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January 12, 2004 I would like to give a quick FYI on the Best and Worst of 2003 series that has been the focus of this week's column(s). First, yes, these are just my opinions and are not intended to reflect the opinions of any of the other EOS writers or particularly not every ABC soap fan in our readership. I'm comfy with the idea that some of our readers will have different and conflicting ideas. It would be really, really scary if no one did. The choices were limited to what actually happened on screen in 2003. That means news and rumors that did not affect our onscreen viewing were not included. Now, before going on to the rest of the column here is the last of the Best and Worst columns, the Best and worst of:
Now, on to the regular Monday column: ABC Is everyone getting heavy on the new contest from The View to have breakfast with a soap star? You could be sitting across a grapefruit from one of three hot soap hunks! Write a 50 word essay about why you should be the winner and you could win yourself roundtrip airfare for two to New York City, two nights hotel accommodations, breakfast with Cameron Mathison, Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio from OLTL) or Ted King (Lorenzo from GH), spa treatments with View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck and two tickets to attend The View. Not too shabby. Click here for more info. Have you seen this? http://www.soaphunks.net/ If not, you should. Beware... there are skinzies. (No eating, drinking, speaking, thinking, walking or leaving the computer monitor unattended) I figure it's my civic duty to make sure you folks have important sources like this. AMC
Ex-Noah, Keith Hamilton Cobb, (currently Damon on Y&R) is up for an NAACP award for outstanding actor in a daytime drama series. Since leaving AMC, Cobb has also starred in "Andromeda," a Sci-Fi series conceived by Star Trek's father, Gene Roddenberry.
Also this week, the murder investigation goes into high flurry in the wake of the recent subpoena servings (will that be one summons or two?). Seeing that Erica has been served stops Kendall from telling her the truth about which of her daughters is pregnant. Simone asks Mia for an alibi for the night of Cambias' murder. Reggie swears Kendall is innocent, which puts the spotlight on HIM as a prime suspect. Next week, a series of Michael Cambias nightmares move through some residents of Pine Valley. Like the endless droning of a talkative seatmate on an international flight, the Babe's Babe story continues its hapless meandering. JR attacks David and end up in jail, but after negotiating with Adam, David drops the charges. Jack and Erica are re-engaged for the 400th time. OLTL If you go to this link you will find wonderful screen shots of Catherine Hickland (Lindsay) with Ty Treadway (Troy on OLTL and ST regular host) on Soap Opera Network's "Soap Talk." Their intense chemistry is evidently not limited to OLTL (sadly, my cable company still does not carry SON) and fans are clamoring for CH to replace the very chipper, glossed and verbose current co-host, Lisa Rinna. By all accounts, it was quite a fun show.
Ethereal Megan, Viki's oldest daughter who died of Lupus related complications in 1992, will make another ghostly appearance on February 13th. Megan also appeared to sister, Jessica, when she lost her own baby, also named Megan, in 1999. Although no details have been made available at the time of this writing, it is expected that Megan will be involved in the death of Viki's comatose husband, Ben. Mark Derwin, who played Ben from 1999-2002, will be making a special reappearance to end the Ben story around the same time. Derwin currently co-stars with Bonnie Hunt in the popular sitcom "Life With Bonnie" and Tuck has appeared on the series "Judging Amy" since 1999 as Gillian Gray. In one of OLTL's most tear-jerking moments, new husband, Jake Harrison (played by Joe Lando), held up his dying wife, Megan to look out of the window one final time as she breathed her last breath in his arms.
MarcAl fans heaved a sigh of relief when the Al of the couple was granted a reprieve from death by way of a "Heaven Can Wait" story. Although we got the added benefit of the delightful Susan Batten, the story has draggggged along, never really seeming to know where it's going and making itself up as it goes along. There is growing concern about how the story will culminate on Valentine's Day when Al/Michael will either win Marcie's heart again in time or won't. All that is promised is that it will be a tearjerker. Like we all want to cry on Valentine's Day. Pfft. How about a little soft lighting, some, "Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong" swelling and a field of daisies???
ABC asked Treadway to be open to staying longer than originally intended should the story need him around for an extended period of time.
Fan favorite, Timothy D. Stickney was nominated for the NAACP award for Best Actor in a Daytime Drama. The 35th annual awards show will be held on March 6 in the Universal Amphitheater outside Los Angeles. The ceremony airs March 11 on FOX (8:00 pm/ET).
GH
"The fans of Eye on Soaps nominate Carolyn Aspenson from www.eyeonsoaps.com for her bravery in asking Ted King at the 2003 GH Fan Luncheon if his script from Sex and the City is true: If his penis really does look bigger when he shaves . Her bravery is respected by all of us!" Info on how to submit is at the above link under ABC. Oh, pfft, who loves you anyway? I'll reprint it for you here: Click for more info. Additionally, here is Carolyn's column on her special request of our EOS fans. Clickety Click. Just remember, she asked if it looks bigger... that's bold!
As many of you have read, specifically on TVguide.com, it's confirmed that John Ingle is remaining on the show. Although other sources have whispered that the return is on a recurring basis, there is no official comment on whether or not this is the case. Eye on Soaps welcomes "back" (although viewers would never have felt the rumble had they not been tuned into behind-the-scenes news) our favorite patriarch, Edward Quartermaine, to the GH family. Sadly, the Quartermaine Brunch, a traditional event at the GH Fan Weekend in Studio City, is still canceled.
Look closely at the picture to the left because you'll only see it in Santa Barbara history, not in General Hospital's future. It has finally been confirmed that Lane Davies will exiting the role of Cameron Lewis within the next two months and his romance with Alexis will not be pursued further. It is rumored that Alexis' daughter, Kristina, will end up leaving with Dr Lewis, in his care, when she suspects that Sonny is about to learn that Kristina is his child. No confirmation on this as of yet and there is no trustworthy spoiler information on how Cameron will leave the show. Although one site rumored that the CE (cataclysmic event) that is set to take the life of several Port Charles citizens would be the sinking of the Haunted Star floating casino after a bomb planted by Zander detonates, both Soaptown USA and TVguide.com are saying it's a "towering inferno" story in which the Port Charles Hotel burns that causes the tragedies and evidently, encompasses several days of screen time in the event itself rather than event plus aftermath. I haven't heard anything either way other than rumors, so kudos to the scoopsters who get this one! Regardless, head writer, Bob Guza said in Soap Opera Digest, "We're going to fold every single story into a cataclysmic event...We're going to turn the canvas, literally, upside-down. It's going to be the biggest production thing this show has ever done. Nobody is going to emerge unscathed. A number won't survive. Secrets will be revealed."
[Yes, I changed the picture. When it's 1am
and you've been working on one column for 8 hours
straight, you'd be surprised how much some
pictures of Sarah Brown look like Tamara Braun.
Come on, people... got any heart left in there
anywhere or do you really, really believe in
attacking and bitching just to spread the pain
around??]
Speaking of Nik and his paramour who wasn't at the time, Parade magazine (that's the one that comes with the Sunday newspaper) has some beautiful pictures of ex-Emily, (and now Golden Globe nominee for her hit show "Joan of Arcadia"), Amber Tamblyn, in their "In Step With" column. Click here to get there. It will prompt you to enter your zip code to get you to your local "Parade" magazine, then click on "For more about Amber Tamblyn" in the lower left corner and "Photo Gallery" on the right photo once you're on the next page. That's all of the soap news!
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January 11, 2004 It has been so much fun reviewing the year 2003 to come up with the awards for best and worst of ABC soaps. I hope you enjoy looking back over the past twelve months with me. I want to make sure everyone understands that these are MY picks and may not reflect yours. And now, we move on to The 2003 Best and Worst of:
Hope you are having a wonderful weekend! I'll be back soon with the Best and Worst of GH, circa 2003
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-:¦:- January 9, 2004 The Best of Times, the Worst of Times! This week's column will be posted in three segments to cover the Best and Worst of each ABC soap for 2003. I hope you enjoy reviewing 2003 as much as I did. We start with:
Have an absolutely stellar weekend!!
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Katrina
Rasbold is the creator, owner and publisher of
Just
when you thought Maria was the only Santos sib
left to Pine Valley, we learn that Anita will be
returning, sans husband Bobby, in the form of
Natalia Cigliuti from "Saved By the Bell:
The New Class" and a scattered few TV guest spots
including "That Seventies Show," "CSI Miami"
and "Beverly Hills, 90210." At this point,
there is no word on a recast for Bobby (who Anita
has married in her off screen time), although it
has been rumored for quite some time. The
role of Anita was played by
Darlene Tejeiro in
1997. Cigliuti's first
airdate
will be February 18th.
As
on-screen pokes and jabs fuel the fire, the camps
are getting restless between the BAM folks and the
Lianca fans. Now that spoilers and
current shows seem to indicate that Maggie is
questioning her relationship with Bianca, all bets
are off as far as the sanctity of Maggie's "But
I'm straight" assersion. No
word yet on where the lingerie ultimately falls,
but it's bound to be an interesting story if
daytime's first all female triangle sets up!
Speaking of Bianca, watch for Eden Riegel in a
spring episode of "American Dreams." No
exact airdate is yet given. This week, Jack
figures out that it's actually Bianca who is
pregnant and that Kendall is protecting her.
Bianca confirms his suspicions.
As
reported before, Dr Troy's confession ends neither
the Music Box Killer mystery nor Ty Treadway's
stay on OLTL. There is still more to go on
this story and I hear the ending will be a
surprise (please, please tell me it's Rae!).
On January 20th, Bo and John will start to have
their doubts about Troy's guilt and that will open
a new avenue of investigation in the case.
It
is impossible to imagine that co-head writers, Bob
Guza and Charles Pratt could come off as giggling,
smarmy juveniles, but that is exactly what
happened with their appearances on this weekend's
Does
everyone remember the GH Fan Weekend from last
year when our own Carolyn Aspenson was third
person in line for Ted King's attention and did
what none of us were sure she'd have the courage
to do? She asked him if it really does look
bigger after you shave (as per his "Sex and the
City" episode that recently re-aired). I was
on hand to personally capture the moment and I can
tell you, Ted was amused. Now, Carolyn is
determined to win that (above mentioned) breakfast
with Ted and is asking her EOS fans to support her
in that endeavor. She and Eye on Soaps are
asking for your help in getting her to the
breakfast table with her favorite GH star.
She even wrote the essay for you to send in,
saving you the trouble of writing, paring and
tweaking it down to the requisite fifty work
limit. All you have to do is write this:
Sonny
and Carly fans are shocked to find the sacred,
never ever to be slaughtered cow of their favorite
couple mooing and braying in a panic as we watch
Carly unable to resist her attraction to Lorenzo
while Sonny flashes muscles around Sam.
News that Carly is soon to be self-committed to a
mental health facility and
Sonny pounds out some revenge sex with Sam had S&C
folks enraged and there is no word of a
reconciliation in sight. Likely, the future
of General Hospital's strongest focus for lo these
many years has yet to be decided, but supposedly,
both actors are comfortable with the idea of
splitting the couple up, for a while at least.
Drama is what these two do best and it's difficult
to tell who will end up where when the dust
settles. This comes right on the heels of
the destruction of the slow-to-be-accepted,
aggressively marketed
pairing of Jason and Courtney. Conspiracy theory buffs might do well
to investigate how and why two couples who were
the central focus of the show for many moons were
split up within a month of each other. As
Sage (ours, not Sage Alcazar) has told us on many
occasions, investing heavy energy and emotion into a specific
couple is an effort in futility where soaps are
concerned because always, always, always, they
will be ferociously torn apart and brought back
together again... maybe. All couples from
Steve and Audrey, Luke and Laura and even Lila and
Edward have been estranged at varying times.
It's whether or not the winds favor bringing them
back together that is the question. Of
course, there's always a Sweeps week just a few
short months away.
Tyler
Christopher (I guess we just call him OldNikolas)
was nominated for the NAACP award for Best Actor
in a Daytime Drama. The 35th annual awards
show will be held on March 6 in the Universal
Amphitheater outside Los Angeles. The ceremony
airs March 11 on FOX (8:00 pm/ET). I wonder
if they saw him in his latest pirate wear or
not...*shudder*
