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DC #333: CBS and Days Dumbed Down and Dreadful Dec 12, 2008

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On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike, Jamey and Melodie discuss all the latest news including...Janet vs. Carly and Jon Lindstrom's debut as Craig Montgomery on As the World Turns and reaction to his dating a woman he once believed to be his daughter. Pheobe's death on The Bold and the Beautiful and is it just us or has B&B been dubmed down over the past several months? Jamey comments on his interview with Sean Kanan (Deacon). Billy finds out that Chloe is pregnant with his child. Wouldn't it be awesome to have a May/December romance with Billy and Nikki? Imagine the possibilities. More fallout from the Jabot takeover on The Young and the Restless. Ashley Abbott is taking names and we're loving it. Jeff Branson's debut as Shayne Lewis on Guiding Light but shouldn't Dinah recognized him as Shayne? Melodie isn't happy about the Marina and Mallet wedding and doesn't Guiding Light have a church as a set? Why couldn't it have been used for the wedding? Alison Sweeney fakes labor on Ellen. Lisa Rinna gets a reality show but shouldn't it be on SOAPnet? Reaction to Sandra Ferguson's debut on Days of Our Lives and Arienne Zucker is doing the work of her career.

DC #332: ABC Brendabot or Kung Fu Barbie Dec 09, 2008

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Note: This ABC episode is our post Thanksgiving episode. Due to Luke being ill there was a delay in his ability to edit and publish it. On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina and Jamey discuss the special Scrubs' Thanksgiving episode, including the Stuart Damon sighting. Sarah Brown renews her contract with General Hospital. Is Sam McCall turning into Kung Fu Barbie or is she just the best of the Brendabots? One Life to Live's ratings beat General Hospital with no help from CGI. Victor Lord's Tomb moves.Jamey suggests that we need to play the opposite game with All My Children and is loving Crazy Annie.Tina, Luke and Jamey discuss Betty White's recent appearance on a Boston Legal episode that was entirely about TV target demographics.

DC #331: CBS and Days Questionable Casting Dec 04, 2008

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On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives edition of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike and Jamey discuss the Thanksgiving episodes of As the World Turns, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless. What they enjoyed and what they didn't.Don Diamont has been "ousted" from The Young and the Restless and the guys share their reaction. The battle for Jabot is heating up and the guys couldn't be enjoying it more and Tuesday's episode has Jamey admitting he's enjoying Gloria while Mike grudgingly agree the character is better than she used to be.The casting department at Days of Our Lives is a head scratcher but Jamey believe he knows why. The reason may be a bit of a surprise.All this and more on this post Thanksgiving episode.

DC #330: Top 5 Things We're Thankful For in Daytime Nov 28, 2008

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On today's Top 5 countdown as many of the Daytime Confidential gang as could get together to count down the Top 5 Things We're Thankful in Daytime. These are the actors, actresses, shows, executives and personalities who we are thankful for in 2008.

DC #329: Fan Reaction to Days Firings and More Nov 24, 2008

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On today's Hotline edition of Daytime Confidential you the listeners are weighing in on the latest and hottest topics in daytime including the firing of Drake Hogestyn and Deidre Hall at Days of Our Lives.

DC #328: CBS and Days Holy Freaking Crap Nov 20, 2008

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The Daytime Confidential gang is still in shock over the firing of Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn as they get together to discuss the latest CBS and Days of Our Lives' news.Listen as Luke, Mike, Jillian and Melodie discuss the firings of Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn and what this means for Days of Our Lives. Jamey drops by to join the gang in discussing the Marge/Katherine funeral on The Young and the Restless and how this is good soap.Noah proves that gay lovers and Karma can be a bitch, much to the displeasure of Luke Snyder.Over at The Bold and the Beautiful Jillian is CHIPS and Ponche flashbacks.Melodie is thankful that Marcy Rylan renewed her contract.

DC #327: Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn Fired Nov 18, 2008

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Mouths around the soap world collectively dropped this weekend as the unthinkable happened. The recently-renewed Days of Our Lives, fired its biggest supercouple Deidre Hall (Dr. Marlena Evans) and Drake Hogestyn (John Black). In this special episode of the DC podcast Luke, Mike and Jamey invite veteran soap journalist Nelson Branco (TV Guide Canada's The Suds Report) and former Days writer Tom Casiello to weigh in from the perspective of industry insiders.Reactions to the shocking news are gauged from the panel, including: Branco, who reveals Days of Our Lives was the first soap he ever watched and how he first fell in love with the ravishing Hall even before discovering Andrea Evans and One Life to Live; and Casiello, who during his last few months on the soap before the Writers' Strike, was part of a team under Hogan Sheffer that was forced to script out the soap's "Big Four" (Hall, Hogestyn, Kristian Alfonso and Peter Reckell) due to their reported astronomical salaries and ultimately made the decision to kill of the wildly-popular character of John Black— since they were prohibited from using Hogestyn— only to see executive producer Ken Corday panic about fan response and order them to bring the character and actor back.The DC gang also give their perspective based on their varying histories with the show. Jamey, who has been watching the show for the better part of three decades, reveals his dismay that lower level stars like Molly Burnett, Shelly Hennig, Josh Taylor, Thaao Penghlis, Leanne Hunley and Shawn Christian weren't cut first before the show even considered touching the Big Four; Mike, who watched in the early 80's and only recently tuned back in, conveys he still can't believe the show hired Josh Taylor, who once played Roman and Marlena's pal Chris Kositchek as a recast for Wayne Northrop's Roman, with Branco adding that move was a "Jump The Shark" moment for him as well before noting that Taylor is good friends with Corday; Luke, who has watched Days sine the 90's, speculates the brass could be moving to strategically weed out most of the show's veteran performers to repackage Days for an eventual sale to ABC or SOAPnet.The discussion then moves to what this means for the future of Days of Our Lives and the genre as a whole. If an international superstar like Hall isn't safe, who could be next? Reckell? Alfonso? Sweeney? Taking it a step further, will other soaps start to think their top stars are expendable? Could we see a day when the headline is "Susan Lucci Out", or "Eric Braeden Axed"? This is an episode of Daytime Confidential you don't want to miss.

DC #326: ABC Smackers R Us Nov 18, 2008

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On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina, Belinda and Regan discuss the latest in ABC soap news including...All My Children's 10,000th episode. Where has Carmen disappeared to? Adam and EricaSusan Haskell and Trevor St. John's performances on One Life to Live. Should Marty get all of her memory back at once or only a little bit over time? Who would you put Marty with now? Once her memory is entirely back could she be with Todd or someone else? Shouldn't an autopsy prove that its obvious that Bess's baby isn't her own?Regan shares some of the latest General Hospital spoilers and we discuss the burning of Kelly's. Nikolas, Nadine and Raylene. Scrubs in the mob or Robin as the next mob doctor? Jax and Kate sleep together.

DC #325: CBS & Days Bluer Than a Smurf Nov 16, 2008

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On today's CBS & DAYS episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike, Jamey and Jillian discuss all the latest in CBS soap and Days of Our Lives news including...The saviour of Guiding Light, Grant Aleksander, returns to Springfield to shake things up and help stave off the cancellation of the oldest soap. The gang give their take on what this could mean. Lucinda's new love Brian kisses Luke and needless to say the gang can't help but feel sorry for poor Noah. The poor boy can't get a break. What is up with Carly and Lily putting aside their rivalry so quickly? It makes no sense but Jamey believes there is a Sex and the City connection. What or what is the point of fake Jennifer?Word has it that Phoebe is being killed of The Bold and the Beautiful and Luke believes that Phoebe's funeral would provide the perfect time for Rick to sing opera, to which Jamey has a coronary. Brooke proved once again that no Logan does sex tease than her. Luke wonders how exactly Donna could confuse Eric and Stephanie. Jillian is doing a happy dance over Erin Sanders leaving the role of Eden while Jamey is fantasizing of Vanessa Marcil in the role. Jeanne Cooper is hitting it out of the park as Marge and Katherine but does the "death" of Katherine really do anything but postpone the battle between Jill and Katherine? The gang talks about the idea of Andrea Evans returning to The Young and the Restless as Amber's mother. Find out which Days of Our Lives actress Jamey thinks needs acting training wheels and how did Sarah Palin end up being talked about in relationship to Salem. The gang discusses whether or not daytime can afford to have young actors and actresses who don't know what they are doing on the front burner when so many soaps are in ratings decline. Nick is Trent's killer but why would or should any of us care? Luke is still enjoying Sami and Rafe but the others think that it is just recycling scripts.

DC #324: ABC Slippery Slides Nov 16, 2008

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On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Karen from Wubs.net joins Luke, Belinda and Tina to discuss all the latest in ABC soaps including...The birth of Star and Jessica's baby on One Life to Live and how realistic both births were. Jean Randolph vs. Bess and how they compare. They discuss whether or not something can be a pale imitation while being better than we expected. David returns to Pine Valley and is hitting on Amanda and we're not sure we like it. Belinda wants the romance between Taylor and Jake killed off. They discuss whether or not Petey is a Spinelli "light."The Scrubs baby was born and brought with it a bunch of touching scenes and they discuss what they enjoyed most. Laura and Scotty are on the run and Belinda, Karen and Tina aren't impressed while Luke plays devil's advocate. Rumors are swirling about the November Sweeps that never happened and we discuss what they supposedly were and when they might still happen.

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