Thursday, July 16, 2009

News Round-up: Daytime Gives Back, Bizzie, Emmys

VIDEO: Daytime Gives Back
Check out the latest videos from Anthony Geary, Susan Lucci and Kelly Monaco including Lucci with kids in Nairobi and Monaco on the streets of Kibera.

GUIDING LIGHT PROJECT: A Pleasant Surprise
Lynn Liccardo writes: "I've never been a huge fan of Bill and Lizzie as a couple, but what made this wedding work for me was the inclusion of so much history."

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Deep Soap: Everything Borrowed, Nothing Blue
Sara Bibel writes: "The marriage of GUIDING LIGHT's Bill and Lizzie was charming. GL is doing its best to give the audience closure. It was an episode that highlighted what made GL special: the show’s sense of community. It’s difficult to imagine the residents of Pine Valley or Genoa City rolling up their sleeves and throwing together a wedding. I will miss Springfield itself, as much as the show, when it’s gone."

For Primetime Emmy Nods, The Joy of Six?
Broadcasters have one more year after this in their contract with the TV academy to take turns airing the Emmys. Next year, the ceremony will air on NBC, which may have to move it to August because of its NFL contract. The Emmy show would do poorly in August. CBS, on the other hand, is the most-watched network in the country. Its audience skews older. Its audience likes trophy shows. This is the academy's last best year to demonstrate to broadcasters why they should continue to air the show.

Hence popular voting. And six nominees. Otherwise, broadcasters are threatening privately that they may dump the show. It will wind up on Bravo. Or A&E. Or HBO. Then it's just the CableAce Awards -- the trophy show the cable execs concocted for themselves before they started winning Emmys.

Fancy dress shop gets surprise BBC order
An Epworth fancy dress shop will be making its mark on the small screen this month after a surprise order from the BBC. Owners at Epworth Fancy Dress on Fountain Court, were shocked to receive an e-mail from BBC One's Eastenders props department, asking for the shop's services. "Now we've got our eyes glued on Eastenders to see where our prop will pop up."

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