Daytime Confidential

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: Louise Sorel is returning to Days of Our Lives as Vivian Alamain, which means Jamey and Luke are in Salem heaven. They discuss what Sorel’s return means for DAYS and Jamey reminisces about her role Augusta Wainwright since the 25th anniversary of Santa Barbara just passed. Salem is getting another familiar face to NBC soap fans. Lindsey Hartley is joining DAYS, taking over the role of Rafe’s sister. Lynn Herring makes her debut on As the World Turns, as Henry Coleman’s mother. Mike and Mel give their first impressions of her and Janet’s new sister Teri. Margo and Casey continue to lie to Tom about Riley being Adam. Mel believes that ATWT is actually getting better, do her co-hosts agree? Ridge and Taylor are pronounced Man and Ho

On today’s ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey and J Bernard discuss the latest in All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital news and storylines, including: All My Children picking up roots and moving to LA. In this episode, recorded before ABC confirmed Jamey’s report on Tuesday, Jamey predicts that the announcement would happen this week and discusses in depth what he is hearing from his sources. He discusses the impact this shakeup will have on AMC’s veteran actors, where this leaves One Life to Live as ABC’s only New York soap and why General Hospital gets a pass because of it being the “Luke and Laura soap.” Is ABC’s solution only a band-aid until they can develop a talk show? J Bernard shares his theory about the Who Killed Adam storyline and why he believes everything isn’t as it seems. General Hospital re-signed popular actors Steve Burton and Leslie Charleson, keeping them on canvas. Is Drew Garrett the next Tom Pelphrey or Steve Burton and could he surpass them? GH

On today's Performer of the Week episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Mike, Jillian and Mel choose the actors and actresses they believe did an outstanding job during the week of July 27, 2009. They also discuss their honorable and dishonorable mentions.

On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Jillian, Melodie and Nicki count down their Top 5 The Young and the Restless characters.Who are your Top 5 The Young and the Restless characters?

On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Nicki count down their Top 5 General Hospital Characters.

On today's Performer of the Week episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Jillian and Melodie choose their performers of the week and discuss their honorable and dishonorable mentions for the week ending July 19.Who are your performers of the week?

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:Forbes March makes his As the World Turns debut. The Knights of Meg's Round Table ride to her rescue. Emma chews out Meg. Paul has a microchip in his brain. Is Oakdale becoming As the Days Turns into General Hospital? Should Noah be connected to the canvas more? Henry's secret is revealed to the world. Bonnie's weave isn't the only "hairy" problem on ATWT.Rick Hearst returns to The Bold and the Beautiful as Whip Jones. The DC gang shares their reactions. Is it just us or do Whip and Stephanie have unintended chemistry? B&B seems to be going back to basics by focusing on Taylor, Ridge and Brooke, but does this just magnify the fact it lacks considerable depth among its younger characters?Kevin Spirtas returns to Salem as Dr. Craig and be with h

On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Melodie, Jillian and J. Bernard discuss the latest in All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live storylines and news, including:Saving All My Children in one tweet or less. Which is Bobbie Eakes better character Krystal Carey on AMC or Macy Forrester on B&B? Jake tells Amanda about her baby. Does Pratt know what he is doing? Jamey reveals inside scoop on Pratt's strategy for AMC. Is David menacing enough for the Martins to be afraid of him? Are two murder mysteries better than one?One Life to Live's Todd and Blair sleep together, but Dorian and Tea aren't happy about it. Tea takes out her frustrations on a target and has hot chemistry with John. Kyle and Fish kiss on August 6, but before then Fish is getting himself some chocolate. Is the Morasco Fiasco almost over now that Rex has confronted a blood toting Stacy?General Hospital's ratings hit and all time low, but the karaoke scenes this last week were enjoyable. Jamey has a suggesti

On today's Performer of the Week episode Luke, Jamey, Jillian, Melodie  and Mike choose the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job during the week ending June 12. The Daytime Confidential gang also discusses their honorable and dishonorable mentions. Who are do you think did an outstanding job?

On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Jillian, Melodie and Mike 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:Burning Colonel Mayer's medals on As the World Turns and Reva throwing the American flag on the ground on Guiding Light. What are the P&G soaps thinking? Has ATWT fixed Bonnie's weave? Why is Tom Hughes always kept in the dark? GL's David Kreitzmann is headed to ATWT. One Life to Live is interested in Daniel Cosgrove. Should fans be worried about what Ellen Wheeler has in store for GL's finale? Will the show end without even a hint of romance for Otalia? Owen and Jackie get married in Hawaii on The Bold and the Beautiful. B&B's ratings are up, what made that happen? Jamey has a suggestion for a Brooke, Taylor and Ridge fantasy scene. Donna turns into a glittery hoo-hoo on the catwalk.Days of Our Lives Ken Corday speaks to another soa

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:One Life to Live's Robin Strasser may be leaving the show. Should she take the paycut and what would her leaving mean to the Llanview canvas? Dorian stands up for Langston and Markko, while facing the reality that no one may come to help her. One Life to Live wants Guiding Light's Daniel Cosgrove in Llanview. Should Rex and Schuyler be brothers?Has the "Who Killed Stuart" murder mystery lasted to long on All My Children and is it distasteful? Ryan is like a son to Erica and the cougar storyline is rubbing Jamey the wrong way.  Would David and Liza be a hot pairing or should she be paired with someoneRegan and Jamey share their reactions General Hospital's Dominic being Dante. Should characters have inappropriate chemistry and subtext? Has General Hospital diluted its brand? The Spixie pairing is going full steam ahead and it looks as i

On today's Performer of the Week episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Mike, Melodie and Jillian choose the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job during the week of June 29, 2009.The gang also debates their honorable and dishonorable mentions.

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:Judi Evans joins As the World Turns, but will she be Paulina Cory as Jamey hopes? Riley reveals to Margo that he is her son. Mike has mixed feelings about Henry and Geneva. Is Guiding Light's Killer Kreitzman headed to Oakdale?Nick and Bridget get married on The Bold and the Beautiful. Jillian has Stephanie's grossest line of the week. Felicia and Thorne tell Eric to take his job and shove it. Sami goes in search of help on Days of Our Lives to try and get her child back. Is Stephanie developing a pill problem? We wouldn't blame her if she is. She was locked in a morgue after all. Is it hollow to be enjoying these two storylines without either of the character's mothers on our screens? Did Ed Scott save Days of Our Lives?Gina Tognoni doesn't

It was the news that rocked the soap-o-sphere this weekend—One Life to Live's Patricia Mauceri (Carlotta) was fired, replaced by Sopranos and Guiding Light actress Saundra Santiago, after allegedly demanding re-writes of a scene showing her character as gay friendly. Daytime Confidential's Jamey Giddens, who broke the story, joins Luke, Regan and Karen from WUBS to discuss the shocking turn of events.In other One Life news, Robin Strasser revealed on her hotline ABC has offered her a "take it or leave it" deal, and the soap superstar proclaims One Life executive producer Frank Valentini will save daytime. OLTL wasn't the only ABC soap with behind-the-scenes drama exploding all over the Internet this past week. All My Children star Beth Ehlers (Taylor) recently gave an explosive interview to Stardish Radio where she accused AMC head writer Chuck Pratt of "writing camp" and complained about allegedly having to "hedge her performances" due to being paired with real-life and reel life war hero JR Martinez (Bro

On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Regan, Tina and Nicki discuss the latest in All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital news and storylines, including:Kendall's men problems continue as All My Children ramps up for its Cougar storyline. Are Erica and Ryan even remotely appealing? Who should Kendall end up with if Ryan is with Erica and Zach is with Liza? Luke has a suggestion that the others don't like. They say Doctors are the worst patients, in Frankie's case it seems to be true. Liza has mommy issues. Can the child really be protected from David Hayward? Michael's anger issues are giving Drew Garrett some great material, but does he really have impulse control problems? Matt gets drunk and has a chip on his shoulder. Tina weighs in with her thoughts on Martha Byrne's debut on General Hospital. Should the show have provided better build up for the introduction of her character? General Hospital was doing a Cougar storyline with Olivia and Johnny before All My Children did it

On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Jillian, Melodie and Mike 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: Jean Passanante gives a quote that has everyone scratching their heads, trying to figure out what she means. Is she talking in circles in order to not say anything? Is As the World Turns in a defeatist mode? Emily is obsessed with finding her eggs. Bonnie and Dusty kiss. Parker is beginning to realize what is going on with Carly, while Meg and Damian go on a date. Donna and Pam go to the set of The Price is Right. Was this a thumbs up or a thumbs down moment on the show? Find out which members of the Daytime Confidential gang enjoyed it and who didn't. Did the crossover just shed more light on the fact that The Bold and the Beautiful's ratings are diving?  Is Owen out for Jackie's money or does he love her? Ridge's drug problem conti

On today's Performer of the Week episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Mike Jillian, Melodie and Nicki choose the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job during the week of June 15.The gang also discusses those actors who earned a honorable and dishonorable mention.

On today's Performer of the Week episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Mike, Regan and Melodie discuss the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job during the week of June 8.They also discuss the actors who deserve honorable and dishonorable mentions.

On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Regan and Belinda discuss the latest in All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live news and storylines, including:All My Children's Erica Kane is exploring her inner cougar and sinking her claws into Ryan Lavery. Liza Colby gets shot in the stomach by a dart. Jake and Amanda get married.Former General Hospital star Lynn Herring joins As the World Turns. Jamey is in heaven, having Kevin and Lucy on the same show again, but is it bitter sweet for General Hospital fans who would have liked her to return to Port Charles? Has General Hospital sank to a new level sleaziness? Spinelli, Lulu and Maxie track Kate down at the spa.Flag on the play, is Gina Tognoni still headed to One Life to Live? One Life to Live has a new gay romantic storyline in the works. Could it impact the show the way Nuke impacted As the World Turns? Do you buy Dorian's love for Ray Montez? Luke doesn't believe Dorian would be this upset, not after her love for David Vicker

On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Mike 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:Crystal Chappell returns to Days of Our Lives as Carly Manning. Daytime Confidential's Jamey Giddens is is in fan heaven. What does Chappell's return to Days of Our Lives mean for Guiding Light? Is it bittersweet for Guiding Light fans? Will her return boost Days of Our Lives ratings? How should the Olivia and Natalia love story wrap up on Guiding Light? If Telenext wasn't able to capitalize on Otalia and move them to As the World Turns if Guiding Light doesn't survive, what does that mean for As the World Turns? Hear listeners react to the Crystal Chappell news.This is Jamey Giddens' week as a soap fan. Not only is Crystal Chappell returning to Days of Our Lives, but As the World Turns is bringing Lynn Herring back to daytime. His Lucy Coe will be r