Daytime Confidential

On today's special episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Mike, Jillian, Melodie and Bernard discuss Guiding Light's final episode and the week of episodes leading up to the end of the historic show, including:The final weddings, reunions and departures. The death of Alan Spaulding and its impact on the Spaulding family and Springfield. Olivia and Natalia are finally together, but didn't get to kiss even with a one-year jump into the future. Josh and Reva ride off into the sunset and Guiding Light's last word is "always."The DC gang discusses what Guiding Light's passing means for the seven remaining soaps and what, if anything, can be done to save them from the same fate. DC readers and listeners call in with their thoughts on Guiding Light's final week.  All this and much more on today's special episode of Daytime Confidential.

On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Jillian, Melodie and Bernard discuss the latest in All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live storylines and news, including:All My Children's David continues to manipulate Amanda and Jake. AMC finishes taping in New York City on December 11. Jamey gives an update on Brian Frons' visit to New York City and what he's heard about which AMC stars are moving to L.A. Should a daytime soap be like Melrose? Jamey doesn't think so.Did General Hospital's special carnival event breathe new life into the show? The DC gang discusses whether or not Claudia saw Kristina in the rubble. Liason's brief scenes warmed Jamey's heart. What will happen to Jax and Carly's marriage when it is revealed that Jax knew about what Claudia and Jerry did? Would General Hospital's ratings go up if it fired its six biggest stars like Days of Our Lives' have? If One Life to Live had the PR and push that General Hospital and All My Children get would it be ABC's highest ra

On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Mike, Jillian and Melodie discuss the latest in As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless storylines and news, including:Peter Parros and Mark Collier return to As the World Turns. The James Stenbeck funeral brought out the cat fight in Audrey and Barbara. Liberty decision to try having an abortion divides her mother and aunt. Is ATWT making a creative comeback?Whip uncovers Jackie's past on The Bold and the Beautiful, but wouldn't Owen been able to uncover this himself just by using Google? Ridge and Brooke reunite. Jillian has 21 Soap Questions, but did she really mean that Kim Zimmer could portray Marlena Evans? Hope is held hostage and then rescued by Bo. Philip and Melanie's sex tape hits the internet. Guiding Light's Kim Zimmer sounds off on Ellen Wheeler. What is everyone looking forward to in Guiding Light's final week? Gina Tognoni is in preliminary t

On today's Performer of the Week episode Luke, Jamey, Mike, Jillian and Melodie choose the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job during the week of September 7.The DC gang also chooses their honorable and dishonorable mentions. Who is your Performer of the Week?

On today's Top 5 episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Jillian, Melodie and Nicki count down their Top 5 One Life to Live characters.

On today's Performer of the Week episode Luke, Jamey, Jillian, Mike and Melodie choose the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job as their Performers of the Week.They also choose their honorable and dishonorable mentions. On-Air On-Soaps' Michael Fairmen joins Luke and Jamey at the end of the episode for a segment to clear the air on what happened to the Guiding Light tribute at the Daytime Emmy awards, why it was cut short and how he fought for it to have more prominence. He also answers questions such as whether or not it would have been possible to cut Vanessa Williams' second dance number and why Sesame Street received a longer tribute than Guiding Light.

Sean Kanan has brought the sexually-charged swagger of bad boy Deacon Sharpe back to daytime, only this time Big D isn't taming Beverly Hills cougars on The Bold and the Beautiful. He's too busy sexing and scheming his way through Genoa City on B&B's sister sudser The Young and the Restless!Daytime Confidential's Jamey finally met one of his favorite actors face-to-face on the red carpet at last weekend's 36th Annunal Daytime Emmy Awards and invited him on for today's episode of the podcast. Tune in to hear Kanan share his thoughts on this year's show, and what it's been like recreating his crazy, raunchy, dirty character on a second soap. You'll hear how Kanan was able to pick back up where he left off with B&B leading lady Adrienne Frantz (Amber) and how being paid to make out with his pal Thad Luckinbill's (JT) very pregnant wife Amelia Heinle (Victoria) makes him blush.Kanan also praises his former boss Brad Bell, who last Sunday accepted B&B's historic first win for Outstanding Drama Series,

Daytime Confidential’s Jamey Giddens reports live from the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Hear as he shares behind-the-scenes scoop, red carpet tidbits and his experiences in the Emmy Award press room. Listen as he retells encounters with Crystal Chappell, Eden Riegel and Ander Miller, JR Martinez, Marie Wilson, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Michelle Stafford, Kate Linder, Adam Mayfield, David Canary, Susan Flannery, Finola Hughes, Matt Walton, Christian LeBlanc, Ron Carlivati, Frank Valentini, Brandon Buddy and Kirsten Storms, Jeanne Cooper, Patrick Duffy, Bradford Anderson and many more. Daytime Confidential’s Regan makes her podcast return joining Luke, Jillian, Mel and special guest David to discuss the winners and losers of Daytime’s biggest night. From the red carpet to the Guiding Light tribute and The Bold and the Beautiful’s acceptance speech being cut off by The CW, they discuss it all on this special 2009 Daytime Emmy Awards episode.

On today's Performer of the Week episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Melodie choose the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job during the previous week and are their Performers of the Week. The DC gang also pick their honorable and dishonorable mentions for the week ending August 21.

On today’s CBS and Days of Our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential, Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Melodie discuss the latest in As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless storylines and news, including: Lesli Kay returns to As the World Turns as Molly McKinnon while maintaining her role as Felicia Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. Austin Peck has been fired by ATWT. Should Days of Our Lives snap him back up or do they have enough men for Sami already? With Brad gone Katie will need a new love interest. Would make Murray Bartlett make a good Simon recast? Bo and Hope search for their kidnapped daughter, guided by Bo’s psychic visions. Jamey believes that men in soaps shouldn’t be psychics. Melanie and Philip sleep together. Taylor and Brooke get into a mud fight on The Bold and the Beautiful. Were the scenes hilarious or degrading? Shouldn’t it be Ridge who needs to figure things out, not the women in his life? Owen’s twin brother

On today’s ABC episode of Daytime Confidential, Luke, Jamey and David discuss the latest in All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live storylines and news, including: Susan Lucci and Erica Kane go to Africa with the Feed the Children campaign. Erica faces down a scorpion. Is that a Cher wig Angie is wearing? Find out which AMC star has made a surprising impression on Jamey. Jamey gives an update on who he’s hearing will be headed to L.A. Jax finds out that Olivia and Sonny share a son. Will he tell Carly? The possibility of a Dante, Lulu and Matt triangle appeals to Luke, but what if they paired Dante and Carly? General Hospital released a new promo for an upcoming carnival storyline. Nikolas found out about Rebecca’s betrayal, what will he do next? Jamey suggests two potential storylines he believes could really get fans interested in GH again. Tune in to find out what they are. What will happen when Carly finds out about Claudia’s involvement in Michael’s shooting? David Vickers’ return– with

It's Emmy Week at Daytime Confidential! On today's episode of the podcast, famed entertainment journalist Tom O'Neil (founder of The Envelope.com, senior editor of In Touch Weekly) and TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco, chat with Luke and Jamey about the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, airing Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009 on The CW. O'Neil, the foremost expert on awards shows, and author of such tomes as Movie Awards, The Emmys and The Grammys, provides an in depth, insider's perspective of the award show process, and drives home why it is imperative daytime fans watch this year's Daytime Emmy Awards,and support all daytime programming if the telecast is to survive. O'Neil and Branco, himself a veteran of awards show coverage, also weigh in on whether or not Susan Lucci finally winning the Daytime Emmy for Best Lead Actress and/or Oprah Winfrey taking herself out of the race for Best Talk Show Host, cost the Daytime Emmys in terms of much-needed, mainstream buzz. Along the way, Luke, Jamey and Nelson handicap

On today's Performer of the Week episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Mike and Jillian discuss the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job during the week of August 10. They discuss their honorable and dishonorable mentions.

On today’s CBS and Days of Our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Mike and Jillian discuss the latest in As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless news and storylines, including: Tamara Tunie is returning to As the World Turns so that Jessica can usher Bonnie off screen. Wouldn’t it be nice if she stuck around? Would Jessica and Dusty make a good couple? How did One Life to Live’s Tika Sumpter end up in a conversation about Tunie’s return? ATWT has to pull it out if it wants to survive. Watching what is happening to ATWT is déjà vu of what happened to Guiding Light last year. Could ATWT avoid cancellation if they stepped it up? Guiding Light filmed its last episode ever this past week. Jamey believes no soap in its end game has ever created a couple with as much buzz as Otalia. The show has nothing to lose, why not give fans what they want? It really takes some doing to piss off Daytime Confidential’s J. Bernard, but Guid

On today’s ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey and J Bernard are joined by guest David Ozanich–one of the authors of Likely Story: Red Carpet Riot– to discuss the latest in All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live news and storylines, including: Rumors continue to swirl around which All My Children stars will or will not be making the move to L.A. The DC gang discusses the latest dish.Could Susan Lucci and Thorsten Kaye be staying in New York? What would be the impact on One Life to Live if they jumped to Llanview? Is Thorsten Kaye the star of AMC? Network executives in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Brian Frons comments on the cancellation of Guiding Light to the Wall Street Journal. Kelly Monaco re-upped with General Hospital, but you’ll notice we never see casting calls for male characters. Jamey remedies this oversight with casting calls for some of ABC’s most popular male characters. Olivia tries to protect Dante on GH. Jamey believes that GH made the right decisi

On today's Performer of the Week episode Luke, Jamey, Mike, Jillian and Melodie discuss the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job for the week of August 3.They also discuss their honorable and dishonorable mentions, proving that they don't always agree.

On this very special edition of the DC podcast, the founding editor of Soap Opera Weekly, who recently clicked her laptop back on to cover Guiding Light's endgame for TV Guide Canada's "The Soapgeist," tells Luke and Jamey how she really feels about such hot soap opera topics as Guiding Light's cancellation and All My Children's upcoming move to Los Angeles. Does Torchin believe AMC's move is a good thing for the industry, or will it hasten the death of soaps? It's no surprise to anyone who has been reading her GL coverage that Torchin spends a good bit of time on this episode discussing her current, fave soap couple Olivia and Natalia (She's not a fan of squish names!) on GL. Why does this couple have Torchin both fascinated and utterly frustrated? Torchin is hoping Venice, the new web series co-created by the woman she calls "the best actress in daytime", Crystal Chappell, and costarring the likes of Jessica Leccia, Hillary B. Smith and Jordan Clarke, will show daytime soaps how it should be done! Torchi

On today’s CBS and Days of Our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Mike, Jillian and Melodie discuss the latest in As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless news and storylines, including: Has As the World Turns figured out a way to salvage Paul Ryan by giving him amnesia? Lily went hard against Meg, but should Lily be with Damian or Holden? The DC gang reacts to Henry Coleman being James Stenbeck’s son. Jamey provides an update on Josh Griffith’s status at ATWT. Is Brad Bell getting his groove back? The Bold and the Beautiful’s ratings are up. What might be the reason? Jamey has a suggestion. Which photo shoot was better, the royalty photo shoot at Forrester or the cougar photo shoot at Jackie M? Jillian likes one, Luke and Jamey like the other. Is Donna or Brooke the true queen at Forrester? Mel plans on following Crystal Chappell from Guiding Light to Days of Our Lives and has been watching it to get acquainted. S

On today’s ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey and Jillian discuss the latest in All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live news and storylines, including: Now that Jamey's initial report about All My Children moving to Los Angeles has been confirmed by ABC , Jamey reveals the latest tidbits about what he ' s hearing from his sources. What does AM ' Cs move to L.A. really mean? Is it a vote of confidence in a three-soap lineup, as ABC claims? Is ABC’s investment in HD an investment in OLTL and AMC or just a capital investment in the studios where they are filmed? Susan Lucci is All My Children. When people think of soap operas they think Susan Lucci. Will ABC face a PR crisis if she decides not to make the move? It is unlikely that many older AMC veterans will make the move, but what happens if Thorsten Kaye, Alicia Minshew and Cameron Mathison choose to stay in New York ? The group speculates on whether or not Brian Frons would let them join OLTL? With AMC moving to L.A., One Life