Thanks to falling ratings, a decimated soap line-up and the looming threat that is Katie Couric, it’s no secret that GENERAL HOSPITAL — the lone remaining daytime drama on ABC’s once-powerful line-up — is in danger. Fans already mourning last year’s loss of ONE LIFE TO LIVE and ALL MY CHILDREN are praying for a [...]

Paul Lee is really excited about midseason. Using the equivalent of the “Super Bowl for woman” that is the upcoming February 26th Oscar telecast as a launch pad, ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee kicked off this morning’s TCA Executive Session by touting his Network’s upcoming midseason schedule including the February 7th premiere of THE RIVER [...]

You’ve got to say this for DAYS OF OUR LIVES new headwriters, who rebooted the show in September by bringing back beloved characters and refocusing the soap’s storylines: They’re big on giving fans what they want. But when viewers who’ve been clamoring for one of Salem’s most notorious pairings to reunite, the scribes had their [...]

Let’s face it. 2011 has not been a good year for fans of daytime drama, what with shows dropping like flies and even the promise of beloved shows moving to the Web is beginning to seem about as likely as THE EDGE OF NIGHT getting rebooted. But this being Thanksgiving and all, I’m going to [...]

1) As fans of scripted shows in general and soaps in particular, we refuse to encourage the decimation of an entire genre by execs like Brian Frons, whom Susan Lucci (Erica, ALL MY CHILDREN), beautifully described as having “that fatal combination of ignorance and arrogance.”

By: Richard M. Simms, executive editor, Soaps In Depth magazine Don’t be surprised if later this afternoon, some of the people in your life become unexpectedly (or extra) surly. And if you hear sobbing coming from the break room in which your office has a TV, just respectfully walk by and try to understand that [...]

Ask 100 fans of the long-running soap ALL MY CHILDREN — which airs its final episode on ABC this afternoon before relocating to the Internet in January 2012 — to name their favorite moment, and you’re likely to get at least 97 different responses. But here are our five favorite storylines, in no particular order. [...]

There’s nothing like a wedding to thrill soap fans… but rarely does a couple stir up controversy the way GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Jason and Sam do! So with the pair poised to walk down the aisle next week, we asked Soaps In Depth‘s executive editor, Richard M. Simms, what is is about the lovebirds that makes [...]

Grossest Manipulation: “I’m not trying to sell a story,” said BACHELOR PAD’s Kasey to fellow contestants. “But just know the money is necessary for my grandmother to live.” Kudos, dude. You’ve finally proven yourself to be just as disgusting as your fame-whore girlfriend, Vienna. Enjoy yourself while you can, buddy, because the race is on to [...]

The “Don’t Let The Door Hit Ya Where The Good Lord Split Ya” Award Goes To… : Vinny, The Situation and any other JERSEY SHORE cast member who walks away — or threatens to — from the show. Dudes, if you think there aren’t about 5.3 million folks with equally low IQ’s willing to act like [...]