Boy Battle: Who's Your Honeybunny?
Today's battle at worldofwonder.net - ATWT's Casey versus DAYS' Will.
As Economy Falls, Recession TV Revs Up
Recession television is kicking into full gear. The economic crisis continues to find its way into storylines, as on a recent episode of ABC’s DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES in which pizza shop owner Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman) explains her downturn in business to a neighbor thusly: “When times get tough, people do without things like pizza.”
But they don’t do without TV, so the networks have responded with new shows that deal directly with the ailing economy. Several have shows in development to mirror the lives of viewers watching them.
Reps from ABC affirmed recession-related plots, like company slowdowns and job-hunting issues would crop up on all three of its daytime dramas.
“Soaps are the most immediate scripted programming and they attract more of a mass audience,” he said. “They want to reflect that audience. So, as they continue to play out dramas about class, we’ll see the layoffs, the foreclosures, people living paycheck to paycheck. These are natural story lines for them.”
IN POD WE TRUST Vol. III - Brandt and Sweeney
DAYS OF OUR LIVES actress Alison Sweeney joined former co-star Kyle Brandt on another podcast.
McFly to appear on HOLLYOAKS
Boyband McFly are to make a cameo appearance in an episode of HOLLYOAKS. Little is known about their guest spot, but they follow in the footsteps of girlband The Saturdays, who filmed a stint for E4 spin-off show HOLLYOAKS LATER at the end of last year.
Shannen Doherty reveals she'll be back on 90210
She will return for the season finale.
Sara Foster cast on 90210
Sara Foster has been cast in a recurring role on "90210." She'll play the sister to AnnaLynne McCord's character who arrives in town to stir up trouble.
SKINS controversial lesbian storyline
It’s been a difficult year for lesbians on television. When they haven’t been dying, they’ve been falling in line with the classic and highly offensive stereotype of hooking up with men. So when the UK’s hugely popular SKINS, a sometimes-far-fetched but always-racy teen drama, came along to portray a well-developed, realistic lesbian storyline that poignantly explores first love, it was like the Hallelujah Chorus blaring.
But then there was a record scratch and the jubilation stopped. After being praised for the way it handled a gay male’s story previously, the show left many lesbians dumbfounded after Emily (Kathryn Prescott), a self-declared gay girl, helped social outcast JJ (Ollie Barbieri) lose his virginity in a “once-only charity event” — after making love to object of her affection Naomi (Lily Loveless) just one episode earlier.
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