Daytime Confidential

It's that time of the year again web series fans. That's right the 2nd Annual Streamy Awards are being held this Sunday, April 11 in Los Angeles, and some of our faves like The Bannen Way,Venice's Crystal Chappell and Buppies' Tatyana Ali are all up for awards!   On this webtastic episode of the Daytime Confidential Podcast, Luke and Jamey chat with one of the most influential movers and shakers in the fast-growing world of digital video production, Jeff Hayzlett, chief marketing officer for Kodak, which is serving for the second year in a row as the Official Imaging Sponsor of the Streamys.   The personable, cowboy corporate exec talks with the DC boys about why it's been so important for Kodak to be on the forefront of entertainment consumptions transition from analog to digital. He also reveals that once again he will be tweeting live from the Streamys telecast, as he did during the Oscars, and recalls how cool it was to learn that even the likes of Mr. Bean was following his tweets.   Hayz

Jackson Montgomery is back, and we've got him! On today's episode of the Daytime Confidential podcast, Luke and Jamey talk to All My Children veteran and all around nice guy Walt Willey, who recently reprised his signature role as Erica Kane's most enduring lover on the sudser. This Friday, April 9 at 9 pm Willey will be appearing at SoCal's hottest spot for sketch comedy, ACME Comedy Theatre, where he will be hosting "Unscripted Hollywood Dream Role". Willey offers DC listeners a preview of his upcoming show, and gives his hilarious reaction to having witnessed the infamous Kato Kaelin hosting the show when he first visited ACME. "He's held up good since the white van days," Willey quips. Then the discussion shifts, of course, to what it's like for Willey to be back in Pine Valley— by way of Los Angeles instead of New York— and to be working again with the likes of Rebecca Budig, Vincent Irizarry, Julia Barr, and of course the unforgettable Susan Lucci. It's an interview Pine Valley lovers and comedy

On today's Top 5 episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Jillian, Regan and Melodie count down their Top 5 Soap Stars Turned Primetime Stars.

On today's CBS and Days of our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jillian and Melodie discuss the latest in As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless storylines and news, including: As the World Turns' Bob and Kim celebrate 25 years. Reid goes to Luke for money. Molly's relationship with Holden is causing problems for Lily. Forget Vienna, Barbara and Henry need to be together.The Bold and the Beautiful celebrates 23 years on air and the DC gang shares their favorite B&B moments. Whip pops the question to Taylor, but is she over Ridge. Aggie goes after Nick. B&B plans to shake up its couples this summer. Are Steffy and Hope ready to be arch rivals?Judi Evans returns to Days of our Lives as Adrienne Kiriakis. Bo threatens Vivien to protect Carly. Arianna and Brady try to get married, but Nicole gets in the way after being pardoned. Rafe closes in on the truth about EJ's involvement in the kidnapping. Melanie fantasizes about Nathan. Cane fl

On today's ABC edition of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey and Regan discuss the latest in All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live storylines and news, including: All My Children's Tad deals with the discovery Damon is his son and Damon's acting out. What will Tad do with a son so much like him in his younger days? Amanda signs as the Fusion model. Black Randi and blonde Randi need to go. Blonde Randi hits on Ryan, but Jamey thinks AMC should bring back Laura as a love interest for Ryan. Taylor Miller and Gillian Spencer return to AMC as Nina and Daisy Cortlandt.Regan reacts to Drew Garrett being let go from General Hospital. Where should Garrett go next? Find out which character Jamey believes All My Children should recast with Garrett. Luke and Sonny go head-to-head over Ethan and Kristina. More people believe Kristina is lying about Ethan being her attacker. Is Kristina's abuse storyline an accurate portrayal and is GH missing the mark or are they nailing this storyline? Starr finds out Lang

On today's Performer of the Week episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jillian and Melodie choose the actors and actresses who they believe an outstanding job during the previous week and discuss their honorable and dishonorable mentions.

On today’s special episode of Daytime Confidential Jamey and Jillian report from the Big Apple where they attended the ABC & SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS event on March 19. Hear them as they talk about the fantastic performances by some of your favorite ABC soap stars. Find out who they interviewed, who they hung out with and who brought down the house. Luke, Jamey and Jillian discuss General Hospital’s decision to let Drew Garrett go and replace him with Wizards of Waverly Place star Chad Duell. Also, be sure to check out Jamey as a guest on We Love Soaps TV.

On today's Performer of the Week episode Luke, Melodie and J Bernard choose the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job during the previous week and discuss their honorable and dishonorable mentions. This week they also discuss the news Days of our Lives has been renewed for another year.

On today's CBS and Days of our Lives podcast Luke, Jillian and Mike discuss storylines and news for As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives and The Young the Restless, including: Daniel Cosgrove debuts as Chris Hughes on As the World Turns. Vienna returns to Oakdale and causes problems for Henry and Barbara. Does Dr. Reid treat Luke so badly because he's actually attracted to him? Steffy targets Bridgett in her strategy to throw Brooke out of Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. Should Owen and Oliver try to bring Steffy down? The fallout from Owen and Bridgett's having sex continues. Arianne Zucker returns to Days of our Lives as Nicole. Nicole realizes Anna is the one who took her baby. Melanie finds out Daniel is her father. Rafe hunts for the truth. Brady and Arianne get engaged. Adam's crimes and deceptions are revealed on The Young and the Restless. What will everyone do now that they know what he's done? Who is after Chance and do we care? Daisy ups the ante with Lauren.

In his first podcast interview since being kished to the curb. One Life to Live's Brett Claywell talks with Daytime Confidential.com's Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens and Jillian Bowe on the heels of his shocking firing. The talented and passionate young actor, who moved across country to assume the role of Schuyler Joplin, only to cede that role to Scott Clifton, before being cast as nefarious lab tech-turned-gay med student Kyle Lewis, talks about what it was like to find out from OLTL show runner Frank Valentini that he was being let go from the series. Hear Claywell in his own words as he shares his thoughts on the powerful work he and leading man Scott Evans (Oliver Fish) accomplished, and why he doesn't want to let any of the negativity surrounding their exits take away from a story he says will stay with him for the rest of his life. Claywell also addresses the myriad of allegations lobbied against him and Evans in the media. Does he feel they are to blame for OLTL's viewer erosion? What about th

On today's special episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Regan weigh in on One Life to Live's shocking dismissal of Brett Claywell and Scott Evans and the end of the soap's popular, groundbreaking Kish love story. From the quote about Kish not resonating "with the mainstream audience" that has outraged so many fans, to the multiple storylines that have contributed to OLTL's low ratings, DC digs into all the latest in this continuing saga. The DG gang explores why OLTL seems to be cleaning house of its minority stars and young talent which has afforded the ratings-challenged sudser such critical acclaim. We pose the question, what has ahppened to the diversity Agnes Nixon created this show to reflect?  We also ponder, should Brett and Scott return if ABC offers? Do TPTB really think they are giving the majority of the fans what they want, while destroying the show in the process?Jamey wonders, will the move to oust Kish be Frank Valentini's Maureen Bauer moment? What, if anything, can OLTL d

On today's Performer of the Week episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jillian and Mike choose the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job during the previous week and discuss their honorable and dishonorable mentions.

On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey and Regan discuss the latest in All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live storylines and news, including: Jamey's Blind Item news that former All My Children star Eden Riegel is going to The Young and the Restless. What does this mean for both soaps? AMC has said it wants to recast the role of Bianca, but should it when other roles need to be recast? Jamey outlines what AMC fans can expect if they tune in to Y&R to see Riegel. Is Annie return to crazy land a good twist or a desperate move? Should the role of Scott be recast so that AMC can play up the Camelot angle? Regan has a major problem with One Life to Live's Ford and how he's turned Langston into a panty dropper. Is he smarmy or is he a classic soap character? Has ABC and One Life to Live turned Scott Evans into a star Y&R should snap up? What can be done with Marty? Should she be moved back into Todd's orbit or should Clint and Marty fall for each other? Who should get cus

On today's CBS and Days of our Lives episode Luke, Jamey, Jillian, Mike and Melodie discuss the latest in As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless storylines and news, including: As the World Turns' Carly and Jack are finally together, if only for a short time. Janet gets knocked up, but is the baby Dusty or Jack's? Damian "returns from the dead" and manipulates Faith. Owen and Bridget hit the sheets on The Bold and the Beautiful. What will happen to Brooke now that she isn't an owner of Forrester and how should she get back in the mix? EJ surprises Sami and Rafe by showing up with Sydney at the pub. Daniel finds out he is Melanie's father. John Callahaun returns to Salem. The Young and the Restless recasts the role of Heather with Eden Riegel. What will this mean for the character of Heather and who will she be paired with? Marcy Rylan joins Y&R as Abby Carlton. Everyone closes in on Adam. All this and much more on today's show.

On today's Performer of the Week Daytime Confidential episode Luke, Jillian, Mike and Melodie discuss the actors and actresses they believe did an outstanding job and debate their honorable and dishonorable mentions.

On today's Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Melodie dig into the 2010 Daytime Emmy Pre-Nominations and discuss who deserves the pre-nominations, who is missing and who has a chance of winning of Emmy. All this and more on today's show!

On today's CBS and Days of our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Meldoie discuss the latest in As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless storylines and news, including: Mick holds Oakdale citizens hostage at Alison and Casey's wedding on As the World Turns. Carly spots Dusty and Janet kissing. What will she do with the information? Lily and Luke suspect Holden, but will they be able to figure out what is going on? Steffy bests Dollar Bill on The Bold and the Beautiful. Does how she got the company back make sense? Now that Steffy has gotten her families company back where does that leave Brooke and Donna? Bridget and Aggie's feud gets nastier as Bridget rips into Aggie.  Days of our Lives hits No. 2 in the ratings. Carly shoots Melanie after her wedding to Philip. Vivian's manipulations get her in trouble with Victor. EJ makes Sami think Sydney is dead. Should Justin and Hope be a couple? Phyllis and Ashley get closer to the t

As opinionated as the Daytime Confidential gang may be, not everything we record makes it out of the of the editing room and into our finished episodes. Check out this segment from our last ABC episode.

On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Regan and Jillian discuss the latest in All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live storylines and news, including: The fallout from Greenlee's return and almost wedding to David continues. Ryan kidnaps Greenlee as Erica holds David hostage. JR wants to make Marissa Little A's legal guardian if he dies. Luke believes All My Children needs to keep recasting Colby until they get the character right and makes a suggestion for who should fill the role. Jamey says Hayley needs to be recast. Luke suggests Maura West. Imagine the Chandler family with Jacob Young as JR, Robin Chrisopher as Skye, Maura West as Hayley, Marcy Rylan as Colby and Melissa Claire Egan as the evil stepmother Mrs. Chandler. Robin Christopher returns to General Hospital as Skye, but should she be in Port Charles or Pine Valley? General Hospital's new opening credits debut on Tuesday. GH seems to be using Sonny's kids to rationalize his behavior. Morgan tries to convince Dan

On today's Performer of the Week episode Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Melodie choose the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job during the previous week and discuss their honorable and dishonorable mentions.