Senzo Ngcobo and Nokuthula Ledwaba have fallen in love. Though the two have sought to keep their love affair out of the public eye, Sowetan managed to trace them to a flat in Newtown, Johannesburg.
UAE stops tribal TV drama
The United Arab Emirates has stopped a Ramadan soap opera after complaints in Saudi that it was stoking ancient tribal rivalries, Arab media reported this week. The UAE official news agency WAM said that President H H Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan had ordered Abu Dhabi Television to end broadcasts of SAADOUN AL AWAJY, which had been running nightly throughout the Ramadan “in response to appeals by several Arab tribes”. Saudi authorities have been concerned about a resurgence of tribal sentiment in recent years.
Saudi-owned website Elaph said a Saudi official visited the UAE with a letter from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz asking for the historical drama, set from 1750-1830, to be cancelled following lobbying by descendents of tribesman depicted in the serial. There was no official confirmation of the Saudi request but Saudi media have been reporting tribal anger for weeks.
Elaph said this was the second soap opera to be axed this year over fears of stirring up tribal animosities after Saudi-owned MBC shelved FINJAN AL DAM (Cup of Blood).
Alan Cumming to be come a US citizen
Scottish actor Alan Cumming has decided to take American citizenship, and said he hopes to vote for Barack Obama in November's Presidential election. Speaking at the Democratic National Convention last week the X-Men star said he is taking a citizenship test next month and is confident he will pass. The 43-year-old actor, who has a successful career in Hollywood and on Broadway, had his first taste of fame in the Scottish soap TAKE THE HIGH ROAD, which ran from February 1980 to April 2003 (with a name change to just HIGH ROAD in 1994).
INTERVIEW: ALL MY CHILDREN's Daniel Kennedy
Kennedy, who plays Pete Cortlandt on AMC stopped by "Stardish Radio" on Monday night.
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