Time Capsule

Eden Riegel debuted on ALL MY CHILDREN as Bianca, J. Eddie Peck succeeded Michael Lowry as Jake, Michael Nader was back as Dimitri, Olivia Birkelund did a stint as Arlene, Laura Allen was cast as the new Laura, and Colleen Dion was in as loony Leslie. The Dillon family — James Kiberd (Trevor), Robin Mattson (Janet) and Alexis Manta (Amanda) — was axed.... Bianca came out as gay to a stunned Erica.... Hayley and Mateo finally married legally.... Leo and Greenlee fell in love.... Travis succumbed to a stroke.... Adam drunkenly tied the knot with Arlene.... With his sights set on Dixie, David drugged the town with a libido enhancer, Libidizone.... Alex (who was revealed to be Anna Devane’s twin) and Edmund’s budding romance was complicated by Dimitri’s return from the dead.... Gillian and Jake split.... Agnes Nixon resigned as co-head writer, becoming ABC’s story consultant.... At the Soap Opera Digest Awards, Mark Consuelos (Mateo) won Younger Lead Actor, Kelly Ripa (Hayley) was named Younger Lead Actress, Abigail Spencer (Becca) won Female Newcomer and Finola Hughes (Alex, now GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Anna) won Favorite Return.

AS THE WORLD TURNS took over ANOTHER WORLD’s old studio space in Brooklyn. Leah Laiman was out as co-head writer, and the new head-writing team consisted of Carolyn Culliton, Hal Corley, Stephen Demorest and Hogan Sheffer.... Hunt Block (Craig), Mary Beth Evans (Sierra, now Kayla, DAYS OF OUR LIVES), Paul Leyden (Simon) and Amanda Seyfried (Lucy) joined the Oakdale ranks; Martha Byrne added the role of Lily’s surprise twin, showgirl Rose, to her roster; Lisa Brown reprised the part of Iva; Fiona Hutchison did an arc as Celia; Sarah Hyland (MODERN FAMILY) briefly played Alison; and Scott DeFreitas (Andy), Keith Coulouris (David), Nathaniel Marston (Eddie) and Jaime Dudney (Georgia) exited.... When Carly revealed that she’d wed Winston Lowe (who had blackmailed her), Jack tied the knot with Julia.... Baddies David and Winston took their last breaths.... While Lily was stranded on an island with Simon, identical twin Rose took over her life.... Jake romanced Molly.... Andy and Courtney wed to retain custody of baby Hope.... Katie lost her virginity to Aussie Simon, then entered into a green-card marriage with him to block his deportation.

Sean Kanan (Deacon) and Sarah Buxton (Morgan) made their BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL debuts, while Bobbie Eakes (Macy), Andrea Evans (Tawny) and Marissa Tait (Becky) exited.... Macy died in a car wreck after eloping with Thorne.... C.J. and Becky’s union was short-lived when she succumbed to cancer.... After being forced by Stephanie to abort Ridge’s baby many years ago, Morgan tricked him into impregnating her. Clarke exposed her, so she sicced a python on him, paralyzing him.... Rick and Amber split when she came clean about Little Eric’s identity.... Ridge plotted to bust up Thorne and Brooke’s romance.... Susan Flannery (Stephanie) won the Lead Actress Daytime Emmy.

DAYS welcomed back Melissa Reeves as Jennifer and Andrea Hall-Gengler (ex-Samantha) as Hattie, while Louise Sorel (Vivian), Jensen Ackles (Eric) and Victor Webster (Nicholas) wrapped their runs, Kyle Lowder debuted as Brady and Staci Greason visited as Isabella’s ghost.... Bo wed Faux Hope (Gina) before saying, “I do” to the real Hope. Hope gave birth to son J.T., but thanks to a baby swap orchestrated by Stefano, Lexie and Abe adopted the boy, who they called Isaac. Hope went home with a different newborn, whose birth mother, Marlo, was accidentally killed by Dr. Rolf.... Eric and Nicole split.... Austin and Greta spent months in a virtual-reality “Garden of Eden”.... Marlena look-alike Hattie fell for Roman.... Philip was smitten with Chloe.... John learned that he was the father of Hope’s baby.

Two GH hunks, Steve Burton (Jason) and Ingo Rademacher (Jax) quit. Wendy Riche departed as EP, succeeded by Jill Farren Phelps, and when Robert Guza, Jr. left as head writer, Elizabeth Korte and Michele Val Jean took over.... Jacob Young (now Rick, B&B) was brought in to play Lucky, Eva Longoria did a brief appearance as a Brenda lookalike, Chad Brannon (Zander) and Marisa Ramirez (Gia) debuted, and Brad Maule (Tony) was dropped to recurring status after 16 years on contract.... Sonny and Carly married for the first time so that she couldn’t be forced to testify against him. She miscarried after tumbling down the stairs at the Quartermaine mansion.... Luke and Laura divorced, while Felicia’s fling with Luke also undid her marriage to Mac.... Alexis stood up Ned on their wedding day.... Liz and Lucky reunited after he recovered from Helena’s brainwashing.... Helena framed Luke for Stefan’s “murder” .... GH was named Outstanding Drama at the Daytime Emmys, and also won Lead Actor (Anthony Geary, Luke) and Supporting Actress (Sarah Brown, Carly).... GH won Digest Awards for Favorite Show, Lead Actor Anthony Geary, Favorite Actor Maurice Benard (Sonny), Favorite Actress Sarah Brown and Supporting Actress Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis).

On GUIDING LIGHT, Nancy St. Alban was in as Michelle after Bethany Joy Lenz quit, Mackenzie Mauzy replaced Hayden Panettiere as Lizzie and Jordi Vilasuso made his daytime debut as Tony. Susan Pratt (Claire) returned, while Maeve Kinkead (Vanessa), Kurt McKinney (Matt), Anthony Addabbo (Jim), Paulo Benedeti (Jesse), Tammy Blanchard (Drew) and Amy Ecklund (Abigail) left.... Cassie became Mrs. Richard Winslow, and the new princess of San Cristobel, to boot.... Josh wed Olivia.... Danny shot mafia mom Carmen dead to save Michelle.... Josh and Reva split, as did Frank and Eleni.... Susan’s dad, Jim, died in a fire.... Ross and Blake welcomed daughter Clarissa, while Beth’s affair with Phillip was exposed after the birth of their son, James.... Michelle was exonerated of Ben’s murder when Vanessa confessed.... Kim Zimmer (Reva) received the Digest Award for Lead Actress.

Roger Howarth (Todd, now GH’s Franco) and Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio) returned to ONE LIFE TO LIVE, while Florencia Lozano (Téa) and Robin Strasser (Dorian) exited. Al Freeman, Jr. visited as Ed, and AMC’s Eileen Herlie (Myrtle) briefly crossed over. Don Jeffcoat was out as Joey.... Gary Tomlin was named EP after Jill Farren Phelps stepped down.... Viki battled breast cancer and took her sixth husband, Ben (who learned he is Asa and Renee’s son); Kelly wed Joey, then fell for Kevin; and Roseanne and Cristian’s union was annulled.... Todd and Téa’s reunion flopped. A temporarily insane Blair shot unfaithful Max; Todd framed Max’s mistress, Skye, for the crime. Skye turned out to be Rae’s bio daughter.... The show netted three Digest Awards: Erin Torpey (Jessica) as Favorite Teen Star, Ben and Viki (Mark Derwin and Erika Slezak) as Favorite Couple and Timothy D. Stickney’s R.J. as Favorite Villain.

PASSIONS recast the role of Gwen with Natalie Zea when Liza Huber quit; Jade Harlow replaced Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Jessica; Taylor Anne Mountz left as Kay, who was recast with Gina Marie May, then Deanna Wright, and Andrea Evans succeeded Maureen McCormick as Rebecca.... Ethan was revealed to be Sam’s son, not Julian’s.... A pendant with special powers turned Charity into “Evil Charity”.... Ethan tried to resist his pull to Theresa as he planned a walk down the aisle with Gwen.... Sheridan and Luis got together.... Josh Ryan Evans (Timmy) nabbed the Digest Award for Scene Stealer.

Kelly Monaco (GH’s Sam) made her daytime debut as Livvie on PORT CHARLES, and future real-life spouses Brian Presley and Erin Hershey came aboard as Jack and Alison. Louise Sorel played Donatella, and Mitch Longley (Matt), Lisa Ann Hadley (Julie) and Kimberlin Brown (Rachel, now B&B’s Sheila) exited.... Scott and Lucy’s marriage was short-lived.... Eve and Kevin said, “I do” and she fought her attraction to Ian.... Scott and Lucy adopted Christina, who was kidnapped by her birth mom, Julie.... Serial killer Cooper died in a car wreck.... Alison and Jamal moved in together.... Joe and Karen broke up.... Jack fell for Livvie.... The show won a Digest Award for Supporting Actor Jon Lindstrom (Kevin)... Karen Harris and Jonathan Estrin succeeded Scott Hamner as head writers, but Estrin was axed in favor of Barbara Bloom, Barbara Esensten and James Harmon Brown. The show adopted its new storytelling format of 12-week story arcs.

Kelly Monaco (GH’s Sam) made her daytime debut as Livvie on PORT CHARLES, and future real-life spouses Brian Presley and Erin Hershey came aboard as Jack and Alison. Louise Sorel played Donatella, and Mitch Longley (Matt), Lisa Ann Hadley (Julie) and Kimberlin Brown (Rachel, now B&B’s Sheila) exited.... Scott and Lucy’s marriage was short-lived.... Eve and Kevin said, “I do” and she fought her attraction to Ian.... Scott and Lucy adopted Christina, who was kidnapped by her birth mom, Julie.... Serial killer Cooper died in a car wreck.... Alison and Jamal moved in together.... Joe and Karen broke up.... Jack fell for Livvie.... The show won a Digest Award for Supporting Actor Jon Lindstrom (Kevin)... Karen Harris and Jonathan Estrin succeeded Scott Hamner as head writers, but Estrin was axed in favor of Barbara Bloom, Barbara Esensten and James Harmon Brown. The show adopted its new storytelling format of 12-week story arcs.

ABC launched a soap-devoted cable network, SOAPnet, which began broadcast operations on January 20. The channel featured same-day rebroadcasts of AMC, GH, OLTL and PC alongside vintage episodes of ANOTHER WORLD, RYAN’S HOPE and prime-time sudsers, including FALCON CREST and KNOTS LANDING.

YOUNG AND RESTLESS said good-bye to Victoria Rowell (Drucilla) and Tricia Cast (Nina), but welcomed back Michelle Stafford (Phyllis, now GH’s Nina) and Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren); Rick Hearst took on the recast role of Matt; Penn Badgley was cast as Phillip; Ashley Jones (Parker, GH) left as Megan; and Ricky Paull Goldin did a run as Gary.... Drucilla and Malcolm hooked up.... Nikki and Victor’s reconciliation unraveled and she joined the board of Jabot, as did Brad, who wed Ashley. Ash also gave birth to Abby, and Brad adopted her, but Ashley remained mum about the baby’s true paternity.... Nick adopted Cassie.... Using the alias Carter, baddie Matt courted Tricia.... Mac and Billy fell in love.... Christine and Michael became law partners.... Tony died in a car crash after marrying Megan.... Y&R won Daytime Emmys for Supporting Actor Shemar Moore (Malcolm), Younger Actress Camryn Grimes (Cassie), Younger Actor David Tom (Billy) and Writing.