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Tuesday's OLTL: Natalie Admits She Loves John! Snoop Lion Arrives! Tea & Jack Talk About Victor Jr.!

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On Tuesday’s episode of One Life to Live on Hulu and iTunes, Natalie informed Viki and Clint that she got a call from John McBain, but did not call him back yet. And … she admits to Viki she is still in love with the guy! However later, Natalie down a shot of booze and heads out for a night of fun at Shelter, instead of returning John’s call!
Elsewhere, Blair has a heart to heart with Tea over Jack’s increasing angry behavior, so Tea goes to visit Jack alone in a very tender moment trying to explain to him just where Victor Jr. went and how damaged he the man she loves really is. Jack hugs Tea. How will Jack deal with the loss of losing the only dad he loves, when his real dad, Todd can’t seem to score any points with him and be let into his life?
Snoop Lion also arrived in Llanview today for the first of several episodes meeting up with old pal, Bo Buchanan. Later, Nora crashes an all-male Poker night game, and Matthew once again shirks his duties as a father, and hangs out with Dani. And, Jeffrey received a mysterious envelope from someone who is very important to his past and his success.
Club Shelter was the scene of all the male help fawning over singer, Dusky. However Dusky has eyes for Cutter! Meanwhile an older man gives drugs to his younger date and they begin to get very hot and heavy in front of all the patrons without a care in the world!
So what are your thoughts and feedback on today’s episode of OLTL? Did you enjoy the Tea and Jack scene? Seeing Snoop Lion? Natalie seemingly trying to move on with her life sans John? Watch it below and then weigh-in!
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‘The Bold and the Beautiful’s’ Heather Tom on Working with TV Son Crew Morrow: ‘I’ve Always Wanted to Play an Overprotective, Overbearing Mother’ (Exclusive)

In an ironic twist of fate, and only in the soaps, The Bold and the Beautiful’s Heather Tom’s (Katie Logan) on-screen son is played by Crew Morrow (Will Spencer), the now 21-year-old son of her former TV brother on The Young and the Restless, Joshua Morrow (Nick Newman).
For those who have followed the six-time Daytime Emmy-winning actress’ career, Tom began on Y&R back in 1990 as Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Victor’s (Eric Braeden) daughter Victoria Newman. She played the role until 2003. Four years later, she joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful and has been there ever since.
Next month, at the upcoming 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards, Heather might add two gold statuettes to her collection with nominations for Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama Series (which would be her record-breaking 7th for an actress), and one for being a part of B&B’s writing team.

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WHICH MORROW IS IN THE ROOM?
In a new livestream conversation on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel, Heather recalled her reaction to seeing Crew Morrow on set when he started on B&B over two years ago, and pointed out the uncanny similarities between her TV son and her former TV brother.
“I just can’t even tell you how genetics is weird,” explained Tom. “Because it’s like they are the same person; the cadence and his voice and the way he laughs. When Crew was on the shows for the first couple of months, it would take me out of the scene. I would be like, ‘Oh, my God! It’s Joshua.’ It’s crazy. It’s so wonderful to have him. I love having him there. We’re so lucky to have Crew. I think he’s a wonderful addition to the Spencer family. I love that Bill (Don Diamont) and Katie’s son is on the canvas in a real way.”
In recent weeks, fans of The Bold and the Beautiful have seen a different side of Katie in regards to her son, Will. She simply does not approve, and does not trust Melissa Dylan (Sydney Bullock) as far as she can throw her. That puts a wrinkle in the mother/son relationship.

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HEATHER TOM IS THRILLED THE CHARACTER OF WILL SPENCER IS ALL GROWN-UP
“Honestly, I’ve been waiting for this story since Will was born,” exclaimed Heather “To be like the overprotective, overbearing mother, momma bear, I love it!”
As for Katie’s attitude. which many feel may need an “attitude adjustment,” Tom has it all figured out on just how she is tackling her scenes! “I have all kinds of justifications for it,” reveals the multi-talented star.

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KATIE SEES ALL SORTS OF RED FLAGS WITH DYLAN
“So. it’s not just Katie being the b-word,” proclaims Tom. “It’s that Will, her son, whom she loves and supports so much, has been constantly saying about Electra (Laneya Grace), ‘This is the love of my life. She’s broken my heart. I love her. All I want to do is get her back.'”
“So I think Katie could be like, ‘Okay, well, Electra’s a little flighty, but my son loves her, so I’m going to try to support that relationship,” explains Heather. “In addition, Will has never told his mother, ‘I love Dylan,’ at all. I think Katie is thinking of telling Will, ‘You should run, not walk, from this girl who seems somewhat obsessed!’ I don’t know where they’re going with the Electra/Will/Dylan triangle, but I think Katie’s very focused on Dylan for a multitude of reasons.”
So, do you like seeing Heather Tom as Katie going into overprotective momma bear-mode, now that the series has a major young triangle between Electra/Will/Dylan? What do you think about the fact that Heather has been a long-running scene partner with father/son across two different soaps in Joshua Morrow and Crew Morrow? Let us know in the comment section, and in case you missed it, check out our full conversation with Heather below.
General Hospital
‘General Hospital’s’ Finola Hughes Delivers the ‘Power Performance of the Week’

There was never any doubt that in watching the riveting and emotional scenes on General Hospital which featured Finola Hughes as a PTSD-driven and mentally tortured Anna Devane, that when the climatic moments in Anna’s story aired, that we would not be singing the praises of Hughes. Once again, Finola showcased why she is one of the soap opera genres greatest assets and actresses.
In the key scenes, Anna has had a complete breakdown as she has lured and cornered Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) on Mount Emerson, and even thought through how she would kill her and cover it up, all thanks to hearing the voice and seeing a dead man, Peter August (Wes Ramsey). It’s visions of Peter that keeps egging Anna on to pull the trigger on Britt while in her delusional state.
Before Britt realizes that Anna trapped her in meeting her in Mount Emerson, she is very confused as to why she was all the way out in the boondocks to talk about what happened to her brother, Cassius Faison. However, Britt soon learned that what Anna was about to do is personal, and not professional, as she pulls the gun on her.

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ANNA FIRES HER GUN IN GAME-CHANGING MOMENT
When Jason (Steve Burton) shows up to save the say, he tries to talk Anna off the ledge, begging her to not shoot Britt and make one of the greatest mistakes of his life. When Jason figured out Anna felt she needed to kill anyone related to Cesar Faison, he made her think twice, because that would mean, she also would need to end the lives of two of Maxie’s children, James and Bailey Lu.
Anna can’t stop seeing hallucinations of Peter pushing her to shoot Britt. Suddenly and completely overcome, Anna fires bullets straight in the direction of where she sees Peter as she declares this all must end tonight.
After the shots are fired, Anna realized what she had done and just sobbed and shook. It was a devastating and heartbreaking moment for longtime General Hospital fans to see the beloved Anna Devane, super spy, so lost. Anna explained to Jason, after he was able to disarm her, how she was being pushed to kill Britt by her visions of Peter.
EMMY-WORTHY SCENES FOR 2027
In another hankie-inducing moment, Anna just grabs Jason and breaks down in his arms. If these weren’t Emmy-worthy scenes, we don’t know what is, and it must be remembered by Hughes, General Hospital, and hopefully the voting body of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) when Emmy submissions and voting get underway in 2027 for the 54th annual Daytime Emmys.
From everything we noted above, to the sheer brilliance of her work, Michael Fairman TV names Finola Hughes, this week’s Power Performance of the Week.
Now let us know, do you agree with our pick of Finola? Were you moved to tears during the gut-wrenching scenes? Should Finola include these scenes in an Emmy submission in 2027, should she decide to compete for Lead Actress gold? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
General Hospital
RATINGS: ‘General Hospital’ Shows Most Gains in Total Viewers Week-Over-Week and Up in Key Demo

The ratings are out for the week of August 24-28 for your favorite broadcast television soaps, and it was ABC’s General Hospital which added the most total viewers and planted itself firmly in third place in its battle with Beyond the Gates in the key demos of women 18-49 and 25-54.
According to Soap Opera Network, all daytime dramas were up year-over-year, and General Hospital was joined by The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful with gains in their total audience viewership, while Beyond the Gates was only slightly off pace for the ratings week.
Let’s take a look at what had viewers tuning-in, starting with General Hospital, who added +79,000 viewers. While still under the 2 million viewers mark (which they can hopefully return in the coming weeks) their overall tally was an average of 1, 935,000 tuning-in, while still up year-to-year +136,000.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
In addition, GH while actually down from the previous week in the 18-49 ratings share, they still out performed Beyond the Gates for third place. However, GH was firmly in third place for the 25-54 ratings share.
The stories that were featured for the week included: Anna’s (Finola Hughes) PTSD and struggle with painful memories tied to Cesar Faison, and her concocting a plan to get rid of Britt (Kelly Thiebaud), Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) recording Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna) threatening her, and later running into a severe threat from Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) regarding Kai (Jens Austin Astrup) and Drew’s (Cameron Mathison) shooting, and Drew enlisting Ava (Maura West) to gain leverage over Jack, which resulted in Ava drugging him, while Drew went snooping for the evidence Brennan had against him.

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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Y&R remained in the top spot amongst all the soaps once again with 3,062,000 tuning in, and up +35,000 for the week, while year-to-year still showing strong gains at +231,000 viewers. However, while Y&R remained #1 for the 25-54 ratings share, it fell to #2 in the 18-49 ratings share behind The Bold and the Beautiful.
In story for the week, Nick’s (Joshua Morrow) sobriety in rehab was a focus, as was Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor) hitting the Jabot office couch and having sex for the first time, and Lily (Christel Khalil) and Billy (Jason Thompson) battling over control and ownership of Chancellor Industries.

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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
B&B is continuing to be inch closer to Y&R for the top spot, separated by a little more than 300,000 viewers. For the ratings week, the series posted a total audience of 2,719,000 adding +31,000 eyeballs overall, and like Y&R, is up year-to-year in its performance.
The CBS soap now , now in its 40th season is +217,000 from the same time last year. In the key demos, The Bold and the Beautiful was in the top spot for the women 18-49 ratings share and number two for women 25-54.
In story, the major threat to Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Finn (Tanner Novlan) and Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor) and Daphne’s (Murielle Hilaire) marriages continued as Steffy and Carter swore they would not tell their spouses that the two had a drunken hook-up. But as viewers know now, Steffy is pregnant!

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BEYOND THE GATES
Beyond the Gates tallied an average of 1,611,000 total viewers for the week, up +72.000 year-over-year and down slightly in tune-in for the week losing just -36,000 viewers. The CBS soap came in fourth place in the key demos for the week behind General Hospital, with whom they are often trading places for the third spot.
In story, after Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett) was released from the hospital, Hayley (Marquita Goings) stuck to her plan, doubling down on poisoning him and even getting caught in a major lie or meeting with Randy (Maurice P. Kerry), as Vernon (Clifton Davis) may be on to her machinations.
The ratings report is generated from Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) for the week of August 24-28, 2026
So, what did you think of the performance of General Hospital for the ratings period? Which daytime drama has you most likely to tune-in each day? Which has you tuning-out? Let us know what’s working, or not working for you in story, via the comment section below.
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I’m glad Natalie still loves John, he still loves her, too. They are star-crossed lovers, kept apart by fate. It will turn out that they will be together.
IMHO, I don’t want John and Natalie back together again! I want her to move on with Cutter, because Josh Kelly and Melissa Archer have great chemistry with each other, and I don’t want Cutter paired with Dusky (or Nikki or Rama either)!
I hope you’re right. I really miss the character on the show. Also, this story would be amazing with him around to be part of it, otherwise it’s just a halfway version like ABC pulled on GH. We all know how well that turned out.
Hope to see John McBain very soon.
Hoping John McBain shows up and he still loves her too. Clint did all this but true love should win out, miss my JOLIE!!!
I miss Jolie too…..I am enjoying the show. I definitely miss the old format BUT they are just beginning we have to support the actors and the new format the more of us who watch the more episodes we will get. We need to be patient. I for one am enjoying every day that it is on.
I agree, Clint is going to get the blame for the Jolie breakup. John is suffering just as much as Natalie is, I’m sure – MORE! Because he can’t see Liam!
Are all of you Jolie fans that doesn’t want Natalie to move on from John to have a relationship with Cutter? Aren’t all of you guys forgetting that John abandoned Natalie and Liam to move to Port Charles to work for the PCPD and to have an affair with Sam on GH?
I’m fine with Natalie&Cutter – for now. ME is on GH and aint’ coming back any time soon. I’m just saying, when all is said and done, it should be Jolie that rides off into the sunset together.
Chris, that is GH story line and John & Sam never slept together. He slept with Kelly Cramer and Natalie forgave him and fought for him. John McBain was tormented by Clint with a restraining order Natalie knows nothing about!!
I do to!
I can not view One Life To Live over Hulu here in Canada.
Try –
itunes Canada, Jeffrey!
How about bringing back Marcy and Michael McBain?
That’s a wonderful idea. I love Marcie and Kathy Brier.
I alway’s liked Marcie!!!
JACK BETTER NOT LOSE THE ONLY DAD HE LOVES ,CAN’T STAND TODD AROUND HIM! OR ANY OF THE KIDS
TODDS WAY MORE DAMAGED THAN VIC ,WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO FIND OUT TODD HAS BEEN ORDERED TO KILL VIC AGAIN.
The scene between Tea and Jack was very tender and sweet. The tears started when they hugged. I was glad to see Tea break through some of his rage. Florencia Lozano is wonderful.
Also enjoyed the interaction between Destiny and Jeffrey. I like him more and more each episode.
I like Destiny and Jeffrey too. 🙂
Me Too!
Not really sure how i feel about the show anymore…its all about Shelter, sex and drugs…i know they want to make this different from network soaps with the taboo storylines, cursing and sex but i enjoy more warmth scenes like Tea and Jacks. Im ok with some of the other stuff and know the show will continue to push the envelope but i still want more stories like it used to be…so far the stories arent too interesting, unegaging, somewhat disjointed, immature and moraless, and boring. Hopefully the new writers will make all the characters interesting and the stories engaging again. i gave the show a C+ but after the Jack and Tea moment, and if more of these scenes continue in the future my opinion might change for the better. And before someone critizes my opinion, im not saying i want to see kiddie high school musical fluff like the network but more romantic moments other than sex scenes at shelter, family drama and some humor here and there. So far GH and Days are doing a better job.
They can drop Dusky anytime…why didnt they call her Dusty? Dusky sounds like something you’d use to dust your house with. But anyway i just dont care for the character.
of course Dusty doesnt sound much different.lol
I don’t like Dusky either, or that she might want to hook up with Cutter (even though he’s not interested in her like he is with Natalie)!
I agree. As a long time OLTL fan, I’m not liking this new version. The veteran actors are not utilized enough. Too much Shelter, sex, cursing, drugs, drinking. And Snoop-who cares, he’s an admitted drug user/pusher/pimp who is there to promote his film. Google him you’ll see, it’s sad. Dusky doesn’t sing, she just yaps about a girl wasted. Nice.
Did the writers/producers ever see the old show? I don’t look forward to it any more. I hope the producers read these comments. The fans might sound angry, but they have excellent advice how to fix the show. No one wants it to go away again, we just want it like it was, not this mess.
I dont think its OLTL at all…i believe what they want is a Jersey Shore type soap opera. I seen that crappy show once while in a waiting room and it was all about a club, drinking and sex…an inspiration for Shelter? Seems like it especially with one of the shows reality stars is playing a bartendar. Hate to see it cancelled again too but there is so much of this messy boring crap i might stop watching for good if the new writers cant turn it around.
If you people are not happy with watching the soaps then stop watching and complaining about them.
Why not , don’t watch, read a book, and shut up..
( habitual constant complainers are very unpleasant people..
I am thrilled and loving every minute of the soaps.. 🙂
OLTL reminds me of that scene in The Ten Commandments when they worship gold, start fooling around with each other and acting wild and moraless! Is this where they got their idea for Shelter? The scenes kinda resemble each other. Now ill hear from the critics! And i no longer care! Im young and in my 30 years im not perfect and im far from sainthood but this show does go a little too far. Im going to watch for another two months but if the show doesnt improve and keeps it on the darkside im not sure ill continue to watch. And i have nothing against the fans who enjoy this version of the show but all i will say is that the show can only go so far with all this darker stuff and there arent many out there wholl stick with it like its network run so i believe the show wont last long online like it did at abc.
LOL! Yep, the younger generation on OLTL has fallen into “hedonistic abandon”. Except for Destiny&Jeffrey, who seem more responsible. I like them!
Those two are fast becoming my favorites!
The show stinks.
Why would you watch something that stinks??
that would be kookoo to do ..
Don’t like Shelter or Cutter! Do like Rama and finally more of Natalie and what is going on with her & John. Dani is a little overboard, altho’ I do understand you are trying to get younger viewers. I like her and Matthew and when she is not partying so much. Just have never liked Tea’ for the last few yrs. Thank you PP for giving us our show back and working with us fans as to what we want!!
One Life to Live needs to re-think just where they are going, find a storyline and stick with it. 3 room mates standing around talking in circles does not a story make. The scenes zooming around “Shelter” are inane and time consuming. I know the show can’t be just “Vicki and Dorian have another fight” kind of thing, I understand that, and I do understand that they need to build storyline around new, young characters. So, I hope the New Writing staff comes up with something a little more compelling than 3 young people drinking and playing Strip Truth or Dare. I’m sorry to come across in a negative way, the show just seems disconnected somehow.
I agree. I’ve been watching this show for many years and it doesn’t seem the same. They reduced the episodes to two per week and recently fired the head writers. I feel the storylines are “too edgy” and doesn’t have the class and sophistication that OLTL has been known for years. They always had quality storylines, but now the cursing and the drug use is over the top. I understand they are trying to attract a younger audience, but I feel it’s at the expense of the quality of the show. I hope the storylines get more interesting, as I would like to see more of the veteran actors utilized more frequently and possibly some returning to the show. If this continues, it won’t last for a year. Hope we see some improvement with the new head writers, which could lead to more episodes and a possible return to TV.
You are so right…the show seems too desperate for new viewers that they seem to forget us fans who are already there…we are the ones who make the show a success and who can help attract new fans…loose the established fans you already have will hurt the shows success after we fought so hard to get it back…PP needs to wake up and give us the OLTL most of us want or they will fail.
I loved the family poker and Bo/Nora/Snoop. I could watch those two play a game of chess and be totally entertained. That’s how much I love my Bo/Nora. lol. I am not really bothered by the club scene…I just think the young adults who act like teens are on too much. I would like more Bo/Nora romance. Am looking forward to the continaution of family poker night. I am just glad to have my show back. Thank you PP.
I’m glad they’re getting new writers because the current ones suck! The only halfway interesting storyline is Dorian wanting revenge on Viki. As for this episode, why were Rama & Blair obsessing over that older guy/younger woman at Shelter? It seemed pointless and a waste for both characters. Dani/Matthew have no chemistry so this should be stopped in its tracks and the show needs to explain exactly why he doesn’t want anything to do with his son. Also, is she over her drug addiction this quickly? I wish they hadn’t brought back Natalie since I never did like her at all and couldn’t care less if she’s with John or the ever-annoying Cutter. At least if she hooked up with Cutter, a better writing team could explore their shared history of running scams and maybe make both characters more interesting. I did enjoy the Jeffrey/Destiny scenes because they actually had a real conversation, but I don’t care about who his benefactor turns out to be like I do Celia’s on AMC. As for Snoop Lion, the less said of him and his contrived “friendship” with Bo, the better!
Loving the show to include the new format. I am an evolved kind of person that I take the good, bad, and meh and roll with the flow. Especially loving Destiny and Jeffery and IMO, I just feel any show FL is on, the show is more entertaining, this is jmo.
I like OLTL just fine the way it is. I am loving that Vicki has a real storyline and that Jacks family is looking into and acknowledging his issues. I like that Todd is trying to get through to his other kids Im loving Dani’s I don’t give a what additude in contradiction to Starr’s everyone should love each others additude. I am loving self centered Matthew I love that Bo and Nora still have it going on in that department, and I adore Blair playing hard to get while just wanting to jump Todds bones. I am loving Victor on a man hunt and I am loving Cutter trying to keep his head above water. I adore Rama she is so beautiful and I love Natalie with an edge. The show is great to me and I do not understand the nay sayers. My word of advice… LISTEN to the theme song, which I love….THIS IS A BRAND NEW START Stop comparing it to the days of old on ABC.
OLTL will never again live up to that final year on ABC. Some of PP version is fine like Jacks issues ect. but the show is still a little off balance, disjointed and boring at times. Its got its good moments but there is not enough of them and itll loose viewers if the new writers dont make changes soon. A lot of us so called nay sayers are the ones PP need to listen too others that inane theme ‘Its A Brand New Start’ is going to be a very quick finish!!!
Or that…not others!
PP is playing a numbers game which means if the numbers are their they will not put much weight on the nay sayers.
That insane theme song you mention has a huge following on YT people are clicking in and posing likes so I guess I am not the only insane one.
A person can be not like something an voice their opinion and this is wonderful, I am sure they value that feedback, they have employed new writers because of it geesh. I think that OLTL is great right now and you don’t, doesn’t make eithere one right or wrong it depends on a persons valid and reasonable complaint or praise, that is what PP should value not the nay sayers complaining to complain and it the shoe fits,,,,,,,,,well I will leave the rest up for interpretation.
If a person complains and doesn’t explain why then I will call them a nay sayer and PP shouldn’t pay attention to that. IMHO If a person complains and goes into detail than I think those complaints should hold more weight with PP.
It is riduclous some of the things people choose to complain about, point in case a poster is complaining on a website about Buchannon Poker Night?????
It ain’t even over yet what is that person complaining about, another person complained about the extras?????? Its not enough extras. Now that is what I call a nay sayer. Now one legitimate gripe that I think many posters had is the whole Victor reveal, now that was a legitimate complaint which I believe caused PP to seek out new writers.
I do like your well thought out reply and i partially agree with what your saying…im trying to like the show again…in its final year i never missed an episode and have it on tape. Anyway if the numbers were there where they liked them to be it seems there wouldnt be these changes…im sure they didnt give us the whole truth why…the opening theme plays better on its own but not with the opening dance number which looks cheesy…AMC is more inviting…im glad you like it but i dont hate it…i just feel there is so much room for improvement like less Shelter and a storyline for Bo and Nora and maybe a new love interest for Blair…Destiny and Jeffry are starting to be likeable as a possible couple but i like Jeffry to have more ties to the show as maybe Davids long lost son…I agree its ridiculous that someone complain about Buchanon poker night…i have no problems with it. thanks for the reply.