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DAYS Legendary "Mrs. H", Frances Reid has passed away
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Sad news to report this morning, Days of our Lives and soap fans beloved, Alice Horton the matriarch of the Horton clan, played by the incomparable Frances Reid has died. While details of her passing are still surfacing, we have learned that Frances passed away on Febraury 3rd in Wichita Falls, Texas. The actress was 95. While Frances had seldom seen little to no air-time over the last several years because of her failing health, DAYS always kept her spirit and her importance throughout family storylines even in her absence, as recent as the on-screen death of her son, Mickey Horton. Frances’s castmates tweeted the news, last evening, which started with her co-stars, Alison Sweeney (Sami) and Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe), and later former DAYS mainstay, Deidre Hall.
Deidre Hall (@DeidreHall) “Greg Meng called me this morning to tell me of the loss of our darling Frances Reid. She was loved, revered, and will be remembered.” Alison Sweeney (@Ali_Sweeney) “I’m so sad to hear the news about Frances Reid. She was a truly talented actress & and we are all lucky & proud to have known her. RIP” Nadia Bjorlin @RealNadiaB “Rest in peace Frances Reid (Alice Horton). She was a great lady whom I feel honored to have known..the heart and soul of Days of our Lives.”
Reid played Alice Horton from the shows beginnings in 1965. She was paired with MacDonald Carey as Tom Horton, and together they were the morale center and backbone of the people in Salem. After Carey’s passing, Alice continued being the voice of reason to her family and friends. Frances Reid received a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. Our Video of the Day will rotate throughout the today, to honor Frances and her amazing mark and legendary she has made in daytime.
Of all the many heartfelt relationship’s on DAYS it was that of Bo Brady and Mrs. H., which touched many. Who can forget there legendary donut scenes? And who can forget Alice and her donuts, period. Or, the annual Horton Christmas gathering, and Alice counseling grand-daughter, Hope Williams Brady. So many memories that Frances has left to us. Our thoughts, and prayers are with Reid’s family, friends and colleagues today. Here’s to you Frances for years of enjoyment you brought to all of those who watched daytime. You shall be missed!
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Zach Tinker Joins the Cast of CBS ‘Fire Country’
Zach Tinker (Sonny, Days and Fenmore, Y&R) has joined the cast of CBS’ freshmen drama Fire Country. Primetime viewers previously saw him on the season premiere of ABC’s Big Sky.
According to Deadline: Tinker will make his series debut this weekend in a special episode that airs immediately following the AFC Championship game on Sunday night, January 29th.
In Fire Country, Tinker takes on the role of Collin, who is said to be a humble, charming, and talented probie firefighter. In addition, it turns out the Collin is the son of a firefighting hero and he now is trying to live up to dear old dad’s name.
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The series is centered around young convict Bode Donovan (Max Thieriot) who joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown, where he and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish massive blazes across the region.
Will you be checking out Zach in his new role on CBS’ Fire Country? Comment below.
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Days of our Lives Receives WGA Nomination for Daytime Drama Series
UPDATED: On Wednesday, the nominations were unveiled for the 75th annual Writers Guild Awards to be held on Sunday, March 5 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2022.
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In the category of Daytime Drama, only Days of our Lives was nominated, thus DAYS becomes the automatic winner as the sole nominee.
The nominated and winning DAYS writing team consists of: Head Writer Ron Carlivati; Writers Lorraine Broderick, Jazmen Darnell Brown, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Cheryl Davis, Kirk Doering, Christopher Dunn, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock.
DAYS head writer, Ron Carlivati shared in a statement: “My team and I are thrilled to be nominated for the 2023 Writers Guild Award for Daytime. We submitted three scripts from the storyline about Craig’s late-in-life coming out, the impact it had on his wife, Nancy, and of course, his ill-fated romance with the ever-scheming Leo. We felt that these episodes were a good representation of what Days of our Lives does best: high-stakes family drama with a comedic twist.”
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The episodes DAYS submitted for competition were #14320 which aired 4/19/2022, #14321 which aired 4/20/2022 and show #14331 that aired 5/4/2022. They also featured the disastrous double wedding of Leo and Craig and Xander and Gwen, and its fallout.
To view all the WGA nominees click here.
So, what do you think about DAYS being the only entry and thus becoming the winning writing team at this year’s WGA Awards? What do you think of the storyline chosen to represent the show for competition? Comment below.
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Frances Reid was a great actress; I’ve watched Days of our Lives for about 10 or so years and she was great; especially when Alice (Frances Reidd) made her doughnuts. She will be sadly missed by her fans; especially those who have seen her on since the first show appeared in 1965…God rest her soul..Their will never be another Alice Horton like her in the world. She is what made the show interesting!
R.I.P.