Gloria's job troubles have been a hoot on Y&R. Of course, nearly killing Jeffrey by adding hot sauce to his coffee at Crimson Lights was terrible, as was the fact that she nearly burned down Lauren's boutique when she left on an iron.

With GREEK wrapped up for the semester, ABC Family has introduced THE MIDDLEMAN in the 8 o'clock slot on Mondays. Recognizing the concept in the commercials, I pulled out my The Middle Man comic books — not the trade collection, mind you; I bought the individual issues, which started coming out way back in 2005. I know the series is billed as based on the "graphic novels" by Javier Grillo-Marxuach, but I'm old enough to remember when these things were called comic books, so that's what they are to me. Grillo-Marxuach, or "Javi," as he likes to be called, wrote for the first two seasons of LOST, and is an executive producer on MEDIUM.

On DOCTOR WHO, the Doctor and Donna land in 1926, and crash a crash a society party at Eddison Manor attended by noted mystery writer Agatha Christie. Soon enough, someone is offing party guests in a manner reminiscent of Christie's novels. Yes, the Doctor is involved in a Whodunit? This story immediately reminded me of "Black Orchid," a story in which the Fifth Doctor landed in 1925 and got invited to a masquerade ball at Cranleigh Hall, where someone was murdering guests in a manner not unlike a Christie story. No doubt you all recognized the Clue references (Prof. Peach, in the library, with a lead pipe, for example.)

I attended the Creative Crafts part of the Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday, June 13. (The winners are listed in the news section of this Web site, as is my attempt to be the roving reporter with the video camera.) As I cover ONE LIFE TO LIVE, I silently hope they win everything.