1967: Dark Shadows' Jason asked patience from Willie.
1979: Guiding Light's Rita had a nightmare about Roger.
1985: As the World Turns' Bob and Kim were married.
1994: Another World's Carl planned on proposing to Rachel."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1967: On Dark Shadows, Jason McGuire (Dennis Patrick) implored Willie Loomis (John Karlen) to wait on getting revenge against Burke Devlin (Mitchell Ryan) until after they got their money.
1979: On Guiding Light, Rita Bauer (Lenore Kasdorf) had a nightmare about Roger Thorpe (Michael Zaslow...
1979: Guiding Light's Rita had a nightmare about Roger.
1985: As the World Turns' Bob and Kim were married.
1994: Another World's Carl planned on proposing to Rachel."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1967: On Dark Shadows, Jason McGuire (Dennis Patrick) implored Willie Loomis (John Karlen) to wait on getting revenge against Burke Devlin (Mitchell Ryan) until after they got their money.
1979: On Guiding Light, Rita Bauer (Lenore Kasdorf) had a nightmare about Roger Thorpe (Michael Zaslow...
- 4/12/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Ten Things I Learned At Tcmff 2018
Yet another TCM Classic Film Festival is in the bank—the ninth out of nine I’ve been privileged to attend. For those who have a mind to, my extended coverage of the festival—not a blow-by-blow of everything I did, but a look at some of the highlights—is available at Slant magazine’s blog The House Next Door, the venue that has sponsored my Tcmff attendance for all of those nine years. As I have said many times, my classic movie education would be considerably less rich without the support of my editor at Slant, Ed Gonzalez, and I would be remiss if he ever had a moment in which the truth of this statement was not perfectly clear in his mind. And as if by way of proving my gain, every year, in addition to the Slant piece, I like to...
Yet another TCM Classic Film Festival is in the bank—the ninth out of nine I’ve been privileged to attend. For those who have a mind to, my extended coverage of the festival—not a blow-by-blow of everything I did, but a look at some of the highlights—is available at Slant magazine’s blog The House Next Door, the venue that has sponsored my Tcmff attendance for all of those nine years. As I have said many times, my classic movie education would be considerably less rich without the support of my editor at Slant, Ed Gonzalez, and I would be remiss if he ever had a moment in which the truth of this statement was not perfectly clear in his mind. And as if by way of proving my gain, every year, in addition to the Slant piece, I like to...
- 5/7/2018
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
1967: Dark Shadows' Jason asked patience from Willie.
1979: Guiding Light's Rita had a nightmare about Roger.
1985: As the World Turns' Bob and Kim were married.
1994: Another World's Carl planned on proposing to Rachel."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1967: On Dark Shadows, Jason McGuire (Dennis Patrick) implored Willie Loomis (John Karlen) to wait on getting revenge against Burke Devlin (Mitchell Ryan) until after they got their money.
1979: Guiding Light's Rita had a nightmare about Roger.
1985: As the World Turns' Bob and Kim were married.
1994: Another World's Carl planned on proposing to Rachel."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1967: On Dark Shadows, Jason McGuire (Dennis Patrick) implored Willie Loomis (John Karlen) to wait on getting revenge against Burke Devlin (Mitchell Ryan) until after they got their money.
- 4/12/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Aardman and Sony’s “Arthur Christmas,” starring James McAvoy and Hugh Laurie, is one of those Christmas movies that seems to be hitting its stride at the movie theater. In fact, it looks like it’s on its way to becoming a Christmas classic. According to Rotten Tomatoes, “Arthur Christmas” has been praised by the critics with a 92% fresh rating. Audiences have also seemed to like it, giving it an 81% rating. Here’s what the critics said about the film: “Here’s hoping this becomes another family Christmas classic, which it very much deserves.”–Linda Cook, Kwqc-tv (Iowa) “This is a definite Oscar contender for Best Animated Film.”–Keith Cohen, Entertainment Spectrum “Aardman Animation...
- 11/28/2011
- by monique
- ShockYa
On this date in...
1942: Clara, Lu, And Em, radio's first soap opera in 1930, moved to CBS, airing for 15 minutes three days a week at 11 a.m.
1981: As The World Turns returned to the 1:30 p.m. Et timeslot where it would remain until March 23, 1987, the day The Bold And The Beautiful debuted.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Linda Cook (ex-Laurie Ann, The Edge Of Night; ex-Egypt, Loving; ex-Ann, As The World Turns; ex-Brenda, Guiding Light; ex-Maureen, Ryan's Hope; ex-Lucy, All My Children)
Frank Grillo (ex-Hart, Guiding Light) - 47
Julianna Margulies (Alicia, The Good Wife) - 45
Michael Strickland (ex-Brad, Sunset Beach) - 40
Mark Feuerstein (ex-Loving) - 40
Jess Weixler (ex-Caroline, Guiding Light) - 29...
1942: Clara, Lu, And Em, radio's first soap opera in 1930, moved to CBS, airing for 15 minutes three days a week at 11 a.m.
1981: As The World Turns returned to the 1:30 p.m. Et timeslot where it would remain until March 23, 1987, the day The Bold And The Beautiful debuted.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Linda Cook (ex-Laurie Ann, The Edge Of Night; ex-Egypt, Loving; ex-Ann, As The World Turns; ex-Brenda, Guiding Light; ex-Maureen, Ryan's Hope; ex-Lucy, All My Children)
Frank Grillo (ex-Hart, Guiding Light) - 47
Julianna Margulies (Alicia, The Good Wife) - 45
Michael Strickland (ex-Brad, Sunset Beach) - 40
Mark Feuerstein (ex-Loving) - 40
Jess Weixler (ex-Caroline, Guiding Light) - 29...
- 6/8/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
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