On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens and Regan Cellura dive into the latest The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and talk show news, including:

What is the best soap of all time? Steve Harvey’s talk show ties Katie in demos.

Did The Bold and the Beautiful make a big mistake by letting General Hospital snap up Sean Kanan?

Chad’s anger problem came out of left field on Days of Our Lives. Will and Sonny kiss, again. Is it time for Daniel to be written out of Salem?

Vanessa Marcil’s tweet stirs up Twitter. Kelly Monaco defends her first season Dancing With the Stars championship. Should all GH fans be rooting for her? Who should return for Edward Quartermaine’s funeral? Does Steve Burton owe it to John Ingle’s memory to make an appearance? Carolyn Hennesy returns to Port Charles as Diane Miller.

The casting bloodbath has subsided at Y&R. Josh Griffith reveals how he wants to rehabilitate Sharon Newman. Christel Khalil and Eric Braeden are staying at the No. 1 soap. Jess Walton is returning for a visit.

All this and much more on today’s Daytime Confidential podcast.

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Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) and Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) have been through so much. Their marriage crumbled after the “loss” of their child. However, now that Jason suspects the baby is alive, will General Hospital’s butt-kicking couple get their second chance? Watch this week’s GH promo after the jump! READ MORE

Reaction to John Ingle’s passing is pouring in from Twitter. Soap stars who worked with the icon on General Hospital and Days of Our Lives are sharing their thoughts and memories.

Jason Thompson tweeted, “I will say it again today more profound than before. John Ingle is a legend. Love this man. RIP my friend X.” Thompson included the poignant photo above of Ingle’s dressing room placard.  Read more reactions from his co-stars after the jump!

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Arguably the most polarizing and heavily-debated daytime soap opera love triangle of this millennium (Give or take any combo of Sami Brady's 30 pairings on DAYS), has been Liason vs. JaSam on General Hospital. Fans of both pairings have stormed soap magazine polls, message boards and the comments of blogs like this one, to show their unyielding support for either #TeamJaSam or #TeamLiason.

Even bloggers got in on the fun. Yep, I'm biased. Sue me. Get yo' man before he leaves town, Nurse Liz (Rebecca Herbst). Climb those stairs!

Soon fans of Steve Burton's (Jason) enormously popular onscreen pairings with Herbst and Kelly Monaco (Sam) will have to come up with something else to fight over, as the actor and his character are leaving the soap opera.

In the Sept. 10-16 issue of TV Guide, Burton discusses how bad his timing is, considering the pair of broken hearts SuperJase will leave behind. Said Burton:

"There's a whole lot to wrap up quickly,' he admits. 'My timing isn't the greatest, but I can't control that. I gotta live my life." 

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Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) is one lucky nurse on today's episode of General Hospital. She's got two hunky blondes—one with an accent—whipping out their big, ol' guns to fight to the death over her!

Methinks Liz should do a little kiss-kiss with both Ewen (Nathin Butler) and Jason (Steve Burton) before anybody goes bang-bang. Heck, she deserves it after being stuck between Laura's (Genie Francis) drippy sons! Watch a promo for today's General Hospital below. READ MORE

 

General Hospital's Steve Burton is just as emotional about his upcoming departure from the ABC soap opera as many of his fans are. The actor, who has been playing trustafarian-turned-hitman Jason Morgan for 21 years, got choked up during an interview about his exit with the ABC affiliate in Augusta, Georgia. Watch the chat below!
 

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