Books about TV: Agnes Nixon's Memoir "My Life to Live" Part 1

Recently I read Agnes Nixon's Memoir "My Life to Live" that she wrote shortly before her death. Below are my thoughts on the first seven chapters of this book.

Likes & Yikes 2016: Year in Review

I'll be posting my normal "Likes & Yikes" for soap opera stories in another post. Here are my ones about things that happened in soaps during 2016.

2015: Year in Review Likes & Yikes News Edition

I'll be posting my normal "Likes & Yikes" for soap opera stories in another post. Here are my ones about things that happened in soaps during 2015.

UK Soaps: Secrets of the Soap Super Brands

At the Edinburgh International Television Festival, a panel was held with the show runners of the big four UK soaps during August 2015. For reference I'm embedding it to my blog.

Guilty Pleasures or Surprising Treasures

A lot of people consider soaps a guilty pleasure, but for many who watch they are surprising treasures. Below I discuss of how someone can start viewing for one thing and find some deeper meaning.

Wikipedia Ranking Applied to Soaps

This was inspired by a "Radio Times" article about television shows in general that I saw on a "Doctor Who" fan site. As this is a soap blog, I did the research for the genre of soap operas. The results are based on worldwide answers and include both daytime and nighttime series that may or may not air in the United States.

Books about TV: The Encyclopedia of 20th-Century American Television

Wanted to do a write-up about another one of the books in my television collection. "The Encyclopedia of 20th-Century American Television" by Ron Lackmann, copyright 2003 Checkmark Books, an imprint of Facts on File, Inc tells the story of 20th century US television in an alphabetical model.

2014 Year in Review - Likes & Yikes News Edition

I'll be posting my normal "Likes & Yikes" for soap opera stories in another post. Here are my ones about things that happened in soaps during 2014.

International Emmy Award Winners Announced

On Monday, November 24, 2014, the International Emmys were given out in New York City. If you've never heard of the International Emmys it isn't surprising as they aren't aired on television and are given mainly for non-American productions. Click here to read a list of winners and nominees.

Random Soap Topics - November 2014

This post is about things that I can't really create full topics about, but I wanted to write about. So here goes.

The Veteran Fan Dilemma - Major Characters Becoming Minor Ones?

Sometimes it is difficult to be a veteran soap fan. To define it just for this blog entry, I'm referencing people who are fans of long term performers. I'm not referring to long time fans as someone can be interested in actors who've been on for decades and be newer to a program. For the record there are other fan issues long time fans have to deal with or fans of long term performers have to adjust to, but I'm just touching on one in this blog.

Neighbours on Hulu

It was announced today that we'll be able to see Neighbours again in the United States as Hulu has picked up the episodes starting July 14. The show will be a month behind the Australian airings.

A Bit about Head Canon

Head canon is a term that is extremely familiar to fans of various genres except soap operas. For some reason, it hasn't really made its way to our fandom, so I wanted to explore it.

Soap Opera Showdown Poll

This week "Parade" did a soap opera showdown poll for the 65th anniversary of the first television soap opera.

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.)

Soaps & the 8 Deadly Words

"I don't care what happens to these people." are the eight deadly words (for more information see tvtropes.org for the historical usage.) The concept is that the characters are so poorly written, that the audience stops being engaged in the story. While this originally comes from the world of science fiction, it can be applied to soap operas.

A Bit about Shipping

Confession time: I'm a bit of a shipper. From reading my blog you may not notice it, but I've been doing it from a very early age. If you've never really invested in a couple (whether is it from a soap or another genre) there are some things you don't understand, but that's okay.

Recasts: The Good, The Bad & The Annoying

As a long time soap viewer, I've seen a lot of recasts. I just wanted to write a little bit about dealing with them.

Soap Opera Fan Names

As someone who has been online for years, my feelings about soap opera couple names are mixed. Below I write about this specific topic.

GH: Casting & the Llanview Three

Tensions were boiling over within the General Hospital fan base online with the recent firing of Kelly Sullivan as Connie on the program. I wanted to touch upon it on my blog.