Mon, 30 June 2008
On today's Top 5 edition of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike, Tina and Nicki count down the Top 5 "Daughters With Daddy Issues." These are the women and girls whose fathers have influenced and manipulated their daughter's lives and helped to turn them into the divas they are today.
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Thu, 26 June 2008
On today's Performer of the Week episode Luke, Tina, Nicki and Regan make their picks for the actors and actresses who they chose for Performer of the Week.
They discuss the weekly ratings and Nicki has an unhonorable mention. All this and four comments from you the listeners on the Daytime Confidential comment line. |
Mon, 23 June 2008
TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco drops by Daytime Confidential to dish about this year's Daytime Emmy Awards. He's got all the scoop from the red carpet, the press room, and the after parties.
He talks about how it is all out war between the ABC and CBS networks and how Barbara Bloom banned him from the CBS after parties because of his coverage of the P&G soaps. This is one episode you will not want to miss as he shares all the latest industry gossip and news. |
Sun, 22 June 2008
On today's 2008 Emmy edition of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina, Jamey, Belinda, Danielle, Regan and Nicki have their reactions to the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Join them as they discuss the night's big winners and losers, who won and who shouldn't have. Find out if Regan or Danielle won a prediction bet for bragging rights on one of the night's biggest awards.
Hear everyone's take on this year's red carpet and Emmy fashion as they discuss the stars who they thought were hits and misses and they make their picks for best and worst dressed. They also discuss this year's biggest red carpet and award show trend, the fake tan. Tune in for Daytime Confidential reader and listener reactions to the 2008 Emmy Awards at the end of the show and be sure to tune on Monday when TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco drops by Daytime Confidential for an "insider" perspective on the week's festivities. |
Sat, 21 June 2008
On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike and Nicki discuss the Max becoming a genius, Kate's illness and why Days of Our Lives shouldn't try to be General Hospital or Grey's Anatomy. Marlena is back and what will happen with this summer's teen storyline.
Do Heather and Adam on Young and Restless equal one character or are they both lacking even as a couple? Why are we watching such petty stuff as Jack and Nick arguing over tattoos? Why isn't Young and Restless going back to what it does best, Jack vs. Victor? Texas Battle is making his mark on Bold and Beautiful but is his character really Donna's son? What if he isn't? The Forrester power struggle continues to make no sense and we have no idea why we should care? Do you think that Guiding Light has become the G show? Our own Nicki seems to think so. Marcy makes a great drunk and at least she didn't sleep with Remmy. Our Guiding Light challenge. How many minutes per episode are wasted on scenery, singing and doing nothing? Carly and Holden attend camp while Emily and Casey are sneaking around. The Hughes vs. Stewart rivalry is renewing and we're enjoying it. What is it about Janet that makes the character so hard to read? Does she have designs on Jack? Does she have designs on Brad? Or does she just fly by the seat of her pants and have no real motives? We're not sure. |
Wed, 18 June 2008
On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Karen from Wubs.net joins Luke and Tina to discuss the latest in General Hospital gossip, spoilers, and recaps. What would happen if Lulu is "killed?" Is a Claudia and Ric marriage in the works? Would Ingo really leave General Hospital? The latest Vanessa Marcil rumor.
We discuss who Greenlee slept with and whether or not Erica could handle being a grandmother to a Greenlee/Josh child. Speaking of Erica, is it just us or do these criminals have the best hair of any inmates you've seen? Is All My Children rehashing scripts? One Life to Live is heating up and we're loving it. Tina's returned and she has the best name ever for her pet pooch. Marty is back and rumors abound about possible storylines and we're discussing them. Shouldn't John McBain have bled to death? |
Tue, 17 June 2008
On this week's "Performer of the Week" show of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike, Tina and Nicki choose the actors and actors who they believe did an outstanding job.
The Daytime Confidential gang discusses the latest weekly ratings and the highs and lows of our favorite shows. We also debut Daytime Confidential listener comments from our new comment line. You can leave your own comment by calling (917) 677-9757. |
Mon, 16 June 2008
On today's show TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco joins Luke and Jamey as they make their predictions on who will take home the Emmy at the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday.
Making their picks for who should win and who will win from Outstanding Show, Writing, Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Younger Actor and Younger Actress. Nelson tells which episodes the stars submitted and who had strongest episodes and who's episodes didn't even compete. All this and much more on today's Emmy predictions episode of Daytime Confidential. |
Fri, 13 June 2008
On today's Performer of the Week episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina, Mike, Jamey and Nicki are making their picks for the actors and actresses in daytime who they believe did an outstanding job.
The gang also discusses their honorable mentions and discuss the latest ratings. Programming Note: This episode was recorded before word of Guiding Light's Headwriter changes were announced. |
Wed, 11 June 2008
On today's Top 5 episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina, Jamey and Nicki are counting down the Top 5 Men With Momma Issues in daytime. These are the men whose momma issues have inflicted, conflicted, and restricted their lives, loves, and loyalties.
Tune in to Daytime Confidential next week for the Top 5 Daughters With Daddy Issues. |
Tue, 10 June 2008
On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke and Mike visit with the Young & the Restless' Kate Linder about her twenty six year career on the number one rated soap. Kate talks about her character Esther Valentine, the pivotal role Esther has played in the life of Katherine Chancellor and what it was like to work with the legendary Bill Bell.
Kate shares what it is like to be only the fourth daytime actor in history to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and how she found out about the achievement. She talks about what it is like to work as a flight attendant for a major airline and shares some stories about encounters with fans who don't expect to see her on their flight. We discuss Kate's charitable work with the USO, Make A Wish Foundation and the ALS Association. |
Sun, 8 June 2008
On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina and Nicki discuss All My Children's Tad and Dixie's heavenly reunion, Julia's death, and the trend of ghosts in soaps.
We discuss Star's pregnancy on One Life to Live and Dorian taking over Buchanan Enterprises and David Vickers return. The crown jewels and this summer's adventure. Todd's court case and losing custody of his son. Sonny is out of the mob on General Hospital and we're discussing whether or not it will last. Alexis vs. Carly's ability to get sole custody their children. Tina has a fantasy about Jason and Sonny and Luke has something nice to say about Sam. |
Sat, 7 June 2008
On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey and Nicki discuss As the World Turns' Carly and Holden and Cyndi Lauper's upcoming guest appearance.
We fantasize about what we'd like to see Sheffer do on Young and Restless and discuss Cane and Jill, Nia Peeples return and Judith Chapman's performance. We discuss the "gold standard" of daytime sluts and the Bold & Beautiful's poor, poor Bridget. Then we jump to Guiding Light and discuss Harley vs. Marnia. The return of G and GL's mansluts. Days of Our Lives is hopping with Nicole vs. Chloe and Sami, Lucas and EJ. We discuss how drunk tanks might be the way of the future and how John's brains on a disk floating around town has potential. |
Fri, 6 June 2008
On today's show Luke and Jamey visit with Tom Casiello, veteran soap scribe turned blogger, about his career in the daytime industry. He tells of what it was like to work on Another World during its final years on air.
Casiello reminisces about his time on As the World Turns and what it was like to be apart of the show's rejuvenation under Hogan Sheffer and the advice Sheffer gave him when he began working at One Life to Live. He shares a story about a recent encounter with As the World Turns' Ellen Dolan and how the As the World Turns cast and crew were really like a family. We discuss his time at Days of Our Lives and whether or not the "Big Four" were actually back burnered. He talks about writing John Black's funeral and answers the question of whether or not he'd return to the show he's watched since childhood, given the opportunity. Casiello talks about his blog, being fired from Days of Our Lives and how the Writers Strike helped him realize the importance of the Writers Guild. He talks about the impact of the Writers Strike on the elimination of the Breakdown Writer from many shows and explains the difference between a Breakdown Writer and an Associate Head writer. He provides his thoughts on the evolution of internet soaps such as Eden Riegel's Imaginary Bitches and Karen Harris' Life in General. We discuss all this and much more on today's episode of Daytime Confidential. |
Thu, 5 June 2008
Due to popular demand we're back with another episode of "Performer of the Week." On today's show Luke, Jamey, Tina and Nicki make their picks for the actor or actress who they think did an outstanding job during the past week. On today's show Jamey and Nicki make shocking choices and Jamey asks the question "Do fans really want their favorite characters to grow?"
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Tue, 3 June 2008
On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Jamey and Luke visit with Sam Ford, project manager for the MIT Convergence Culture Consortium
who wrote his Master's thesis on the daytime soap opera As The World
Turns and currently teaches a course on the American Soap Opera at MIT.
We discuss his thoughts on the daytime industry and what it is like as a longtime soap fan to teach a class on the American Soap Opera to students who may not be familiar with the genre. He tells us who his student's favorite characters are and how his work with the Convergence Culture Consortium impacts his perception of the daytime industry. |
Mon, 2 June 2008
On today's impromptu episode of Daytime Confidential Luke and Nicki visit with mutual friend Meredith about Sonny "leaving" the mob on General Hospital and who is Meredith's favorite Greg Vaughn or Rick Hearst.
Meredith gives her take on "The Real Greenlee" campaign and the returns of Angie and Jesse to All My Children and what we think of Charles Pratt as the new Head Writer of the venerable show. Luke and Nicki discuss Guiding Light's alleged budgetary woes and the apparent mass exit of the show's biggest stars. We discuss the class system in soaps, cumulative story telling, Soaphunks' Adonis 2008, does anyone still date in soaps and who knew that camera angles made such a difference in the perceived height of daytime's actors. |