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NEXT WEEK: Sean Kanan Returns To The Bold and the Beautiful!
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After taking his last breath on General Hospital as AJ Quartermaine several months ago, and then signing back on to reprise his role as bad boy Deacon Sharpe on The Bold and the Beautiful, look for actor Sean Kanan to begin to air in all new episodes of the CBS soap opera next week on Friday, June 13th!
B&B will also be having a live CBS Connect Chat that day with Kanan to usher in his return starting at 1:30PMET/10:30AMPST
In the latest issue of Soap Opera Digest on newsstands now, Kanan reveals it is none other than Quinn (Rena Sofer) who he first cross paths with when he returns: “I’m initially working with Rena Sofer’s character. He meets her in a bar, which is a shocker for (alcoholic) Deacon, meeting a pretty woman in a bar, but for me, I am very happy to work with Rena again because we have a long history.”
Kanan is referring to the fact that both he and Sofer worked together for a time on GH wher she played Lois Cerullo, and the fact that Sean produced a film that had Rena as one of the three female leads entitled, March.
After the jump, watch the latest promo from The Bold and the Beautiful which promises Deacon’s return will be the surprise of the summer to the characters on the canvas! So are you looking forward to Deacon mixing it up again with the Spencers, Logans, Forrestes et all? How will his re-emergence affect his daughter Hope (Kim Matula)? Do you think Quinn and Deacon will be a twisted love match? Weigh-in below!
This summer beginning on July 21, Netflix streams the return of WWE: Unreal for its third season. The behind the scenes docudrama series gives fans a glimpse of life in WWE and inside the writers room, as injuries, last-minute pivots, and career-defining decisions reshape WWE’s biggest event of the year, WrestleMania 42.
WWE Unreal is taking fans deeper than ever inside World Wrestling Entertainment’s creative process, The hit docuseries will once again pull back the curtain on some of the biggest moments, boldest decisions, and unforgettable storytelling with some of the WWE’s greatest legends who’ve shaped the industry and new stars who are emerging as prominent parts of the future.
In the new season of ‘Unreal’ which consists of 5 episodes at 50 minutes each: John Cena says goodbye, a fan favorite returns, and the next generation of Superstars rise to the occasion.
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The cast and WWE superstars featured include: the aforementioned Cena, plus Cody Rhodes, Liv Morgan, CM Punk, AJ Lee, Trick Williams, Lash Legend, Stephanie Vaquer, Oba Femi, Bron Breakker, Chelsea Green, Matt Cardona, Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch.
As previously reported AJ Lee revealed on General Hospital star Maurice Benard’s (Sonny Corinthos) mental health series, State of Mind, that she was part of the cast of WWE: Unreal.
WWE: Unreal production credits include: Directors/Showrunners: Chris Weaver and Erik Powers Executive Producers: Peyton Manning, Jamie Horowitz, Ross Ketover, Keith Cossrow, Ken Rodgers, Jessica Boddy, Lee Fitting, Ben Houser, Marc Pomarico Sr. Producers: Harley Glantz, Brian Decker, Michael Flynn Producers: John Galiani, Dan Gati, Jeremy Lundblad Production Companies: Omaha Productions, NFL Films, Skydance Sports, WWE.
So, what do you think of the loglines for the new season of WWE: Unreal? Who are you most excited to see featured in the behind the scenes drama from the list of WWE superstars and the twists and turns leading into this past April’s WrestleMania 42? Let us know via the comment section below.
If you have ever tuned-in to the soap opera genre over the last 50 years, and witnessed some of the greatest romances, drama, classic and outlandish storylines of all-time, you would have seen Deidre Hall smack dab in the middle of it as longtime Salem heroine, Dr. Marlena Evans.
It was 50 years on this date, June 21, 1976 that Hall first appeared on DAYS on NBC which was its home for 57 years before it moved to its current streaming platform on Peacock in September of 2022.
In Hall’s first episode she was introduced as a psychiatrist treating Mickey Horton (John Clarke) at Bayview Sanitarium after he suffered a complete mental breakdown. Mickey learned that his brother Bill Horton (Edward Mallory) was the biological son of Mike Horton (Wesley Eure) with his wife Laura (Susan Flannery) and that he had been lied to for years and years. From that moment on, the rest is television and soap opera history. Days of Our Lives put Hall front and center.
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There were so many heartbreaking and shocking story twists involving the beloved Marlena. One of the first was the historic crib death of baby DJ (Don Jr.) in 1980, Marlena’s infant son with Don Craig (Jed Allan). The story had never been told on daytime television and Hall’s performances received accolades from TV critics to fans when Deidre received thousands of letters from grieving mothers who had gone through the same thing in their own lives.
DAYS also brought Deidre’s twin sister, Andrea Hall Lovell to the show as her on-screen sister Samantha, who had a grudge and even locked Marlena up in a sanitarium and took her place! Fast-forward and in 1982, DAYS launched the Salem Strangler story where everyone believed Marlena was his next victim, only it turned out to be Samatha. Jake Kositchek (played by Jack Coleman) was revealed to be the actual serial killer.
Later, Deidre would assume the role of Marlena’s look-alike, Hattie Adams in 2004, once played by her sister, Andrea. Over the years, Hattie has come back to Salem and caused trouble giving Hall a chance to play a different type of character, then the always upstanding Marlena.
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THE LOVES OF MARLENA
Deidre Hall struck gold with all her leading men: from the late Jed Allan, to Wayne Northrop as Roman Brady, and of course, her enduring love story with the late John Black played by the iconic Drake Hogestyn. In fact, Marlena’s 1986 wedding to John (who was believed to be Roman at the time) remains a favorite of fans to this day.
TOP MARLENA STORYLINES OF ALL-TIME
While the list is long, here are several that were some of the memorable during Deidre’s five decades in Salem!
The Possession (1994- 1995)
Considered one of the most ambiguous, outlandish and unforgettable story arcs in soap opera history, then Days of Our Lives head writer, James Reilly went there! Marlena was possessed by the devil! That included; the demonic eyes, hissing at father John (Black) the priest, morphing into creatures, and the classic levitating in her bed! It became a cultural phenomenon and cemented Deidre Hall’s status as a daytime television legend. Just ask Ryan Gosling!
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The Affair with John Black (1993)
John and Marlena’s forbidden love could not be denied and they had passionate affair, while she was still married to the real Roman. Problem was her daughter, Sami (Alison Sweeney) caught her mother having sex with John on a desk that changed Sami forever.
The Salem Stalker Mystery (2003-2004)
In a shocker, Marlena was revealed to be a serial killer who bumped off several Salem favorites residents who were all alive on the island of Melaswen (spelled “New Salem” backward). Turns out, she was manipulated and gaslighted by Andre DiMera (Thaao Penghlis) to do the “killings” and had no memory of her actions.
The Pier Scene (1991)
This remains Michael Fairman TV’s all-time favorite Deidre Hall moment, which featured some of the best acting in the storied careers of both Hall and Drake Hogestyn.
In the story, a presumed-dead Marlena returns after four years. One foggy night on the pier, John is alone, and Marlena steps out of the fog to reveal herself, and is reunited with the love of her life. You can watch it any year, any decade, and in any moment, and it will have you reaching for the hankies again and again. (best music score fo a soap scene of all-time too!)
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Kristen’s Secret Room Reveal (1997)
Marlena was caught in Kristen Blake’s (Eileen Davidson) elaborate web of lies, when she was held hostage in a secret wine cellar/room until John managed to track her down, leading to an iconic on-screen reunion. The classic catfight between Hall and Eileen Davidson was one for the ages.
It should be noted that Maison Blanche, Queen of the Night, Possession, Aremid and Lady in a Cage were all a part of classic DAYS storyline and all featured Hall at the epicenter of it from 1993-1996.
THE RECENT YEARS OF MARLENA
In recent years, DAYS brought back the possession 2.0 storyline under then head writer Ron Carlivati in 2021 where the devil leapt back in Marlena after taking advantage of a frail Doug Williams (the late Bill Hayes)
In 2025, viewers watched the end of the love story of John and Marlena, as John succumbed to injuries sustained in an explosion saving a vial of medication needed to bring Bo (Peter Reckell) back to life. Marlena has been a widow on-screen since June of 2025 as Hall as portrayed the good doctor struggling with her grief and to move on with her life since his death.
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One story that never goes away is Stefano DiMera’s (the late Joe Mascolo) obsession with Marlena, his “Queen of the Night.” Even in death, Stefano is toying with her from the great beyond with the mysterious chess set and the missing “pawn,” that he had gifted John and Marlena in his will. The mystery is currently unfolding on all-new episodes of Days of Our Lives.
Tune-in to Days of our Lives on the Monday, June 22 episode as Marlena looks back at her 50 years in Salem.
Share your congratulations to Deidre Hall for this incredible 50-year milestone as Dr. Marlena Evans on Days of Our Lives in the comment section. Then let us know, what is your all-time favorite storyline or moment in the life of Marlena over the past 5 decades? And, just for kicks, and to celebrate this amazing milestone, here is Marlena levitating below circa Christmas Eve 1994.
General Hospital
Maurice Benard Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’ Writers; Teases Upcoming Sonny Scenes with Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric
With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).
On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..
In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”
GENERAL HOSPITAL PREVIEW
So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!
FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD
As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”
Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.
So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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Quinn will get Deacon in a pickle and ill relish it…lol(only gh fans will get it…lol)
I like it Jim!!
Funny! I just welcome new faces RS & SK together should be fun so tired of the Brooke & Hope show the two most uninteresting characters on the show. I see TK being paired with Heather Tom was short lived and we all know who is responsible for that.
Brooke is the one who shouldve fell out of the plane and went missing but then again Ridge often looks like he could use a bath…imo!…lol
The wrong character fell and went missing from the plane…imo…lol!!!
GH’s loss, B&B gain.
I may have to tune into B&B just to see Sean Kanan, whom I desperately miss on GH (they should have vindicated AJ and let him be a contender).
He’s an amazing talent with a natural charisma.
I agree..GH drop the ball big time with this wonderfully talented actor..Good luck to him.
I was hoping for AJ to resurrect the Quartermaine legacy. You know, bad boy come home, redemption. Really disappointed when writers killed him off. And all they have left us with is very dark, gangland, and more hospital visits. Not a good balance.
There was great chemistry between Sean and Maura West…all i can say is here was GHs chance to give us our next Alan and Monica and they blew it big time…imo!!!
Remember, the plan was to vindicate a falsely accused AJ and use it to reset AJ and give him a stronger relationship with Michael and a firmer place among the Quartermaines. When Sean Kanan asked to leave the show, they decided to take it a completely different direction rather than recast, simply killing AJ off. I’m pretty sure we’re now seeing AJ’s entire redemption re-packaged as Ric’s story–falsely accused, losing Liz in the process, wanting to rebuild a relationship with the family he’s disappointed and the child he barely knows. I’m pretty sure were about to see the rough outlines of what they had planned for AJ play out as Ric’s story now instead. Sean Kanan quit, I respect that he had his own reasons, but remember, they were not planning on killing AJ off until Kanan asked to be let out of his contract. Clearly they saw the potential to use that money for someone like Ric Hearst and took it. My only regret is that they killed off another Quartermaine. I do wish they’d found a way to have him just leave town.
Yes, but he quit because he was frustrated with the direction they were taking AJ. He also though the writing for the character was sub par (ie, the idiotic Pickle Lila storyline).
Had he stayed on, AJ would not have ever been vindicated in his son’s eyes and would not ever be allowed to win one over Sonny. Sean knew that which is why he left.
He didn’t ask to leave…he asked that they not make his character a loser again. He came back with the assumption…perhaps intel…that AJ would be give a new lease. Instead, they had him once again drinking, accused of a crime he didn’t commit, a punching bag for his naysayers, he lost the girl (Liz)…it was Sean who said he didn’t like the way his character was being written…and it was Ron who said if you don’t like it there’s the door. He took the door.
As a fan of Sean Kanan and AJ…I regret the loss of both from GH.
Hope the Deacon storyline is worth the wait. The character is not one of my favourites, though, I hope it welcomes to return of Bridget!
He will be treated much better at B&B than he was at GH!
Please don’t pair with him Brooke! Please don’t pair him with Brooke! Please don’t pair him with Brooke!
If there are Soap Gods out there, please, I beg you; LET ONE MAN ON B&B NOT BE PAIRED WITH BROOKE!!!!! Please let Rena Sofer have a chance to shine with another great actor! Enough with the KKL worship on that damn show.
mk…YES…MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!!!!! At this point, Brooke works my nerves too damn much!!!!! BLECH!!!!!
Rena Sofer is still so utterly gorgeous and she’s a pretty decent actress. I don’t watch B&B but have seen snippets of it. I don’t understand the constant focus on that thin lipped blonde, who, despite being on this soap for a very long time, is still a vacuous and shallow actress. How can someone be in the acting profession for soooooo long manage not to improve even a little bit? She’s just a terrible actress.
The same can be said of the actress who play Lily on Y&R. Anyway, back to your point, MK, yes, I hope Sean will be paired up with another GH alumni, Rena Sofer.
@ Harry he will not be paired up with KKL probably will not have a scene with her. She is on to the nu/Ridge!
Thank you. BB has also become the Hope Logan show. So sick of Hope & Liam everyday. Bring Steffy and Bridget back and put Hope on the backburner where she belongs.
Fans have been wanting more Hope on DAYS and less Hope on B&B. DAYS is now featuring more Hope, but B&B continues to be all about Hope, which is hopeless.
Brad Bell has named Hope his central character. You will not get your wish.
Kristian Alfonso is a very focused actress with a realistic portrayal of her tortured character.
The dingbat at B&B shows unprofessional confusion in her scenes. Does she always look at the camera? I laughed at all the times she looked into the camera in her emmy nominated scenes! What a joke!!!
I agree , WHERE IS STEFFY???
She is on the opening credits. Also if they are going to film in Paris, then why aren’t STEFFY (and Thomas) going to be there filming
The show is so boring with Hope and her storyline! Anyone else agree? Or have an answer to , where is STEFFY
Debster…I, also, am so sick of Liam and Hope. To me, Hope is EVEN MORE ANNOYING than Liam…if that’s even possible…LOL!!!!! And…instead of putting Hope on the backburner, I wish that the show’s writers would write out that BORING AS HELL Hope altogether. To me, that would be W-A-Y BETTER!!!!!
Problem solved.
Amen, if I c Brooke with that stupid tear going down her cheek one more time I am gonna hurl….I love the Quinn character..at least she has some depth..I only started watching B&B when my soaps were canceled but the endless triangles are soooo boring..Hope went back w/Liam…gag me..I don’t think I can watch that again..
Ditto!
Sean Kanan’s heart/home was with B&B..
He called Bell and asked to go back to B&B..
So.. he is very happy to once again be Deacon..
I’m happy he is back where he wants to be and wish him the best ..
He was always Deacon not AJ ..
at least he got to walk of GH in a bag not a whimper!
actors all love to go out the way Deacon/AJ did ..
S.K. might have stayed at GH…he was disastified with his poorly written storyline…he was a great A.J.!!!
How do you know that? Do you work for both ABC and CBS !??
SKanan came to GH, with the hope of more story driven stories and possibly having been transformed and GH, plain and simple, squander it! His return was good and the end was horrible at best!
Clearly you see nothing wrong with your GH.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I am sorry for yelling but you consistently playing the part of the GH apologist is irksome as hell.
AJ was not originally written to be killed he was written to be found innocent, RC said so in an interview.. And he had some very good stories ahead..
It was SK who wanted to leave GH, he called Bell to go back to B&B and his leaving gave RC and FV and staff a need for a quick write out for him… Not by their choice.
By killing AJ it left GH with a great ongoing story..
I am a fan of GH, I like GH, I have fun watching GH, I do not complain about GH because I am happy and content .. 🙂
What’s the chances that su0000 and the English teacher are one in the same? LOL!
You sure you really aren’t Ron C.,…lol
SK said in an interview that he was contacted by BB first and decided to go back. The way GH treated SK sucked. I’m glad he is going to BB. GH’s loss.
You’ve ruffled their feathers! They would like to tar and feather you! You may want to ease up on the smiley faces because they’re not smiling!!! LOL!!!
Those smiley faces do hit a nerve with me. It reminds me of when my English teacher gave me an F on my composition and wrote,”Possibly the worst writing I have ever had the misfortune of coming across.” Then she writes a smiley face.
Yeah, that made me feel A LOT better!
@Harry. Hahahahaha…I’m sorry. Did your teacher REALLY write that!!!???
You should have sent her a little thank you note:
Thank you for the most DEstructive criticism I’ve ever had the misfortune of receiving. And then added a smiley face, of course….
Rather reminds me of The Mentalist’s “Red John,” and we all know what a complete nutter he was!!!!!!
Hey, I totally agree with you. I wish GH could have done something with A.J., because the show needs all the Quartermaines they can get. But, it was a mutually decision and I hope he finds success with B&B. But, I have my doubts because they continue to focus on Brooke, Hope, Wyatt, Liam and Guido (oh sorry, Bill).
Fact is, we’ll never really know what transpired behind the scenes at GH in regards to Kanan’s departure, but we are sadly aware that his absence has left a huge hole in the Port Charles landscape! Even now I’m still missing AJ and keep thinking how his presence would have so naturally fit into the existing and emerging storylines. Additionally, I will never forgive or forget how callously and permanently the character was dispensed from the canvas….that much we were painfully and publicly privy to, and it remains a very immature, vindictive and contemptible chapter in the history of the show.
Agree Shay. AJ could have been convalescing somewhere…Carly and Franco could have still found his phone with the evidence against Ava and the storyline could have played out as it is…the difference being at the end of it AJ would have been vindicated and able to start anew when he was up ‘n’ running again.
What a waste…
@rebecca1…..Exactly! What a waste, indeed!!!! I’m beginning to think that the tacky send-off for AJ….in addition to simply being purely punitive and incredibly insulting to Sean (and all of his devoted fans)…..was designed solely so the twisted “crypt sex” scenario could play out….there was a real rage and deep depravity behind that scene, and it extended far beyond what the characters of Sonny and Ava were supposed to be experiencing. Heavy psychological stuff there….
YAY!
I hope Sean gets treated very well. But B and B is legendary and notorious for wasting top notch talent. It baffles my mind that Sean consistently gets the short end of the stick by soap execs who cast him as a character that are maligned and considered losers. He is a great actor, a commanding presence, and I would love to see him be a powerful leading man who takes names and rules the roost as he should have as the triumphantly returned AJ. Carlivati’s decision to kill AJ was a hate filled short sighted last minute decision because Sean dared to disagree with the direction his character was taking. I wish Sean all the best as Deacon although that characters track record is fairly abysmal. Days of Our Lives, as the only remaining soap that has not squandered his talent, should snap him up and let him shine!!
See, Johnny? Sean really is AJ.
Thats my biggest fear. I just have a bad premonition that Brad Bell will screw this up, like he has everytime he got a fan favorite to return or grabbed a big name. They all come on with HUGE FANFARE, only to be written out 6 months later. I mean in the past 5 years he has had some of the best in daytime, only to squander their talents. I mean he had Rick Hearst & Sarah Brown in the same family and did nothing with them. He brought Amber back, and she was gone within 6 months. He had the Epic Eileen Davidson & basically wasted her. There was so much crossover material by having Ashley at Forrester, but nope he went back to the reliable Ridge/Brooke merry go round that is so PLAYED OUT. Leslie Kay delivered during the cancer storyline, and he basically said he couldnt write for the character anymore. Wtf? I mean Felicia should be taking her mother’s throne as HBIC. But nope I have to suffer through HopeLESS and all her silly weddings.
This show makes weddings so uneventful because they happen every few months. I keep saying to finally take this crap off my Dvr, but I keep holding out hope I will get back the BB I loved for so many years during college. I just shake my head everytime I watch this show. People meet, and within 3 months they are in love and engaged. I never invest in any SL because 2 months later it changes direction.
People complain about the Music Box SL on YR taking to long, but I would prefer that over this Blink and You missed style of Storytelling. I maybe the last of Daytime viewers that LOVED LOVED LOVED, Bill Bell’s pacing, never missing a beat, Long form style of Storytelling. It made me invested. Sigh, this show is like a bad drug I know I need 2 quit, but I keep hoping for a different result.
Thank you. Yes, Felicia, we need a real Forester woman….Stephanie “part deux”, instead we get Hope & Liam all day; useless Donna; men fighting over Brooke. Enough already.
You might like DAYS, especially when Eileen Davidson returns in July!
Kassie DePaiva’s premiere as Eve is June 18th!
su0000…kanan said:
“I was utterly thrilled to be brought back to GH………. and really enjoyed working with [executive producer] Frank Valentini, but I was not over the moon about the writing.
“Doing stories about panic attacks and relish was not what I thought I’d signed up for. I feel I brought everything I could to the character yet it was obvious they weren’t going to give me a great love story, which I found very disappointing.”
Romantic relationships, he said, are “the bread and butter of daytime, and you can only survive on a show for so long without one. I could see the writing on the wall. I spoke with Frank and we mutually agreed that if I wasn’t happy, and they could find a good way to write me out, that it was best to wrap it up.”
To me that implies he didn’t like his storyline or where it was heading. If it was heading in a better direction as you suggest, they would have told him so. To my way of thinking it appears hew wanted to stay…aired his feelings about his character and the writing of him…and would have stayed if there was some promise of a victory for AJ in a lot of respects down the road. Doesn’t appear there was and basically they said, “sorry…if you’re not happy, leave.” And he did.
As for Ron…it appears they “got into it” when Sean made his feelings public and Ron made snarky tweets about him.
I agree Johnny…plus i would love to have seen Sean K. on Days as Scott Banning or some other Horton!!!
That’s kind of unfair. The decision to kill AJ wasn’t made after Kanan expressed concerns about the direction his character was going, the decision to kill AJ was after Kanan quit the show and they were deciding how to write him off. Lots of reasons not to like RC or any headwriter, but headwriters don’t get to override the network or the executive producer just because they don’t like certain actors. Kanan quit and RC pitched a way to write AJ off, the EP and network signed off on it. Before Kanan quit, AJ was going to be vindicated–RC even previewed the long arc of the story in ABC SOAPS IN DEPTH and the improved relationship Michael and AJ would have as a result, the week before Kanan asked to be let out of his contract and quit the show. I personally would have liked a recast or sending AJ out of town instead of killing another Quartermaine, BUT given that they apparently used the money to bring Rick Hearst back–an actor and character (Ric) who fills a similar role on the canvas, I’m not complaining as loud as I might be.
Jeffrey…I replied to your post above…and I’m replying similarly here. Unless you have some info the rest of us don’t have…the only reason Sean Kanan quit was because of the way his character AJ was written and the way it was going moving forward. When he complained about it and suggested that AJ finally catch a break…he and Ron got into it. THAT’s when he left; he had no intention on leaving until he saw the writing (pun intended) on the wall…
Sean Kanan wanted a romantic roll, probably like he had at B&B..
SK quit before he was found innocent, RC had him written as innocent, upcoming, but most likely not a love story for him at that time..
Although RC had a long term story written for SK..
So, Sean Kanan called Bell and wanted back in at B&B..
SK left RC, FV and staff empty handed with having to re-write him out..
I never once read any interview or article that said;
”he and ron got into it” …
ALL soap actors will you– they do not know what what will happen to their characters, as they are not informed ahead of time..
To say SK knew what his upcoming story would be is not probable that he would even know..
su0000: would you either please stop with your nonsensical theories about what did or did not happen at GH, or just be honest that are some hack working at GH? Sean Kanan specifically said what led up to his leaving GH and he did not say he quit. It was not Ron he went to, but Frank. SK has explicitly stated that he expressed concern about where they were taking AJ, because the direction was OPPOSITE to what they told him to get him to come back in the first place. Frank made it clear that they decided NOT to go that way with AJ after all — probably BECASUE SK challenged the direction the character was going — and SK and Frank mutually agreed that if AJ was going to remain as currently being written (as a pathetic drunk with no planned redemption) it would be better if SK left. Story in SK’s interview with TV Guide. Instead of making up nonsense, GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT, as they are in the public record.
SK did NOT contact BB, as both SK and BB have stated. Again, get your facts straight.
So right you are, Johnny! Sean is a classic, leading man type that used to rule the soaps in their heyday….he has that naturally masculine, All-American appeal and now his kind seems to be on the endangered species list, as the only desirable starring roles (particularly on GH…) appear to be that of pc-approved characters that can advance agendas as opposed to great stories. All we see anymore are gangsters, dope dealers and various forms of neutered, cowtowed males…..gentlemen are all but gone, unless you count the clearly courtly but unmodern Duke and maybe, just maybe, Nathan….he is becoming the strong, silent John Wayne of the Port Charles police force….I am actually coming to like him, but perhaps that has more to do with his recently revealed family ties than the man himself.
I love Sean Kanan and I’m very happy he’ll be on the show again. Quinn keeps singing the same song, every day, “I sent the selfie accidentally!” and it’s boring. Time for her to move on to another man in another story. At the same time, we’ll have Deacon on the show while Ridge is off somewhere, so while B&B loses a leading man for some unknown period of time, B&B is welcoming one back. Can’t wait to see SK again as Deacon.
I am happy to see Deacon come back. He always makes things interesting whether he is playing a good guy or bad guy and we know hes good at both! I can see him and Quinn conspiring together to keep Bill and Brooke apart as he still Loves Brooke and Keep Hope with Wyatt, now that she has hurt any chance Wyatt had left with Hope. She made her choice, but Quinn isnt going to accept that. And bring Steffy back too and let her compete with Quinn for Bill! Her and Bill were a hot item at one time.
I have never been a fan of B&B but I just may tune in. SK seems to be someone who can bring it. TIIC of GH blew it big time. I always liked AJ so who knows I may just like Deacon. I also liked the other two actors on GH ,so Lois and Dillon who are now on B&B three is a good number. Don’t know the other actors names .
Its time B&B recast Hope . JUST SAYING
She has a bad habit of looking at the camera.
Just praying he is involved in an exciting and compelling storyline. B&B’s failing of late have been focus on too many repetitive, near-incest storylines. And no one does anything but talk. Give me romances, redemptions, adventures. Do not give me Brooke Logan and Hope Logan as heroines stuck on repeat. This is why the show seems so tired to me.
I’m only sorry that the writers at General Hospital did not take advantage of Sean’s talent, and that his character was from a core, legacy family. Good luck Sean, at the Bold & the Beautiful.