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TODAY: CBS Tweet Week Continues with Y&R's Jessica Collins and Melissa Claire Egan!
CBS Tweet Week continues this week with stars from The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful today and tomorrow!
First up, at 12:30pm during the East Coast airing of The Young and the Restless fans can ask questions and get real-time responses from two of the newer leading ladies of Genoa City, Jessica Collins (Avery) and Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea). The duo will be tweeting along with the show. Use the hashtag #TweetYR to ask questions, and be sure to follow @JessicaCollins and @MClaireEgan to read their responses!
Then tomorrow Tuesday, April 9, during the 1:30 pm East Coast airing of The Bold and the Beautiful, fans can tweet with Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke) and Kim Matula (Hope)! Just use the hashtag #TweetBandB and follow @KatherineKellyL and @BandB_CBS (for Matula). Find out what this on-screen mother/daughter duo has to say about the episode while ansewering your questions!
In addition, you can log in to the CBS Connect Lounge with your Twitter account and post questions and read responses collected there for you!
So if you get the opportunity to ask Jessica and Melissa or Katherine and Kim a question, what would it be? Let us know!
General Hospital
Lane Davies Joins the Cast of General Hospital Setting up a ‘Santa Barbara’ Reunion with Nancy Lee Grahn
Some very intriguing casting news out of General Hospital. The ABC daytime drama has cast former Santa Barbara favorite, Lane Davies (ex-Mason Capwell), in the role of Fergus Byrne, an attorney who crosses paths with Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn).
According to TV Insider, Davies will make debut the week of May 22nd. As soap fans know, together with the aforementioned Grahn, they created the Santa Barbara supercouple of Mason and Julia Wainwright. Davies portrayed Mason Capwell family from 1984 through 1989.
Interestingly enough, this isn’t the first time in Port Charles for Lane. From 2002-2004 he played Dr. Cameron Lewis and also shared on-screen story with Grahn. At that time Davies, played Xander Smith’s father.
GH fans are wondering about the last name of Davies new character, “Bryne”. If you recall, Alexis got herself involved with therapist Dr. Neil Bryne, who died when Harmony broke into Alexis‘ house and killed Neil by injecting him with opioids.
Taking to her Instagram, Grahn shared her excitement at the upcoming on-screen reunion with Davies, “It never gets old. We do 😂…. but it doesn’t 😍. Lookin’ forward to another romp.”
So, what do you think about Lane Davies returning to GH to play an attorney in Alexis’ orbit? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
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One Life to Live Alum Jonathan Groff Receives 2024 Tony Award Nomination for Leading Actor in a Musical
Nominations were announced on Tuesday for the 77th annual Tony Awards by previous winners, Renée Elise Goldsberry (ex-Evangeline Williamson, One Life to Live) and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
When the dust settled it was Stereophonic (which is loosely based on the story of Fleetwood Mac) and Hell’s Kitchen (Alicia Keys musical) that both scored 13 Tony nominations to lead the pack.
However, Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along made quite the comeback and is nominated for several awards including Best Revival of a Musical and for one of its stars, Jonathan Groff (ex-Henry Mackler, One Life to Live).
Groff is nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and will go up against Brody Grant — The Outsiders, Dorian Harewood —The Notebook, Brian d’Arcy James — Days of Wine and Roses and Eddie Redmayne — Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club.
In addition to his previous Tony nod for his role in Hamilton, Jonathan was nominated for a Lead Actor in a Musical for his role as Melchior Gabor in the original production of Spring Awakening.
Jonathan co-stars in the revival of Merrily We Roll Along “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe and previous Tony winner Lindsay Mendez.
Back in 2019, Groff visited Live with Kelly and Ryan and discussed his debut on One Life while working at night on Broadway in Spring Awakening.
He shared on his experience on the soap, “I do remember my first day because I was doing Spring Awakening on Broadway at the time, and One Life to Live was my first time ever being on TV. So I got this offer, and I was like, ‘Yes, I would love to be in a soap opera,’ and we finished Spring Awakening at 11:00 p.m. and I woke up the next morning at 4:0 a.m. to walk uptown to go to do One Life to Live, and I called my agent and left a message, and I said ‘You have to get me out of this, I can’t wake up at 4 o’clock in the morning!'” You can watch the clip below.
The 77th annual Tony Awards will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ on Sunday, June 16, with Tony and Oscar winner Ariana DeBose returning to host for the third time.
So, rooting for Jonathan to take home his long-awaited Tony Award after several decades in the theater? Do you remember him as part of teen scene on OLTL? Comment below.
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Days Of Our Lives
Peacock Raising Subscription Prices $2 Dollars a Month This Summer; Includes Days of our Lives
As the Paris Summer Olympics are a few months away, the Peacock streaming service has revealed its plan for a two dollar summer price hike on its subscription plans, beginning in July for its content which will include Days of our Lives.
According to Deadline, in July, look for the monthly price for Peacock Premium to increase to $7.99. Premium Plus, which offers limited advertising, download capability and live local programming, will now be $13.99, while  Annual plans will go up to $79.99 for Premium and $139.99 for Premium Plus.
This price hike will effect new customers starting on July 18th, while existing subscribers will notice the price change on their next billing date on or before August 17th.
This marks the second price change in two years for the streaming service, the previous one being in 2023, which was the first since the service launched back in 2020. The Summer Olympics in Paris which will be on NBC and Peacock run from July 26 to August 11.
The bright spot for Days of our Lives fans, is that unlike if the show was still on network television and NBC, the show would be preempted for two weeks, but with it being on Peacock it will continue with all-new episodes without interruption.
At the recent Days of our Lives 15K episode celebration, Michael Sluchan the EVP, Current Scripted Programming & Limited Series for NBC/Peacock shared that the soap opera is doing extremely well for the streaming service, and they were very happy with its performance.
If you want to join Peacock now, there is still some time to get in on the current rates to watch DAYS and all of the programming and series it offers.
So, what do you think about the Peacock streaming service next price hike? Comment below.
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I hop M.C.E. stays with Y&R 4ever just to aggravate those who dislike her…Adam and Chelsea 4ever the new king and queen of Y&R…they RULE!!! lol
Yay to that.
I can’t stand the Chelsea character
But i love characters others hate…it gets people talking! lol
Hate the Chelsea character! The only women for Adam is Sharon
You are suppose to hate her…thats why she is written that way but for me she is the woman i love to hate…i understand not how some wont feel about her like i do.
Chelsea needs to be off the show. I love Shadam and this Character was one hot mess from day one
She is hot…but im not thinking in the same way you do! lol
They need to send MCE back to Pine Valley. Team Sharon and Adam
But i enjoy the trouble she causes right here in Genoa City…and with fans! Otherwise Adam and Sharon would be dull without some problem thrown in!
Chelsea is so boring and Avery needs to be with this Dylan who also does nothing for this show. The core of the Show is Sharon and Adam. I can’t get enough of them 🙂
I agree…Chelsea can be boring at times but i blame the writers for that…i like her but feel more would too with just a few changes in the characters personality and story away from Adam and Sharon a little bit more. Id make this triangle somewhat like AWs old popular Steve/Alice/Rachel triangle where you want Steve with the heroine Alice but at the same time youd like to see Steve with the villainous Rachel too.
Chelsea and Avery boring as dirt
Just Avery always crying ,bosoms hanging out not the one for Nick.send her packing.
So sick of Avery and Chelsea this is bad real bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think M.C.E is awesome! I hope she stay’s too!!!
MCE was not good on this show coming from this Y&R vet of 37 yrs
Sorry to hear that…Time is just what it is,,,Time :)))
me too MCE time to leave
I can’t stand Chelsea boring con
I can’t believe how horrendous this show has become under Jill Farren Phelps’ leadership and Josh Griffith’s writing.
Kinda makes a fan miss the days of Lynn Marie Latham and (gulp!) Maria Arena Bell. Yes, I said it and even sadder, I meant it!
Dont feel bad…some of us agree!
I agree!! We need new writers and better plots. The writers do not even know the sequence of events. Jack and Phyllis was talking about Fisher the dog!!! I think NOT. Fisher was Noah’s dog and Jack was married to Sharon! Get a clue and ax the boring storylines along with the boring cast that has been added!