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LISTEN NOW: Soap Nation Live With Michael Fairman Daytime Emmy Nominations Special!
Tonight on Soap Nation Live! with Michael Fairman,we celebrate the just announced 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations with our third annual special broadcast!
Join Michael and his in-studio co-host Daytime Emmy winner, General Hospital’s Laura Wright in our 90 minute plus Daytime Emmy Nominations spectacular. Michael and Laura will be joined by NATAS Senior VP Daytime Emmys, David Michaels who will be on hand to offer commentary on the Emmy voting and more.
Listen in as we welcome nominees: Kassie DePaiva, Melissa Reeves, Tyler Christopher, Nicolas Bechtel, Jacob Young, Linsey Godfey, Dee Wallace, Christian LeBlanc, Brooklyn Rae Silzer, Bryan Craig, and many more!
Make sure to listen for our Daytime Emmy trivia game show segment, when one lucky caller has the chance to win two VIP tickets to the GH Soap Fantasy event on April 16th in Nashville, Tennessee.
To call-in and share your thoughts on the nominations of who got in, and who was snubbed and more, or to pose a question or a comment to any of our guests, dial the exclusive listener-line at 877-564-9088 This 90 minute special event begins to stream live at 7PMPST/10PMEST. You can also head on over to http://www.spreaker.com/user/soapnationlive if you have any trouble listening to the show here.
Now, listen live to the broadcast after the jump! If you are tuning in shortly before 7PMPST, you will hear some musical interludes before we go live for showtime. We hope you enjoy the show.
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DAYS Elani Wedding (Photos): What Did You Think Of The Nuptials?
This week on Days of our Lives saw the first African-American couple to be married on-screen in the 54-year history of Days of our Lives. Now while Lani (Sal Stowers) and Eli (Lamon Archey) tried before in a previous ceremony, this one did the job … they are now officially husband and wife!
The ceremony was attended by Lani’s dad, Abe Reynolds (James Reynolds), her mother Tamara Price (Marily McCoo), Billy Davis Jr. as a former FBI mentor to Eli, Julie (Susan Seaforth Hayes) – it was her restaurant after all and she is Eli’s grandmother. Dr. Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) presided over the ceremony.
There were some unwelcome guests at the ceremony as well; leading the bride to question, are we doomed? Why does this keep happening to us everytime we tried to get hitch!
However, fate was on Lani and Eli’s side this day, as even Gabi (Camila Banus) with her antics, and a shocking arrival from Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel), couldn’t rain on this day. Vivian even tried to shoot the bride, but thanks to Rafe (Galen Gering) saving the day and armed with news that her son Stefan (Brandon Barash) could be alive; he informs Viv firmly that she would be killing someone for the wrong reason, even though Vivian is in disbelief that her son is alive. Next, she is whisked out of the ceremony.
Lani still feeling rattled by all the wedding interruptus gets a sign she should marry the man she loves; when her mother, who needed to go lie down earlier, as she was feeling faint, was able to show back up just in time to restart the wedding.
During the ceremony, Eli mentions the loss of little David Abraham and the struggles they went through, but how in the end it brought then closer together. After the rings are exchanged and they are pronounced man and wife, the newlyweds “jump the broom” a wonderful tradition and a symbol of African-American heritage, where the sweeping of the broom signifies sweeping away all the bad energy. After they sweep the broom, Elani jumps over it.
In a behind-the-scenes of the wedding segment released this week on the DOOL app, Sal Stowers and Lamon Archey talk about the inclusion of the ‘jump the broom’ moment in the episode, and how they suggested the idea to DAYS Co-EP Albert Alaar, and how it was written into the episode.
So, what did you think of Lani and Eli’s wedding? Did you enjoy it? Let us know via the comment section below, but first check out this wedding photo gallery of the big day!
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Photo Credit: JPI Studios
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47th Annual Daytime Emmys Draws Over 3 Million Viewers For CBS Telecast with Return to Network TV
Friday night was a good night for daytime! With its first foray back on to network television since 2011, the Daytime Emmy kudofest, while for the first time held this year virtually, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, scored very well in its timeslot.
The CBS broadcast averaged 3.1 million total viewers and a 0.3 demo rating. That is way up from the last time viewers saw the award show on TV when it was on cable network POP TV back in 2015 with just over 900,000 viewers for its initial broadcast.
According to TV Insider report: The first hour of the Emmys garnered 3.3 million viewers to top the hour by edging out a rerun on ABC”s Shark Tank, and then slipped to second place for the second hour with 2.8 million viewers.
These were strong numbers for Friday night, and hopefully CBS and the other major networks will now continue this, and serve up the Daytime Emmy Awards moving forward.
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The ladies of CBS’s The Talk hosted the event; each virtually from their homes, in an event filled with at-home acceptance speeches and presenters, and clip packages. The show was produced by NATAS and Associated Television International
So, what do you think of the ratings performance of this year’s Daytime Emmys? Comment below.
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All My ChildrenJuly 2, 2020‘Strahan, Sara and Keke’ Canceled by ABC; Show Aired In Timeslot That Once Housed ‘All My Children’
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Breaking NewsJune 26, 2020General Hospital Setting Their Sights On Mid-July Return To Production
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Breaking NewsJune 26, 2020Y&R Wins Drama Series, Jason Thompson and Heather Tom Take Top Acting Honors During 47th Annual Daytime Emmys
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Days Of Our LivesJune 24, 2020How The Virtual Daytime Emmys Came Together And Will Look and Feel
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Breaking NewsJuly 1, 2020The Young and the Restless Pushes Back Production Restart Date Due To COVID-19 Spike
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Breaking NewsJuly 2, 2020B&B’s Supervising Producer, Casey Kasprzyk Shares: “Just Finished Viewing Our First Produced Episode Since Starting Production Back Up!”
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InterviewsJune 29, 2020Y&R’s Executive Producer Anthony Morina Talks On Daytime Emmy Drama Series Win For Neil’s Memorial & Honoring Kristoff St. John
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Breaking NewsJune 28, 202047th Annual Daytime Emmys Draws Over 3 Million Viewers For CBS Telecast with Return to Network TV
Freeman Griffin
March 24, 2016 at 6:24 pm
Kassie DePaiva deserves Best Actress (: Worst omissions: Judi Evans and Billy Flynn and Casey Moss ):
Most of our Goldies winners (goldderby.com) have been nominated – except for Christopher Sean and Judi Evans – Kassie DePaiva, Justin Hartley, Nicholas Bechtel and Brooklyn Rae Silzer. Altho we chose Days for Best Writing, B&B was our pick for Best Directing. Days was our winner for Best Drama Series. Eileen Davidson won for Guest Performer for Days.
I really want Kassie to win the most!
Supporting Actress is a four way tie for me without Judi Evans as a nominee. Jessica Collins, Peggy McCay, Melissa Reeves or Lauralee Bell all would be worthwhile winners.
Supporting Actor is the worst category for me this year, only Jacob Young really deserves to win imo. Bryan Datillo didn’t submit, but I wish Christopher Sean had been nominated.
Rod
March 24, 2016 at 6:29 pm
Laura’s speech still gives me goosebumps. #HellYeah she deserves many more. Love she walked in wondering here her beer or wine was!! Love lost meting to Kassie I hope she wins
Rod
March 24, 2016 at 6:37 pm
YAY NICHOLAS!!!
su0000
March 24, 2016 at 7:07 pm
ok-
I was going to call in.
I thought better of it– I might become overly enthusiastic !
I mean, imagine;
me– Hi Michel! this is Su0000 !!
michael– (silently) 0ohh dear lord it’s her, it’s that Su000 !
me– I have a lot to say! / michael to himself ”what do I do now?
Anyways.. I enjoyed the show, as always !
thanks for you .. 🙂
su0000
March 24, 2016 at 8:25 pm
I liked all the guests, but- my favs of the evening;
Dee Wallace
Bryan Craig
Maura West
When actors of BB and Days were on, I went to the kitchen, bathroom and took garbage out etc, because I am not familiar with any of them (only watch GH/Y&R..
oh the trivia questions — I didn’t get one right LOL
Michael Fairman really brings us the best (he has a great job!) It was fun ..
Rose
March 26, 2016 at 9:31 pm
Su…I’m with you on your favs. Loved Dee. Wish she had had more time in GH. Little bias in Laura’s part when it came to talking with Bryan?…but well deserved. Can just see Maura, Laura and “some of the girls” at a pool party comparing notes…with the beverage MF didn’t supply. Did listen to the father of Kayla from B&B. He had a lot to say, and really moved the bar up in his role.
Patrick
March 24, 2016 at 9:01 pm
I caught the tail end of the show… Bryan Craig : Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series.
he deserves to win… not matter how much the Corinthos clan is featured… bar none… it’s Morgan who stands out… his character has the most ENERGY
I loved the scene he submitted… when he and Kiki left Port Charles and went to … what he told Kiki… was the family cabin…but turned out it wasn’t… he worked it…
his manic on the edge cliff hanger was magic to watch… he nailed it without OVER THE TOP
Moviegal
March 24, 2016 at 9:20 pm
Dear Michael – will you kindly provide us with the Emmy reels submitted, like you did last year? I greatly enjoyed them – and as you know, it’s all in the reel!
Patrick
March 25, 2016 at 8:55 am
Ditto ! Please Mr. Please
“…will you kindly provide us with the Emmy reels submitted, “
Ray
March 25, 2016 at 5:18 am
Congratulations on a wonderful job. It is easy to get jaded in our respective communities of work, but after listening to you, Laura and David, it made me appreciate the love all of you have for the soap opera genre.
It was so great to hear the wonderful respect all of the actors have for the soap community. Jacob Young, Tyler Christopher, Maura West, Melissa Reeves, Dee Wallace, Lindsey Godfey and Bryan Craig were so appreciative not only for their nominations, but for all of the hard work that goes into producing five shows a week, 52 weeks a year. I loved Tyler’s story of how much he learned from Tony Geary, Genie Francis and even a young Jonathan Jackson.
Most importantly, it was refreshing to hear what a great cheerleader Laura Wright was for so many of the female nominees. We live in a world that constantly pits women against each other, yet Laura was so excited for Maura West, Finola, Missy Reeves and the incredible Kassie D. She was so nurturing and sincerely thrilled for Brooklyn and Bryan. She couldn’t have been more wonderful and lovely.
Beautiful job, Michael. We appreciate your hard work in keeping the soap community alive and keeping the fans informed.
Moviegal
March 25, 2016 at 10:28 am
I couldn’t agree more with this post!
Rose
March 26, 2016 at 9:34 pm
Agree with your comments. Laura and MF really brought their “awards” to life.
Timmm
March 25, 2016 at 6:17 pm
Michael, what a great Soap Nation episode! You and Laura should be the host of the DT Emmys! Speaking of, if the awards are not broadcasted, I’m hoping you do a post Emmy show here and interview as many winners as you can. [You and Laura!]
Josh
April 20, 2018 at 12:54 am
Great episode