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On-Air On-Soaps names Worst Soap Moments of 2010!

Photo Credit: JPI Studios

Photo Credit: JPI Studios

On-Air On-Soaps couldn’t let the year come to a close without taking a look back and the truly worst of soap opera from 2010.  From horrible storylines, ridiculous individual moments, character assassinations, unwelcome new characters that badly took up screen time, and terrible judgment calls by head writers, producers and networks, our Top 25 choices comprise the many, many missteps of the soap year.

So in honor of that, we present to you our Top 25 image countdown. These moments had us scratching our heads, throwing more things than usual at our TV’s, and in our opinion, showed viewers some bad soap opera. You can view our Top 25 Worst Moments of 2010 Countdown Photo Gallery below.

Remember, to view the final ten moments in the photo gallery, make sure to click on the “Next Group” button to the right of + symbol, which is next to the last image in the row of the first 15 photos, or you can sit back and relax and just watch the slideshow.  We hope you enjoy, and of course, we welcome your thoughts on if you agree with our picks, or may have some more of your own to add to the mix.

View the Worst Moments of 2010 Gallery after the jump!

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Michael, I agree 100% with you on your #1 pick for worst ever moment/decision by producers and writers. It is not only the worst decision of 2010 but of the entire soap history. I wish VH and ESS the very best and hope they win Emmy awrads for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. But, I sincerely wish that CG and JP (formerly on ATWT) should never even be nominated. And, It would be amazing if they are rated the worst ever team in soap history. They compeltely deserve that dishonor after they killed one of the most beautiful love stories (LURE) to ever grace the soap screen, with the horrendous ending.

I agree 100% with you. LuRe was the best couple and didn’t deserve what JP & CG gave them.

I couldn’t agree more!As a long time ATWT watcher this had to be the worst ending in the History of Soaps! To kill off one half of the best couple EVER on soaps and leave the other half devastated and alone was a slap in the face to all who loved Luke and Reid and their wonderful and unique love story!

I definitely agree with # 1 and # 2. Chris didn’t deserve to live and Reid didn’t deserve to die.

Although in my mind, there was never a train. Reid made it back from Bay City with heart for Chris and Luke and Reid are living happily together.

Michael, I also agree 100% with you on your # 2 pick for worst ever moment/decision by producers and writers. It is absolutely appaling that CG and JP actually killed one of the best characters (Reid) on ATWT, left the best and most loved caharcater (Luke) to a life of perpetual pain, suffering, and misery; and the biggest irony is that all this was done to save probably one of the worst and most boring character (Chris) so that Katie (who changed husbands at the drop of a hat) could have one more man toy to add to her ever growing collection. All the three gay characters (Luke, Reid, and Noah) got miserable endings while every straight couple was given a happy ending (including the grand old Lucinda and John). Now, that’s 100% homophobia and 0% consideration and respect for LURE and NUKE fans world-wide.

Van Hansis was so perfect and so beautiful in those scenes of Luke mourning his boyfriend’s reid death that I can’t fathom it was the worst moment. That’s sure that Luke’s story ended sadly for him, being alone and very depressed, but Van Hansis did an amazing work and for me that was the most memorable moment in the soaps.

It’s not the acting that made it the worst, it was the story of Reid dying that made it the worst.

ESS and Van hit it out the park with their acting and they both deserve an Emmy for it, but there should be no credit given to JP and CG for the “story” to be considered the best of 2010.

ATWT should have allowed Luke to seek comfort with his ex, Noah during the final episode. It didn’t have to mean that he “forgot” Reid, just that Noah could finally be the guy that I (and Luke) fell in love with in the beginning: A standup guy, who would be there during Luke’s time of need.

NO

You have to be kidding!!!!! Luke loved Reid….don’t you understand? You don’t substitute one love with another.Luke would NEVER go back to Noah.Reid and Luke became better for loving each other!, so bite your tongue!

Absolutely not! It was completely inappropriate with the way their relationship had progressed over the past year even before Reid came to town…it started with the election and Mason! Noah had just told Luke that he couldn’t even be friends with him, so for Luke to seek comfort with Noah? No. And Noah kissing him 2 days after Reid’s death and inviting Luke to LA – also completely inappropriate.

I can see Luke and Noah remaining friends in the future, but not now. Luke has a lot to work through. Reid’s death was idiotic to begin with, but everything that happened after it was ridiculous and poorly written. The ONLY thing making any of it decent was Van’s acting!

I’m not sure what you mean by “seek comfort”. Noah did comfort Luke as a friend. That was appropriate given their bond, but if you mean they should have hooked up, then eww. I am a complete Nuke fan, but that would’ve been not-cool so soon after Reid’s death. I hated the ending all around, but given what happened to Reid, it was appropriate that Noah and Luke reconciled as just friends for now.

Michael i definitely agree with #1 & #2. Chris & Katie had zero chemistry together which is ironic considering how many husbands she’s had & had chemistry with every one of them & he was one of the worst written soap characters on there, i don’t know how many times he was written out & recast.
Then Luke finally fell in love with a guy who appreciated him for who he was & encouraged him to be himself & love who he is & to not apologize for that & they decided in the middle of the “big” triangle to go into a different direction & not use Noah any, & use Luke & Reid as only props for Chris Hughes & his stupidity.
Of course Van Hansis & Eric Sheffer Stevens knocked it out of the ballpark with their acting & should be rewarded for taking the crap writing they got & made us cry & yell for them still to this day & CG & JP should be run out of town for their writing & decisions they made to destroy a 54 year old institution.

I’m still crying at this awful ending and the fact that ATWT went off forever.But we should be thankful that we had this glorious story of luke and reid.i loved them, I loved their love story, and I loved the superb acting from Eric and Van.Having Reid die and Luke left alone was cruel and insensitive to the fans.and having Chris live so he and Katie could unite was just so stupid.She still had a small baby….how much did she love Brad if she could get involved with another man.And how many marriages did she have 5, 6, or 1000?who cares….i’m missing Van especially….his acting was superb!!!!

Karen,
I so agree with what you wrote.
Chris and Katie = zero chemistry.
Luke and Reid = off the charts

Since I can’t say anything nice about JP & CG, i’ll just keep my mouth shut about my feelings there.

It’s NOT Chris’ fault that Reid died! As a fan of the Hughes family for many years, including Kim, Bob and CHRIS, etc, I was glad to see them front and center as ATWT wrapped up in a heartbreaking, Emmy-worthy storyline. Why is everyone focusing on trashing Chris, and not recognizing the brilliant performances by Kathryn Hays, Don Hastings, Terri Conn, Ellen Dolan, Scott Holmes, etc? Michael Fairman – you singled out Van Hansis in your best moments of 2010 (rightfully so) but I’m disappointed that you didn’t also make the point to acknowledge the other positives, particularly that this storyline gave great material to Bob/Kim and the rest of the Hughes clan in your end-of-the-year wrapup . Instead you decided to rile up the Lure fans and invite another round of Chris bashing and claims that Katie didn’t deserve a happy ending (which I also vehemently disagree with especially given that she lost her husband Brad).

Don’t get me wrong – I was a fan of Reid/ESS right from the get-go and would have preferred it if he didn’t die. But I don’t blame Chris at all – the writers could have easily let Reid live and Chris get his new heart but they chose not to. It wasn’t a choice of killing off Chris OR Reid. It wasn’t one or the other.

But I’ll play the ‘Reid or Chris game’ for a moment… With all the Lure talk of Chris *deserving* to die (a bit harsh, no?), isn’t that proving the point that the writers made the right choice? If no one “cared” about Chris (despite ATWT viewers seeing this character grow up over the years – admittedly in a SORAS’d/recasted manner), then his death wouldn’t have the emotional punch that Reid’s did. People would be “cheering” his death and it would have had the exact opposite effect that a soap opera death of a beloved character should have. Even though this outcry over Reid’s death irks me at time since it tends to get focused on bashing Chris/Katie, it just proves that Reid’s the exact, intended impact that it should have had… It rocked viewers’ hearts to the core, as a character death near the end of a show should do.

Of course it wasn’t a ‘Reid or Chris’ choice- the writers could easily have had BOTH characters live. And I didn’t want Chris to die- but neither did I want Katie to get stuck in a piss-poor rebound relationship with Chris. ATWT overplayed their hand by acting like Chris and Katie are some epic love story. They’ll be divorced in a year at most. Hopefully Katie cheats on Chris with Simon.

We didn’t want Chris to die, there was no reason for anyone to die because this soap was going off forever.Doesn’t it seem strange that they would destroy the most popular couple in daytime/And for what? To leave us long time viewers with such sad thoughts of a show that was on for 54 years.if anyone in charge had listened to the fans, Luke and Reid would be living together for a long time.I can’t accept the horrible ending so I’m writing my own and it will be done in a few weeks.

Why I feel Chris deserved to die was that he refused to seek treatment for his condition. As a doctor he knew the consequences of his actions, but instead of telling his parents, he went golfing. Are you kidding me?

And if Chris wouldn’t have needed a transplant, then Reid would not have been on the RR tracks to get hit by the train. That is why Chris is blamed for Reid’s death (all goes back to his refusing treatment)

If it had to be Katie with a new husband (what number will Chris Hughes be) or Luke to finally have a great life partner then I say that Luke deserves it more. It is not that Katie doesn’t deserve happiness, just that she doesn’t deserve it at the expense of Luke’s.

i was always a Hughes family fan, they’d bring Chris on & he’d be on a year before they’d write him off again, they never knew how to write a great story for Chris that made you want to like him.
but what they did at the end of the show made everybody forget the death of Nancy Hughes, a lady who’d uttered the first words on the show & was on the show the whole 54 years when the actress died in real life. the memorial service they did should of been all about her & showed more old clips of her over the years.

I never saw anyone say that Chris “deserved” to die, although in a way, he hid his illness from everyone and as a doctor, that was irresponsible and stupid. I agree, though…neither he nor Reid needed to die. He could have most definitely have gotten his heart some other way.

Nancy Hughes (and Helen Wagner, God rest her soul) had died…there didn’t need to be another death for impact. That should have been the focus. Instead, it was almost swept under the rug and didn’t get nearly the attention it should have. She was a legend and her death should have been treated as such.

As far as Katie, she did deserve a happy ending. But Chris and Katie had no chemistry, and their relationship seemed to me to be thrown together. Just my opinion. I wish that they had kept Simon in Oakdale, but that was not to happen.

No one has said Chris deserved to die. But, Reid should never have been killed; and Luke should never have been left devastated. Going by the majority of viewers and fans opinions; Chris and Katie were no match for Luke and Reid as love interests. And, Chris was one of the most boring characters (also acted very badly); while Luke and Reid were the best and most loved characters (and acted brilliantly). CG and JP made a mockery of the ATWT loyal fan base by ending a wonderful love story in a horrendous manner. If they knew that Luke and Reid were red hot property of ATWT, and they were convinced that Reid’s death and Luke’s emotional aftermath would have a lasting impression on fans; then they could not have been more wrong and stupid than they already were. They could have taped the whole death episode as a dream; and when Luke did wake up from his horrible nigthmare, he would have the love of his life, Reid for the ages. In that way, everyone would have been a winner. ATWT would have gone out with a bang and high note; the actors would have had a shot at Emmy’s, CG and JP would be held in high regard by fans worl-wide, and most of all the fans would have been extremely happy that a show dared to depict a beautiful love story in a magnificent manner. But, the truth is, that was never meant to be. CG and JP succeeded in making most of the ATWT fans hate them with a passion.

Katie and Chris (probably the worst pair on ATWT) definitely did not deserve a happy ending at the expense of Luke and Reid (perhaps the best couple of all soaps in 2010). If you have genuine love for someone, you don’t jump into another man’s arms in less than a year of your of beloved’s death (as in Katie-Brad-Chris story). Thank God! that CG and JP, as stupid as they are, at least had the sense to not push Luke into Noah’s arms immediately after Reid’s death.

It rocked viewers hearts to the core for sure, but not when a show of years was going off forever.We were dealing with losing “our soap forever,” we didn’t need to be devastated by this horrible and unforgiveable ending for Luke and Reid”!!!!!

I agree Michael ….When Reid died and Luke lost the love of his life was the worst soap moment of 2010 !!!!!There was no reason for it because this wonderful soap of 54 years was going off forever.I know if had stayed on TPTB would not let this hot love story continue.We all know that, but why not give Luke and Reid a happily ever after like everyone else.To me they showed more love, had more chemistry and were wonderful to watch. Seeing them smile at each other, be in each others space,helping each other was mesmerizing to watch.Eric and Van are both great actors, but Vans acting when Reid stopped breathing ripped the heart out of me.If Van doesn’t win an Emmy somethings wrong….and i’m missing him!

I also agree with #4 … OLTL getting rid of Kish was horrible. At least they got custody of Sierra-Rose before they disappered. I have a feeling that some day Sierra-Rose will be aged and will seen again, and hopefully will bring her dads with her.

well said….the abrupt and unexpected ending of the Kyle and Oliver love story was the worst mistake of 2010 and one that OLTL/ABC will never be forgiven for…hopefully as you say they will have the good sense to bring Kish and their daughter back again and most especially the amazing Brett Claywell and Scott Evans….I miss them so much…

I’m going to completely agree with Michael’s choice for #2 and #1 worst moments. Just reading all of the comments regarding Michael’s spot on choices almost got me crying again. I still miss ATWT, Van Hansis, Eric Sheffer Stevens. I’ll never forget the heartbreaking scenes where Luke (the mesmerizing and the amazingly talented Van Hansis) said good-bye to Reid (the equaling mesmerizing and the amazingly talented Eric Sheffer Stevens) as Reid breathed his last breath. I was bawling so hard that even thinking about it now, I’m starting to tear up just writing this.

Chris Goutman was just picked by several panelists on DC Confidential’s year end review for 2010 as the worst show killer of all. That is a distinction that will stay with him for as long as he lives. In all honesty, I hope to God he never works in the entertainment business again. I also thank God that Maria Arena Bell (executive producer/head writer for Y&R) totally laughed off the idea that Goutman would be doing some directing at Y&R. At least that was one of the smartest decisions she has made this year.

If Van and Eric do get nominated for Emmy’s and actually pick up those Emmy’s, I hope to God that they don’t even think to thank Goutman or the writers at ATWT.

That’s all I gotta say. There are some things I’d love to write about Goutman but in reality, they’re very unprintable. I’ll just leave you to imagine what I would have said about Goutman, who gutted our show and gutted LuRe!

Oh! I agree with you 100%. I am in the seventh becuse CG has been named the worst show killer of all for 2010. In fact CG and JP should be named the worst show killers in all of soap history. I wish that the two stupidest beings on this earth will bite the dust in each and every of their endeavors (if someone is sympathetic enough to include them).

Fath and Lavosier are awful so it’s great that they’re on this list.

On Air On Soaps team should have included Franco’s hilariously bad, “artsy,” pretentious death on GH.

It’s expected that the On Air On Soaps team mentioned how the same gender couples were treated on OLTL and ATWT since that upset a large amount from their audience. But at the very least those soaps actually had same gender couples that showed affection, even if they were dumped from the canvas or had a storyline their audience hated. On Air On Soaps should have put B&B on their worst list bec it is worse than OLTL and ATWT for its refusal to include any gay and lesbian characters in LA fashion! B&B has never had such a large cast full of useless on contract, recurring and guest soap thespians, yet not a single char is gay or lesbian. Not only is that unrealistic, but it’s pathetic. Yet B&B is never mentioned whenever the soap press complain abt lgbtq storylines. For its lack of gay and lesbian chars in fashion, that alone makes B&B the worst. Yet there are other terrible aspects of B&B.

Statue Howen vs. Statue Rick was on this list! Great!

Amber’s pointless return. Dumb Thomas. Boring writing for SJB’s Aggie. No storylines for Felicia. The appalling trio of Bill Junior, Liam and Katie. They should be on this list.

As a staunch Luke/Noah fan, I still agree with Michael completely on #1. ATWT left its three gay characters dead or alone, while nearly every straight couple got a happy ending. No matter how any of us feel about the Luke/Reid romance, the storyline was badly mishandled, and the ending was cheap and ridiculous. The show belittled everything the Luke/Noah romance meant to so many people for years, shortchanged a major legacy character, and put far too much emphasis on a brand-new character (however interesting or well-liked).

Yes, the actors (all three of them) did amazing work, and Van Hansis in particular deserves every award in the book. But what was the point, other than to make Luke miserable?

The point? To get Van Hansis crying, because he’s brilliant at it. I mean, it was a cheap thrill, in my opinion.

And a very, very stupid point, because he’s brilliant at everything he did on that show anyway. They didn’t need to do this in particular, to get a great performance, or a dramatic ending out of the gay storyline. I would have much rather had something character-driven, and about Luke’s REAL emotions about his new love Reid, and his first love, Noah. Not what Luke felt like just because Reid was now dead. They turned Reid into an absolute saint after his death, which he wasn’t. He was hilarious, snarky, rude, intelligent, and entertaining. But perfect, pleasant, thoughtful? No. If he was, we’d not have liked him so much. He wouldn’t be “Reid.” I mean, the emotions that went with losing someone were very relatable, (and flawlessly acted), but I could hardly swallow all the glorious praise everyone had for him. It just didn’t make any sense to me.

Also, I thought it was painfully obvious how they rushed (and yet didn’t show much of) Luke and Reid’s romance, so that they were “in love” with each other by the end. I don’t blame people at all for wanting to see them in love. I certainly enjoyed the years I was afforded seeing Luke and Noah that way. But I felt we were only told, not shown, that they were in love. And it was way too cliched that they were all of a sudden made for each other, and then wham, Reid gets killed. Of course, on the very same day he says “I love you.”

That said, I feel cheated also because I wanted Luke and Noah back together eventually anyway. I know there are people who were rather violently against that, and that’s okay. But I just liked what I liked, and there’s nothing wrong with that either. It wasn’t because I didn’t like Reid, it was because I just liked Nuke. But I felt that the show was completely and utterly unsympathetic at all to Noah’s blindness, never displaying his point of view, only Luke’s, making Noah look like an absolute villain to so many people. He’d gone blind, and yet the only person we felt sorry for, was Luke. Thus leaving Luke free to want someone else, who the show ended up taking away from him in the end anyway. All to get Van Hansis crying. None of the three ended up happy in the end scenario. Noah was last shown leaving the only place he’d really felt he had a home, or a decent family, and still hopelessly in love with Luke. Luke shown grieving over the loss of what he thought was his future: Reid. And Reid no chance at all.

I found all three actors to be engaging, and to me, the acting was the one and ONLY good thing about the way that ended.

Yes, yes, and YES to every word of this.

Seriously, the way Reid was lionized after his death reminded me of many years ago when my great-aunt died and a preacher who never met her eulogized her by saying she never complained, never gossiped. Er, yes she did. She loved griping and she LOVED gossiping! And the people who knew her knew that about her. They didn’t know that person the preacher was talking about. That’s what ATWT did with Reid. Terrible, terrible storytelling, saved, as usual, by amazing acting all around.

I agree with you 100%. I don’t think the LURE and NUKE fans will ever understand why CG and JP decided that the best and most loved character (Luke) on ATWT had to be left alone, miserable, and devastated in the end. This is the worst ever ending in soap history for a character who was perhaps one of the best in daytime. If CG and JP have any shame and pride left in them, they should never work in soap production and writing. I pity the shows that will hire them, because they are sure to bite the dust in no time. One thing that is definite is that I will never watch anything that is even remotely associated in any form with the two biggest idiots on this planet, CG and JP. They truly deserve the title of worst show and character killers in all of soap history.

You took the words right out of my mouth!

This truly was the worst ending in soap history.I watched the death scene only once and i couldn’t watch it ever again.To see Luke so devastated and alone was sickening.i cried so much that i felt like I was about to die. But Vans acting was so amazing as always.The last few weeks of this show was so rushed it was hard to watch.Didn’t a 54 year old show deserve better/And didn’t the best love story deserve a happy ending too/What a disgrace!

i want him to be alive he deserve to have a happy ending with luke

I don’t know what all the fuss is about.Everyone is entitled to their opinion and are allowed to speak to their opinion of who,what and why the characters on soaps live or die, etc. Unfortunately, the writers and producers control it all. And, I wonder how much thay are concerned what you or I think. It’s tough when we get so invested with the characters. I agree with Michael’s picks of best and worst.But again, it is one man’s opinion, even if he is a professional. I do think Jerry verDorn is doing a great job of sustaining Clint’s diabolical and methodical dirty work in his revenge against Bo and Nora. Obviously, he has gone too far.Now, every character is being zapped in one way or another. He is very suble in the way he sets his victims up, and then plays the good guy that everyone talks to , including his brother Bo, who he wants to hurt the most. I think this is written and played out so well because of Jerry. And , same show, Florencia has proved what a gifted actress she is in an untenable story that was so cruel. Well, this is only one girl’s opinion. We shall see at awards time…..

Um, who cares about the token gays ATWT introduced in the last few years?? Soap operas were built on romance and love, not gay. I am more disturbed that LISA didn’t even have a scene in the finale. Tom and Margo were reduced to hand-wringing pathetic parents with no life beyond that of their absent children. Lily and Holden acted like random strangers. Barbara spent her last moments dancing like a moron with Henry, instead of relating with her family. This show had a year to prepare for its demise, and it was disappointing on every level, the LEAST of which was Luke’s angst.

Van Hansis as Luke was one of the best stories on ATWT…not to mention that he is such a fabulous actor.The finale of this wonderful show left a lot to be desired in every way. Soap operas are about love and romance and about real life.And those that are gay are part of real life.The Luke and Reid storyline was so well done.Unfortunately the writers, the producers, CBS ,P& G and TPTB had no clue as to how a soap of 54 years should end!

Definitely Shadam is the hottest, most exciting couple around. You might find them “cringeworthy,” but they are the only reason I tune in to Y&R — and I am not alone.

The worst couple I have ever seen. The two of them are horrible. Not only for what they did but, I don`t see any chemistry between them. Sharon is out of her mind.

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Carol Burnett Talks About Being a Superfan of ‘All My Children’ on ‘Live with Kelly and Mark’

In a heartfelt reunion, of sorts, the one and only Carol Burnett appeared on Monday March 25th episode of Live with Kelly and Mark.

Burnett had first met Kelly Ripa (Hayley) and Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo) back when they all appeared on All My Children together. Carol played Verla Grubbs first in 1983 and then again in the 90’s.

Host Kelly Ripa (ex-Hayley, AMC) noted to Burnett that “we go back a long time”. She also described Burnett’s character of Verla Grubbs, “extraordinary in every way.”

Carol’s love for All My Children is well-documented, hence legendary soap creator, Agnes Nixon, created the role of Verla for Burnett.

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Speaking on how her passion for All My Children began, Carol told Kelly and Mark, “It started with my kids. They would watch at noon. I said, ‘What are you guys doing?’ I sat down and I started to watch and I got hooked!”

When Carol’s family decided to travel through Europe during one summer, the comedic legend recalled thinking, “How am I going to last if I don’t know what’s going on in Pine Valley?” She revealed she had a friend, “who sent me a telegram to the (different hotels) on Fridays to bring me up to date.”

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In a hilarious moment from the segment, Carol recalled receiving a late night telegram while in Lake Cuomo when there was a knock at her hotel room door from the hotel manager who was shaking.

Carol related what it said, “Erica is still in a coma. Mark slipped again and ran away from rehab.” As Kelly and Mark broke into laughter, Burnett continued, “Chuck has learned that Donna is carrying his baby, who was once a hooker.”

Check out Carol explaining how she became an AMC Superfan below.

Now, let us know, did you enjoy Carol as Verla Grubbs? What show do you consider yourself a Superfan of? Tell us in the comment section.

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Malachy McCourt, ‘Ryan’s Hope’ and ‘All My Children’ Actor, Dead at 92

If you watched Ryan’s Hope through its 14-year-run, you know that Kevin the bartender became a beloved “member’ of the Ryan clan on the defunct ABC daytime drama series. The character of Kevin MacGuiness became so loved by the fans because of the actor who portrayed him, Malachy McCourt.

Sadly, according to his wife Diana McCourt to The New York Times, Malachy passed away on Monday from a heart condition and battling cancer. The actor was 92-years-old.

Playing Kevin on Ryan’s Hope was not much of a stretch for McCourt, because in his lifetime, he was the owner of 1950s Irish pub Malachy’s on Third Avenue in Manhattan. Known as one of the city’s great story-tellers, patrons from longshoremen to the actor Richard Harris would stop in and talk all things Irish with . On Ryan’s Hope, Kevin was best friends to “Ryan’s Bar” owner, Johnny Ryan (Bernie Barrow) and he tried to keep Delia (Ilene Kristen) on the straight and narrow.

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In his soap opera career, McCourt also was widely-known for his role of Father Clarence McCourt on All My Children especially come Christmastime. Was Clarence, actually St. Nick? That was always the proverbial question. McCourt also appeared on the New York soaps: One Life To Live, Search For Tomorrow and Another World. Other roles included: Devil’s Own, Brewster’s Millions, The Molly Maguires, and Starman, to name 

Later in 2006, Malachy ran for governor of the state of New York as a Green Party candidate. He tackled social issues of the time including being an advocate for gay and lesbian groups to march in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

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McCourt’s childhood was recounted within his brother Frank McCourt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela’s Ashes, which detailed their mother’s attempt to raise the four of their surviving seven children in poverty in Limerick, Ireland. Later, Malachy wrote his own memoirs: 1998’s Monk Swimming, and 2000’s Singing My Him Song.

Malachy is survived by his aforementioned wife, Diana, daughter Siobhan McCourt; sons Malachy Jr., Conor and Cormac; stepdaughter Nina Galin; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

Share you remembrances and condolences for Malachy McCourt via the comment section, but first check out this scene from a 1983 episode of “Ryan’s Hope” featuring the late actor with Ilene Kristen.

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‘Live with Kelly and Mark’s’ Annual ‘After the Oscars’ Show Brings Backstage Interviews, Fashion Review and Red Carpet Arrivals from Movie’s Biggest Night

Monday morning, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos took to the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood for the talk show’s annual Oscar post show.

However, this time it would be Consuelos’ first time as the co-host of ‘Live’ for an Oscars episode. Mark took over the gig from Ryan Seacrest to team with his wife back in April of 2023 and since then the show has seen a ratings spike hitting several all-time highs.

The After the Oscars show opened with a tribute to the movies were the former All My Children stars took on iconic roles from: Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct to Barbie and Ken in Barbie, to the Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller role’s in the romantic comedy Something About Mary and more.

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During After the Oscars, Kelly and Mark were shown in clips backstage as the first stop for the newly-anointed Academy Award winners including: Finneas and Billie Eilish and Da’Vine Joy Randolph. The Bachelor host, Jesse Palmer was the talk show’s guest correspondent who spoke to the nominees, and celebrities as they were entering the Dolby Theatre on Sunday night.

Singer Andy Grammar took to the stage and performed on Live’s  After the Oscars show as well, and Project Runaway’s Elaine Welteroth shared her thoughts on the night’s Oscar fashion.

You can watch the full ‘Live with Kelly and Mark After the Oscars’ show below, plus the full movie parody below that. Now let us know, what do you think of Kelly and Mark’s first post-Oscar show together on ‘Live’? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

 

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