Daytime Confidential

On today’s podcast the Daytime and Pop Confidential gang returns to The Morning Jolt With Larry Flick to help Larry and Keith take a look back at 2010 in soaps and pop culture. In the first half of the show find out which soap opera Larry, Keith and the Daytime Confidential gang chose for their best and worst soap of 2010. A lot of great actors and actresses delivered gripping performances in 2010, but who earned the title of soap opera MVP? Larry then asked for the gang’s honorable mentions and Luke snuck in a dishonorable mention. So many juicy celebrity scandals dominated 2010, but which one was the juiciest? During the second half of the show Larry asked the Pop Confidential gang to name their favorite juicy story. On the Pop Confidential’s Best of 2010 in Pop Culture episode the PC crew revealed their picks for best comedy and drama, but Larry wants them to name just one. Which show will each choose as the best scripted TV series? The 2010 movie box office is winding down, but the year gave us a lot o

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast the DC gang dive into the biggest story of the week, How I Met Your Mother’s Neil Patrick Harris vs. The Young and the Restless’ Eric Braeden. DC Listeners begged for Jamey to do one of his Victor Newman impersonations and he was more than happy to oblige. He even through in a few guest impersonations that will keep listeners laughing. All My Children updated their opening credits. Does the DC gang love it or hate it? Lindsay Hartley’s arrival on AMC has been a refreshing addition to Pine Valley. The Cara/Jake/Amanda triangle has us wanting more, but Jamey wants Griffin with Amanda NOT Kendall. Kendall’s grief has her acting erratic out and fighting Greenlee for control of Fusion. Jamey loved Madison telling Greenlee off. The Bold and the Beautiful’s Whip manipulates Brooke, Ridge, Taylor and Thomas by screwing up things back stage at the Forrester fashion show and then snapping a picture of Thomas and Brooke in a compromising situation. Amber is trying to get her hoo

On today's Daytime Confidential podcast, she was television's first Super Bitch, Lisa Miller on As The World Turns for the better part of five decades, now the legendary Eileen Fulton is back to doing what she loves best, performing her sassy, fun cabaret act throughout New York City. Luke and Jamey caught up with Fulton just in time to dish about her upcoming Christmas show I Remember...or At Least I Try this Friday night, Dec. 17 beginning at 7 pm. at Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th Street) in New York City. Fulton offers a preview of the tunes and stories she plans to enchant her legions of fans with and also regales the DC boys with several of infamous soap stories, like: The time she got hit in the face by a fan who hated Lisa. What really fueled her clashes with ATWT creator Irna Phillips? What it was like to take the character of Lisa from daytime to primetime to compete with ABC's Peyton Place on Our Private World? Which ATWT scribe truly got what made Lisa tick? And so much more. Fulton also sounds of

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast the DC/PC gang returns to The Morning Jolt With Larry Flick on Sirius. During the laugh filled chat the gang discusses the recent renewals of The Young and the Restless, Days of our Lives and The Bold and the Beautiful. Jamey comments on Ken Corday’s handling of Days of our Lives and Julie Hanan Carruthers’ management of All My Children. Larry then asks about the death of All My Children’s Zach Slater and comments on Alicia Minshew’s performance as Kendall. When a listener calls in, the group dives into the state of General Hospital. Of course they had to discuss Sonny and Brenda’s reunion. In the second hour the crew weighs in on Miley Cyrus’ recent bong incident. Is Miley doing this on purpose to change her image? Jamey sings the song he believes Taylor Swift will croon after she breaks up with Jake Gyllenhaal. Does Denzel Washington still have it? Larry doesn’t think so. Could Denzel save the black family drama from Tyler Perry? They discuss the latest movies in t

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Jillian, Regan and Melodie discuss the latest in All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless storylines and news, including: Former Days of our Lives star Lindsay Hartley makes her All My Children debut. Pine Valley mourns Zach’s death. Finn Wittrock, who played Damon, is OUT at AMC. The Bold and the Beautiful’s Taylor calls out Ridge’s name while making love to Whip. Thomas and Brooke heat up a Forrester photo shoot. Taylor blows her lid when she sees the photos. How will Vivian get her revenge on Victor, Brady, Philip, Kate and Nicole? EJ gets custody of his children with Sami. Stefano forces Kate to apologize to Daniel and Chloe. James Franco returns to General Hospital in 2011. Sonny and Brenda go on a date. Will Jason and Sam have a baby? Daniel Benzali makes his GH debut. Natalie and Marty go toe-to-toe on One Life to Live. Clint is becoming Asa 2.0, but Regan thinks he ne

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Melodie discuss the latest in All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless storylines and news, including: CBS renewed The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. Y&R received a three-year renewal while B&B earned a two-year pick up. With Days of our Lives' recent two year extension and ABC making a vocal commitment to One Life to Live, it looks as if the soap industry has stabilized a bit. Y&R's Maria Arena Bell also received a contract extension. What does the DC gang have to say about that? Adam and Sharon hit the sheets. Angell Conwell joins the Y&R cast. Mick Cain returns to B&B. Taylor’s angst over Tom and Brooke’s relationship heats up. Cameron Matheson isn’t sold of the Rylee pairing fans have been complaining about all year. Lindsay Hartley makes her All My Children debut this week. Alicia Minshew’s performances have been heartbreaking.

On today’s hilarious Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Jamey, Jillian, Melodie and Belinda count down their Top 5 Things in Daytime Their Thankful For. From All My Children to The Young and the Restless a lot happened in 2010, but what made their lists? Tune in to find out.

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Jillian, Regan and Belinda discuss the latest in All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless storylines and news, including: NBC renews Days of our Lives for two more years. With this renewal will the show figure out ways to make its storylines more appealing and not drag out as long? Vivian is free of the sarcophagus, but now she’s holding Maggie captive in it. Sami and Nicole face off when Nicole tries to get access to Sydney. Chloe gives birth. One Life to Live scores the headline grabbing Kourtney Kardashian for a guest spot. Reportedly, she will play a lawyer and mix it up with Cristian and Blair. Is this a good thing for OLTL? OLTL also cast former General Hospital star Ted King in a role that will be a love interest for Blair and we couldn’t be more excited. More details have come out on how long Clint has known Rex is his son. All My Children releases a webisoap to introd

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Regan and Melodie discuss the latest in All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless storylines, news and due to popular request we’ve even included a Performer of the Week segment in this week’s podcast. All My Children’s decision to kill off Thorsten Kaye’s popular character Zach Slater. What will Kendall do without the love of her life? Should AMC bring in someone new for her, find someone already on canvas for her or let her become a strong independent woman? The Bold and the Beautiful’s Thomas kisses Brooke. It may have been a stunt, but Luke looks forward to the drama it stirs up. Heather Tom lands a guest spot on The Mentalist. Days of our Lives Victor, Kate, Nicole, Philip and Brady toast Vivian’s captivity, but will someone free her while they’re celebrating? DAYS casts Blue Mountain State’s Ed Marinaro as Bo and Hope merchant marine friend. Did General Hospital’s Brenda

Daytime Confidential/Pop Confidential’s Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Regan returned to Sirius XM's The Morning Jolt With Larry Flick Friday, November 5 for two hours of daytime and pop culture dissection with Flick and his partner-in-snark Keith Price. In the wild first hour, Larry let loose with several comments about General Hospital’s Elizabeth Webber that had Jamey, Luke and Regan howling in defense of their sacred heroine, as DC's lone JaSam fan Jillian cheered. The return of Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo as Brenda Barrett was also discussed. Does the veteran Billboard writer and radio personality feel the story is limping along like the DC'ers? The discussion shifted to One Life to Live, the show Larry previously said should be canceled the last time the gang appeared. Has the return of soap superstar Kim Zimmer as Countess Echo di Savoy helped change that opinion? What about All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Y&R and DAYS? Don't worry, they all get plenty of raunchy, hilarious service! During the

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Regan discuss the latest in All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless storylines and news, including: All My Children casts former As the World Turns star Sara Glendening as Marissa. Luke isn’t impressed by the news and Regan wonders why we even need Marissa? Former General Hospital and Port Charles star Eddie Matos joins AMC. The Bold and the Beautiful’s Ashley Jones is bumped to recurring. B&B newcomer Kristolyn Lloyd earns contract status. The Bold and the Beautiful airs special episodes focusing on the homeless. Former Guiding Light star Elvera Roussel drops in on B&B. Days of our Lives’ Louise Sorel previews Vivian’s next move. Days of our Lives casts former General Hospital star Natalia Livingston as Nicole’s younger sister. What will Sami do when she finds out Ma Brady switched the paternity tests? The show’s ratings go up. General Hospital’s

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Regan dive into the latest in All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live, The Young and the Restless and Talk Show news and headlines, including: The first week of The Talk, the CBS talk show that replaced As the World Turns on its schedule, is over. What did the DC gang think of it and will they keep watching? All My Children has improved drastically since Chuck Pratt so why is it putting Regan to sleep and making Luke go numb when watching? No one wants Chuck Pratt back, but in its current state AMC inspires little passion for itself, good or bad. Are Ryan and Greenlee only a supercouple in Brian Frons’ head? Does Jamey still enjoy Stephanie Gatschet’s Madison? The Bold and the Beautiful continues to hit it out of the park with Stephanie’s cancer storyline. Should Taylor be worried that Brooke might seduce her son? You might be surprised who thinks she has reason to be concerned. Amber st

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Regan discuss the latest in All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live and The Young and the Restless storylines and news, including: Should All My Children bring in Palmer’s children to fight for their share of Cortlandt Electronics? Greenlee’s trial isn’t impressing anyone. Will Linday Hartley’s arrival shake things up for Pine Valley’s residents? Thorsten Kaye returns, but what can AMC do about Kendall? Jamey and Jillian are in love with The Bold and the Beautiful’s cancer storyline. Could it give B&B a three-peat at the Emmys or now that they actually deserve the award will they lose it? Days of our Lives needs to figure out how to solve its storyline problems as the show is dead last in total viewers and households. Could DAYS regain their ratings luster by pairing Carly with EJ and developing a Carly/EJ/Sami triangle? Daniel and Chloe get married, but was most impressed with Moll

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Jillian and Regan react to the news that Chris Goutman could be directing episodes of The Young and the Restless. They then dish about Kim Zimmer’s return to One Life to Live as Echo and Maura West’s debut as Diane Jenkins on Y&R. The celebrity casting war between Y&R and General Hospital continues as Daniel Benzali checks into GH. Meanwhile, One Life to Live isn’t slouching when it comes to casting. Expect to see Terri Colombino, Tom Degnan, Dan Gauthier and Josh Kelly to pop up in Llanview in the near future. The DC gang then dives into upcoming All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives and One Life to Live spoilers. The Talk debuts on CBS on October 18. All this and much more on today’s show so stay tuned!  

He was with CBS Daytime's embattled soap opera Guiding Light as a writer, up until the bittersweet end. He even having walked the picket lines as a Strike Captain for the sudser, as well as ABC Daytime's General Hospital, during the 2007 Writers Strike. Now Dave Rupel is back this week with the premiere of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, the latest in Bravo's line of successful docusoaps. Rupel, who serves as an executive producer and showrunner on the new series, premiering Thursday Oct. 14 (check your local listings), chats with Daytime Confidential about what it was like at GL during those lean, final years. He shares his throughts on the now-infamous change of Guiding Light's production model. Was it a network-mandated decision or did Guiding Light's last executive producer Ellen Wheeler make the call? Speaking of Wheeler, what did Rupel think of his experience working with the controversial actress-turned-producer? Rupel also speaks out on why so many fans of continuing drama are now getting their

Soap opera goddess Deidre Hall (ex-Marlena, Days of Our Lives) appeared on Sirius Out Q's The Morning Jolt with Larry Flick on Friday morning to discuss her new book Kitchen Closeup. Our pals Larry Flick and Keith Price were gracious enough to invite Daytime Confidential's Jamey Giddens along for the hilarious, heartfelt ride. On the show, Hall discussed how Kitchen Closeup, which she co-wrote with BFF Lynne Bowman, came about as a result of the of the superstar's tireless efforts to see school lunches become more nutritious, as well as all the chats she and Bowman shared around the kitchen counter. Hall also reacts to that incorrigible Larry's raunchy questions. We won't spoil it for you, but one involved Drake Hogestyn (ex-John) and chest hair! Then Hall answered the questions Days of Our Lives fans have been dying to know. Would she ever bring Doc back to Salem? Has she been asked by the brass? You'll have to listen to find out.  

On today's Top 5 Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Regan count down their Top 5 Favorite Controlling Soap Dads in daytime. These are the men whose manipulations have impacted their families for generations.

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast TV Guide’s Michael Logan returns to dish all the latest industry news and hottest storylines with Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Regan. During the super-sized episode, the gang discusses the end of As the World Turns, if P&G plans to create their own soap hub and where its stars will end up. Logan weighs in on Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo’s return to General Hospital as Brenda. Has it been a success or a bust? Find out which Brenda reunion Logan is looking forward to most. What will Sam McCall do when she comes face-to-face with Brenda? Logan also comments on Jonathan Jackson’s latest storyline as Lucky impersonating the Irish assassin Ronan. On paper, Vivian being buried alive on Days of our Lives looks like it should be entertaining. Find out what Logan thinks of DAYS’ new twist on one of its classic storylines. Many fans have been disappointed with how DAYS has written Crystal Chappell’s Carly Manning since her return. Logan shares his thoughts on why fantastic actresses–

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast the DC gang drops in on The Morning Jolt with Larry Flick to discuss the latest in daytime and pop culture news, including: The end of As the World Turns. Do soap’s executives and writers hurt their show’s ratings by punishing characters for actor's behavior. The Denver Post is reporting that OLTL will be picked up for two more years. Does Brian Frons manufacture it so that General Hospital and All My Children always win? Larry questions why soap fans should tune into One Life to Live. Is the Days of our Lives brand strong enough to jump to cable? We then dive into the new and returning primetime shows of the season and the latest gossip. Can Lone Star make it? Larry then asks Jamey why fans should care about a new Dallas series. Will No Ordinary Family be as good as Luke hopes? Is The Middle better than Modern Family? The gang weighs in on the return of Glee for its second season, but will it suffer from a sophomore slump? Larry then puts Jamey on the spot and has

On this special episode of the Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Jamey, Jillian, Melodie, Mike and J Bernard discuss As the World Turns’ final week. They share their thoughts on how the show wrapped up and what they did and didn’t like. Unlike other soaps that ended their run at the bottom of the ratings heap, ATWT was in better shape than several other shows. Jamey presents several of his Wishful Casting ideas for ATWT stars in need of another job, but should fans be worried if one ATWT actor pops up on one of their favorite shows? The gang then discusses P&G’s decision to pull Another World, As the World Turns and Guiding Light classic content from the web. As this special episode winds to a close the DC gang takes a trip down memory lane and recounts their favorite ATWT memories. All this and listener’s calls to the Daytime Confidential Hotline on today’s memorial episode for As the World Turns.