Post by kallietop on Jul 9, 2007 16:29:22 GMT -5
All My Children (A-Channel/ABC) — AMC preview!
Headwriters Barbara Esensten and James Harmon tell Soap Opera Digest this week not to expect the “vampires or murder mysteries” they’ve become famous for over the years. What we can look forward to is veterans returning to the forefront, romance, and comedy. This week you’ll have to do with Barbara trying to expose Erica and Jack’s relationship, Babe learning the truth about JR’s kidnapping, and Josh turning to Greenlee.
MASTER CLASS: THE BEST OF THE BEST
Erika Slezak and Tuc Watkins, One Life to Live
After languishing on the backburner for eons, six-time Emmy winner Erika Slezak (Viki) is finally getting some valuable screen time in what has to be her funniest storyline to date. As David tries to convince Viki to sleep with him to make their exes (Dorian and Clint) jealous, Tuc Watkins and Slezak have morphed into a dynamic comedy team, providing the only real laughs in daytime these days. We’re not sure how committed OLTL is to this farce of a romance, but we’d like to see it develop into something real. Watkins’ return to the show is limited, but perhaps OLTL will convince the scene-stealer to stick around for a while. In fact, we smell the makings of a really exciting quadrangle between Clint, Dorian, David and Viki — proving veterans make the soap world go round, not the untalented young newbies we’re always saddled with during the summer.
RANT OF THE WEEK: GL’s opening
Now that GL won the Daytime Emmy Award for best drama series, perhaps executive producer Ellen Wheeler will consider changing or updating its cheesy opening, which debuted earlier this year to kick off the soap’s 70th anniversary. The problem? It looks like it was made 70 years ago!
TOP 5 SHOWS TO WATCH
1. General Hospital
2. Coronation Street
3. The Young and the Restless
4. Guiding Light
5. One Life to Live
TOP 5 ACTRESSES TO WATCH
1. Susan Flannery (Stephanie, B&B)
2. Kim Zimmer (Reva, GL)
3. Maura West (Carly, ATWT)
4. Michelle Stafford (Phyllis, Y&R)
5. Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke, B&B)
TOP 5 ACTORS TO WATCH
1. Jack Wagner (Nick, B&B)
2. Tuc Watkins (David, OLTL)
3. Michael Park (Jack, ATWT)
4. Joshua Morrow (Nick, Y&R)
5. Van Hansis (Luke, ATWT)
TOP 5 COUPLES TO WATCH
1. Phyllis and Nick, Y&R
2. Viki and David, OLTL
3. Dorian and Clint, OLTL
4. Reva and Jeffrey, GL
5. Carly and Jack, ATWT
Headwriters Barbara Esensten and James Harmon tell Soap Opera Digest this week not to expect the “vampires or murder mysteries” they’ve become famous for over the years. What we can look forward to is veterans returning to the forefront, romance, and comedy. This week you’ll have to do with Barbara trying to expose Erica and Jack’s relationship, Babe learning the truth about JR’s kidnapping, and Josh turning to Greenlee.
MASTER CLASS: THE BEST OF THE BEST
Erika Slezak and Tuc Watkins, One Life to Live
After languishing on the backburner for eons, six-time Emmy winner Erika Slezak (Viki) is finally getting some valuable screen time in what has to be her funniest storyline to date. As David tries to convince Viki to sleep with him to make their exes (Dorian and Clint) jealous, Tuc Watkins and Slezak have morphed into a dynamic comedy team, providing the only real laughs in daytime these days. We’re not sure how committed OLTL is to this farce of a romance, but we’d like to see it develop into something real. Watkins’ return to the show is limited, but perhaps OLTL will convince the scene-stealer to stick around for a while. In fact, we smell the makings of a really exciting quadrangle between Clint, Dorian, David and Viki — proving veterans make the soap world go round, not the untalented young newbies we’re always saddled with during the summer.
RANT OF THE WEEK: GL’s opening
Now that GL won the Daytime Emmy Award for best drama series, perhaps executive producer Ellen Wheeler will consider changing or updating its cheesy opening, which debuted earlier this year to kick off the soap’s 70th anniversary. The problem? It looks like it was made 70 years ago!
TOP 5 SHOWS TO WATCH
1. General Hospital
2. Coronation Street
3. The Young and the Restless
4. Guiding Light
5. One Life to Live
TOP 5 ACTRESSES TO WATCH
1. Susan Flannery (Stephanie, B&B)
2. Kim Zimmer (Reva, GL)
3. Maura West (Carly, ATWT)
4. Michelle Stafford (Phyllis, Y&R)
5. Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke, B&B)
TOP 5 ACTORS TO WATCH
1. Jack Wagner (Nick, B&B)
2. Tuc Watkins (David, OLTL)
3. Michael Park (Jack, ATWT)
4. Joshua Morrow (Nick, Y&R)
5. Van Hansis (Luke, ATWT)
TOP 5 COUPLES TO WATCH
1. Phyllis and Nick, Y&R
2. Viki and David, OLTL
3. Dorian and Clint, OLTL
4. Reva and Jeffrey, GL
5. Carly and Jack, ATWT