A few months ago I had the privilege of being interviewed as part of an upcoming documentary on all of the genre-changing events that have impacted the daytime soap opera in recent years. Soap Life — A Documentary, from filmmaker Matthew D'Amato, is an in depth look at how the recent cancellations of Guiding Light, As The World Turns, All My Children and One Life to Live have effected not only soap fans, but the actors, producers, journalists, bloggers, etc. who work in and around the industry. Check out the trailer below!

 

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It's the saga of the gorgeous, heir apparent to a SoCal dynasty, caught between two women. One is blonde, one brunette. One noble and virtuous, the other brazen and not above using her scorching sexuality to get what she wants. One of the women shares a scandalously-inappropriate connection to the scion-in-question's father, driving that man's wife to fits of jealousy. While I could easily be describing the triangle of Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), Ridge (Ron Moss) and Taylor (Hunter Tylo), which has dominated storylines on CBS Daytime's The Bold and the Beautiful for much of the soap's almost 25 years on the air, I'm actually talking about another entanglement — one involving their children!

The week of Jan. 23-27, B&B reached three-year highs among total viewers and among women 18-49 and a two-year high in households, as the medical machinations of publishing czar Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) (He bribed a doc to falsify brain scans to make it look like his son's wife would stroke out if he left her!) were revealed by his icy wife Katie (Heather Tom). This move once again altered the dynamics of the fresh-faced Hope/Liam/Steffy (Kimberly Matula, Scott Clifton and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) love triangle on the frothy, hit international sudser. This begs the question, as it prepares to turn 25, has B&B finally found their Generation Next?
 

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Sometimes when you dig into secrets you get more than you bargain for.  Maybe Hope (Kristian Alfonso) shouldn’t have let curiosity get the better of her. This week on Days of Our Lives, Hope learns she’s still married to John (Drake Hogestyn) and not Bo (Peter Reckell).  Watch this week’s DAYS promo after the jump! READ MORE

1.  Is Maya the girl for Emily?  Maya and Emily (Shay Mitchell) are hot and heavy on this week’s Pretty Little Liars.  Luckily A is ignoring them for now, but their relationship hits a snag when Emily’s mother comes to visit.  Things have been really good between mother and daughter since Mrs. Fields accepted her daughter’s sexuality, but Maya still isn’t over her role in getting her sent to wilderness juvie.  When they all go out to dinner Maya sabotages the whole night, by behaving inappropriately and acting nasty.  Emily is not pleased.  Later Maya apologizes to Emily and makes one of those grand romantic gestures TV characters are prone to—Maya recreates what it’s like to be underwater, in her bedroom.  This succeeds in melting the banished swimmer’s heart.  She and Emily exchange “I love yous,” then hit the sheets. READ MORE

One of our beloved soapers is about to be walking in tall cotton! Variety is reporting veteran soap opera writer Claire Labine will be honored by the WGA East at their Feb. 19 awards ceremony. READ MORE

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe, Regan Cellura and Melodie Aikels  discuss One Life to Live’s final week and episode finale.  From their favorite moments, to the prison break and the show’s shocking cliffhanger, the DC gang discusses it all. 

They then dive into ABC daytime–post One Life to Live–including OLTL stars joining General Hospital. ABC hoped it would find ratings success with The Revolution, but the new show’s ratings have tanked. Do daytime viewer’s want to be told how to live their lives?

RELATED: Listen to other OLTL viewer’s memories and thoughts on the final episode.

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