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Post by Chris on Apr 29, 2010 21:16:17 GMT -5
SOD is tweeting that Jeff signed a contract with Young & the Restless and begins taping in three weeks! I still wish it were All My Children,but I'm sooo glad he has found a new "home." Maybe they will appreciate him.
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Post by Liz on Apr 29, 2010 21:28:09 GMT -5
Holy crap, REALLY???
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Post by Chris on Apr 29, 2010 21:59:40 GMT -5
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Post by Chris on Apr 29, 2010 22:00:38 GMT -5
^^ Uh... so happy birthday Liz. ha ha!
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Post by Beth on Apr 29, 2010 22:14:06 GMT -5
That is really great news! He's on the top rated soap so that's a plus right there. And with Billy Miller, ER, and Elizabeth (ex-Maggie) and the former Mia on, it'll still feel like we're watching AMC ;D Now they need to pick up Colin and Aiden...
I'll admit, I'm going to check it out. Who's with me?
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Post by Lori on Apr 30, 2010 2:13:57 GMT -5
"Soap Opera Digest and Weekly Reports Breaking News Jeff Branson — JPI Jeff Branson to Y&R! Emmy winner Jeff Branson (ex-Shayne, GL; ex-Jonathan, AMC) has been cast in a contract role on the No. 1 soap. He will start filming in three weeks. Check back for more details. " Would you guys mind if I did "the happy dance" (Well, in a virtual kind of way)? I check my twitter account, once every blue moon---and there it was-- the formentioned link to SOD. Beth, you bet, I'll be watching! As a matter of fact I keep up with Y&R simi-regularly, as it is... (I have the tv on when OLTL comes on --and I still think Gina Tognoni is fabulous, but that show's writing is begining to tank--So, I'd cut OLTL out in a NY minute... Can you tell I feel more than a little guilty keeping tabs on 4 soaps? ;D ) Lori
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Post by Niki on Apr 30, 2010 9:16:44 GMT -5
Whoooaaaa I did not expect that! That's cool. I only saw Y&R for a few weeks years ago so I have no clue who the characters are now. I'll definitely be watching though! I would love it if they were able to pair Elizabeth Hendricks with Jeff again, sans physical abuse this time. Lori, I'll join you in that happy dance! Now I have to figure out when the show airs down here. Does anyone know where Y&R films?
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Post by Chris on Apr 30, 2010 10:09:49 GMT -5
I'd love for them to pick up Aiden T
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Post by Brandon on Apr 30, 2010 12:00:02 GMT -5
LOL, I was just coming here to post this!!! ;D Even though I really hate Y&R right now, I just might start watching again just for him!!!
Niki--Y&R tapes in L.A.
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Post by Beth on Apr 30, 2010 18:12:16 GMT -5
I'm sooo going to need a Y&R crash course from you guys that watch it. I've never seen even 1 eppy. Any info would be much appreciated
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Post by Lori on May 1, 2010 21:49:28 GMT -5
Gosh, Beth--I've seen episodes here and there for years. Let's see. Cristian Le Blanc/"Michael Baldwin"is a kick butt attorney who, I bet, can play dirty when the situation calls for it. ;D Tracy Bergman plays "Loren Fenmore Baldwin"-his wife. She owns Fenmore's a department store. They have a little boy, "Fenmore", or "Fen" played by a young man, who desperately needs a haircut! "Victor Newman" is Genoa City's answer to "Adam Chandler" -ruthless businessman, who will do anything in the name of family. His wife Nikki, long ago, was a stripper. These two have evidentially been married and divorced more times than even their fans probably know! ;D Victor and Nikki have 2 kids: Nick and Victoria. Victor found out he had a third son, Adam, from an affair. Adam came back for revenge ("Dad likes you, better than me!") I'd say, the entire flippin' town hated him. Somebody killed him. Everybody's a suspect! ;D Then, there are the Abbots--John Abbot the family patriarch is deceased. Although, he occasionally appears to his eldest son, Jack, when he needs advice. Jack and Victor are rivals. They will be rivals till the day they die. Jack & Victor will never change, Anytime one of them can cause some major trouble for the other one, they are going to do it no matter what it takes to do so even if others get hurt in the process! Jack hates "the mustache"/Victor for marrying and then divorcing his sister,Ashley, evidentially a couple of times. Apparently, Victor and Jack have as many reasons to hate each other as there are stars in the sky. Jack and Ashely's little brother, Billy (played by Billy Miller, ex "crazy Ritchie", on AMC) owns Restless Style, a magazine, formerly owned by Newman Enterprises, which has since been transformed in to a gossip mag. Billy Abbot and Victoria Newman are having a clandestine affair. Each is the others alibi for Adam's murder, but nobody knows these were together, on the night in question. OK, Katherine Chancelor is the grand dame of Genoa City--She heads Chancelor (Industries?) Somehow, she is friends with Jack Abbot and Victor Newman.. The only time these two men work together, as far as I can see is when, Katherine's long lost, son (Stephen Nichol's. ex Steve 'Patch' Jonson/DOOL) tries taking away her company. Boy, howdy! I guess, I knew more than I thought. ;D I haven't even touched on the Winters Family, Sharon (Nick's ex) & Phyllis (Nick's current wife) That's one complicated soap triangle. Seems to me. he's rather in love with both of them. Think: Ryan with Kendall and Greenlee, basically, only better written. Lori
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Post by Beth on May 2, 2010 0:49:53 GMT -5
Thanks! That helps. I at least know who Victor and Jack are, but now it puts it in perspective. I would like to know what role Jeff is playing. I've heard the name Adam thrown out there which would be cool, b/c it sounds like he's bad (I miss evil Jon ) and it would also tie him to a major family on the canvas. I guess we shall see...
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Post by Chris on May 2, 2010 8:54:35 GMT -5
But didn't Adam already show up...and was killed?
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Post by Chris on May 2, 2010 8:57:22 GMT -5
We need a Y&R section now - woo hoo! I can't wait to find out when his first airdate will be.
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Post by Lori on May 3, 2010 5:02:18 GMT -5
Oh, boy Beth! If Jeff does play Adam --Ooooow, yes, everyone thinks Adam was 'killed' after setting an explosion/fire, but they can't ID the body for certain Let me back up the 'Adam train' for you... I'm somewhat unclear on all the details, but let me give you what I know...Adam's mother was named "Hope". She was very sweet, kind and I think she lived on a farm, away from Genoa City. She was blind. She had an affair/fell for Victor. Not two many months ago, the show had an anniversary. The original actress who played "Hope" (not to be confused with "Baby Hope"--I'll get that in a minute. ) Returned to the show ,along with using some earlier footage. This time Hope wasn't just blind but had terminal cancer. She was on her farm. Victor went to see her there, staying to care for her until she died. While there, Victor met Adam. He has the same degenerative vision problem as his mother. After Hope dies, Adam is furious with Victor. "You had two other kids. Where did I fit in?", etc. Adam is steeped in revenge. He resents Nick and Victoria.Adam is given a position with Newman Enterprises. Using underhanded tactics, he tries to out manuver do his newly found siblings. Adam's efforts do nothing, but form an alliance between Nick and Victoria, against their newly found brother... I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but still wanting revenge against Victor, Adam causes Victor's then wife, Ashley, to have a miscarriage. He convinces Ashley she's crazy---and that she's still pregnant, hiring a corrupt OBGYN. The glitch for Adam at least is that he begins to like Ashley. She is Adam's only friend. He regrets causing her miscarriage. So, when Adam discovers Sharon is having Nick's baby (while Nick is currently married to Phyllis) He waits until both Sharon and Phyllis are staying in the same mental hospital I think, Sharon became a kleptomaniac, because Phyllis 'stole' Nick from her--But, I'm not quite sure. Anyway, Adam arranged for Sharon and Nick's premature baby "Faith" to be 'switched'. The baby was given to Ashley who went into hysterical labor. Sharon and Nick were told their baby died... Meanwhile, Victor was raising his biological granddaughter, "Faith" as his new baby daughter "Hope" Torn, Nick and Sharon grieved for a child conceived during their affair. Some how events led to DNA testing. An entire room full of angry people confronted Adam in a "kangaroo court"-- Somehow, Adam is blamed for the explosion/fire at a fund-raising ball. An unidentifiable body is thought to be his. Victor was so furious he dumped Adam's (? ) casket out of a cargo plane, in mid air, as Victor and Nikki traveled with the remains, to have them buried, next to Adam's deceased mother. Adam’s former girl friend is currently portrayed by Eden Regal (ex-Bianca/AMC) Fun huh? If Adam does return, with JB in the role, this could get fun! Adam is gonna be one hot, angry, undead mess! ;D Lori
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