The daytime soaps were represented, in sorts, thanks to victories last night by some of the men who were recognized for their work at the 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards honoring excellence in the fields of motion picture, television, literature and music. This year, the awards committee had chosen to delete from the categories the acting awards for Daytime Drama Series performers. The 46th annual event was broadcast via TV One over the weekend.
Shemar Moore (pictured on the red carpet) took home the trophy for the Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for his role on Criminal Minds! Moore has been a long time favorite of the NAACP Image Awards having won several times previously for his role as Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless. Last year, Moore made a special two-day guest appearance returning to his Genoa City roots in scenes with his on-screen brother, Kristoff St. John (Kristoff St. John).
Two actors who got their starts on ABC’s One Life to Live also took some hardware last night! Blair Underwood was named Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for his role in The Trip To Bountiful, and Laurence Fishburne was named Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in ABC’s black-ish.
Joe Morton, who had roles on Another World and All My Children, won for his performance on ABC’s Scandal for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series! View the complete winners list here!
Happy to hear about Shemar’s victory for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for CBS’ Criminal Minds? Comment below!
Sharon Case was dissed . She of all deservedan emmy. I do love Shemar. Wish he could come back to Y&R. We ALLLLLLL miss Victoria Rowell. as Drucilla. The show knows how much even more of a fight to get a character back then MM as Adam. WE WANT OUR REAL DRUCILLA BACK!!!! Hear our cry!!!! 🙂
The Men of Charity Lawson’s Season of ‘The Bachelorette’ Revealed
June 5, 2023
Bachelor Nation got a preview of the twenty-five men who are searching for love and are hoping to find it with season 20’s ‘Bachelorette’ Charity Lawson. The new season of the reality-dating competition kicks-off on Monday June 26th (9-11 PM ET) on ABC.
Viewers met Lawson during Zach Shallcross’ season of The Bachelor. During a recent appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, Charity said on being the producers choice for the lead role in season 20: “This puts me in the position of being the fourth woman of color to hold this role and the second monoracial African American woman to have the opportunity to find love. I notice and acknowledge that this is so much bigger than myself. It is my journey to love, but it’s bigger than me.”
The men vying for the final rose will include:
Aaron B., 29, a software salesman from San Diego, Calif.
Aaron S., 33, a firefighter from San Diego, Calif.
Adrian, 33, a realtor from Northridge, Calif.
Brayden, 24, a travel nurse from San Diego, Calif.
Caleb A., 29, a resident physician from Ann Arbor, Mich.
Caleb B., 24, a pro wrestler from Orlando, Fla.
Christopher “Chris,” 27, a world record jumper from White Plains, N.Y.
Dotun, 30, an integrative medicine specialist from Brooklyn, N.Y.
James, 28, an attorney from Chicago, Ill.
Joe, 32, a tech operations director from San Francisco, Calif.
Joseph “Joey,” 27, a tennis pro from Lawai, Hawaii.
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John., 27, a data scientist from New York, N.Y.
John Henry, 30, an underwater welder from Virginia Beach, Va.
Josh, 28, a Harvard grad student from Bethlehem, Pa.
Kaleb K., 26, construction salesman from Norcross, Ga.
Ahmad Khalid “Khalid,” 28, a tech recruiter from Dearborn, Mich.
Michael, 28, a yacht captain from Chicago, Ill.
Nicholas “Nick,” 32, an HR executive from Bayonne, N.J.
Peter, 33, an airline pilot from New York, N.Y.
Sean, 25, a software sales representative from Tampa, Fla.
Spencer, 32, a medical sales director from Moorpark, Calif.
Tanner, 30, a mortgage lender from Pittsburgh, Pa.
Taylor, 32, a loan officer from Springboro, Ohio
Warwick, 27, a construction manager from Nashville, Tenn.
Xavier, 27, a biomedical scientist from Carrboro, N.C.
Over the past weekend, a video teaser for the men of Charity’s season was released by ABC. You can check it out below.
Then, let us know, any picks on which guy could steal Charity’s heart on the upcoming season of The Bachelorette? Let us know in the comment section.
Walt Willey Brings All My Children’s Jackson Montgomery to General Hospital
June 5, 2023
Look for another legal eagle character from a former ABC soap opera to pop up on General Hospital!
News today out of Soap Opera Digest has that none other than Walt Willey set to reprise his role as All My Children’s Jackson Montgomery on upcoming episodes of GH in July.
Willey played Erica Kane’s (Susan Lucci) love interest and the Pine Valley lawyer from 1987 through to till ABC’s cancellation of the series back in 2011. The actor previously crossed-over to another soap opera in 1996, when he played Jack on ABC’s The City.
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Taking to his Facebook account, Walt confirmed the news on his appearances on GH: “Hey Folks… Been sitting on this one for a while but now I’ve been given the clearance to announce that “Jackson Montgomery” is visiting Port Charles! I’ll be doing a few episodes of General Hospital, due to air mid July. So excited to reprise my character and see and work with old friends! I’ll keep you posted on any details. “Jackson” in Port Charles…who would have thought it? Let me, and ABC, know what you think about it!”
Could Jack’s sudden arrival in Port Charles have to do with the SEC and the trouble that Carly (Laura Wright) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) find themselves in? Will AMC fans get to see Cameron Mathison and Willey share scenes together again? Mathison played Ryan Lavery on the beloved former soap opera.
So, excited to see Walt on General Hospital? What do you think brings Jack to Port Charles? Weigh-in below and stay tuned.
DAYS Alum Jensen Ackles on ‘The Winchesters’ Inability to Find New Home is a Case of ‘Unfortunate Timing’
June 3, 2023
Former Supernatural, Big Sky, and Days of our Lives star, Jensen Ackles (ex-Dean, ex-Beau, ex-Eric) took to social media on Saturday when the news broke that his series, The Winchesters, in which he executive produced, has run out of options to find a new home.
The show which aired for one season on the CW was a prequel to Supernatural. In an update, The Winchesters producing studio, Warner Bros, attempted to find another network or streaming partner to move forward with the series after its cancellation.
Now comes word that all avenues have been exhausted. All this, even though a #SavetheWinchesters campaign led by Ackles, himself, was attempted to bring some attention and heat on the show.
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Jensen expressed his ‘thanks’ to the viewers and cited the current WGA writer’s strike as one of the main contributing factors to making the search for a new home for the series extremely daunting.
Ackles shared: “To all of you who watched, followed, and supported this story, THANK YOU. And to all those who brought this show to life…I couldn’t be more proud of what we all did together. But as they say…timing is everything. With a massive Network shift coupled with an industry strike…welp…that’s some unfortunate timing. Sleep well dear @WinchestersOnCW…until we meet again. Somewhere down the road.”
Courtesy/CW
So, did you watch The Winchesters? Do you hope it can someday return? What did you think about the sentiments shared by Jensen Ackles? Comment below.
Sharon Case was dissed . She of all deservedan emmy. I do love Shemar. Wish he could come back to Y&R. We ALLLLLLL miss Victoria Rowell. as Drucilla. The show knows how much even more of a fight to get a character back then MM as Adam. WE WANT OUR REAL DRUCILLA BACK!!!! Hear our cry!!!! 🙂
Congratulations , Shemar.