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The Best and Worst in Soaps 2008!
Its time to look back at the past soap season and honor, “The Best and Worst in Soaps 2008”. Eligibility period is air shows and episodes from December 27, 2007 through December 27, 2008. In some categories there are runner-ups and in others there are not. In those cases. in categories where runner-ups appear they are not listed in a ranked order.
In a year fraught with so much controversary, so much negativity, and where at times the industry seemed to implode on itself, there still were plenty of remarkable and creative moments and plenty of moments and efforts that fell flat. In the end, here’s who was left standing to take a bow as we ring in the new year.
Make sure to listen to the audio player below to hear Michael live last night on “Stardish Radio” where many of these awards were first announced.
Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps picks
Best Actress of the year
Susan Haskell, “OLTL”
Runner-ups:
Kimberly McCullough, “GH”
Jeanne Cooper, “Y&R”
Melody Thomas Scott, “Y&R”
Elizabeth Hubbard, “ATWT”
Erika Slezak, “OLTL”
Kathy Brier, “OLTL”
Best Actor of the year
Trevor St. John, “OLTL”
Runner-ups:
Tristan
Rogers, “GH: Night Shift”
Jason Thompson, “GH”
Eric Braeden, “Y&R”
Tyler Christopher, “GH”
Michael Easton, “OLTL”
Most Underated Actor
Joshua Morrow, “Y&R”
Most Underated Actress
Carolyn Hennesy, ”GH”
Best single performance in a storyline/Moment of the year, Male
Christian LeBlanc, “It’s a Wonderful Life”, “Y&R”
Best single performance by a
duo in a storyline
John-Paul Lavoisier and Robert Woods – 40th Anniversary Rex and Bo first episode in 1968, “OLTL”
Runner-up:
Victor and Nikki in Mexican bar fight over their demolished relationship, “Y&R”
Best Single performance
in a storyline/Moment of
the year, female
Erika Slezak – Viki visits Victor in his mausoleum and then tells Charlie she
was sexually abused by her father, “OLTL”
Most irritating soap character
Eden on “Y&R”
Runner-ups:
Tess, “OLTL”
Melanie, “DAYS”
Lulu, “GH”
Claudia, “GH”
Jerry Jaks, “GH”
Sharon, “Y&R”
Ephinany, “GH”
Anna, “Y&R”
Worst performance by an Actor
Frank Parker, “DAYS”
Runner-ups:
Mario Von Peeples and Walt Willey “AMC”
Worst performance by an Actress
(TIE)
Levin Rambin (Ava) “AMC”
Tala Ashe (Ameera) “ATWT”
Worst Soap
“DAYS”
Best Soap
“OLTL”
Runner-ups:
“Y&R”
“GH: Night Shift “
Worst Written soap
“DAYS”
Best Written soap
“OLTL”
Best Breaking News story in the
soap world
Lynn Marie Latham clears out her desk
and Josh Griffith is fired paving
the way for “The Dream Team”, Paul
Rauch, Maria Arena Bell and Hogan
Sheffer, to restore “Y&R” to its glory.
Worst Breaking News story in the
soap world
Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn are fired from “DAYS”, as Marlena and John, thus setting off a mainstream press frenzy about the declining state of soaps.
Best Couple
Patrick and Robin, “GH”
Worst Couple
Parker and
Liberty, “ATWT “
Runner-ups:
Paul and Meg, “ATWT”
Lucas and Chloe, “DAYS”
Victor and Sabrina, “Y&R”
Jared and Natalie, “OLTL”
Best Storyline
(TIE)
Sudden Impact, “Y&R”
Todd/Marty controversial pairing and fallout, “OLTL”
Worst Storyline
Jim Min Kim Murder, “Y&R”
Runner-ups:
Mendorra, “OLTL”
River and the ashram, “Y&R”
Lizzie’s kidnapping, “GL”
The Text Message Killer, “GH”
Robin video blogging about her
pregnancy, “GH”
Alison Perkins secret to tell Jessica that never was revealed “OLTL”
Noah marries Amera to keep her in the
country so she does not have to go back
to
Iraq, which breaks up Luke and Noah
in the middle of their romance… only to
have the storyline tank and having her
leave Oakdale, “ATWT”
Best comeback
Debbi Morgan, “AMC”
Runner-up:
Arianne Zuker, “DAYS”
Worst comeback
Darnell Williams, “AMC”
Runner-ups:
Genie Francis, “GH”
Andrea Evans, “OLTL”
Best Recast
Jeff Branson, “AMC”
Runner-ups:
Eric Martsolf, “DAYS”
Billy Miller, “Y&R”
Chris Stack, “OLTL”
Worst Recast
Briane Moncrief (Colby) “AMC”
Worst decision made by an
executive producer of a Soap
“ATWT”s” Chris Goutman for letting
Martha Bryne walk and not doing
everything in his power to woo her
back to the show.
Best decision made by an executive
producer of a soap
“OLTL’s”, Frank Valentini realizing that Christina Chambers did not work as Marty and doing everything in his power to bring back Daytime Award winner Susan
Haskell, to the role.
Runner-ups:
“DAYS”, Ken Cordy for killing off Pop Brady.
“GL’s” Ellen Wheeler for adjusting the camera shots and angles in the new production module, so they are not so close in the actors faces, which originally rendered beautiful people unwatchable.
Best Special Episode
Eileen Herlie Tribute ,“AMC”
Runner-up:
40th Anniversary episode- Viki goes back to heaven, “OLTL”
Biggest waste of talent
Robert Woods, “OLTL”
Runner-ups:
Nia Peeples, “Y&R”
Nancy Lee Grahn, “GH”
Ellen Dolan. “ATWT”
Best use of special effects
The helicopter ride in Angie and Jessie’s wedding, “AMC”
Worst use of special effects
Tornados ripping through
Pine Valley and having the characters look like cardboard cutouts against or within the CGI effects. “AMC”
Best New Actor
Mark Lawson, “OLTL”
Best actress in a new role on another soap
Elizabeth Hendrickson, “Y&R”
Runner-up:
Tamara Braun, “AMC”
Best actor in a new role on another soaps
Galen Gering, “DAYS”
Worst new characters
Vanessa Montez & Lola Montez, “OLTL”
Runner-up:
Marcus Walton, “B&B”
Petey Courtland, “AMC”
Worst Character
Grady, “GL”
Runner-up:
Ameera, “ATWT”
ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES!
Character that we originally hated
in 2008, and then fell in love with
by the end of the year.
Kate Howard AKA Connie Falconari from Bensonhurst, “GH”
Character that we originally liked in 2008, and then hated in the end.
Adam Wilson ,“Y&R”
Shocking Plot Twist
Coop and Beth having a secret affair on “GL”
Sluttiest Male Character
(TIE)
Nick, “B&B”
Dr. Daniel, “DAYS”
Sluttiest Female Character
Alison, “ATWT”
Runner-ups:
Amanda, “AMC”
Tess, “OLTL”
Best Guest Performances
Tuc Watkins, “OLTL” -Male
Finola Hughes, “GH” – Fenale
Best Performance by a soap veteran who never gets a story
Peggy McKay, “DAYS”
Worst Business or corporate
storyline of the Year
Restless Style, ” Y&R”
Best Actress who has too much
material to juggle and makes
it all look good
Kim Zimmer, “GL”
Best Actress of another species:
Tallulah- “David Vickers, The Dog”, “OLTL”
Best ‘Goody-Two Shoes’ character
showing a backbone.
Luke Snyder, “ATWT”
Best Socially Concious Effort
(TIE)
Iraqi Vet, “AMC”
Starr’s Pregnancy, “OLTL”
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51st Daytime Emmys: Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa Receive Talk Show Host Nominations
On Thursday, nominations were announced in the Outstanding Talk Show category for the upcoming 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo, All My Children) coming off his first-year as co-host of ‘Live” with real-life wife, Kelly Ripa scored his first Talk Show Host nomination along with Ripa who has been nominated previous times.
Joining Mark and Kelly in the race are: Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, The View
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell, Sheryl Underwood, The Talk and
Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall.
Photo: CBS
As previously reported, The Talk is coming to its end when its upcoming 15th and final season ends in December of 2024.
The 51st annual Daytime Emmys are slated to be broadcast and stream live on CBS and Paramount+ on Friday night, June 7th
Look for the full list of nominations to drop on Friday morning at 12 noon ET/9 am PT.
So, are you rooting for Kelly and Mark to win their first Talk Show host award together? Comment below.
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Mark Consuelos Celebrates One-Year Anniversary as Co-Host of ‘Live’ Alongside Kelly Ripa
Today, April 17th marks a full-year since Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo, All My Children) took over the co-hosting duties of ‘Live” alongside his wife, and longtime co-host, Kelly Ripa (ex-Hayley, All My Children).
Consuelos replaced Ryan Seacrest who are six seasons decided to be back on the west coast full-time. For Consuelos, now having the opportunity to work off of Ripa as co-hosts has been something of adjustment for him, but viewers have been eating it up.
Live with Kelly and Mark has remained the No. 1 entertainment talk show on television over the past year, growing 3% in average total viewers to 2.23M per episode. It is also the most-watched daytime talk show in the last year in key demos of women 18-49 and women 25-54. All of this, since the real-life marrieds teamed-up.
Photo: ABC
Speaking with Deadline, Kelly Ripa shared why the two are gelling on-screen, “I do think that there is something very possibly relatable about our relationship. We have disagreements like a normal couple, and we’re not afraid to let them unfold on the air and in front of America, and I think people find a lot of themselves in that.”
Mark weighed in how he has progressed as a host, and what he could improve at, sharing, “I’d like to get better at my interviewing skills. I’d like to get better at reading a teleprompter…I think I’m getting better at throwing to commercial. The other day in the middle of the show as we go to commercial, my sign off was ‘See you guys around.’ I mean, the show wasn’t over. The most obvious thing to say would be, ‘We’ll be back right after this.’ But I just said, ‘See you around.’ So we went to commercial and one of the producers (goes) ‘What was that?’ I don’t know… So for the next few sign offs, as a joke, I’d say ‘See you around.’ We got a kick out of it.”
Photo: ABC
Meanwhile, Kelly has given huge props to Mark, “I find Mark utterly compelling, really interesting, super funny, and he’s bold in a way like nobody else. He says what’s on his mind. If he’s thinking it, he says it. I’ve done this a long time and oftentimes people will adjust their natural personalities to pander to what they think the audience wants to hear, and Mark will tell people what he thinks, and he doesn’t care if it’s not a popular opinion. It gives him an edginess that I think is really missing in the landscape today. Everybody’s so afraid to say anything, and Mark is unafraid to say exactly what he’s thinking.”
In a statement, Debra O’Connell, President News Group and Networks, Disney Entertainment shared, We could not be more thrilled with how Mark has seamlessly joined the show family as permanent co-host. His undeniable charisma and his and Kelly’s natural chemistry are evident as they deliver the laughs and smiles to our viewers each morning. We are incredibly proud of how Live has continued to evolve and that the audience is responding so enthusiastically.”
So, do you think Mark Consuelos is the best co-host his wife Kelly Ripa has ever had on ‘Live’? How would you say he is doing as co-host after one full year on the job? Comment below.
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Susan Lucci Joins the Cast of Jonah Hill’s Movie ‘Outcome’
Look who will be part of the ensemble cast in motion picture and film star Jonah Hill’s new film project! That’s right, none other than Susan Lucci (ex-Erica, All My Children).
According to Deadline, the daytime television icon joins other notables including Laverne Cox and David Spade who have been added to the cast of Outcome. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Matt Bomer (ex-Ben, Guiding Light) and Cameron Diaz.
In Outcome, which is written by, and will be directed by Hill, the dark comedy centers around Reef (played by Reeves), a damaged Hollywood star who must dive into the dark depths of his past to confront his demons and make amends after he is extorted with a mysterious video clip from his past.
Photo: JPI
Soap fans know that following her iconic run as All My Children’s Erica Kane, Susan went on to be featured in Lifetime’s Devious Maids in the role of Genevieve Delatour. Since her Pine Valley days ended (when AMC was canceled in 2012), Susan has appeared in numerous shows and made numerous appearances. n December of 2023, Lucci was awarded the Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Photo: JPI
Outcome will debut on Apple and is an Apple Studios production. The film marks the latest collaboration for Hill and Apple Original Films, who are also developing a Grateful Dead biopic with Martin Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions, to be directed by Scorsese, with Hill starring in it and as one of the producers of the project, as well.
So, intrigued to see what kind of role Susan plays in Jonah Hill’s new film ‘Outcome’? Comment below.
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sonny and Jason Trade Threats on Each Other
Y&R’s Allison Lanier Lands Her First Daytime Emmy Nomination and Shares “Being a Recast Can Be Daunting”
REPORT: Nicholas Chavez Not Returning to General Hospital
DAYS and ‘Supernatural’ Alum Jensen Ackles Joins the Cast of Justin Hartley’s CBS Series ‘Tracker’
Jack Wagner Open to Making an Appearance in ‘Melrose Place’ Reboot and Shares, “You Never Really Die on a Soap”
‘Knots Landing’s’ Donna Mills and Joan Van Ark Reunite for Los Angeles Ballet Season 18 Gala
Ellen Travolta Makes Another Return to General Hospital
REPORT: Nicholas Chavez Not Returning to General Hospital
‘Tracker’s’ Justin Hartley on His ‘Passions’ Soap Start, “They’d Have Me With No Shirt Walking Around a Hospital for Three Weeks. It Was Ridiculous, but I Loved It.”
The Young and the Restless and General Hospital Actress and Writer, Meg Bennett, Passes Away at 75
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sonny and Jason Trade Threats on Each Other
REPORT: Nicholas Chavez Not Returning to General Hospital
Cameron Mathison Previews New Game Show ‘Beat The Bridge’ (Promo)
Y&R’s Michelle Stafford Talks on Her Lead Actress Daytime Emmy Nomination, Allison Lanier, and ‘Pacific Palisades’ with Finola Hughes
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