Five Things That Happened On April 28 In Soap History

In 1994, Nathan Fillion (r.) made his One Life to Live debut as Joey Buchanan, son of Clint Buchanan (Clint Ritchie) and Viki Buchanan (Erika Slezak) and brother to Jessica Buchanan (Eric Torpey) and Kevin Buchanan. The future star of prime-time and film remained with the show until 1997, and popped back in as Joey in 2007 to attend Asa's funeral. The actor shared with Soaps In Depth in 2009 of his Llanview castmates, "Those people there took very, very good care of me. Phil Carey [ex-Asa] was a good man to me. They’re still very near and dear to me.”

In 2000, Martha Byrne made her As the World Turns debut as Rose D'Angelo, the surprise twin of Byrne's original ATWT alter ego, Lily Walsh Snyder. Byrne won her second Daytime Emmy, this time in the Outstanding Lead Actress category, for her work in the dual role. As a guest on Digest's podcast, Dishing With Digest, in 2020, Byrne recalled, "I really needed something to kind of shake my tree a little bit. I felt like things were a little stagnant for me. When I say that I mean where do I go, like, everything was kind of done. When [Executive Producer] Chris Goutman presented it to me it was not supposed to be a biological twin, it was supposed to be just like a look-alike; that was the original idea. And then it was Hogan Sheffer who became the head writer right after that decision was made. He said, 'No, no, no, no. Let’s dive back into the history and make her a relative in some way.' So had he not done that, I think it would have fizzled ... I think it would have been a very short-lived story."

In 2006, the Daytime Emmys were held in Los Angeles for the first time (previously, the ceremony had always taken place in New York City). General Hospital took home the prize for Outstanding Daytime Drama. The Lead Actor and Lead Actress prizes went to Anthony Geary (GH's Luke) and Kim Zimmer (Reva, Guiding Light), respectively.

In 2008 on Bold and Beautiful, Storm Logan (William deVry) fatally shot himself so that his sister, Katie Logan, could receive his heart. Katie was in need of a transplant after Storm accidentally shot her, and a guilt-ridden Storm decided to take his own life so that his sister could be spared. The tragic event marked portrayer deVry's exit from the show; he had played Storm since 2006. Heather Tom mused to Soap Opera Digest in 2013, "That's still one of the most emotional stories I've ever played."

In 2023, Anthony Montgomery reprised the role of Andre Maddox on General Hospital. Andre returned to Port Charles at the behest of his dear friend Anna Devane (Finola Hughes, r.), who introduced him to Holly Sutton (Emma Samms). Andre shared that during his time at the WSB, he had managed to gain access to the agency's files on the Cassadine family. When Andre's ex, Jordan Ashford, entered the room, Anna somberly explained that they believed that Victor Cassadine was searching for weapons of mass destruction with designs on ending civilization.