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Y&R Preview: Paul and Nikki Get Back in the Sack
On Tuesday's episode of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, Paul (Doug Davidson) and Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) will have sex—three decades after the characters last did the deed! The surprise recoupling happens when Paul offers Nikki a place to stay while she copes with the death of her best friend, Kay (Jeanne Cooper), and recovers from her abusive relationship with Victor (Eric Braeden). They begin to reminisce about the past and end up in the sack.

"It's love in the purest sense," Davidson explains. "They've been friends for 30 years and are supporting each other in the most intimate way possible. They do not judge the rightness or wrongness of their actions, nor do they want to tell anyone about it. They know their kids probably won't understand."

Former Y&R star Thom Bierdz: Artist, Actor, Broadener
"I am a natural rebel and came out to my family and friends at 18. I was urged by my representation 20 years ago to stay in the closet.

I imagine if I were 25 I would heed the advice of my agent and manager today and play it as they suggested, but their advice may be to come out – which would be so freeing. I would have been a better actor having that freedom and not feeling like I was hiding a secret from Hollywood."

Y&R's Marcille bagging on TBS
In the spirit of the hit TBS improv series, 10 ITEMS OR LESS, from Sony Pictures Television, the first-ever star-studded celebrity bagging competition took place Friday, Nov. 21st during The Comedy Festival at Caesars Palace. Y&R's Eva Marcille (Tyra) participated.

REVIEW: Web Series LUKE 11:17
"Oddly enough, [LUKE 11:17] mines the more genteel pastures of daytime soaps for many of its performers. Ryan V. Cafeo emoted for a nine-episode run on PASSIONS; Bernadette Wilkes once illuminated the set of GUIDING LIGHT; and Chrishell Stause IS a regular on ALL MY CHILDREN. As daytime drama is not often rife with subtle character studies either, it’s a surprisingly well-suited breeding ground for the future heroes and heroines of horror." LUKE 11:17 Website

Mark Consuelos: I have no idea how I became an OPRAH regular
"I really have no idea why they picked me" to be part of "Fridays Live," the daytime queen's Friday panel edition of her show, he says. "I'm sorry for being vague, but it's really about as much as I know."

It may have something to do with the fact that Oprah, um, likes him.

"Our producers thought Mark provided the energetic male counterpoint we were looking for in our 'Fridays Live' panel," a spokesman for Oprah's show said in a prepared statement when asked why Consuelos had been picked.

Indian TV employees resume work after strike
Workers in India's television industry went back to work on Monday, unions said, after a stop-start strike that plunged the country's soap opera schedules into turmoil. Shooting resumed in all major studios, although disgruntled employees of some unions that make up the Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE) said exact terms still had to be thrashed out.

They do it on prime time too: HEROES Creator Finds New Way To Insult Viewers' Intelligence
"Tim Kring, creator of NBC's HEROES has found the culprit for the super-mutant soap opera's problems — its most loyal viewers."