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Cassandra Creech

Cassandra Creech

The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be held on Friday, Dec. 15, with the ceremony airing live on CBS starting at 9 p.m. ET. Soap Opera Digest chatted with the nominees to get the scoop on how they found out, what episodes they submitted, and more as we count down to daytime’s biggest night! Outstanding Guest Read More

Five Things That Happened On December 9 In Soap History

Kevin Spirtas

The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be held on Friday, Dec. 15, with the ceremony airing live on CBS starting at 9 p.m. ET. Soap Opera Digest chatted with the nominees to get the scoop on how they found out, what episodes they submitted, and more as we count down to daytime’s biggest night! Outstanding Guest Read More

Dan Feuerriegel, Arianne Zuker, Greg Rikaart

Knock, Knock: Leo (Greg Rikaart, r.) has to decide whether to tell all to EJ (Dan Feuerriegel) and Nicole (Arianne Zucker). Leo shows up at the DiMera mansion, having decided to tell Nicole and EJ that their baby is alive. He is not met warmly by the grieving couple. “Nicole has a couple of different Read More

Sharon Case

The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be held on Friday, Dec. 15, with the ceremony airing live on CBS starting at 9 p.m. ET. Soap Opera Digest chatted with the nominees to get the scoop on how they found out, what episodes they submitted, and more as we count down to daytime’s biggest night! Outstanding Lead Read More

John McCook

McCook

While Eric’s fate remains a question mark after the character’s collapse on Friday’s B&B, the show took pains to ensure that portrayer John McCook’s own health wouldn’t be compromised when acting out Eric’s collapse. “They protect me!” McCook assures. “We had a stunt guy there, and they have me wear knee pads if I’m going Read More

Amelia Heinle, J. Eddie Peck, Hayley Erin

My Girl? Cole (J. Eddie Peck) and Victoria (Amelia Heinle, l.) brace for big news about Claire (Hayley Erin). At the coffeehouse, Victoria awaits Cole’s return from Oregon, where her ex-husband is trying to obtain Grace’s DNA from Jordan’s lake house to find out once and for if she is their biological daughter. “Victoria is Read More

Kelly Thiebaud

The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be held on Friday, Dec. 15, with the ceremony airing live on CBS starting at 9 p.m. ET. Soap Opera Digest chatted with the nominees to get the scoop on how they found out, what episodes they submitted, and more as we count down to daytime’s biggest night! Outstanding Supporting Read More

Dan Feuerriegel

The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be held on Friday, Dec. 15, with the ceremony airing live on CBS starting at 9 p.m. ET. Soap Opera Digest chatted with the nominees to get the scoop on how they found out, what episodes they submitted, and more as we count down to daytime’s biggest night! Outstanding Supporting Read More

JOSH SWICKARD, AMANDA SETTON

Our Time To Shine: Chase (Josh Swickard) and Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) ensure that their good news travels fast. Josh Swickard (Chase, GH) is still on a fictional high from his character’s engagement to Brook Lynn. “It was such a sweet, well-written set of scenes and I felt like it was such a long time Read More

Jackie Cox

Jackie Cox

Now You See Me, Now You Don’t: Darius Rose and Jackie Cox both appeared on DAYS. Appearing both in and out of drag on DAYS over the course of one episode makes Jackie Cox’s life behind the scenes at the show just that more of a whirlwind. “It is a lot!” Cox exclaims. “The Read More

Kelly Ripa

During a discussion about pregnancy, motherhood and post-partum depression on the December 6 episode of her podcast, Let’s Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa, Kelly Ripa (ex-Hayley, ALL MY CHILDREN) talked about the pressure she felt to lost weight after giving birth to her first child, Michael, in 1997. The actress revealed to guest Hilarie Read More

John McCook

Speech! Speech! While Eric (John McCook) is voicing his appreciation for his loved ones, things take a surprising turn. As Eric’s party continues on B&B, the lingering threat of his illness hangs over the festivities. “The drama of what they’ve written is that everybody knows that Eric is dying and everybody also knows that he Read More

Ellen Holly

Ellen Holly, the ONE LIFE TO LIVE legend who broke new ground as the first Black leading lady in soaps, passed away on December 5 at the age of 92. The sad news came via a Facebook post from her cousin, Grant Shipp, who wrote, “She was a pioneer in day time television …. You Read More

Mathison

Cameron Mathison (Drew, GH) answers Digest’s five burning questions. What’s your go-to coffee order? “My first coffee of the day is an espresso and later, I might get a Nitro or a cold brew.” What was your favorite TV show as a kid? “THE LOVE BOAT.” What do you do during your commute? “I do Read More

DAYS

DAYS

Hopelessly Devoted: Marlena (Deidre Hall) and John (Drake Hogestyn) wed (again) on December 7, 2006. Nothing symbolizes true love more than a soap opera wedding – or six. Yes, DAYS OF OUR LIVES supercouple John and Marlena have had a half dozen of them, including their very first back when they both thought John Read More

Wilson Bethel, Yvonne Zima, Tracey Bregman, Emily O Brien

Wally Kurth, Jason Thompson

Arianne Zucker

There’s no bigger fan of DAYS OF OUR LIVES’s Ashley Puzemis (Holly) than her on-screen mom. “Is she not adorable?” enthuses Arianne Zucker (Nicole). “She’s so cute, she’s so sweet and she’s such a great little actress. And she reminds me of Izzy,” Zucker’s daughter with Kyle Lowder (ex-Rex). “She completely reminds me of my Read More

Amanda Setton Joshua Swickard

Quick Take with… Amanda Setton (Brook Lynn, GENERAL HOSPITAL) So, this has been a big week for “Chalynn” fans, as Brook Lynn accepted Chase’s marriage proposal! The engagement arc began, though, with Brook Lynn’s grandmother, Gloria, putting some pressure on Chase to pop the question, much to Brook Lynn’s embarrassment. “Oh, she was mortified! She Read More

Delon De Metz

Delon De Metz

Quick Take with… Delon de Metz (Zende, BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL) Why do you think it bothered Zende so much that Eric chose to collaborate with R.J. and not him? “R.J. is not a fashion designer! He’s an influencer. It makes no sense. Even now speaking about it, I get upset for the character. I Read More

Hope

After Courtney Hope (Sally, Y&R) and her family were involved in a car accident on December 4 in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, she posted videos to her Instagram stories to update fans on the situation. “I just want to say thank you to everyone who reached out and sent me positivity,” she began. Read More

Carolyn Hinsey

Double Trouble: Austin (Roger Howarth) was the latest of Ava’s (Maura West) lovers to die. Smart characters are much more fun to watch than dumb ones — especially when a soap uses dummies to advance story. Give me DAYS’s Patch every day of the week. He sussed out Konstantin in about 30 seconds after The Read More

Mishael Morgan luncheon

Ladies Who Luncheon: (from l.) Finola Hughes (Anna, GH), Sharon Chase (Sharon, Y&R), Michelle Stafford (Phyllis, Y&R), Mishael Morgan (Amanda, Y&R), Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea, Y&R) and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy, B&B). Last year’s Daytime Emmy winner for Lead Actress, Mishael Morgan (Amanda, Y&R), hosted this year’s annual luncheon for the 2023 crop of nominees: Read More

Winsor Harmon

Winsor Harmon is set to reprise the role of B&B’s Thorne, a role he has played on and off since 1996, beginning on Tuesday, December 5. His comeback began with a simple text. “I was actually sitting on the couch and my phone dinged,” the actor recounts. “It was B&B asking, ‘Hey, Winsor, what is Read More

Melody Thomas Scott, Hayley Erin

Melody Thomas Scott, Hayley Erin

Y&R Executive Producer/Head Scribe Josh Griffith spoke exclusively with Soap Opera Digest about how the show pulled off the galvanizing drama of Jordan’s introduction and the reveal that Claire is Victoria and Cole’s not-so-dead daughter. The reveal that Claire is really Eve, the daughter Victoria and Cole mourned back in 1998, has made for fabulous Read More