They are off to a good start! Former All My Children stars, real-life husband and wife, and now co-hosts of Live with Kelly and Mark, fared well in Mark Consuelos’ (ex-Mateo) debut week.

Consuelos took over from Ryan Seacrest in the co-host chair opposite Ripa (ex-Hayley) on April 17th.  The couple’s debut-week landed them solid ratings, plus the syndicated morning series largest audience in three months.

According to Nielsen’s live+same-day data, Live with Kelly and Mark scored 2.4M viewers and a 1.7 Household rating.

Those stats make it the highest for both since the week of January 16.  The pairing also scored well on Live’s year-over-year averages in both total viewers and in the key demo. Live with Kelly and Mark was up 6% in ratings and 8% in total viewers.

In addition, Kelly and Mark were shown the love in the New York City market. The premiere week brought with it Live‘s most-watched week in nearly three years. Formerly, May of 2020 was the biggest numbers for a NY state of mind audience.

So, how do you like Kelly and Mark together as co-hosts thus far on ‘Live’? Let us know in the comment section below.

Last night on her 90th birthday, comedy legend Carol Burnett was honored during the NBC TV special, Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love.  Today, April 27th,the extended cut is available to stream on Peacock.

In an interview on her career with Vulture, Burnett discussed how she eventually wound up playing the role of Verla Grubbs on her favorite soap opera, All My Children.Burnett, first played the role in 1983.

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As many know, Carol was a professed longtime fan of Pine Valley, and over the years, many wondered if she asked for a role on the show and thus reached out to its legendary creator, Agnes Nixon.

Burnett revealed: “I didn’t have to. She volunteered. When I did questions and answers at the top of my show, I often talked about All My Children with the audience. I’d say, ‘Oh, I didn’t see it today. What happened?’ Because my lunch hour was built around watching All My Children. Agnes knew that, and she called and said, ‘Would you like it if I wrote a character for you?’ I said, ‘Absolutely!’ So on my hiatus, I flew back to New York and they had a whole story line for me. I was on it for two weeks, and I got to know Susan Lucci. Oh, and Susan is on the 90th! She flew out and I was thrilled. But soap operas are the hardest work, because, oh my God, you get 19 pages at night, you have to study the lines, and then you go do it in the morning. I really admire soap-opera actors, how they pull it off.”

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The character of Verla Grubbs (the daughter of Langley Wallingford) appeared on AMC several times in 1983, 1995, 2005 and 2011.

Check out Burnett as Verla below.

Now let us know if you admire Carol’s appreciation of the art form of the soaps, and if you loved her during her time on All My Children in the comment section below.

On Thursday morning, Netflix dropped its trailer for the season six premiere of the hit reality-real estate series, Selling Sunset.  As revealed, the season will debut on May 19th on the streamer.

In the trailer, former All My Children, Days of our Lives and Y&R alum actress-turned-real estate broker, Chrishell Stause, is seen strutting down the staircase while her voice-over says, “I know people think I’m having a mid-life crisis, but I’m having an awakening”.

Stause, who was formerly married to This Is Us and former Y&R star, Justin Hartley, has most recently been involved in a same-sex relationship with Australian rapper/recording artist, G Flip.

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The couple met in October of 2021 and made their relationship public last year in May.  G Flip, who identifies as non-binary, asked Stause to appear in one of her music videos, in which Chrishell jumped at the chance to do, and the rest, as they say, so far is history.  Chrishell and G Flip recently appeared together on the red carpet at the 34th annual GLAAD Media Awards.

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As for this season on Selling Sunset, looks like the woman will be continuing to in-fight, make deals, bond, and cause trouble.  Check out the trailer below with Oppenheim real estate agents: Chrishell, Chelsea, Emma, Amanza, Nicole, Heather, Mary, and Bre.