January 2008 News Archive (Page 18)

Who cares that the holidays are over? You can enjoy a fresh batch of The Young and the Restless episodes, with the following twists and turns this week:

• Brad confesses his love to Sharon. Does she feel the same?

• Gloria and Kevin (Greg Rikaart, pictured) hatch a plan to get back at Jeffrey. Will it work?

• Nikki accidentally confesses to Victor her doubts about his innocence. That can't be good for their relationship.

• Cane (Daniel Goddard) and Lily kiss.

• April Stevens arrives back in Genoa City.

Want a look at upcoming As the World Turns stories and episodes for the week? Here you go...

• Carly and Sam share a close moment.

• Katie chooses to put the Snyder men behind her.

• Meg fears Craig (Scott Bryce, pictured) will go too far.

• Emily and Dusty face off.

• Noah puts pressure on Luke (Van Hansis).

Here is a look at a few Guiding Light spoilers for the upcoming week...

• Reva is the victim of Will's latest scheme.

• Lizzie tries to comfort Bill when he receives devastating news.

• Cassie (Nicole Forester) and Josh can't agree.

• Marina walks in on Cyrus and Harley.

• Natalia questions Olivia's (Crystal Chappell, pictured) illness.

All My Children writer Michelle Patrick recently spoke to The Los Angeles Times about the ongoing writers' strike. The focus of the interview?

Patrick's anger at producers and scab writers that cross the picket lines. (Unlike primetime shows, soap operas did not immediately run out of material once the strike began; most spent a year stockpiling scripts in anticipation of the scribes' walkout.)

According to Patrick, All My Children will carry on "because they've got people scabbing in there.  We don't know who.  They shield their identity to protect them from repercussions from the guild.  They work through e-mail, with false names."

Patrick said that on the first day of the impasse, a producer of another soap from a different network called her to ask whether she'd be interested to work as a scab.

"What she said is, 'We could protect your identity.  No one would ever know.  It would be completely secret.  No one would ever find out,' " Patrick recalled as she picketed in front of ABC's W. 66th Street studio, where All My Children is taped.

The inquiry simply infuriated Patrick, who declined the offer.

"The more heinous the producers behave, the angrier I get," the All My Children writer told The Los Angeles Times.

A new year. The same daytime TV drama you know and love. Welcome to The Soap Dispenser. Let's recap all the Friday, January 4 soap opera action ...

• General Hospital
• Guiding Light
• All My Children
• One Life to Live
• As the World Turns
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• The Young and the Restless
• Days of Our Lives

We appreciate your visiting The Soap Dispenser for soap opera spoilers and news from The Young and the Restless to One Life to Live, As the World Turns and all the rest. Thanks to you, The Soap Dispenser is the #1 soap opera site online!

On a full week of new One Life to Live episodes, fans can look forward to the following...

• As police surround the Bon Jour Cafe, Marcie holds Viki hostage.

• Jared is suspicious of Jessica (Bree Williamson) and, therefore, decides to take action to determine the truth about Tess.

• Starr wants nothing to do with her wedding plans.

• Dorian fakes joy at the news of Rex and Adriana (Melissa Gallo, pictured) being engaged.

What can you look forward to next week on Days of Our Lives? Here are a few spoilers...

• Chelsea tells Nick everything. Yes, everything!

• Kate and Phil attempt to help a jailed Lucas (Bryan Dattilo, pictured).

• Marlena threatens Stefano.

• EJ finds out what it means to be on Stefano’s (Joseph Mascolo)bad side.

• Belle is suspicious of Phillip!

Next week, on All My Children...

January 7
- A bone marrow transplant could save Richie's life; Ryan (Cameron Mathison) takes a bullet for Kendall.

January 8
- Richie makes out with Babe (Amanda Baker, pictured).

January 9
- Greenlee think she could be more sick than the doctors realize.

January 10
- JR has his sights set on Babe; Erica notices a lot of tension between Aidan and Kendall (Alicia Minshew).

January 11
- Is Kendall's family doomed?

With the holidays over, you can look forward to five, fresh General Hospital episodes next week. Here's a brief look at them:

• Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) faces the consequences of someone telling on her.

• Jerry works overtime to keep his sinful shenanigans undercover.

• Johnny deals with Trevor’s upstart presumptions as a provocateur/puppet master.

Martha Byrne took over the role of Lucy Deakins on As the World Turns in 1985. She won an Emmy in 1987 for it.

Ont he series, Byrne's character ended up marrying Derek, who died in an explosion meant for her in 1989. A badly burned Lily subsequently left town, as Byrne herself took off for Hollywood.

"I've gone as far as I can go with Lily," she told Soap Opera Digest back then. "The character needs a break, and so do I."

From there, Heather Rattray took over as a colder, cynical Lily in 1990. It was this Lily who eventually wed Holden in an elaborate ceremony, but Jon Hensley (who portrays Holden) admits:

"We didn't have that underlying chemistry that you need to make it work day in and day out."

So Rattray was dismissed and then-Head Writer Douglas Marland lured Byrne back to As the World Turns in 1993, when Rattray was leaving.

"I was more than happy to come back because he was writing and he had great ideas. Then, unfortunately, he passed away before I started taping," said Byrne, who later added. "I'll stay on As the World Turns as long as they want me."