Watch next week's promo of As the World Turns for a quick first look at Lynn Herring as Audrey, Henry's (Trent Dawson) mother.

Lynn Herring is extending her stay in Oakdale. Carolyn Hinsey is reporting at New York Daily News "She will now air through the fall and share scenes with former GH husbands Jon Lindstrom and Stuart Damon."

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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 sunk 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 Vickers.

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It looks as if Henry Coleman (Trent Dawson), on As the World Turns, is following in the footsteps of Tootsie and Mrs. Doubtfire. Some General Hospital fans had wondered if Lynn Herring would be able to be as wonderfully quirky in Oakdale as she was a Lucy Coe. Considering she is supposed to portray Henry's mother, one can only speculate at what type of hilarity may ensue.

Okay, now that the abtastic LUCY COE (Lynn Herring) is coming to As The World Turns, can you all just go right on ahead and put in a call to Mary Beth Evans to reprise her role as Sierra Esteban? Since Sierra is Craig's (Jon Lindstrom) ex-wife and LUCY COE is Doc's (Jon Lindstrom) ex-wife, and Mary Beth is my ex-wife, I mean, she was Katherine Bell on General Hospital and Lynn of course is now and forever, LUCY COE, it makes PERFECT sense for LUCY COE to have to battle some heffa looking like that clumsy, parapet-slipping Katherine Bell!

I swear on everything I hold dear, I will cut this soap some MAJOR slack if you do this Babs and Chris. Oh, but wait a minute...before I commit to letting my keypad write a check my behind can't cash, will you all at least attempt to WRITE A DAMN SOAP OPERA!

Enough with this three-day-a-week bull ish. If I wanted to watch an episodic I would catch a Law and Order re-run on TNT. Your experiment is NOT EFFING WORKING. You write a decent storyline for my LUCY COE and you bring back my Katherine Bell, er Sierra or I will lead a contigent to that Early Show, dressed in "Holden and Lily 4-Ever" t-shirts and stage a sit in! READ MORE

Chris Goutman and Barbara Bloom are the smartest, most awesomest, most fetch, spiral-perm-wearingist peeps (Babs, not Chris) in the SOAPYVERSE! I take back every nasty, shortsided word I ever said about these two brilliant, creative soap operatic minds, for one reason and one reason only—LUCY COE!  Now that those darling, non-soap opera slayers are bringing my Lynn Herring aka LUCY COE (her name must be said in all caps at all times. It's only fitting for a soap character diety) to As The World Turns, all is forgiven! This must be how it feels when Kim and Barbara have a truce, or Emily and Margo share a moment.

What???? Shut up. I SAID SHUT UP! Oh, I bet you're wondering what's going on.  No Stenbeck hasn't slipped me a mind-altering mickey, that pesky Luke Kerr keeps telling me her name won't be LUCY COE on As The World Turns, and that she'll actually be Henry's (Trent Dawson) gold-digging, MILF of a mother. Well, that's all very well and good, but to me she will be LUCY COE—librarian-turned-trophy wife-turned-cosmetics queen-turned vampire slayer! READ MORE