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Cady McClain IN As DAYS Jennifer Temporarily Replacing Melissa Reeves

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Rumors that have been swirling are confirmed true.  Cady McClain is coming to Salem and Days of our Lives to replace Melissa Reeves temporarily as the new Jennifer Horton Deveraux.  The casting news was confirmed by a Days spokesperson, according to Soap Opera Digest.

Daytime fans recall, Cady is a two-time Daytime Emmy winner and has previously appeared as Dixie on All My Children, Rosanna on As the World Turns and Kelly on The Young and the Restless.  McClain has already begun filming as Jennifer.

Reeves, who commutes from Nashville to Los Angeles to tape episodes of Days of our Lives, decided not to return to set when the NBC soap opera resumed production earlier this month due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic,

In addition, Melissa became a grandmother last month with her daughter Emily’s first child, and now soon will welcome her son Larry’s first child later this month, which is another reason Reeves chose to stay put in Tennessee.

So, what do you think of the Jennifer switcheroo? Excited to see what Cady brings to the role? Comment below.

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Cady McClain is great, but Jennifer will be hard to recast for long-time fans. It might have been better to just send Jennifer out of town for a while. Still, as a casual fan, I will enjoy seeing Cady back on TV!

i don’t see why not? wouldn’t it be nice to see staring back at you… something more than deer stuck in headlight? I’m no fan of dixie cooney, yet she would be a daring breath of fresh air. perhaps even Jack would be more passionate.. he’s still got it, somewhere

I’m hoping with JJ back… AND Marci Miller as Abs… this once again.. family intact WITH DAD can reinvigorate . Hurrah! why not !

@DAYS can use her smelly paycheck for other actors who REEL

she’s reeked for a long time… and if another one’ Grans Jewel can be fired… time for Jenny Bear to hit the skid

Anita: I find it so hard to believe that @DAYS RON C… should have done a better job w/Eve… WITH Jack… there was a certain hinderance to wanting Jack to be a bad boy… argh! wait for Jenny Bear. yet we all knew Jack and Eve passionISTA. Ta Da ! so yeah !!!! I certainly do not see ??? Jennifer DOING ANY THING for Jacks all around uproarious flirty trysts , benders, even manhandling … just seeing him stretch his acting chop.

see that ^^^^^ pic above with Melissa Reeves… tighten up your bun Jenny Bear. she so reminds me of @General Hospital… Amanda Barrington’ high browed “chic” Anne Jeffreys.

God it was so stifling and upchuck to watch Melissa Reeves frontburner in hellacious times… with Dr. Daniel … oh that was PAIN.

for your point… : since Ms. high brow virtue NEEDS a let. take all the time you NEED. GIVE MATTHEW Ashford a REEL… at least let him interact with Casey Moss AND Marci Miller.. jeez he has the cream of the crop.. with these two. I HOPE beyond ALL HOPE that Cady McClain lights FIRES

truthfully… it’s not that hard a let… Hope was fired. it’s simply time to move on… Melissa Reeves has nothing underfoot to contribute. FLY Jenny Bear… don’t drop

That’s true—-albeit, Jenny was never much to my liking, it will be weird watching someone else in the role. I do like Cady very much, but it will take a while getting used to her as Jennifer.
One little comment—what woman in her right mind sends her husband ( newlywed at that) to the other side of the world with such noblesse? Nicole has surely come a long way from her insane days. Not I—I guess I’m selfish and inconsiderate?
Methinks the writers should have come up with a more viable and satisfactory reason—-oh, I don’t know—send Eric off on a business trip until a replacement was in place? This is simply too dumb for me to digest.

Hi Celia,
Here is something we can agree on I hope. I think they have other plans for Nicolle, another man I bet. I don’t think she’s ever been very long without one. I can’t see her sitting around being the good little wife while her husband is off doing good work, even though she does have a child hidden away somewhere and also what would poor Allie do without a nanny to take care of her baby while she runs all over town accusing Chip of raping her while she was so drunk she didn’t have a clue who she was with. Excuse the rant. I just get so at all this sometimes. On another note. I love Cady and welcome her as Jennifer, hopefully giving her a little more oomph! Stay well Celia, and your family. It probably doesn’t effect you but I hear from my nieces and on TV of all the New Yorkers leaving the city to live and consequently invading the Island to get inland.

THIs is what I am talking about. No offense, but this might finally give Jennifer Rose Horton some depth, in terms of being a character. I know some are saying it is a temporary casting, but others are saying it is permanent, and I hope it is permanent. Buh-bye, Melissa Reeves! This was long overdue!

Cady can do for Jennifer what Lindsay Hartley did for Sam on GH – suddenly make her relevant and interesting again.

AMEN

EXACTLY!!!!! Thank You.

My bet is that TPTB are keeping their options open. If Cady works out, “temporary” might become “permanent,” especially if Melissa’s leave of absence drags on. If viewers don’t accept her as Jennifer–and Reeves has a very passionate fan base, so that’s a real possibility–then they have “Oh, it was always meant to be temporary” to fall back on.

Cady’s fantastic; I’ll be interested to see what she brings to the role.

WOW it’s just the best… in terms of NOT HAVING 8 plus months ‘in the can

when production restarted September, 1st… they had thru the Middle of October bagged

so in terms of being streamlined with the other shows… THIS IS IT FAN. forever hold your piece…

let’s be “grand” overtly speak about

Melissa is the one and only Jen…and is the Horton home gone for good?-what is the real reason Will and Sonny were written out???…Once Nina finds out Nelle is her daughter on GH im done with soaps!!!

Will & Sonny were written out because they were played by terrible actors who couldn’t remember their lines. I’m not trying to be mean, I’m sure they are nice people, but their acting was painful to watch.

Francine, Freddie Smith and Chandler Massey were known as the “one take wonders” on the Days set, meaning they filmed their scenes in one take. That means they knew their lines and saved time and money for the production. You may not have cared for their acting, but it’s inaccurate to say they couldn’t remember their lines. Anyone interested in learning more about this will (pun intended) find it in Freddie’s podcast.

Well chandler got 3 Emmy’s and freddie got 1 so the acting definitely wasn’t that bad….ijs

Pretty sure the Horton home set is gone for the time being, due to budget.

Just hope it doesnt go the way The Hughes home went,,,

I love Cady McClain! This could be interesting

I love it, Congrats to you Cady, you have been gone too long.

As much as I will miss Missy as Jennifer, I can’t blame her for wanting to be protective for herself and her family. God damn COVID!!! I am happy for her being a grandmother though.

Temporary?? Yeah, we’ll see about that…..

Though at least they hired a legitimate actress this time, and didn’t change to a near-lookalike literally in the middle of a scene like they did with that whole Stephanie Cameron fiasco several years back.

Not an AMC fan so not really familiar with Cady’s work. But if she’s not a racist Candace Owens fan shilling for a homophobic fast food chain, that’s already an improvement, right?

Whats wrong with Candace Owens?

Please make this casting change permanent!!

Good luck to Missy they have a wonderful family Scott does concerts they also have a coffee web site two grand babies coming so time to go she had a great run ! Even though I have not watched in years let it go stop with the attacks on her my only advice to her is get off social media enjoy your family and let it go ! She had a wonderful run and don’t attack her she is indeed a sweet lady ! You know sometimes you just have to let people do their thing understand where she was coming from but when you are in show biz you are better off not to express your views because you are always going to insult somebody even though that was not your intention ! Think Michael Jordan said it best stay away from politics and religion because everybody on both sides buy my sneakers !

Social media is a major problem..im slowly leaving all of it in the coming months..as for Days-they dont show the Horton Home anymore

If she stopped supporting attacks on people of colour and gays, people would probably stop attacking her. Just saying.

All people should stop attacking each other period!!!

I agree ; even though, we know that it won’t happen.

Glad MR is putting her health & family first!! There’s been a lot of drama swirling around her for awhile so, I hope it works out. As a fan of the Johnson family, I hope we don’t start seeing these characters disappear.

I like Melissa and I remember her as Jade from Santa Barbara. I like her as Jennifer on Days and I will miss seeing her. But I’m happy for her to be able to enjoy time with her new grandchildren. ….something sweet for her to look forward to during this new normal.

CONGRATULATIONS to Cady McClain! HOORAY for viewers! Cady has the talent and heart to add depth to the character of Jennifer. I, too, hope this casting change becomes permanent. I now have a reason to watch Days again.

A huge win for Days viewers . . . and for Melissa Reeves who now has more time to enjoy her grandchildren and Chik-Fil-A.

I HOPE AND PRAY TO GOD that Cady McClain permanently makes the role of Jennifer her own!!!!! Oh…and BTW…WELCOME ABOARD CADY!!!!!

Later.

Good riddance to that homophobic cardboard cutout Missy Reeves. DAYS scored a real win with Cady McClain – an actual actor!

^^^”Keep Matthew Ashford/Jack Deveraux on the show with his Johnson…”

Mwah ? New SHOW ?

HERE YE: HERE YE: ^^^^ the absolute TRUTH

“I don’t want Jack to be sexless loser or coward or monk either especially if they bring snoozefest Jennifer/Melissa Reeves again she can come back before the show ends”

HURRY RON.. Ms. Cady AND Matthew

Francine…’homophobic cardboard cutout’…too funny…LOL…and very, very accurate!!!!! Thank You.

Francine…have a good one.

Melissa Reeves can come back before the show ends reunite with Jack/Matthew Ashford depending on the situation.

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March 2024 will be remembered in the TV and soap world when the news broke that CBS is prepping a brand new daytime drama. Many had thought a major network would never bring a new daytime soap into the world, given that the last time it was attempted was 25 years ago when the now defunct Passions bowed on NBC.

However, The Gates is definitely in development and moving forward with some major players associated with it including: Michele Val Jean as The Gates writer, showrunner and one of its executive producers, and Sheila Ducksworth from NAACP Venture

Now, for the first time since its announcement, George Cheeks, the president and CEO of CBS and chief content officer for news and sports at Paramount+, spoke on the project that will feature a Black family as its central focus who live in a wealthy gated community.

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Speaking with Vulture, and when asked if The Gates is really something that truly has a chance of getting on the air, Cheeks clarified, “It’s super real. And just to give you a little bit of the backstory,  when we hired Sheila Ducksworth to run the NAACP Venture, she and I had multiple meetings talking about what different genres she was going to lean into, and we talked a lot about daytime.”

Cheeks added, “One of the things that the data made very clear to both of us is that daytime soap operas over index with Black women, and yet when you look at soap operas, it’s usually sort of a white-led family with supporting characters that reflect more of our society. So we just thought, wouldn’t it be interesting to flip that and make the core anchor family a Black family, and then make the other characters reflect more the broader scope of society?”

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The CEO gave props to Michele Val Jean,  and how Ducksworth came to the table with the former B&B and GH writer. “She found this great writer, Michele Val Jean, who’s been in the soap opera space for 30 years. She came up with a pitch, and we loved it,” shares Cheeks. “We brought Procter & Gamble into it as well, because if there were going to be (product) integrations, we could do it more holistically and organically. All of that is to say, we did a lot of work on the front end to put this together. So while yes, it’s development, it’s accelerated development.”

When prodded on the timeline of when The Gates could come to full fruition, Gates related, “The actual timeline and when we’re going to do it is still uncertain, because we want to get this right. I mean, there hasn’t been a new soap opera launch since I can’t even begin to tell you when. But we have great success with Bold and the Beautiful and Young and the Restless, and so we think we’re the right folks to be launching a new soap. I wish I could tell you more about exact timing, but we’re so focused on getting it right, and that will dictate when we’re ready to launch it.”

The CBS exec also shared that whether The Gates will wind up an hour soap or half-hour is not yet determined, but that it is being developed as an hour show.

So, after reading what George Cheeks, the CBS President & CEO had to say about ‘The Gates’, are you even more excited for what looks to the first new network soap in 25 years? Comment below.

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Robyn Bernard, ‘General Hospital’s’ Terry Brock, Dead at 64

Former General Hospital star, Robyn Bernard, who played aspiring singer Terry Brock has died. She was 64-years-old.

Bernard’s body was found Tuesday in San Jacinto, California. A Riverside County Coroner told TMZ they identified the actress’ body using her fingerprints after deputies responded to a death investigation call on Tuesday March 12th.

Sources told the outlet that Bernard’s body was found in the wee hours of the morning. The cause of death has yet to be determined.

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Bernard joined General Hospital back in 1984 as Terry Brock, the daughter of the abusive D.L. Brock (played by David Groh). Robyn remained on the ABC soap opera for six years before making her exit in 1990. At one point, Terry’s stepmother would become Bobbie Spencer (the late Jackie Zeman) when the nurse married her father.

Terry was involved in the Laurelton Murders storyline and after first setting her sights on Frisco Jones, wound up with killer Kevin O’Connor. Later, Terry was blamed for several murders and in the end killed Kevin in self-defense. In addition, Terry had a relationship with Dusty Walker played by none other than Shaun Cassidy.  She eventually left Port Charles after landing her own recording contract.

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The last time GH Fans may have seen Bernard was in 2014, when she appeared at the GH Fan Club Weekend Past Cast event. Robyn is pictured below with the late Susan Brown (ex-Gail) at the fan gathering. She has been out of the limelight for several years.

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In addition to her role on GH, Bernard was featured throughout her TV career on primetime’s Simon & Simon, Tour of Duty and The Facts of Life.

Share your remembrances and condolences for GH alum Robyn Bernard and her loved ones via the comment section below.

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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) revealed on Tuesday, that the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be broadcast live on Friday night, June 7th (8 – 10 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+*.

This year will mark the 18th time CBS has broadcast the Daytime Emmy Awards, which is more than any other network.

The 2024 Daytime Emmys will take place at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles. Back in December of 2023, the delayed 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were also held at that venue. The June 7th date for the upcoming ceremony will be the first time in several years that the event is scheduled a few weeks earlier than normal; excluding last year’s revised date to the actors and writers strikes.

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Lifetime Achievement honoree, nominations, host, and additional information will be announced in the coming weeks.

In a statement, Adam Sharp, President and CEO of NATAS noted, “We eagerly anticipate our return in June as we once again partner with CBS to recognize the exceptional and talented individuals who make daytime television great. We’re thrilled to kick off our second half-century of the Daytime Emmys.”

The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting, culinary, and legal/courtroom programs. In 2021, NATAS and the Television Academy jointly announced plans to realign the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards to be organized by content genre, as opposed to program airtime.

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The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will once again be produced by NATAS and Associated Television International (ATI), which produced Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies on The CW in 2009 and on CBS in 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Adam Sharp and Lisa Armstrong are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie is executive producer from ATI.

So, glad to know that the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards honoring performance and shows in the 2023 calendar year, will be held in early June this year, and once again broadcast on CBS? Comment below.

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