Daytime Confidential

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DC #253: Top 5 Men With Momma Issues Jun 12, 2008

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On today's Top 5 episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina, Jamey and Nicki are counting down the Top 5 Men With Momma Issues in daytime. These are the men whose momma issues have inflicted, conflicted, and restricted their lives, loves, and loyalties. Tune in to Daytime Confidential next week for the Top 5 Daughters With Daddy Issues.

DC #252: Kate Linder Interview Jun 11, 2008

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On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke and Mike visit with the Young & the Restless' Kate Linder about her twenty six year career on the number one rated soap. Kate talks about her character Esther Valentine, the pivotal role Esther has played in the life of Katherine Chancellor and what it was like to work with the legendary Bill Bell.Kate shares what it is like to be only the fourth daytime actor in history to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and how she found out about the achievement. She talks about what it is like to work as a flight attendant for a major airline and shares some stories about encounters with fans who don't expect to see her on their flight. We discuss Kate's charitable work with the USO, Make A Wish Foundation and the ALS Association.

DC #251: ABC Cougar Hunting Jun 08, 2008

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On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina and Nicki discuss All My Children's Tad and Dixie's heavenly reunion, Julia's death, and the trend of ghosts in soaps.We discuss Star's pregnancy on One Life to Live and Dorian taking over Buchanan Enterprises and David Vickers return. The crown jewels and this summer's adventure. Todd's court case and losing custody of his son.Sonny is out of the mob on General Hospital and we're discussing whether or not it will last. Alexis vs. Carly's ability to get sole custody their children. Tina has a fantasy about Jason and Sonny and Luke has something nice to say about Sam.

DC #250: CBS and DAYS Damaged Goods Jun 07, 2008

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On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey and Nicki discuss As the World Turns' Carly and Holden and Cyndi Lauper's upcoming guest appearance. We fantasize about what we'd like to see Sheffer do on Young and Restless and discuss Cane and Jill, Nia Peeples return and Judith Chapman's performance. We discuss the "gold standard" of daytime sluts and the Bold & Beautiful's poor, poor Bridget.Then we jump to Guiding Light and discuss Harley vs. Marnia. The return of G and GL's mansluts.Days of Our Lives is hopping with Nicole vs. Chloe and Sami, Lucas and EJ. We discuss how drunk tanks might be the way of the future and how John's brains on a disk floating around town has potential.

DC #249: Tom Casiello Interview Jun 06, 2008

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On today's show Luke and Jamey visit with Tom Casiello, veteran soap scribe turned blogger, about his career in the daytime industry. He tells of what it was like to work on Another World during its final years on air. Casiello reminisces about his time on As the World Turns and what it was like to be apart of the show's rejuvenation under Hogan Sheffer and the advice Sheffer gave him when he began working at One Life to Live. He shares a story about a recent encounter with As the World Turns' Ellen Dolan and how the As the World Turns cast and crew were really like a family. We discuss his time at Days of Our Lives and whether or not the "Big Four" were actually back burnered. He talks about writing John Black's funeral and answers the question of whether or not he'd return to the show he's watched since childhood, given the opportunity.Casiello talks about his blog, being fired from Days of Our Lives and how the Writers Strike helped him realize the importance of the Writers Guild. He talks about the impact of the Writers Strike on the elimination of the Breakdown Writer from many shows and explains the difference between a Breakdown Writer and an Associate Head writer. He provides his thoughts on the evolution of internet soaps such as Eden Riegel's Imaginary Bitches and Karen Harris' Life in General.We discuss all this and much more on today's episode of Daytime Confidential.

DC #248: Performer of the Week Jun 05, 2008

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Due to popular demand we're back with another episode of "Performer of the Week." On today's show Luke, Jamey, Tina and Nicki make their picks for the actor or actress who they think did an outstanding job during the past week. On today's show Jamey and Nicki make shocking choices and Jamey asks the question "Do fans really want their favorite characters to grow?"

DC #247: Sam Ford Interview Jun 04, 2008

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On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Jamey and Luke visit with Sam Ford, project manager for the MIT Convergence Culture Consortium who wrote his Master's thesis on the daytime soap opera As The World Turns and currently teaches a course on the American Soap Opera at MIT.We discuss his thoughts on the daytime industry and what it is like as a longtime soap fan to teach a class on the American Soap Opera to students who may not be familiar with the genre. He tells us who his student's favorite characters are and how his work with the Convergence Culture Consortium impacts his perception of the daytime industry.

DC #246: Grasping at Straws Jun 02, 2008

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On today's impromptu episode of Daytime Confidential Luke and Nicki visit with mutual friend Meredith about Sonny "leaving" the mob on General Hospital and who is Meredith's favorite Greg Vaughn or Rick Hearst. Meredith gives her take on "The Real Greenlee" campaign and the returns of Angie and Jesse to All My Children and what we think of Charles Pratt as the new Head Writer of the venerable show. Luke and Nicki discuss Guiding Light's alleged budgetary woes and the apparent mass exit of the show's biggest stars.We discuss the class system in soaps, cumulative story telling, Soaphunks' Adonis 2008, does anyone still date in soaps and who knew that camera angles made such a difference in the perceived height of daytime's actors.

DC #245: Girls Night Out May 30, 2008

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Daytime Confidential is back with a Girl's Night Out episode hosted by Tina, Danielle, Regan and Nicki. The ladies discuss all their favorite and not so favorite couples. What would a Girl's Night Out episode be without the ladies discussing the love scenes made them weak in the knees and made them feel a little bit guilty watching?Be sure to check out their romp of a podcast.

DC #244: Mimi Torchin Interview May 23, 2008

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On today's episode of the Daytime Confidential podcast Mimi Torchin, the founding editor of Soap Opera Weekly visits with Luke and Jamey about her trailblazing career. We visit about what it was like to found Soap Opera Weekly, compete with "the Digest", how she coined the term "SORAS" and the difficulties the magazine encountered when they provided honest criticism of the daytime industry. Mimi tells of her time at Soapnet and how it was difficult at first to get stars from the other networks to appear because the networks were worried about losing viewers.We ask for her thoughts on the current state of the daytime industry. Known for her honest appraisal of the industry, we ask discuss All My Children's rewriting to Erica's abortion and when exactly the show lost its way. Since "leaving" the industry Torchin has pursued her passion for photography and you can visit her website Mimi Torchin Photography to see her work.

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