Starr might have broken James Ford's heart during One Life to Live's final week on the air, but the character's hunky portrayer Nic Robuck is feeling no pain! According to ABC Soaps In Depth, the actor has booked a guest gig on The CW's Ringer, starring fellow ABC Daytime alum Sarah Michelle Gellar. Which OLTL alum are you hoping to see pop up in primetime next?

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Great news for Ringer and Sarah Michelle Gellar fans! According to The Hollywood Reporter, The CW has ordered a full season of Ringer. TV By The Numbers reports the ratings for last night’s episode climbed thirty-three percent, after dropping the previous week against New Girl. I won’t spoil it for those who still have “A Whole New Kind of Bitch” on your DVR, but for the second week in the row Ringer has ended with a need to tune back in cliffhanger.  If you missed the episode, featuring Y&R’s Billy Miller, I’d recommend checking it out.

According to TV Guide, Buffy is getting a little help from her friends. Sarah Michelle Gellar’s The Ringer will be visited by Amber Benson. You’ll remember her as Tara, Willow’s (Allyson Hannigan) lady love. While I was a fan of the ladies, my opinion tends to lean towards one of the bigger Buffy alums helping SMG’s struggling show out. 

Look for Benson in the tenth episode where according to the mag, she'll play a stripper and an informant. Now that's double duty!

How refreshing is it to see primetime stars like Eva La Rue and Sarah Michelle Gellar stand up and proudly proclaim their stints on daytime television? The real-life pals, who met when they shared a dressing room on ABC Daytime's All My Children for a time during the 90's, returned to the series on Wednesday, La Rue reprising the popular role of Dr. Maria Santos and Gellar doing a cameo as an unamed mental patient, who swore she was both Erica Kane's daughter and was in an epic battle with vampires, paying homage to both of Gellar's signature roles. You know, as the original Kendall Hart on AMC and later a certain slayer named Buffy.

All one has to do is spend some time on any number of message boards, Twitter, Facebook, or the comments section on this blog this morning, to see what a treat their visit to Pine Valley was for fans. I caught up with the striking La Rue, who is busy with another season of the hit CBS procedural CSI: Miami, to talk about what AMC leaving the network airwaves means to her.

The busy actress and spokesperson (in addition to her primetime gig, she has an endorsement deal with Crest and is active in supporting the Beckstrand Cancer Foundation), took time out to speak with Daytime Confidential about her thoughts on the so-called "soap stigma" and how her stint in Pine Valley helped her hone her craft.

Now that AMC is moving online, have we seen the last of Dr. Maria Santos? Keep reading to find out.

Daytime Confidential: You've been very vocal about your emotions concerning the end of All My Children on ABC and even reprised your iconic role of Dr. Maria Santos twice for the network finale. What do you say to those in Hollywood who love to harp on the so-called "soap stigma"?

Eva La Rue: I am so sad that the show is ending. It breaks my heart. AMC was like a family to me. I think some people will always look at daytime actors with the "soap stigma," but the truth is that so many daytime actors have made the big leap into primetime and feature films. I think the rest of the industry has realized that daytime actors are talented and well-trained, and that is why people like Josh Duhamel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Eva Longoria and so many people before them have been so successful. Daytime is a tough medium. It you can make it on daytime, you can make it in the rest of the business.
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Michelle Stafford is a busy woman these days. When her alter ego Phyllis isn't spicing things up in Genoa City on The Young and The Restless, the actress will be taking a trip over to The Ringer. According to TV Guide's  Michael Logan, Stafford will mix it up with Sarah Michelle Gellar's Bridget, who has taken over her twin sister Siobhan's life. According to Stafford:

My character is really nosy and very much in your face — one of those me, me, me types who talks a mile a minute. She runs into Siobhan, who is really Bridget, and has no idea why Siobhan doesn't recognize her. They have this very fun encounter in an elevator. Then my character sees 'Siobhan' going into a meeting with a divorce attorney and can't wait to tell her husband. READ MORE

Former All My Children star Eva La Rue tweeted this behind-the-scenes picture of herself with Sarah Michelle Gellar “getting ready for our cheesy scene!!” Cheesy or not, we can’t wait to see these two AMC grads together! 

Photo Credit: Eva La Rue