Christmas is the time for touching episodes on soaps. With holiday traditions, sentimental moments and special episodes they are almost always something to look forward too.

On today's show Luke, Belinda, Jamey, Melodie and Jillian discuss their favorite and least favorite Christmas episodes on soaps. From General Hospital's Spinelli and Maxie bringing Christmas cheer to Port Charles and the Scrubs wedding to The Young and the Restless' Michael Baldwin seeing how life would have turned out were he not alive to The Bold and the Beautiful's coming together of the Forrester family around the piano the Daytime Confidential gang discusses the best and worst of 2008's Christmas episodes.

On today's Top 5 edition of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike, Jamey, Regan, Jillian, Melodie and Nicki count down the Top 5 Things We Want For Christmas. So get yourself a cup of holiday cheer and curl up with this episode of good tidings and joy.

What started off as a few naughty stories shared with her close friends somehow became a billion dollar empire that firmly cemented Zane as the Queen of Erotica. With a slew of raunchy novels and short story collections, complete with saucy titles like The Heat Seekers, Chocolate Flava and Dear Mr. G-Spot, this self-publishing sensation-turned-New York Times Best Selling author/publisher has proven she isn't bashful about giving her rabid fans the type of unapologetic, sexually-empowering, female-focused fiction they've been starved for in a sea of formulaic chick lit. Zane's books aren't about women finding Mr. Big, her heroines are more concerned with achieving the Big O, two or three in one night if they're lucky, and on their own terms.

This year marks Zane's foray into the world of television. Luke and Jamey caught up with the mulitasking mogul who has been busy penning scripts for her new Cinemax prime time soap Zane's Sex Chronicles, based on two of her best-selling books (Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth and Getting' Buck Wild: The Sex Chronicles 2) airing every Friday at midnight. Zane shares with them how the cable network contacted her when they decided they wanted to bring urban erotica to television. She also shares exclusive news about her upcoming telenovela-inspired five-day-a-week soap opera for BET based on her novel Afterburn, as well as plans already in the works to turn yet another of her steamy reads, Addicted, into a major motion picture. It's an interview you won't wanna miss.

Check out Zane's Sex Chronicles every Friday at Midnight on Cinemaz. You can find Zane online at www.eroticanoir.com or her brand new social networking site www.planetzane.net. You can also be a part of he always topical discussions the author/entrepreneur has going at her official My Space profile www.myspace.com/zaneland.

On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives Daytime Confidential episode Luke, Mike, Jamey and Jillian discuss the latest in As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless news including...

Find out which soap Jamey is ashamed of, which soap he is disappointed in and which which soap he hates.

Jack and Janet got hitched on As the World Turns, while Holden and Carly still have smokin' hot chemistry and Craig and Carly have more scenes together in the short time since Jon Lindstrom joined the cast then during the entire last run of Scott Bryce.

Is it light's out for Guiding Light if ratings don't improve by April? If time is running out for Guiding Light, could the return of Tom Pelphrey and Stephanie Gatschet, combined with the return of Grant Aleksander, save the show?

The gang discusses whether or not Vail Bloom, Chris Engen and Michael Gross are out at The Young and the Restless, and word that Eva Marcille has landed herself a permanent contract.

The death of The Bold and the Beautiful's Phoebe should have brought out the best in its cast but only a select few of the actors stepped up to the plate.

In classic Days of Our Lives style Nicole drugs Brady's coke, with coke. Isn't it nice to know that some things never change?
On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives Daytime Confidential episode Luke, Mike, Jamey and Jillian the latest in As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless news
including...

Find out which soap Jamey is ashamed of, which soap he is disappointed in and which which soap he hates.

Jack and Janet's got hitched on As the World Turns, while Holden and Carly still have smokin hot chemistry and Craig and Carly have more scenes together in the short time since Jon Lindstrom joined the cast then during the entire last run of Scott Bryce.  

Is it light's out for Guiding Light if ratings don't improve by April? If it is time is running out for Guiding Light, could the return of Tom Pelphrey and Stephanie Gatschet, combined with the return of Grant Aleksander, save the show?

The gang discusses whether or not Vail Bloom, Chris Engen and Michael Gross are out at The Young and the Restless, and word that Eva Marcille has landed herself a permanent contract.

The death of The Bold and the Beautiful's Phoebe should have brought out the best in its cast but only a select few of the actors stepped to the plate.

In classic Days of Our Lives style Nicole drugs Brady's coke, with coke. Isn't it nice to know that some things never change?

On this today's Performer of the Week Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike, Jamey and Regan are making their picks for the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job during the previous week.

They also discuss their honorable and dishonorable mentions and this week The Bold and the Beautiful gets the brunt of the dishonorable mentions.

On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Belinda and Regan discuss the latest news from All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live including...

Former Guiding Light star Crystal Hunt joining One Life to Live as a stripper. Scott Clifton and One Tree Hill's Brett Claywell coming to Llanview. Tonya Walker returns as Alex Olanov and Kamar de los Reyes's plans to leave One Life to Live.

Natalia Livingston returns to General Hospital as a new character. Who might she paired with and what might her storylines be? Maurice Bernard re-signs his contract, what does this mean for Sonny and the viewers? Word has it that General Hospital may flash forward in time. Can pretty much anyone get cut and it be blamed on the economy?

All My Children's Jake gets harsh with Amanda but does it make sense? Does Taylor have better chemistry with Brott or Frankie? Is the show trying to force to many pairings and not letting magic happen organically?

All this and more on today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential.

On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike, Jamey and Melodie discuss all the latest news including...

Janet vs. Carly and Jon Lindstrom's debut as Craig Montgomery on As the World Turns and reaction to his dating a woman he once believed to be his daughter.

Pheobe's death on The Bold and the Beautiful and is it just us or has B&B been dubmed down over the past several months? Jamey comments on his interview with Sean Kanan (Deacon).

Billy finds out that Chloe is pregnant with his child. Wouldn't it be awesome to have a May/December romance with Billy and Nikki? Imagine the possibilities.  More fallout from the Jabot takeover on The Young and the Restless. Ashley Abbott is taking names and we're loving it.

Jeff Branson's debut as Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light but shouldn't Dinah recognized him as Shayne? Melodie isn't happy about the Marina and Mallet wedding and doesn't Guiding Light have a church as a set? Why couldn't it have been used for the wedding? 

Alison Sweeney fakes labor on Ellen. Lisa Rinna gets a reality show but shouldn't it be on SOAPnet? Reaction to Sandra Ferguson's debut on Days of Our Lives and Arienne Zucker is doing the work of her career.

Note: This ABC episode is our post Thanksgiving episode. Due to Luke being ill there was a delay in his ability to edit and publish it.

On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina and Jamey discuss the special Scrubs' Thanksgiving episode, including the Stuart Damon sighting. Sarah Brown renews her contract with General Hospital. Is Sam McCall turning into Kung Fu Barbie or is she just the best of the Brendabots?

One Life to Live's ratings beat General Hospital with no help from CGI. Victor Lord's Tomb moves.

Jamey suggests that we need to play the opposite game with All My Children and is loving Crazy Annie.

Tina, Luke and Jamey discuss Betty White's recent appearance on a Boston Legal episode that was entirely about TV target demographics.

On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives edition of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike and Jamey discuss the Thanksgiving episodes of As the World Turns, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless. What they enjoyed and what they didn't.

Don Diamont has been "ousted" from The Young and the Restless and the guys share their reaction. The battle for Jabot is heating up and the guys couldn't be enjoying it more and Tuesday's episode has Jamey admitting he's enjoying Gloria while Mike grudgingly agree the character is better than she used to be.

The casting department at Days of Our Lives is a head scratcher but Jamey believe he knows why. The reason may be a bit of a surprise.

All this and more on this post Thanksgiving episode.