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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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‘All My Children’ Movie Writers for Lifetime Revealed: Ron Carlivati, Jamey Giddens and Leo Richardson
This week began and as reported with a spotlight article on Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos and how their production entity, Milojo, has been teeing up the All My Children reboot with Lifetime.
The L.A. Times featured the married couple, co-hosts of Live with Kelly and Mark, and former All My Children cast members (where they met and fell in love) about their plans to bring two All My Children movies to Lifetime and how they are working with the Agnes Nixon estate to make it come to fruition,
On Wednesday, it was revealed by Daytime Confidential, that All My Children reboot producer, Andrew Stearn handpicked none other than Ron Carlivati (ex-head writer, One Life to Live, General Hospital and Days of our Lives) and Jamey Giddens (who is the new co-head writer of The Young and the Restless, following his tenures on the writing teams of Beyond the Gates and Days of Our Lives), as the two scribes who will bring the first of two of Kelly and Mark’s All My Children movies to the page.
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RON CARLIVATI AND JAMEY GIDDENS CONFIRM THEIR BOARDING THE ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIE PROJECT
The second installment is said to be written by primetime writer Leo Richardson whose credits include: Star, Katy Keene and more recently the Penn Badgley (ex-Phillip Chancellor IV, The Young and the Restless) starring series, You.
Richardson also wrote for three years on the U.K.’s long-running soap, EastEnders. All My Children revival fans will recall Richardson’s name was attached as the writer for the first incarnation of the All My Children movies, entitled, Pine Valley.
Ron Carlivati took to X and confirmed he is indeed boarding the All My Children movie project. Carlivati shared, “So excited to share this news! Thanks to Andrew Stearn, Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Albert Bianchini and the Agnes Nixon estate for entrusting Jamey Giddens and me with the first of two planned All My Children movies for Lifetime! Stay tuned!”
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Jamey Giddens confirmed DC’s announcement by taking to his account on X and expressing, “I’ve been booked and busy in 2026. Thanks to Andrew Stearn, the Agnes Nixon estate, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos for entrusting Ron Carlivati, and me with the first of two planned All My Children movies for Lifetime!”
Some fans seemed to question how Giddens could be writing for the first All My Children movie at Lifetime, when he is the new co-head writer at The Young and the Restless with Dan O’Connor. Jamey answered that head on via X and explained, “We turned in our All My Children script months ago. My sole focus as of this past Monday, is Genoa City, Wisconsin! #YR”
ERICA KANE, MARIA SANTOS AND HAYLEY AND MATEO SANTOS TO APPEAR IN THE ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIE REVIVAL?
In the planned stories, Susan Lucci’s Erica Kane and Eva LaRue’s Maria Santos will be two characters whose lives we will get to see for the first time since the series was canceled by ABC back in 2011 after 41 years on the air. As well, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos confirmed they will make brief appearances on-screen; one could assume as Hayley and Mateo Santos.
“It’d be wonderful to give the fans something that they’ve been yearning for so many years,” shared Mark Consuelos to the LA Times. “All My Children gave me my family. I met my wife there. It gave me my start in the business. It gave us so much. It would be a dream to be able to give back.”
So, what do you think of Ron Carlivati and Jamey Giddens getting nod to write the All My Children movie #1 script and Leo Richardson #2? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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‘All My Children’ Revival Updates: Lifetime EVP Speaks on Why Proposed Movies are Great Fit, Mark Consuelos Wants To ‘Give Back’ to Fans
The All My Children revival via movies at Lifetime is still in the works from former series stars and marrieds, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, through their production company, Milojo.
The co-hosts of Live with Kelly and Mark were featured this week in a Los Angeles Times article which detailed their efforts to bring some of the citizens of Pine Valley back to your screens.
As previously reported, and reaffirmed by the L.A. Times, the All My Children movies will be set in the present day and focus on what beloved characters such as Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) and Maria Santos Gray (Eva LaRue) are doing now. In addition, Kelly Ripa confirmed that she and Mark Consuelos will also appear on screen briefly most likely appearing in their signature soap roles as Hayley and Mateo Santos.
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ALL MY CHILDREN MOVIES BRING NOSTALGIA THAT CAN BE MADE TO FEEL NEW AGAIN
Elaine Frontain Bryant, executive vice president and head of programming for A&E, Lifetime, and Lifetime Movie Network said of the All My Children reboot, “Lifetime is always interested in shows that kind of tap into a powerful nostalgia that can be made fresh for today’s audience. There’s a whole generation of women that have missed these stories and these characters.”
As for working with Kelly and Mark on the Lifetime movie versions of the soap, “They’re exactly the kind of partners you want at a brand,” expressed Bryant. “They’re trusted voices because every day they’re talking to their audience, which, a lot of times, is our audience. They bring a real credibility and have an authentic point of view. You meet Kelly and Mark and kind of what you see is what you get, and I think they bring that same authenticity to their development standards.”
Albert Bianchini, executive producer for Milojo, says he knows All My Children is so wildly popular with the fans of daytime. That was punctuated when seeing it in person, and how the energy was off the charts back in January of 2025 when Kelly participated along with Susan Lucci, former head writer, Lorraine Broderick and casting director, Judy Blye Wilson in a conversation with Andy Cohen at the 92nd Street Y in New York City.
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“I’ve never seen a crowd like that in my life. People were lined up around the block, recalled the Bianchini. “Everyone wanted to know, ‘When is (All My Children) coming back? We want more.’ We got to see that in real life and Kelly got to feel it in real life, and it made so much sense. I just know that the minute it gets out in the world, people will want more and more and more. There’s just a love there.”
Kelly Ripa added that they are, “working closely with Bob and Sarah Nixon, who are also serving as producers.” She recalled, “She (Agnes Nixon) was so far ahead of her time. She covered topics that weren’t being covered. It was extraordinary the audiences that the show drew, and she served them real stories that were affecting Americans across the country but weren’t necessarily being represented anywhere.”
“It’d be wonderful to give the fans something that they’ve been yearning for so many years,” shared Mark Consuelos. “All My Children gave me my family. I met my wife there. It gave me my start in the business. It gave us so much. It would be a dream to be able to give back.”
THE CANCELLATION AND STOPS AND STARTS OF ALL MY CHILDREN REBOOTS
All My Children aired on ABC from 1970 to 2011. It got a second chance at life when Prospect Park resurrected the show and brought it to The OnLine Network and Hulu for one season in 2013.
Recently, the series made a return through the estate of Agnes Nixon and is streaming internationally on BEONDTV and through their partnership with PlutoTV Canada with episodes starting in 1995. Fans hope original episodes will some day soon be available in the U.S. as well, but that could prove more difficult since ABC owns the rights to the episodes stateside.
Now 13 years later, while there is no word yet on a definitive production start date to the two movies at Lifetime, all the people involved seemed determined to make it come to life.
So, what do you think of the executive vice-president of Lifetime and LMN being enthusiastic about Kelly and Mark’s All My Children movie revivals? Are you wanting to see this come to fruition? Kelly and Mark seem to have made this a very high priority. Do you hope that by 2027 we might be able to get this to the finish the line and into production? Weigh-in via the comment section.
Starting on May 1, All My Children fans in Canada will be able to see classic episodes of the beloved former ABC soap opera when they stream on Pluto TV Canada.
Pluto TV picked-up the All My Children Channel that the Nixon family has created in partnership with BEONDTV +. The show which aired for 41 years on ABC and ended on the network in 2011, had so many memorable storylines and characters; the least of which is the enduring run of Erica Kane played by soap icon, Susan Lucci.
As previously reported, starting with episodes from the year 1995, which was the 25th anniversary of the soap. Pluto TV Canada viewers will be able to catch 8 episodes on repeat per day. With the success of the venture, the Nixons are hopeful that they will bring viewers many more years of the show to come.
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Sarah Nixon, producer, shared with Michael Fairman TV exclusively, “We are thrilled that Pluto TV has launched All My Children in Canada! Let’s hope the engagement from our incredibly loyal fans across the border will encourage ABC to bring it to the U.S.! We share what Aggie (Agnes Nixon) always felt, that it is the enthusiasm and love from the fans that has kept this legacy beloved and relevant – to this day!”
In addition, 0ne week ago, during Susan Lucci’s visit to Los Angeles promoting her book La Lucci, she was joined by her former Pine Valley castmates, Rebecca Budig (ex-Greenlee, AMC, now Taylor, B&B) and Eva LaRue (ex-Maria, AMC) and the trio posed for a pic. At that time, LaRue shared via Instagram, “NEW All My Children channel streaming classic episodes 24/7 now on Pluto TV Canada! Fingers crossed to watch soon on Pluto US.”
That was also confirmed this week by TV Watercooler’s Jeevan Brar who took to X and expressed, “The All My Children channel begins streaming this Friday, May 1 on Pluto TV Canada.
So, Canadian viewers, excited about Pluto TV’s All My Children channel? United States fans, hopeful from Sarah’s message that perhaps soon, we can see the beloved soap once again as well? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
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