After unifying Fish, Matthew/David/Bo and Markko and Mr. Rivera with the theme of fathers and sons in today’s episode, ONE LIFE TO LIVE left me with a distinct urge to call my dad. From the touching to the gut-wrenching, OLTL covered all the bases. I know some people think Oliver’s scenes with his parents are… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
One Life to Live, as I’ve probably praised before, is doing a great job of integrating its characters. There’s no black character bubble, no Latin character oasis, and no gay character island. Sure, characters of color or the same sexual orientation have scenes with each other, but that’s not all we see. As every week… Read More Out of the Fishbowl and into the sea
Check out this week’s podcast, WLS Radio Episode 12, where We Love Soaps’ Roger Newcomb and Damon Jacobs and I dish the end of Guiding Light, the Fish/Barbara/George scenes on One Life to Live, The Young and the Restless‘ Patty and Kitty Kitty, and Lily and Damian’s romp on As the World Turns. It’s been… Read More Podcast News
I already don’t have much of a life beyond work, but I think this fall’s TV season is really a conspiracy to turn me into a shut-in. I mean, there’s just SO much to watch! And Mondays and Thursdays are the worst for me! Just look at this: Monday: How I Met Your Mother, One Tree… Read More The shows must go on
Today was a great day of soap. Of quintessential soap. Beginning with the end of Guiding Light, moving on to The Bold and the Beautiful, and then capping off with great stuff on One Life to Live. I started the day sobbing, saying farewell to a show that I’ve watched for twenty years. Some people had… Read More Calgon take me away…to daytime.
Unlike General Hospital, where poor Edward Quartermaine had to wake up in the hospital to an Emily lookalike and a degenerate bartender instead of his own relatives, One Life to Live featured heartfelt hospital scenes this week that were all about family. Mom and Pop Evans and Destiny all waiting for word on Shaun in… Read More OLTL: keeping it together in tough times
Have you ever known me to be at a loss for words? Weird concept, right? But as GUIDING LIGHT winds down with only two episodes to go after today, I find myself scrambling to articulate how I feel about the phenomenon. I used to rush home from school to watch GL and GH at the… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
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