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DC #374: ABC Casting Bloodbath Mar 11, 2009

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On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke and Tina are joined by Eye on Soap's Belinda and Karen from Wubs.net to discuss the latest in All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live news including...Greenlee's funeral on All My Children at the Fusion bar. Ricky Paull Goldin's Jake Martin. Is this David Hayward the real David Hayward? Rumors that the Cortlandt mansion is burning down.General Hospital's possible casting bloodbath. What this means for Leslie Charleson, Megan Ward, Greg Vaughan, Rebecca Herbst and Rick Hearst. Constance Towers is returning as Helena Cassadine and we couldn't be happier.Rumors are swirling that One Life to Live's Erika Slezak might be getting reduced air time. Matthew and Destiny at the prom. Was the reaction by Starr and Cole's principal to the news that Cole was high an accurate reaction? Shouldn't she have prevented him from driving away by having everyone go to her office?

DC #373: Castle Preview With Seamus Dever Mar 09, 2009

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Seamus Dever knows a thing or two about playing bad guys. After all, it was his character Dr. Ian Devlin who accidentally shot young Michael Corinthos on General Hospital. On ABC primetime's Castle, premiering tonight at 10/9C, Dever finally gets a chance to play one the good guys. He plays Irish cop Kevin Ryan, sharing screentime with Stana Katic, Jon Huerta and fellow ABC daytime grad Nathan Fillion (ex-Joey, One Life to Live), who portrays the title character, Richard Castle, a best-selling crime novelist suffering from writer's block, who decides to shadow NYPD detective Kate Beckett (Katic) for inspiration.On this episode of the Daytime Confidential Podcast, Dever chats with Luke and Jamey about his role on the highly-anticipated midseason show, his first as a primetime series regular. Dever shares that although Castle is being likened to 80's comfort food TV programs like Moonlighting or Scarecrow and Mrs. King, he sees more of a parallel between the series and the popular screwball comedies of the 30's and 40's, which he says sets Castle apart from other primetime crime procedurals. He also reveals whether or not he believes there is more pressure for the show to suceed considering ABC's recent cancellations of such high-profile shows as Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, Pushing Daisies and Life on Mars. Then Dever looks back with Luke and Jamey about his brief, but memorable stint on General Hospital. He reveals how he felt when he learned the antihero doctor he signed on to play, was being turned into a mob assassin, and what role the 2007-08 Writers' Strike played in that plot twist. Dever talks about what it was like working with Sebastian Roche, Tyler Christopher, Jason Thompson and Sarah Brown, whom he still considers a pal, and reveals if he and Nathan Fillion swap soap stories on the set of Castle. Dever also provides a sneak peek of Ready or Not, his upcoming Direct-to-DVD buddy comedy. It's an episode you don't wanna miss.

DC #372: Soap Opera Examiner Mary Montanari Mar 06, 2009

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On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke and Jamey visit with soap journalist Mary Montanari. Montanari write the Soap Opera Examiner column for Examiner.com and previously covered the industry for Zap2it.com

Montanari tells her unique story of how she got her start in soap opera journalism. Luke and Jamey ask for her thoughts on the state of the industry, Guiding Light's Otalia, As the World Turns' Nuke and whether or not more shows will have to use the Guiding Light production model to survive. She shares with us insight she received from Agnes Nixon that is just as important today as it was back when Passions premiered.

All this and much more on today's Daytime Confidential episode.

DC #371: CBS and Days Crack-a-lackin Octomoms Mar 05, 2009

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On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike, Jamey and Jillian discuss the latest in As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless news including.The return of As the World Turn's Lucy to Oakdale. Elwood is out, but Mark is back. Who is daytime's biggest octomom?Johanna Johnson is in talks to return to The Bold and the Beautiful. What could this mean for the show and why should new fans care?Shawn Christan re-ups his contract with Days of Our Lives. Does this mean that Alice Horton should be worried about having to go bobbing for doughnuts? A SORASED Will returns to Salem. Sami and Lucas share scenes that reminded us of the good old days.Guiding Light's Bill figured out who kidnapped Lizzie and gets his ass kicked. After sleeping with Frank Otalia looks as if she's had the worst sex of her life. Was it that or was it guilt? Jamey gives a preview of his interview with Krista Tesreau and shares the latest details on the possible return of India von Halkein.The Billy/Chloe vs. Cane/Lily feud heats up on The Young and the Restless. Jillian talks about Esther and her behavior. Sharon's kleptomaniaand sleeping with Billy Abbott.

DC #370: Daytime Emmy Pre-Nomination Reactions Mar 04, 2009

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Daytime Confidential's Luke, Mike, Jamey and Tina are joined by TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco to discuss the Daytime Emmy Pre-Nominations. Find out who they think deserve to be pre-nominated, who doesn't deserve pre-nominations and who the glaring omissions are. Branco talks about how this year's nominations will be determined and shares how past year's nominees have influenced how pre-nominations are given out today.Tune in to hear reactions of Daytime Confidential readers and listeners on the DC Hotline.

DC #369: ABC Flip Flop Mar 04, 2009

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On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Regan and Eye on Soap's Belinda discuss the latest in All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live news including...All My Children's Walt Willey paid the price for speaking out against the Lily and Jonathon pairing, during McTavish's reign as head writer. Would Belinda and Regan buy New York and Company clothing based on what All My Children stars are wearing?The "What if Maxie died" episode was supposed to be really good. Did it live up to the hype? Many major characters were missing in this alternate Port Charles and would Robin really be a robot? Should we be thanking our lucky stars that General Hospital has Maxie and not BJ? Sonny and Jason have reunited. The romance of ages, Jason and Sonny has reunited, but does anyone care about the regurgitation of this "dynamic" duo? David Vickers and the Buchanan's found out that David is Bo's son, but where does the show go from here? In the long run is it better that David is Bo's son or should he have remained Asa's long lost son? Belinda can't seem to decide whether or not she enjoys the Blair/Todd/Marty/John storyline or if she doesn't.

DC #368: Performer of the Week Feb 27, 2009

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On today's Performer of the Week Daytime Confidential episode Luke, Jamey, Mike, Belinda and Melodie choose the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job.They discuss their honorable and dishonorable mentions and then get sidetracked discussing Max and Diane's heart healthy storyline on General Hospital.

DC #367: CBS and Days Cinderfella Feb 25, 2009

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On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives Daytime Confidential episode Luke, Mike, Jamey and Melodie discuss the latest in As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless news including...The special As the World Turns Valentine's episode. Which fairy tales we enjoyed and which ones we didn't. Shouldn't have Luke (Van Hansis) and Noah (Jake Silbermann) been the Cinderfella or the Fairy Godfather?Jackie ripped into Katie on The Bold and the Beautiful and then encouraged Bridget to bust up Nick and Katie. We discuss Days of Our Lives' star Thaao Penglis comment that "The James Reilly's of the world have destroyed daytime."Coop's funeral was a gripping moment of television and Justin Deas continues to knock it out of the park on Guiding Light.The jail is rocking in Springfield as everyone and their mother visit Phillip in his cell.Billy Abbott's baby was born on The Young and the Restless so we discuss what we liked and disliked about the scenes. Colleen is taking on Victor Newman, but is she motivated out of love for her father, being manipulated by Jack or both?

DC #366: ABC Serial Killers Feb 23, 2009

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On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey, Tina and Belinda discuss the latest in All My Children, General Hospital and One Life to Live news including...Could Thorsten Kaye be leaving All My Children? If so what would it mean for Pine Valley? Should he pop up on One Life to Live right away or should there be a hiatus of time between shows? They discuss Jamey's Rianca Wedding Wrap-Up for CurveMag.com and the fallout of Reese and Zach's kiss. Belinda gives her take on Rebecca Budig's return and departure as Greenlee from her column The View From The Recliner's Edge at Eye On Soaps.General Hospital's Claire Coffee landed a primetime pilot and reportedly Kirsten Storms may have too. What might it mean if Storms left General Hospital? The gang discuss whether the role should be recast and who would make a good Maxie. Tina and Jamey talk about Jeff Burton's upcoming guest spot in Port Charles.The soap gods have smiled down on viewers and Jaqueline Hendy is on her way out at One Life to Live. The gang discusses whether or not Vanessa should be a victim of the serial killer storyline and if the show should be ramping up the serial killer storyline and use it to boost ratings by killing off unneeded characters. All this and much more on today's ABC episode.

DC #365: Performer of the Week Feb 19, 2009

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On today's Performer of the Week Daytime Confidential episode Luke, Jamey, Regan, Melodie and Jillian choose the actors and actresses who they believe did an outstanding job during the previous week. They also choose the actors and actresses who they believe deserve honorable and dishonorable mentions.

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