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2015 EMMY WRAP-UP
2015 EMMY WRAP-UP: TELECAST REBOUNDS WITH UPBEAT AND EMOTIONAL MOMENTS CELEBRATING THE DAYTIME GENRE
By Michael Fairman
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The Daytime Emmy telecast, which aired on Pop for the first time, featured Tyra Banks as host for the kudofest. With her own “unique” and often over-the-top flair and style, Banks kept the show moving, and yes, there were multiple outfit changes along the way, too! Presenters from the daytime drama field included: DAYS Christopher Sean, Freddie Smith, Guy Wilson, B&B’s Jacob Young, Karla Mosley, Linsey Godfrey, GH’s Kirsten Storms and Ryan Paevey, Y&R’s Justin Hartley, Melissa Claire Egan, and Queens of Drama cast members: Donna Mills, Crystal Hunt, Chrystee Pharris, and Lindsay Hartley.
But there were also two very special sets of presenters: General Hospital’s iconic Luke and Laura (Anthony Geary and Genie Francis) were reunited on-stage to present the final award of the evening for Outstanding Drama Series, which turned out to be a precursor for the announcement of the return of Francis, who is now set to tape new episodes on the long running ABC daytime drama series. Geary and Francis also shared a memorable Emmy moment when they announced the night’s tie! Outstanding Drama Series went to both Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless. A jubilant DAYS cast first took the stage with an acceptance speech from executive producer Ken Corday, and they were shortly followed by Y&R’s EP Jill Farren Phelps, and her celebratory moment with the cast from Genoa City. The second extra special presenters of the night were Y&R’s Daniel Goddard (Cane) and super-fan Sharon Hofreiter. In a taped segment shown on the broadcast, Goddard surprised Hofreiter, a school teacher at Barton Hill Elementary School in San Pedro. California. A mother of two young boys, who teaches the fifth grade, and a long time fan of Goddard’s, Sharon was in for the surprise of her life when Daniel walked-in the middle of a staff meeting, and the Emmy cameras caught the moment on tape. Daniel then asked Sharon if she would present with him at the Emmys. And in a “Cinderella” moment, Sharon joined Daniel on-stage during the live telecast to present the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Award, which ultimately went to General Hospital’s Chad Duell (Michael).
The best acceptance speech of the night belonged to Days of our Lives’ Freddie Smith, who finally won the gold for his performance as Sonny Kiriakis in the Outstanding Younger Actor category. Freddie, who has since left the series, began his speech thanking everyone at DAYS including the cast, crew, producers, etc. And then he added: “My parents are here today. Thank you for letting your only child move out to L.A, to pursue his dream. My manager, Dino May, thank you for always being here with me. My beautiful girlfriend Alyssa, I love you with all my heart. You are my rock, you are my soul. And, I want to thank the fans for being awesome! And this award is for the LGBT community for showing strength and courage, and being an inspiration to all of us. To my family at home …. and my new family watching all over … I love you guys.”
The night was filled with much-deserved victories for now eight-time Daytime Emmy record holder, Anthony Geary, who won Outstanding Lead Actor for the Luke/Fluke storyline on GH. Tony thanked the series executive producer, Frank Valentini, for asking him what Tony wanted to play after 37 years (on and off) of playing Luke, and giving him the opportunity to explore Luke’s dark side. Maura West took home the Outstanding Lead Actress prize for her role as Ava Jerome on GH. West once again, as she has done with her other two previous Emmy wins for ATWT – curtsied on stage for her children – who were watching at home. The Lead Actress award was presented by former Y&R star, Shemar Moore (now star of Criminal Minds) who reminded us all that he was the presenter when Susan Lucci won her first and only Daytime Emmy after 19 nominations! Amelia Heinle was speechless, and shocked when she took home her second consecutive Daytime Emmy in the Supporting category for her role as Victoria on Y&R, as was castmate Hunter King, who won two years in a row in the Younger Actress category.
The Daytime Emmy telecast also featured some very emotional moments: Melissa Rivers came out to the stage and spoke of her mother Joan, as she introduced the In-Memoriam clip package. The touching 1990 clip was played of Joan winning her first Daytime Emmy when she talked about her husband’s suicide, and how she had fallen on hard times, until the daytime community embraced her. Singer “Babyface” performed Stevie Wonder’s “Gone Too Soon”, as we remembered those we lost in the daytime TV community over the past year.
Deidre Hall (Marlena) anchored the Days of our Lives 50th anniversary segment, which led into a heart-stopping, and emotionally filled retrospective package with some of the greatest stories, favorite couples, and characters in the series history. Tessanne Chin, the winner of season five of The Voice, sang “What I Did For Love” to a clip package of memorable love stories from the soaps – complete with heartache, kisses, weddings, and more. And, icon Betty White received the Lifetime Achievement Award with a cute set-up of the classic TV game show Password, hosted by Tom Bergeron with contestants: Marie Osmond, Charo, Regis Philben, and Fred Willard. White received a huge and thunderous standing ovation when she took the stage to accept her honor.
As many of you know by now, I was consulting producer on this year’s Daytime Emmys telecast, and worked closely with executive producer Michael Levitt and his production team. I was very glad to have the opportunity to contribute to, and create the Days of Our Lives 50th anniversary package, the Love Stories Package, and Sharon Hofreiter’s Fan Surprise, and more. Working with the team to craft a two-hour show with the hopes of getting the Emmy telecast back on track to where it used to be, has been a professional goal of mine.
So, after producing on the telecast, and conducting the red carpet and winners walk video interviews, and barely able to stand on my feet anymore, I stole a few moments to go to a few of the after-parties. Both General Hospital’s and Days of our Lives were on the Warner Brothers lot, so I had some time to catch-up with many of your favorite stars. Finally, I joined a few members of the production team and headed over to the CBS Daytime After-Party, which was held in Hollywood at the Hollywood Athletic Club, only by the time we got there the party had seriously thinned out! Yup, we missed it. However, I did get a few moments to exchange thoughts on the night with CBS Daytime Chief Angelica McDaniel, and Emmy nominee Jacob Young.
That’s a wrap for Daytime Emmys 2015! It’s always nice to see the daytime community out in full force, supporting one another, and celebrating jobs well done. I left this year’s Emmy experience on a positive note, thinking that we are on an upswing, and now have things to a place that we can build on for next year.
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The Bold and the Beautiful celebrated this week in style! What else would you expect from the soap opera who celebrated its 39th anniversary on Monday, March 23 and at the same time dropped a huge surprise to fans worldwide.
The soap opera launched its new streaming app BBTV which allows viewers to watch over 9,000 episodes and counting of their favorite moments and stories throughout almost four decades, plus first-time content including: cast auditions for their roles, and first up is legacy series star, Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan Forrester), all this along with B&B specials, interviews with the actors, bloopers, and so much more.
To kick things into high gear, and to celebrate their achievements, cast members past and present gathered for the BBTV launch party on Thursday, March 26 in the stunning former party villa of none other than Bette Davis inside Wheelhouse LA’s estate property in West Hollywood, California. Check out some of the red carpet arrivals for this exceptionally well-put together event!
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Ridge Forrester is that you? Two-time Daytime Emmy winner, Thorsten Kaye!
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Dylan is taking B&B by storm, thanks to Sydney Bullock’s portrayal!
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Six-time Daytime Emmy winner, Heather Tom (Katie) always dazzles.
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Lisa Yamada’s appearances this week caused quite a stir! Is Luna back and alive, or was she just hanging out with her old pals?
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B&B’s Annika Noelle (Hope) and hubby actor, John Patrick Amedori hit the carpet.
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Denise Richards (ex-Shauna) returns to celebrate with her former cast members.
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Electra! (Laneya Grace).
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Newcomer, Brayan Nicoletti is already making waves on-screen as R.J. Forrester.
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Don Diamont (Bill) and his wife, Cindy Ambuehl taking in the night.
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Original series star, John McCook (Eric Forrester) with his wife, Laurette Spang-McCook.
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A very pregnant Ashleigh Brewer (Ivy) joined her pals for the launch party.
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Christian Weissman gave us a Remy sighting twice this week!
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Amber is back! Well, at least on the red carpet, and it’s always good to see Adrienne Frantz.
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The always stunning Jennifer Gareis (Donna).
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Great to see three-time Daytime Emmy winner, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy)!
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Gavin Anderson (real-life boyfriend of Christian Weissman) joins Lisa Yamada and Christian for a moment with the paparazzi.
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Darin Brooks (ex-Wyatt) was amongst those celebrating with the cast? Is Wyatt set for a return?
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Crew Morrow making a name for himself on The Bold and the Beautiful as Will Spencer.
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What would The Bold and the Beautiful be without the perils and loves of Brooke Logan Forrester played by soap’s most popular star worldwide, Katherine Kelly Lang?
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Three-time Daytime Emmy winner, Scott Clifton (Liam) arrives for the launch and anniversary party.
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Recurring guest star, Morgan Fairchild (Dottie) with B&B’s long running series executive producer and head writer, Brad Bell.
Let us know via the comment section below, who dazzled to you on the BBTV launch party red carpet, and who were you most happy to see? Share your picks and your thoughts via the comment section below. And be on the lookout for the Michael Fairman Channel’s interviews with the cast from the party in the coming days.
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‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ Marks 39th Anniversary with On Set Celebration Plus a Lisa Yamada Sighting (PHOTOS)
This week, The Bold and the Beautiful is celebrating their 39th anniversary on the air, having debuted back on March 23, 1987. Here we are heading into what will be next year the series fourth decade, and the lives and loves of the fashionable Forrester, Spencer and Logan families are still at the core of the storytelling of this half-hour soap.
On Monday, several of the cast and behind the scenes creatives marked the occasion with an on set cake-cutting and some words from series executive producer, Brad Bell which included, “My dad (the late William J. Bell) always called it the ultimate collaboration and its true, so cheers to us!” Also on Monday as Bell shared, Bold and the Beautiful announced the launch of their new streaming app and digital platform BBTV (BoldandBeautiful.com)
B&B fans around the world have seen a few photos circulating of late that none other than Daytime Emmy-winner, Lisa Yamada (ex-Luna Nowaza) was present at the celebration as was her good friend in real-life and storyline friend, Christian Weissman (Remy).
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The two sightings raised the question, if Luna is back taping all-new episodes of the soap and did not die, or could she be appearing as a dream/nightmare where she is haunting Dylan (Sydney Bullock), since it was the former school teacher-turned-Forrester creations employee, who ran her down? O,r was she just paying the show a visit on its anniversary? Viewers were previously told by Brad Bell that Luna is dead. But this is the soaps, and no one is ever really dead, are they?
Taking part in the festivities also were cast members: John McCook (Eric), Thorsten Kaye (Ridge), Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke), Don Diamont (Bill), Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy), Jennifer Gareis (Donna), Rebecca Budig (Taylor), Harrison Cone (Deke) Laneya Grace (Electra) and Brayan Nicoletti (R.J.) as well as series director, Cindy Popp.
Now below. take a look at a few of the snaps from B&B’s 39th anniversary on set gathering.
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Five of the leading stars of The Bold and the Beautiful: Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Don Diamont, Thorsten Kaye, Katherine Kelly Lang, John McCook pictured with Brad Bell.
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Frenemies by day, good besties off set: Sydney Bullock and Laneya Grace.
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LUNA? Is that you? Lisa Yamada and Christian Weissman made a return to the set of the CBS soap opera in time for the anniversary. Raising the question, were they back taping all-new episodes, or just visiting stay tuned! The troublemaking twosome pictured her with Katherine Kelly Lang, Brayan Nicoletti, Harrison Cone and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood.
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Cast, crew, creatives celebrate B&B 39!
So, what do you think of the Lisa Yamada sighting? Do you think she may have appeared in an upcoming episode? What about Christian Weissman? Happy to see many of your favorites marking the 39th anniversary of the daytime drama series? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
The Bold and the Beautiful is set to unveil their new R.J. Forrester the week of January 12, when Brayan Nicoletti takes over the role of Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Ridge’s (Thorsten Kaye) son.
Over the years, R.J. had been played by several actors, but Joshua Hoffman was the last to take on the role. At the time in 2023, R.J. was romantically involved with then goody-goody, Luna Nozawa (Lisa Yamada), before she turned into a murdering psychopath.
Things fell apart between the two after Luna slept with Zende (Delon de Metz) after mixing Poppy’s (Romy Park) magic mints and alcohol. At the time, it appeared Zende took advantage of an out of it, Luna but the story flipped much later, that she arranged the whole thing.
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The last time anyone saw R.J. on the B&B canvas was back in October of 2024 at a Forrester Creations meeting about continuing the Hope for the Future line, or not. Enter actor Brayan Nicoletti as the new R.J. as 2026 begins and as previewed by The Bold and the Beautiful’s executive producer and head writer, Brad Bell, in his winter preview, viewers should looks for R.J. and Will (Crew Morrow) to have a young rivalry that also brings in Electra (Laneya Grace) and Miss Dylan (Sydney Bullock).
Nicoletti has previously been seen in the 2024 film, Woodbridge and the short, No Boys Allowed. The Bold and the Beautiful marks his first soap opera role. Now below, check out a few more first look snaps of Brayan as the new R.J.
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Brooke and Ridge hug it out when R.J. returns home.
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R.J. gets to know Electra Forrester.
So, are you looking forward to seeing Brayan Nicoletti as he joins The Bold and the Beautiful on-screen next week as the new R.J.? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
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