MICHAEL: So while you were finishing your run on As the World Turns, sadly, Guiding Light concluded. I was wondering what your feelings were, stepping back in to this genre at this very tumultuous time? What was that like for you?

LYNN: I had lunch with Jane Eliot (Tracy, GH) and we discussed how the audience was so articulate about Guiding Light and how much they loved the show and were so sad when it ended, and that on GH, Mafia and bad violence has turned people away. The networks don’t get that our viewers are so intuitive and smart. Even GH people, who had never watched GL and are faithful to their show, understood what it meant to lose a show like that. Daytime is a lot classier than people think, and it hurt to be back on daytime and see what has happened in the genre. I love this genre!

Herring also sounds off on pal Stuart Damon getting the shaft on GH and The Young and the Restless' treatment of its veteran actors. READ MORE

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James Stenbeck (Anthony Herrera) dies again and Liberty (Meredith Hagner) is about to get an abortion – next week on As the World Turns. Watch the promo after the jump. READ MORE

A promo for next week's episodes of As the World Turns.