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BREAKING NEWS: OLTL's Valentini and Carlivati ink new deals with the ABC soap!

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When we reported earlier over the weekend an item from the Denver Post that stated ABC was to announce it will be keeping One Life to Live around for another two years, looks like that was true!  Today it was revealed exclusively through TVGuide.com that both the shows executive producer, Frank Valentini and the shows head writer, Ron Carlivati of have both signed new deals with One Life.

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Valentini who is celebrating his 25th anniversary with the show this week, got a new two-year deal and Carlivati a three-year deal.   So with this fact in place, it would appear One Life to Live is not going anywhere anytime soon.

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Great news! Thanks for posting.

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thanks – worst news ever! They both are tanking the show, sigh.

Great! I have a better idea! Why not rehire all the quality actors that were thrown under the bus this past Spring and unceremoniously dumped by OLTL, and fire these two idiots instead! It’s pretty obvious by now that Kyle, Oliver, Schuyler, Rachel, Stacy, Kim, Roxy, et. al. were NOT the problem with this show and its bad ratings. They were likely going to be the “solution” to solving some of the problems had they not been “thown under the bus” for a bunch of no-talent, bare-torsoed teenyboppers!

When you have 85-90% of the viewership wanting a Kish return, and want more of Roxy on the show, and your show is in the pitiful condition that OLTL is currently in, you would think these idiots would “do the right thing” and give the viewers what they want! OLTL lost over 300,000+ viewers when Kish left that they have NOT been able to get back! When is Frank going to admit he made the MONUMENTAL mistake of the century letting Kish go and do everything in his power to get them back again! Is he really that stubborn, or just plain STUPID? Kish was a gold mine. And not only did they bring in a new fan base, but they also brought in international viewers which OLTL has NEVER had before. Hey “sponsors”, those international fans buy American products the same as Americans do. Wake up!

And, what did Frank and Ron give us in return for all those talented individuials that were “dumped”? GIGI. FF (Gigi) should have been fired over a year ago. The only thing she has done for the show is drive away even more viewers than the show has already lost due to their own bad decisions. This actress (Gigi) does NOT belong on OLTL. She simply does not fit in and is a totally useless character with no talent who just sucks up airtime! JMHO!

I HOPE ONE LIFE TO LIVE STICKS AROUND FOR TWO ORE 3 YEARS. I’M SICK OF SEEING MY FAVORITE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES BEING FIRED. ALTHOUGH I CAN CARELIESS ABOUT FORBES MARCH. I THINK FIRING JUSTIS BOLDING BEING FIRED SUCKS. I LOVED HER AND STILL DO. I DON’T UNDERSTAND ABOUT BRAIN KERWIN AND SUSAN HASKELL LEAVING. I HOPE THAT JERRY VER DORN DOESN’T GET FIRED. I DON’T CARE IF MARK LAWSON, MICHALE ESTON AND MELISSA ARCHER BEING FIRED. ONE LIFE TO LIVE IS BETTER OFF WITH OUT THEM. BRING BACK JASON SHANE SCOTT AS WILL SO JESSICA CAN REUNITE WITH HIM. CATHERINE HICKLAND SHOULD RETURN. SAME WITH JOHN BOLGER. AND CHARISSA CHAMAROO AND DAN GAUTHIER. KEVIN NEEDS TO RETURN. I’M ANNOYED WITH SOME SPOILERS. LIKE JESSICA ALWAYS HAVE TO SPILT. ALWAYS PUTTING CHARLIE BEING DRUNK. GIVING CLINT A DARK SIDE. I ALWAYS LOVE CLINT AS A GOOD GUY. I THINK YOU SHOULD BRING BACK ROBIN CHRISTOPHER BACK AS SKYE SHE CAN SHAKE THINGS UP LIKE SHE DID WHEN SHE TOLD VIKI THAT SHE WAS BEN’S WIFE. I WOULD LOVE FOR MARK DREWIN TO COME BACK. I DON’T HIM BEING GONE. I LOVED LINDSEY AND NORA’S FEUD. IT MAKES ME WANT TO LAUGH. I REALLY MISS KALE BROWNE AND JESSICA MORRIS. SAME WITH SAMUEL BALL AS DREW. I WONDER WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF DREW WAS NEVER KILLED AND STILL ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I THINK ONE LIFE TO LIVE SHOULD HAVE A JAIL BREAK FOR LINDSEY AND TROY. THAT WOULD BE INTRESTING. BRING BACK JAMES DEPAIVA AS MAX. I THINK MAX AND BLAIR ARE MENT FOR EACH OTHER. I REALLY DO MISS SUSAN BATTEN AS LUNA AND NATHANIEL MARTSON AS AL HOLDEN. I WAS A HUGE FAN OF THEM SAME WITH CHRIS STACK MICHALE AND KATHY BIARE AS MARCIE. I WISH THEY WERE BACK. I MISS RACHEL AND HANK. I LOVE WATCHING THEM THEY ARE THE REASON WHY I WATCH ONE LIFE TO LIVE. NATALIE IS NOT THE BEST. SHE IS SO MEAN. SHE IS A LIFE RUINER WOMAN. SHE RUINED JESSICA,MARTY, JEN, EVAGELINE, MARTY AND KELLY’S LIVES. NATALIE HAS TO GO SAME WITH BRODY AND JOHN MC’BAIN. BRING BACK JOHN BOLGER. HE IS THE BEST JOHN THERE IS ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I WANT TO SAY THAT I LOVE ROBERT S. WOODS AND HILLARY B. SMITH. I’M SO HAPPY THAT JOEY IS BACK ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF HIM. SAME WITH KEVIN. WHERE IS KEVIN BY THE WAY. BRING BACK THAT TIGER. I ALSO MISS JARED TOO. WHAT A STUD.

I ALSO MISS SHANNON MC’GINNIS AND JOSH CASAUBON AS HUGH. I WISH THEY WERE STILL THERE. I LOVED GINGER AND HUGH. I REALLY MISSING ASA. I HATE THAT PHIL CAREY BEING DEAD. ASA SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECASTED BY SOME ELSE AFTER PHIL CAREY’S DEATH. LIKE CLINT GOT RECASTED. I ALSO MISS MARVA HICKS AS JACARA. I REALLY MISS ANTONIO. HE NEEDS TO GET BACK TOO.

I HAVE A GREAT IDEA HOW TO MAKE ONE LIFE TO LIVE ONE HUNDERD MORE EXCTING LIKE IT IS ALREADY. SOMEONE’S GHOST COMES BACK FOR A VISIT OR TO TAUNT. THAT WOULD BE FUN TO WATCH. LIKE GEORGIE PHILIPS. TAUNTING NORA. NORA HAVING PARANOIA. SEEING GEORGE OR COLIN’S GHOST. MAYBE DORIAN SHOULD HAVE PARANOIA. SHE CAN’T STOP SEEING MEL EVERY WHERE SHE GOES. I HAVE A STEAMING IDEA FOR NATALIE. WHAT IF SHE GOES BACK INTO TIME OF 2001. AND WATCHES HERSELF HOW SHE ACTED AND TREATED PEOPLE AND MAYBE TEACHES HER SOMETHING NOW TO BE NICER TO PEOPLE AND MAYBE SHE CAN MORE FRIENDS. AND FOR JESSICA SHE SHOULD GO BACK INTO TIME OF 1999 AND 2000 AND WATCHES HERSELF BEING IN LOVE WITH WILL. THAN SHE WILL REALIZE THAT BRODY NOT FOR HER AND WILL IS. I THINK DREW SHOULD POP UP AND VISIT WITH JOEY AND TELL HIM TO GIVE KELLY ANOTHER CHANCE. VIKI SHOULD TAKE A NAP A DREAM OF BEN WHEN SHE WITH HIM BACK IN THE DAYS. REX ALSO SHOULD GO BACK INTO TIME WHEN HE WAS IN LOVE WITH ADRIANNA. HE WILL REALIZE HE MADE A MISTAKE AND DUMP GIGI FOR ADRIANNA. WHAT TO BRING BACK ROSEANNE. TEA DESERVE TO HAVE ALL OF HER FAMILY TOGETHER. I HAVE A STORY LINE FOR CARLOTTA. CARLOTTA MAYBE GET BACK WITH HANK AND GET MARRIED. I THINK CLINT SHOULD GET KNOCKED OUT AND GO BACK TO DAYS WHEN HE USE TO BE A GOOD GUY AND REALIZES HE WANTS TO BE GOOD AGAIN. BRING BACK OLIVER AND KYLE. TWO MORE HOTTIES. HUGH VISITS KELLY AND GIVES HER ADVICE ABOUT JOEY AND AUBERY. ROXY SHOULD HAVE A GAMBLING PROBLEM. THAT WOULD GREAT TO SEE. NIGEL AND ROXY SHOULD REUNITE AS LOVERS AGAIN THAT WOULD INTRESTING TO SEE. I THINK THAT TODD SHOULD GET ANOTHER PARROT TO REPLACE MOOSE. I NEVER FORGET HIS PARROT FROM 1995 TO 1999. WHAT IF NATALIE GETS INTO A HIT AND RUN LOSES HER MEOMERIES OF JOHN AND REMEMBERS SETH INSTEAD. WHAT IF MATTHEW AND NATE TRADE BODIES MATTHEW BEING NATE AND NATE BEING MATTHEW. WHAT ABOUT ANOTHER TAKE OVER. OVER AT THE BANNER. ECHO WILL TO TAKE OVER THE BANNER. THAT WOULD BE WAR WITH VIKI AND CLINT. WHAT ABOUT TO BRING BACK CORD AND TINA. ANOTHER LOVE TRINGEL. REX,GIGI AND ADRIANNA. THAT WOULD BE FUN. DORIAN SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER FEUD BUT WITH TINA. THAT WOULD INTRESTING TO WATCH. JESSICA SHOULD A FEUD WITH ECHO. TRYING TO MAKE ECHO TO STAY AWAY FROM CHARLIE. THAT WOULD BE SO COOL. I THINK THAT JESSICA AND DORIAN AND DAVID SHOULD HAVE STORYLINE TOGETHER. JESSICA, DAVID AND DORIAN GETS DRUGGED GETS IN DEEP SLEEP AND DREAM ABOUT THEIR LOVE LIVES. I HAVE ANOTHER FUN ONE FOR NATALIE. SHE SHOULD HAVE PARANOIA. SEEING RED EVERY WHERE AND SEE’S A GHOST OF PAUL CRAMER. HERE ONE FOR BO. BO SHOULD GO ON A SEARCH FOR A NEW CROSS ROAD BAR AND RECREATE IT BACK WHEN BEN WAS THE BARTENDER.

I THINK THAT JOEY GET LOVE THREAPY. THAT WOULD HELP HIE WANTING KELLY BACK. SAME WITH KEVIN. TO BE BACK WITH CASSIE AGAIN. BRING BACK RIVER. I MISS HIM.

PLEASE FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART DON’T CANCIL ONE LIFE TO LIVE. SO WHAT KISH IS OVER. IT DOESN’T MEAN ONE LIFE TO LIVE HAS TO BE . MAYBE JUST MAYBE SCOTT EVAINS AND BRETT CLAYWELL WILL COME. ONE LIFE TO LIVE GETTING HOT AND HEAVY. WHAT ABOUT IF NATALIE GETS PUSHED OUT OF THE WINDOW. THAT WOULD SO COOL. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO MAKE REALLY HOT STORY LINES TO KEEP ONE LIFE TO LIVE ON THE CHARTS.

ONE LIFE TO LIVE IS THE WORLD CLASSIC SOAP ON SOAP NET AND CHANNEL 5. I’VE BEEN WATCHING ONE LIFE TO LIVE SINCE 1993. THERE MANY MORE STORY LINES TO COME. ONE LIFE TO LIVE JUST GOT INKED FOR TWO MORE YEARS. IF YOU CANCEL I WILL MAKE A PROTEST TO KEEP IT ALIVE. I HAVE MANY ACTORS AND ACTRESSES I LOVE. BREE WILLIAMSON, TOM DEGNAN , SUSAN HASKELL, HILLARY B. SMITH, BRAIN KERWIN, JOHN PAUL LAVOISIER,ROBERT S,WOODS, JERRY VERN DORN, ROBIN STRASSER, KRISTINE ALDERSON, KELLEY MISSAL, FLROENCIA LAZANO, NIC RUBOCK, DAVID GREGORY, ERIKA SELZACK. AND THE PAST LIKE JASON SANE SCOTT, JESSICA MORRIS, TIMOTHY GIBBS, CATHERINE HICKLAND, KALE BROWNE, MARK DREWIN, CHARISSA CHAMAROO, ERIKA PAGE, MELISSA GALLO, JAMES DEPAIVA, PHIL CAREY, SAMEUL BALL AND DAVID FUMERO, KAMAR DE LOS REYES AND JOHN BOLGER. THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE OF ACTING THEIR PARTS. I LOVE THESE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES LIKE JUSTIS BOLDING. I’M BEGGING YOU THINK ABOUT THEM AND OF ALL THE GREAT STORY LINES. THEY ARE THE BEST. IF YOU CAN BRING SOME OF BACK YOU WILL MAKE BETTER STORY LINES. LIKE WILL AND JESSICA REUNITE AS LOVERS. I’M A HUGE BIGGEST LARGEST FAN OF THEM.

THE DID STORY LINES OF VIKI AND JESSICA. THE BREAST CANCER STORY LINE 2000, THE HIT AND RUNS, MURDER CASES, THE TEEN AGE PREGENCY STORYLINES, FALLING IN LOVE, GOING ON THE RUN, DRUG STORY LINES, BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE WINDOWS AND THE SCHEMING AND PLOTTING OVER THE YEARS. DON’T LET OF ALL OF GO OFF THE AIR FOR NOTHING. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST MEOMERIES I HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST. WHAT ABOUT THE GAMBLING PROBLEMS THAT MAX HAD OR FAKING A BRAIN DAMAGE. THAT WAS SO FUNNY. I LOVED THE PAST. I LOVE NOW TOO. ACCEPT THAT NATALIE,JOHN AND BRODY IS THERE. JUST REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

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Susan Flannery and Ian Buchanan Visit the Set of ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’; Daytime Emmy Winners Reflect on Show Then and Now

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The one and only Susan Flannery (ex-Stephanie Forrester) dropped in to see her former co-stars on The Bold and the Beautiful at their Sunset Las Palmas Studio in Hollywood, along with her good friend and another B&B co-star Ian Buchanan (ex-James Warwick) on Tuesday October 20.

It was the first time in a very long time that The four-time Daytime Emmy winning actress was reunited with Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke), Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy), executive producer and head writer, Brad Bell, Jennifer Gareis and even her TV sister, Alley Mills (Pam, B&B now Heather, GH) showed up for the day too!

Flannery played the Forrester matriarch from 1987 until 2012. It was then that after playing the part of Stephanie for 25 years that Susan made the decision to retire from acting and in one of the most heartbreaking sendoffs, passes away from lung cancer in Brooke’s arms in November of 2012. During her B&B tenure, Flannery won 3 of her 4 Daytime Emmys, the other being for her first soap role as Laura Horton on Days of our Lives back in 1975.

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As for Ian Buchanan, he played Dr. Warwick, psychiatrist, from 1993 to 1999.  He returned for other runs in 2014 and 2017.  Buchanan took home his Daytime Emmy in 1997 for his work as James. Soap fans also remember, Ian as mobster Duke Lavery on General Hospital, and Dr. Greg Madden on All My Children,

Both Susan and Ian shared their thoughts on coming back to The Bold and the Beautiful, for Susan 14 years later since he exited and for Ian close to 9 years since his last appearance below.

Susan said, “It’s definitely like coming home in a way, even though it’s not the same studio. It’s really lovely to see old faces and old faces with new faces. It takes you back mentally. You start remembering what it was like back then, even things like how much your feet would ache at the end of the day from wearing six-inch heels. It was just lovely to be back and see everybody.”

Susan Flannery and cast

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Ian expressed, “It’s a mind trip, you know. When I was sitting looking at the big Forrester set, it was like stepping back in time, almost. It takes you back mentally, and you start remembering what it was like when you were here before.”

“It’s lovely to see all these people again, even if you don’t know everybody,” explained soap vet Buchanan. “There’s something really special about coming back and seeing the show and the people who have been part of it for so long.”

So, happy to see Susan and Ian with some of their former castmates? Do you think Stephanie and Brooke is one of the greatest frenemy stories in daytime history? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.

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Tabitha Brown and Kandi Burruss Guest Star on ‘Beyond the Gates’ for Dani’s ‘Welcome to Your Life’ TV Special; What Could Go Wrong?

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Kandi Burress, Tabitha Brown, Karla Mosley

As previously announced, Beyond the Gates is bringing chef, author and actress Tabitha Brown and Grammy Award-winning songwriter, singer and actress Kandi Burruss to Fairmont Crest in a special episode of the CBS daytime drama airing Thursday, October 22.

In the episode, Dani’s (Karla Mosley) best friend Pamela Curtis (Cady McClain), arranges a “Welcome to Your Life” television special for her. As it turns out, Brown will play the show’s host, Tia Allen, while Burruss takes on the role of Dani’s first modeling agent, Kalista Kilroy, who turns the celebration of her life into a bad trip down memory lane.

Dani’s parents Anita and Vernon (Tamara Tunie, Clifton Davis), sister Nicole (Daphnee Duplaix), and daughters Chelsea (RhonniRose Mantilla) and Naomi (Arielle Prepetit) all join the show to celebrate and support her but also witness how things so south. Also appearing in the episode are Molly Figueroa as Tatum Stewart and fan-favorite Anita Williams (Tunie) impersonator Jackie Tyree!

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THE 411 ON TIA AND KALISTA

Speaking with TV Insider, about their soapy experience in Fairmont Crest, Tabitha Brown previewed about her host with the most, “Tia is very professional, but she’s a girl’s girl. She is a protector of women and wants to tell their stories in a beautiful way, but she also wants to make sure they’re seen in a very good light.”

However, Burruss previews that Kalista arrives with a score to settle. “She’s spicy,” shared the recording artist. “I always love playing somebody that has come to start trouble. It’s always fun to play a villain of sorts, but Kalista feels like she’s been done wrong and she’s hurt by what she feels has been done to her. So Kalista is stirring up trouble, but she feels justified putting Dani on blast. Kalista is ready for some payback.”

Beyond the Gates is produced by CBS Studios, as part of the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture, in partnership with P&G Studios, a division of Procter & Gamble. Created by head writer Michele Val Jean, executive producers include Val Jean, Sheila Ducksworth, Julie Carruthers, Tracey Thomson, Leon W. Russell, Derrick Johnson, Anna Saalfeld and Lela Coffey.

Beyond the Gates is broadcast weekdays on CBS (2:00-3:00 PM, ET/1:00-2:00 PM, PT) and is available to stream on Paramount+**.

So, looking forward to this special episode of Beyond the Gates when Dani is put on a blast during a blast from her past and Welcome to Your Life TV special? Share your thoughts via the comment section.

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‘Days of our Lives’ Reveals Kyle Pryor Cast as Dominic Marino

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For months now, Days of our Lives has teased the character of Dominic Marino. In recent weeks, viewers learned that Marino is on the down low working with Sami Brady’s (Alison Sweeney) apparent fiancé ‘Dante Vitali (Franco LoPresti), and that he is the never-before-heard-of child of Stefano DiMera (the late Joseph Mascolo) and Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall)!

Up until now, the Peacock streaming soap opera has never revealed his face, but that all seemed to change on the Tuesday, October 2o episode of DAYS. In story, Dante met Sami’s parents for the first time, Roman (Josh Taylor) and Marlena.

He shows them a photo of Dominic, which he happened to have on his own phone and even commented he kind of looked like he could be Marlena’s son. The photo, which has quickly made it around Soap Twitter/X, revealed that British-born actor Kyle Pryor is the man in the photo and eagle-eyed viewers actually located said photo on Pryor’s Instagram.

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Deadline revealed Pryor started taping at the end of 2025 and will first be seen in the role, on air Monday, November 2.  In addition, Days will celebrate its 61st Anniversary with two special episodes featuring Dominic’s arrival, as well the returns of Tony and Anna DiMera, played respectively by Thaao Penghlis and Leann Hunley, on Friday, November 6 and Monday, November 9.

Those in the know, are are that Pryor previously held series regular roles on Australia’s Home and Away, and the UK’s Hollyoaks and guest starred on Emmerdale. In an ironic twist, Pryor appeared in the series Spartacus: Blood and Sand which is the same action series his apparent TV brother, Dan Feuerriegel (EJ DiMera), once appeared in before coming to DAYS.

So excited to see Kyle Pryor take on the role of Dominic Marino as Days of our Lives sets its anniversary story to kick-off with is arrival in Salem? Share your thoughts in the comment section. And in case you missed our latest conversation with Conner Floyd (Chad DiMera) he weighs-in on how Dominic’s appearance will shake things up in Salem. You can check that out below.

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