October was Cancer Awareness month and one of the Soap stars that I follow is Michael Muhney. He tweeted in early October about his Cancer Foundation that he has set up and was requesting donations. My mother survived pancreatic cancer for 20 years, thanks to her awesome surgeon, and I donated $75.00 to his cause.

Today I received a phone call from a Private Number. I almost didn’t answer it, but boy am I glad that I did. The person on the other end was none other than Michael Muhney from the Young and the Restless. That’s how he identified himself. Like I really believed that! He then said he was calling to thank me for my donation to his foundation, I definitely recognized the voice of “Adam Newman” and was shocked. It really was him! He mentioned that he had 15 people that he was going to call, the first one he said he  got an answering machine and was hoping that they heard the message and was glad that I answered!

We talked for close to 10 minutes. I live in Texas and he is from Texas.  My husband and I moved from the San Fernando Valley in California and he lives in the same area.  I told him that I loved him and Victoria butting heads on the show today and he said he loves it too. We talked a little bit about the show, although he couldn’t give me any spoilers LOL. I really wanted to know if he and Sharon were getting back together, but he was mum about that. I have to say that I did appreciate that he wouldn’t say anything because God knows if I would have been able to keep quiet.

I asked if he would give me permission to tweet that he called, of course he said yes. After I posted he RT and said 13 to go. I have tweeted again for the link to his foundation, but I think he’s working. They didn’t have the day off today. So, if you would like to donate to his Cancer foundation please contact him at @micahelmuhney on Twitter!

Adam may be the character that we love to hate, but Michael Muhney is the person that we love.

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When ABC cancelled two of their Soaps, All My Children and One Life to Win, soap fans started campaigning to save the genre. Both show have been on the air for over 40 years. Granted when CBS cancelled Guiding Light and As the World Turns, both on air 50 plus years, the fans were visibly upset, but not to this extent. Of course, they were cancelled two years apart – not on the same day in April, 2011. Plus from all indications, it looks like General Hospital will also be cancelled. This is just conjecture, there is nothing concrete about this so please don’t say that I said it for sure. That’s how vicious rumors get started.

Soap fans everywhere have united and are demanding that the cancelled shows get a reprieve, possibly on CBS or NBC, or get thecable-television companies to support a new soap cable channel to replace the soon to depart SoapNet. In order to do this a new coupon campaign has been started. These coupons are easy to fill out. You provide your Cable Company or Sattelite’s name, fill out
your name and address, clip it and mail it to the post office box included on the coupon. Pretty easy isn’t it? Your voice WILL be heard! Fill out and send ONE coupon per household members.

Where can you obtain your coupons? This weeks Globe magazine on sale NOW. They will also be available in the next issues of CBS Soaps In Depth and ABC Soaps in Depth. Or you can go to Sudz.tv on the Internet.

Come on peeps, show your support for our Soap Opera’s and start sending in those coupons. ALL soaps are in danger!!! Thank you!

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Surprise, surprise – Liam is not the daddy of Amber’s baby, but neither is Oliver! Several weeks ago I figured that Marcus was the daddy. Why did I assume this? After all, we never saw the friends with benefits actually happen. However, when Amber first told Marcus that she was preggers, and assumed that Oliver was the father, they showed flashbacks of Amber and Marcus doing the dirty deed. It didn’t take me long to figure out where this storyline was going!

Of course Tawny got her $$$ eyes into it and had the paternity tests
altered to show that Liam was the dad. Amber was sure that Oliver
was the dad, until Marcus recently reminded her that they had sex
in the same timeline. Amber was frantic to learn the truth when she went into labor. Liam cut short his vacation with Hope and was there for the delivery. What a shock when a chocolate baby girl arrived!

Marcus was stunned at being a dad, Donna was even more stunned that she was a grandmother! On the bright side, Amber and Marcus bonded with their daughter, Rosie, and agree to raise her together as friends. Amber is delighted to be a mom and I can see a change in Amber – I can see her becoming a more gentler, kinder person who wants to do the best for her daughter.

I can hope can’t I?

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Last night, June 19th, the 38th annual Daytime Emmys were held in Las Vegas. To say it was a disaster would be a huge understatement. I’m glad I writing this today, instead of last night, as I wouldn’t have been as kind. The Daytime Emmys used to be held exclusively in New York City, of course that’s where the majority of the Soap Operas were produced. Some years back they were alternated between Los Angeles and NYC and now for the 2nd year in a row they are in Las Vegas. Yes, it gives the stars a new playground to go to, but why were they held on Father’s Day and opposite the popular Miss USA Pageant?? From the very beginning it was a travelogue for Las Vegas, including commercials, and that got old really fast. Don’t forget the showgirls, Marie Osmond and the 15-20 minute tribute to Oprah! Speaking of Oprah, they created a new special Emmy for her, supposedly the first annual, had this way too long tribute to her and guess what? She couldn’t even attend the awards to accept, but had a ‘nice’ taped acceptance speech.

There was no televised Red Carpet coverage! Normally SoapNet televises awesome coverage, oh yeah, they are owned by ABC/D and have been cancelled in 2012. Couldn’t CBS do the awards from 9-11 EDT and do Red Carpet from 8-9? Now THAT would have been a coup. Due to all of the Vegas promos and so much time for Oprah, there was no time to show the clips of the nominees. That was a travesty as many fans were upset by who did win and who they thought should win. However, if we had seen the clips, we might have been able to understand it better. On Twitter @SoapsInDepthCBS stated several times that they had seen the clips and COULD understand why some won. It was all about the clips that the stars, or shows, had sent in. Having the right clips for the judges to view makes a huge difference.

There was little mention of AMC or OLTL being cancelled much less a tribute to them. Okay, I hear the argument – they are technically still on the air until September and January. However, shouldn’t there at least been a tribute to ATWT? After all, Julie Pinson was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Colleen Zenk for Outstanding Lead Actress and Michael Park WON for Outstanding Lead Actor (he was performing on Broadway and couldn’t be present). Surely, some kind of tribute should have been done.

On the upside Tracey E. Bregman introduced that Jabot Cosmetics was going public, and I don’t mean stock wise LOL. Jabot has been a storyline on Young and Restless for about 20 years and it’s nice to see that the viewers can now purchase their own line of Jabot Cosmetics, in fact I purchased my Red Carpet Collection last night. ShopJabot. They had several short interviews with Tracey and some commercials. Also, the spot on Children’s Miracle Network, featuring several of our Soap Opera stars was excellent. Wayne Brady introduced Susan Lucci, as Erica Cane, having been married 8 times – big gaff. Enter Shemar Moore (YEAH), ex-Malcolm on Y&R who quickly corrected that and said 11 weddings. They did a tribute to all of Erica’s weddings and spoofed her getting married to Regis and Ellen, it was humorous but they couldn’t do something for the incredible Erica Slezak?

Did you know that the ratings were down 27% last night? That should tell TPTB something and why I called it a disaster!

Enough of my ranting now, I do want to congratulate all of the winners especially B&B for being Best Drama for the 3rd year in a row. it is now time for the fan base to unite and stick by our remaining soaps. Keep tuned in for more information and SEND IN YOUR COUPONS!

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Soap Operas have come and gone over the years, I sadly understand that. However, when ABC/Disney canceled not one but TWO of long-standing, viewer favorites even I was shocked. The biggest shock, to me, was All My Children. After all, ABC/D moved the soap from New York to Los Angeles only a little over a year ago. This forced the actors to either quit or relocate their entire families, many who had deep roots in their communities.  When the axe fell in April, I’m sure they were shocked, dismayed, appalled and sad.

That same day the axe also fell on One Life To Live – the only Soap Opera left in NYC!! What the hell is up with that? The Soap genre began in NYC, NOT in LA!  Several years ago my cousin worked for ABC Radio Network News. One time when I visited she was able to get me on the set of OLTL. What a thrill that was! Erica Slezak in rollers had me chuckling to myself. Imogene Coca was Gladys Mason and just a doll! Robert S. woods had just bought a lot of girl scout cookies and was giving them away to everyone. Sorry, I’m digressing and getting away from the subject LOL. Oh, and you know what ABC/D is replacing our beloved shows with? The Chew, a food show, and The Revolution, a fitness show! Catchy names don’t ya think? GAG!!!

As I was saying, the Soap Opera genre began in NYC. Can you even imagine how many were employed because of Soap Operas? I’m not just talking about the actors, writers and producers – but all of the production staff, of which there are hundreds! You can’t  even imagine how many people it takes to produce a soap – cameramen, lighting, hair, makeup, wardrobe, music to just to name a few. It’s no wonder the unemployment rate is close to 9% in NYC and it will be even higher once January comes and OLTL is off the air. 

For now, come January there will only be 4 soaps left on the air. GH on ABC, Days of Our Lives on NBC, Young and Restless and Bold and Beautiful on CBS. The reason I say for now, the rumors are running rampant now that ABC/D has contracted Katie Couric for a talk show in the 3pm time slot – that’s the time slot that GH has!!! It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the writing on the wall. ABC/D has also cancelled SoapNet in 2012. We fans need to support our shows, NOW, or we won’t have anything left. We need to unite and be together. We need to stay positive, no more hate tweets on Twitter or rants on FaceBook. How soap fans unite you ask? Good question! Stay tuned to my next post, up Monday or Tuesday, and I’ll tell you.

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Francisco St Martin (Dario) has just tweeted that he has been let go from Days. While I haven’t gotten all fuzzied with Dario, lately he has been growing on me. When I heard that Mark Hapka was coming back, as Nathan, I had high hopes that there could be a mix-up with the two guys and Melanie, just like with Stephanie in the mix.

I was also looking forward to more of Rafe’s family and the ultimate angst. My bet is that Gabi will be the next to go seeing that Will is going to be the nu gay guy with Sonny.

As Carolyn Hinsey would say “it’s only my opinion”.

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About 2 weeks ago, Dena Higley was out as head writer on Days. She was replaced by Marlene McPherson and Darrell Ray Thomas, Jr. Darrell was an intern for Days quite some time ago and Marlene was a former writer for Days, so they both are familiar with the show. They both previously co-wrote for Passions, another NBC soap. Obviously with new head writers we can expect changes, however, with demise of AMC and OLTL we are in store for some MAJOR changes!

Executive Producer, Ted Corday, has said that he wants to move
back to a more positive, romantic, intriguing show as opposed to
revenge, drug addiction and prostitution. For that I applaud him. He
also wants to get back to the core families — Meaning the Brady’s
and Hortons. Hurrah! When was the last time we really saw Roman
Brady? How much story have Bo and Hope been given since they
reunited? I am hoping his vision becomes a reality.

It’s going to be till the end of summer thru the fall before we see a
lot of changes. Days tapes well in advance, in fact they have already
taped to mid-August with Higley as the writer.

I named this article “Blood Bath in Salem”. Here is why – last week
it was announced that Crystal Chappell (Carly) and Louise Sorell
(Vivian) have been let go. Yesterday it was announced that Nadia
Bjorlin (Chloe), Tamara Braun (Taylor) and newcomer Bren Foster (Quinn) have been released. Today the blood bath continued when
head producer, Gary Tomlin was let go.

On the plus side, Matthew Ashford will be returning as Jack – Jennifer’s hubby. Rumor has it that Drake Hogestn and Deidre Hall
will be returning as John and Marlena, although for only a short
time. I personally do not think this is a good idea. While John and
Marlena are memorable characters that fans are invested in, if they
are only here for a short time, only to be get written off again, the
fans will be more than irate!

Today it was announced that Mark Hapka will be returning as Nathan Horton. I couldn’t understand him being written off to begin with and
it will be a great triangle with Melanie and Dario.

I would love to see Bryan Dattalio come back as Lucas. They have been mentioning his name a lot on the show.

Who would you like to see come back to Days??

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For the last week, or so, I have been numb and just didn’t know what to say. So I thank you for your patience and allowing me to say all that I have to say now.

I, as others, had heard the rumors that either All My Children or One Life To Live were going to be cancelled. I sighed and prayed it was just a malicious rumor. First of all, I thought, they wouldn’t cancel AMC. ABC had recently spent an enormous amount of money relocating AMC from New to a spectacular new studio in Los Angeles. Now the rumor regarding OLTL was a little more feasible. I had noticed they had been falling in ratings, however, it didn’t make sense seeing that they  had been gaining in the ratings race.

Then on April 14th the bomb dropped. BOTH AMC and OLTL had been cancelled. I couldn’t believe it! Granted, as my readers know, I don’t currently follow those shows but I have in the past. In fact, about 25 years ago I was fortunate enough to be on the OLTL set and was honored to meet Erica Slezak, the late Asa Carey, Robert S. Woods, to name a few – in fact, Imogene Coca was playing a cleaning lady on that episode. I watched AMC at the beginning with Erica and Phil and of course there was GH with the Luke and Laura HUGE story. However, times pass and due to different circumstances I was back to watching shows from my childhood and a few new ones. Sorry, I guess I’m regressing and need to get back on the subject.

AMC, after 41 years, will be gone in September of this year and OLTL in January 2012. What are these shows being replaced with? A show focused on food called The Chew and The Revolution focused on health. Do we not have enough of those shows now? We have a full network called the FOOD Network that deals with food, plus Rachael Ray. As far as health issues we have Dr. Oz and The Doctors and I’m sure there is a health network out there with all of the cable stations.

What really ticks me off is the unemployment of not only the actors, but all of the crew and the Soap Magazines! Plus, what about all of the actors that had lived in the NYC area, probably all of their lives, uprooted and moved their families to the West Coast – that’s despicable.

In the last 2 years CBS has lost two of the longest running Soaps – Guiding Light and As The World Turns. I used to watch both of those shows with my Grandmother and watched GL till the very end. Oh yes, there were times that the story-lines were just too ridiculous for me to continue watching – but I always came back. I think we have all done that from time to time and don’t even tell me that you haven’t, LOL.

When GL and ATWT were cancelled the fans gathered around trying to save their shows. It didn’t work. The fans of AMC and OLTL are attempting the same thing, however, I don’t think it will work for them either.  So what can we do to keep our shows on the air?

Come 2012 there will only be 4 Soaps left for us. General Hospital on ABC, Days of Our Lives on NBC and Bold and Beautiful and Young and Restless on CBS. Do you care about these shows? Then stand up and make sure you watch, go to their sites and message boards and talk about the show(s) – both the good and the bad regarding story-lines, the powers that be DO listen, believe it or not. Be loyal to the sponsors that are on YOUR Soaps – purchase their products, write to them and thank them. Write to the show and let them know your loyalty. Attend Soap events – contact your favorite stars (just don’t stalk them LOL). Every little thing will help.

We need to do what we can to save our remaining shows. If we don’t we will have a daytime full of reality shows, talk shows, game shows, food shows, yada yada yada. Also support the Soaps Web Series: The Bay; Steamboat; and Venice just to name a few. And for all of you Another World lovers check out www.anotherworldtoday.com.

God Bless,
Patti

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Between Dr. Taylor Hayes and her daughter, Steffi Forrester, the Logan gals need to be on their toes.

First, we have Taylor constantly going after Brooke and telling her, and Ridge and anyone who will listen, what a bad influence she (Brooke) is on Taylor and Ridges son, Thomas, is. Taylor is constantly going on about this and how Brooke has bedded all Forrester men. Does she not remember she has done the same thing? Good grief, Taylor once bedded Brooke’s son, Rick, and was engaged to him. Taylor also ran down Thorne’s wife when she was drunk.

Second we have Taylor and Ridges daughter, Steffi, who is a bitch on wheels. Steffi is a beautiful, intelligent woman who could, easily, get any man she wanted. However, she goes after guys that are already taken. Her half-sister, Hope, was involved with Oliver and  Steffi decided to put the moves on him. When Hope and Oliver broke up and Hope got involved with Liam – oh, guess who went
after Liam? Steffi!!!!

Now that Steffi is back from Forrester International she is going after Bill Spencer, who just happens to be married to Brooke’s sister. Katie. Granted, Steffi and Bill have fantabulous chemistry, but give me a break can she not go after someone who isn’t already attached?? Thankfully, Bill loves Katie and is doing his best to keep Steffi at arms length, even though she comes on to him half-naked and tells him she loves him.

Third, Katie and Bill are having are having marital problems, thanks to Steffi and Bill’s temper. Katie wants Bill go to a shrink because of his anger management issues. Unfortunately, who does Katie seek for help? Taylor!!!! Do we really think that Taylor can be objective when it comes to a Logan sister and her husband? I don’t think so and I hate to think of the aftermath of these sessions.

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I received a questionnaire from NBC regarding Days Of Our Lives and one of the questions was about Carly and who should she hook up with and why. While my neighbors and I have discussed her being with Daniel, I really gave this a lot of thought before answering.

Yes, we all agree that Daniel is the logical choice – they do have a history and share a daughter, Melanie, together. However, let’s face it that is TOO obvious and I’m kind of rooting for a Daniel/Jennifer hook up. I mean wouldn’t that be great and then have Jack come back and can’t believe that Jen actually moved on?

Not a lot of “older” eligible bachelors in Salem – at least none that I would see her with. I do have a suggestion though. I would love to see her and Roman together. Roman has been back-burnered way too long and needs a storyline and I can definitely see the two of them together. Plus, wouldn’t it be a kick in the butt to Bo – who left Carly for his “Fancy Face” Hope?

I would love to hear your comments on this and maybe the powers that be will consider it.

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