TV Line's Lists of Best of Daytime Soaps

TVLine did five recent lists about soaps as a follow-up to what they did with best couples back in 2016. Below are my thoughts.

Books about TV: The Soap Opera Slaughters

In another addition to my entertainment book collection, I purchased a used copy of "The Soap Opera Slaughters", by Marvin Kaye. The mystery novel came out in 1982, and is about the behind the scenes at a fictional New York based soap opera. Below are my thoughts on the book.

Agnes Nixon has Died

Earlier today, (September 28, 2016), the news was released that soap creator Agnes Nixon passed away at 93. The writer and creator of many daytime soaps was in the industry from the radio era having a career for over seven decades.

AW: Flashes of the Past 1992

Looking around YouTube, and I found one of my favorite all time soap opera talk show appearances. Six cast members of "Another World" appeared on "A Closer Look with Faith Daniels". The show aired the morning of the 1992 Daytime Emmy Awards, so if one was a fan of the program, it was a total soap opera day. Below are my thoughts on viewing this again after all these years.

WGA Awards 2016

The WGA posted videos on Youtube of their award ceremony for 2016. Below are embedded links to the ones of interest for the WGA East as they are the branch that covers soap operas. (Figure this is legacy to how soaps used to be NYC based.) The Writers Guild of America gives awards to their members based on their work.

Flashes of the Past: More about "Go"

Back in 2013, I did a post about the game show "Go". Below is an update as more material is now available on YouTube. To read that post click here. Go was an NBC daytime show in the early 80s, so of course soap stars from that era appeared on that program hosted by Kevin O'Connell.

Soap Stars in Other Places - The Real

The talk show "The Real", which was recently renewed for its second season, on occasion has soap alumni on their show. I'm going to link some videos that include actors playing game with the hosts.

Soap Director Larry Auerbach Passed Away

I usually don't do in memoriam posts for behind the scenes personnel, but am making an exception for Larry Auerbach. He spent the majority of his career in soap operas. Click here to read his obituary from the DGA.

Soap Stars in Other Places: Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour

There is an episode online from the week where NBC soap stars appeared on the Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour. Celebrity cast members from Another World, Days or Our Lives, and Search for Tomorrow were on the panel.

Soap Stars in Other Places: Super Password Soap Opera Special

Back in the 80s, Peggy McCay (Caroline) and John Aniston (Victor) from Days of Our Lives battled Linda Dano (Felicia) and Kale Browne (Michael) from Another World on Super Password. Since all of these shows aired on NBC, this was a good cross promotion for the network.

Another World's Anniversary

May 4, 2014 is the 50th anniversary of the soap opera Another World. The show created by Irna Phillips lasted for 35 years until it was cancelled in 1999. Below are some of my thoughts about the show along with other comments about its history from my memory as I was thinking about the program.

Books about TV: TV Tie-Ins

"TV Tie-Ins" is a scholarly work that explores the evolution of paperback books that were written about particular programs. Written by Kurt Peer, it features both the history of these books (until 1990) along with a master list of every book that was found within this genre. Since this was published in the late 90s, all of this research was a lot more difficult to come by compared to how it could be done today.

Thoughts on Who Shot the Daytime Soap?

Last month TVGN aired "Who Shot the Daytime Soap?" below are my thoughts on this one hour documentary. (This is from memory so it isn't a summary of the program.)

Soap Stars in Other Places: Go from 1983

As part of promoting their soap operas, actors from NBC daytime appeared on Go. It was an NBC game show that aired for a few months from the fall of 1983 until January 1984 and hosted by Kevin O'Connell. On YouTube.com there are some clips available for viewing.

Soap Assignments Blog: July - October Questions

Finally going to be up to date with the soap assignments blog questions. Here are my answers for the questions from July through October 2012.

Soap Assignments Blog: May and June Questions

Months ago I had started answering the Soap Assignments blog questions and am still catching up on what was asked. These are my responses for May and June's questions.

Soap Assignments Blog Questions: March & April

Months ago I had started answering the Soap Assignments blog questions. I stopped halfway through my entries, so I am starting again. This is for March and April's questions.

Anniversary of Another World's Last Episode

Today is the 13th anniversary of the last episode of Another World (June 24, 1999). I just wanted to post some thoughts I had about the program.

Another World: All My Afternoons

This is a summary of the Another World chapter in the 1979 book All My Afternoons by Annie Gilbert. After a summary of the show, the chapter is broken into four sections: a day in Another World, final taping begins, the mellowing of Rachel Cory and Soap Opera writers.