Colleen Zenk

Happy Birthday Colleen Zenk Pinter!

Happy 56th Birthday to Colleen Zenk Pinter (Barbara Ryan)! It's a crime that we don't see more of this amazing actress on As the World Turns.

ATWT Weekly Promo

This week's As the World Turns promo. Let's hope Meg stays away from Paul for good this time.

One Can Dream, Can't They?


Oh memory lane, what a wondrous path you are. Watching yesterday's General Hospital I couldn't help but think how awesome it is that Grant Harrison, er Mark Pinter is on General Hospital, even if it is for an undetermined number of episodes. 

Oh the memories of one of my favorite Another World villains. How is it that Pinter doesn't have a contract role on a soap? He was bad ass as Grant, heartless as Roger Smythe on All My Children and his wife Colleen Zenk Pinter is on As the World Turns as the rarely seen Barbara Ryan. Which got me thinking.

Nancy Lee Grahn's Alexis Davis needs a viable love interest. Imagine if General Hospital kept Pinter around and paired his character with Alexis? Not only would these two dynamic actors be chemistry laden, but Alexis would finally have a love interest that wasn't a member of the mob, brother of the mobster or a international rogue mobster. Then imagine if Wally Kurth were to return as Ned and General Hospital fans were treated to a triangle? Granted, this assumes that General Hospital knew how to write a good triangle. Well even if this is all a figment of my imagination, which it is, one can dream can't they?

Would you enjoy an Alexis/Agent Raynar paring?

Three's Company

Branson, Martinez, Lindstrom

Despite gloom and doom about the state of daytime in almost all of its aspects, fans have been treated to some good soap opera lately. The Young and the Restless is the Must See Soap right now. One Life to Live has regained it's glory and Guiding Light is steadily improving. Some of daytime's best actors are giving some of the performances of their lives. With that in mind, there are three performers new to their respective shows deserving of special mention who I think are doing a bang up job.

JR MARTINEZ (Brot Monroe, All My Children)

Introduced amid a publicity blitz, JR Martinez came aboard AMC with a fascinating, real life backstory: an Iraq War veteran seriously injured and disfigured by explosives, eventually becoming a noted inspirational speaker for and on behalf of veterans coping with their life altering injuries. His addition to AMC's canvas was purposeful and deliberate. The show wanted a real life injured vet to play Brot, former love of newcomer Taylor (Beth Ehlers).

AMC has received much justly deserved praise for casting Martinez, but make no mistake, this was as much a bit of stunt casting as it was groundbreaking decision. READ MORE

InFANity: Behind the Scenes at As the World Turns

TV Guide Network's InFANity was on the set of As the World Turns for a look behind the scenes and to interview the cast. It's obvious that they've used old and new material, because they used a couple of interviews with Martha Byrne. Some of the other stars that were interviewed are Van Hansis, Jake Silbermann, Colleen Zenk Pinter, Marie Wilson, Billy Magnussen and Michael Park. Parts 2, 3 and 4 after the jump. READ MORE

Soap Stars' Expanding Cast


Seems like Colleen Zenk Pinter and her better half  Mark Pinter have an additional role to play this spring, grandparents! Their daughter is expecting her first child with late night talk show host and former MTV VJ Carson Daly.

Daytime Confidential would like to send congratulations to the Pinter and Daly family!