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Rebecca Budig Joins Soap Faves David Fumero & Hudson West In Upcoming Series ‘L.A.’s Finest’
Former GH and All My Children alum, Rebecca Budig will be back on the small screen in 2019! Look for Rebecca to appear in a few episodes of Charter Communications new drama series to air exclusively on Charter’s Spectrum, entitled, L.A.’s Finest.
If that title sounds familiar, earlier this year the series, this spin-off of the Bad Boys movie franchise, was originally aimed for NBC. The peacock network eventually turned it down, and it ultimately landed at Charter.
This show had made one of the most expensive pilots with a budget of around $12 million, so it certainly has some buzz around it, and also because of its stars Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union. L.A.’s Finest is written by Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier with Sony Pictures TV, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and 2.0 Entertainment producers of the series.
Budig tweeted to a fan the news of her upcoming appearances in the series, relating: “I ’m trying hard to stay off social media as example to my daughter BUT checking in from time to time. Loving LA’s Finest..I’ll be in a few episodes..can’t wait for you to see it next year!” Rebecca will take on the role of Carlene Hart.
L.A.’s Finest is based around the character Syd Burnett, who debuted in the 2003 film Bad Boys II. Gabrielle Union reprises her role as Burnett, and Jessica Alba plays her new partner, Nancy McKenna. In story, the drama follows Burnett, who last was seen in Miami taking down a drug cartel. She has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective and finds herself paired with McKenna, a working mom with an equally complex past. Burnett questions whether her unapologetic lifestyle might be masking a greater personal secret. The two women don’t agree on much, but they find common ground in taking on the most dangerous criminals in Los Angeles.
Budig is in good soapy company in the cast! One Life to Live’s David Fumero (Ex-Cristian) has a recurring role, as well as former Passions star, Ryan McPartlin (Ex-Hank) and GH’s Hudson West (Jake) also plays the role of Logan on one episode.
So, excited to see Rebecca in her new role? Do you hope she will one day be back on GH as Hayden? Comment below.
Happy Rebecca has some work but I want her back as Hayden on GH. That was a character i was sorry to see gone from the canvas.
Too bad the general public won’t be able to see it. I would enjoy seeing Rebecca and David Fumero again.
yes, please Rebecca, return to gh, can’t wait to see her on the show in episodes, hopefully the show will be easy to find.
Will it be on Comcast
So glad this super talented actress finally got cast in a prime time role! She has more than earned it and deserves a chance to really shine! Don’t get me wrong, I love soaps and have followed Rebecca’s characters from Guiding Light, to All My Children to General Hospital and loved them all. BUT, I think she deserves to move on from the soap world and hopefully someday land a prime time series of her own. However, LA’s Finest is a damn good start! I wish her all the best and hopefully, they will make her a series regular!
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George Cheeks, CBS President & CEO, on Timeline to Launch New Daytime Drama, ‘The Gates’: “We’re So Focused on Getting it Right”
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.
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?”
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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51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Announce Broadcast Date on CBS
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.
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.
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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