Recently, We Love Soaps, began posting "Soap Opera TV ratings" for twenty-five shows. Since there are but seven remaining daytime soaps on the air, it occurred to me that it might be time, albeit a little late in the game, to discuss exactly what the term "soap opera" means, and to whom. With the exception of Peyton Place and Our Private World, and, of course, Dallas, the ...
Last August, blogger Sara Bibel noted that "buried within the addictive train wreck" of reaction (here and here), to the firing of Soap Opera Weekly editor, Carolyn Hinsey, was "some serious commentary about soap opera journalism." This past August, it was fan reaction to an interview with head of ABC Daytime, Brian Frons, posted on The Wall Street Journal website that ...
In the wake of Guiding Light's cancellation and the current state of affairs on As the World Turns (while we haven’t seen them for a month, we can only hope that Kim's recovered from her heart attack and Bob from his brain surgery), One Life to Live has become what fear may be my final port in soap's choppy waters.And so I took great solace in last Wednesday's episode, "Fathers and ...
Lights up. NEWBIE and OLDTIMER are discussing the final days of Guiding Light.NEWBIEOkay. First question: who was that guy with the hat who came to see Alex?OLDTIMERThat was Fletcher Reade. He used to be married to Holly.NEWBIEHolly? The same Holly who went off with Dr. Ed?OLDTIMERYes, they -- NEWBIEAnd where did that come from? I had no idea they even knew each other. They barely said ...
plently of carping to come, but first, a big thank you. with all the press releases about returning actors, not to mention the spoilers and tweeting from the set as gl wrapped up its final weeks, i didn't think it would be possible for viewers to be surprised. but, surprise, surprise, we were. not just by josh and reva, but by mindy and rick's wedding as well.so thanks to everyone associated with ...
November 3, 2008 This is a title that I could not resist when choosing books for the Housewarming Party prize. It is a book meant to be read many times.
October 26, 2008 The unarticulated question running through Chick Lit: 40 Stories of Tattoos and the Women Who Wear Them: “Why’d a nice girl like you go and get a tattoo?” Thankfully, not one of the essayists re
it could be just a generational thing, or maybe not...
i'm largely in agreement with boston globe critic, matthew gilbert, who's closer to your age than mine, had this to say,
"For me, watching TV i
never's a long time...
and it's exactly because there would have been so much resistance to roger and maureen as anything more than friends that i would have loved to see them try it.
