Big casting news! Daytime favorite, Cameron Mathison (Ex-Ryan Lavery, All My Children) is heading to General Hospital.  

Mathison, who will finish up his run as co-host of Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family when its final season ends in August, will be joining the ABC soap opera.

No word yet on what role Cameron will play and when he will debut.  Deadline broke the news of the newest GH cast member,

Throughout his acting career, Mathison has earned two Daytime Emmy Supporting Actor nominations in 2002 and 2004 for his work on AMC.

In a statement on joining the legacy series, Cameron said, “I am absolutely thrilled to be part of the General Hospital family!  Incredibly grateful to (Executive Producer) Frank Valentini and the writers at GH for including me in such an iconic show.  I feel like a kid at Christmas, as I’ll also be continuing making Hallmark movies and be part of that family as well.  So so excited… thank you!”

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Some great news for daytime fans!  Following a deal announced today between National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and CBS, the network now has a two-year deal to broadcast the Daytime Emmy Awards.

CBS will present this year’s 48th Annual Daytime Emm Awards, on Friday, June 25 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network and it will stream live and on demand on Paramount+.   This will mark the 15th time CBS has broadcast the Daytime Emmy Awards, more than any other network. CBS also aired last year’s Daytime Emmys amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

In addition, this is the first time since 2008 that one network will broadcast both the Daytime and Primetime Emmy awards in the same year. CBS last hosted both specials in 2005.

The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in daytime television programming since 1974.  The awards are presented to programs broadcast between 2:00 AM and 6:00PM, as well as all forms of children’s television programming and certain categories of streaming and syndicated content.

NATAS also revealed today that this year’s Daytime Emmys are the most competitive ever, with more than 3,100 submissions featuring content that originally premiered in calendar-year 2020, judged by a pool of peer professionals from across the television industry.

The 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will 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 and 2020. Adam Sharp and Steve Ulrich are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie is executive producer and director from ATI.

So excited about the Daytime Emmys will return to network TV for two more years guaranteed, and that we have a date for this year’s presentation this summer? Comment below.

Last Friday, CBS made the exit of Sharon Osbourne from The Talk official.  Now according to a report in Page Six of the New York Post, it appears that Osbourne and her lawyers orchestrated a substantial deal for her following and amid accusations of racist behavior.

Sources told Page Six that Sharon is to receive a $5-10 million dollar payout to leave the show, and that she was able to spin the statement (released to the press last week) that it was her decision to exit the talk show series that she had been a part of it since its premiere. 11 years ago.

Another source revealed that as part of her walking away from the show, Osbourne was able to have the ability to speak freely.  That source shared that Sharon, “still wants to give her side of the story. She has been on that show for 11 years and knows all the secrets.”

Osbourne had been at the epicenter of a firestorm that kept getting fuel added to it, after defending remarks made by her friend, Piers Morgan over the Meghan Markle interview with Oprah Winfrey, on the March 10th episode of The Talk.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Osbourne addressed some of her alleged racist remarks, including one made to former ‘Talk’ co-host, Julie Chen.  When the outlet asked if she had ever called Chen a wonton, Sharon retaliated: ‘It’s all crap. It’s all crap. I don’t want to go there with her. She makes her living out of outing people. So, it’s like come on.  It’s got no real foundation. Allegations of calling a Chinese lady a wonton, it’s like – is that all you’ve got? It’s like really?’

So, what do you think of Osbourne’s potential pay day? Comment below.