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WOW! Jenni "JWOWW" Farley Gets Recurring Role On One Life to Live! Began Taping Today!
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Look who came to Llanview to pour some drinks for some of the fellas and the citizens of the soap town? None other than (MTV Jersey Shore and Snooki & JWOWW’s) Jenni, “JWOWW” Farley!
According to an official press release today from The Online Network: ‘”Fuhgeddaboudit! Things are about to get rowdy in Llanview as Jenni “JWOWW” Farley (MTV’s ‘Jersey Shore’ and ‘Snooki & JWOWW’) gets a new recurring role on the popular drama “One Life To Live,” which is re-launching on April 29th on Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes thanks to The Online Network.
On Thursday, March 28, JWOWW taped her scenes on the One Life To Live set in Stamford, CT. JWOWW plays Nikki, a bartender hired at the trendy nightclub Shelter, who in true JWOWW fashion, can mix an Alabama Slammer as well as she can flirt with customers. As Shelter’s newest barmaid, club owner Blair Cramer (Kassie DePaiva) knows that it’s best to keep an eye on Nikki so things don’t get out of control.
While on set, JWOWW got some acting tips from Josh Kelly, who plays con man Cutter Wentworth. Things got out of control after Kelly showed JWOWW how to do a “pretend” slap. After a brief demonstration, Kelly asked JWOWW to slap, and she really did!
In addition to her television success, JWOWW has written a book and has launched several successful brands. For more information about JWOWW, please visit her website at https://jwoww.com/.
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So One Lifers, what do you think about JWOWW coming to Llanview? Do you think it will be cool to have her be part of the canvas? What are your thought on this bit of casting news?
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Christel Khalil Reveals She Almost Quit Acting After ‘That’s So Raven’ Audition, But Then Came ‘The Young and the Restless’
The Young and the Restless fan favorite, Christel Khalil (Lily Winters) is the special guest on this week’s edition of Soapy Hosted by Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart which dropped today on Tuesday, June 23rd.
During the interview with Rebecca and Greg, Khalil who had played Lily Winters on-screen since August of 2002, nearly 24 years with the CBS soap, shared how early on her teenage acting career, she was ready to call it quits in show business, after a heartbreaking audition for the lead of a new Disney Channel sitcom, which later turned out to be the hit seres, That’s So Raven, starring Raven-Symoné which ran for four seasons from 2003-2007.
Christel recalled what happened. “I was 14 and I had always auditioned for all these Disney projects. So I auditioned for That’s So Raven, it was between me and Raven-Symoné and it was called at the time Absolutely Psychic,” explained Khalil. “The character was this girl who had psychic ability, but then when Raven got the role, they named the title of the show after her.”
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HOW A BROTHERLY TALK CHANGED THE COURSE OF CHRISTEL’S CAREER
Reliving the disappointment to Greg and Rebecca, Christel explained, “I lost that part and I was just so devastated, because for the network call there were 20 people in the room watching me, and I just have always had such performance anxiety. I just completely bombed the audition and it was terrible. So, I was just devastated. I was actually going to quit acting and then I got the final call for The Young and The Restless and I wasn’t going to go.”
It was Khalil’s brother, who actually got her to reconsider, and if he hadn’t, we would not have our Lily Winters in Genoa City! Christel recounted, “I was like, ‘You know what? I’m done. I don’t want to do this anymore. I’m just going to hang out with my friends.’ I was just devastated. My brother, who is seven years older than me, and he had quit acting at the same age that I was at that time. He said to me, ‘I promise you, I actually really regret quitting. Just go on this audition and if you don’t get it, you can quit.'”
Christel’s screen-test for the role of Lily was actually with the late, great, Kristoff St. John who would play her father Neil (Later it was revealed to Lily, that Neil’s brother, Malcolm Winters was her bio-dad).
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ACTING WAS EASY WITH THE LATE KRISTOFF ST. JOHN
“So, I went (to test for Lily) and I remember the screen-test was with Kristoff St. John. It was just so easy to act with him because he’s just so there. I remember just being on set, and that was my first time there for a screen-test where you were actually on set. I had never experienced that before. It was my first time being with an actor and having makeup done, which just helps you really be able to do your best work.”
Recalling the screen-test with the St. John, Khalil, “It was where I had to be emotional ( in the scene) and I always had issues being emotional at auditions. But I was there with him, it just came, and it happened. It was natural and I felt so good and it was amazing. It stands out in my mind a lot.”
You can check out the full Soapy conversation with Christel Khalil where she also discusses juggling motherhood, marital life, and the demands of soap operas.
Fan can listen to weekly episodes of Soapy on Audacy or wherever podcasts are available, and can watch full video episodes weekly on the CBS =Brand YouTube Channel. Whether a lifelong fan or discovering the genre for the first time, SOAPY offers a fresh, fun behind-the-scenes look at the stories – and storytellers – that define daytime drama.
Now let us know, over the years what had been your favorite Lily Winters story on Y&R as played by Christel Khalil? What did you think of of Christell’s recollection where she was up for the lead of “That’s So Raven” as a teenager, before it was even titled that? Let us know via the comment section.
This summer beginning on July 21, Netflix streams the return of WWE: Unreal for its third season. The behind the scenes docudrama series gives fans a glimpse of life in WWE and inside the writers room, as injuries, last-minute pivots, and career-defining decisions reshape WWE’s biggest event of the year, WrestleMania 42.
WWE Unreal is taking fans deeper than ever inside World Wrestling Entertainment’s creative process, The hit docuseries will once again pull back the curtain on some of the biggest moments, boldest decisions, and unforgettable storytelling with some of the WWE’s greatest legends who’ve shaped the industry and new stars who are emerging as prominent parts of the future.
In the new season of ‘Unreal’ which consists of 5 episodes at 50 minutes each: John Cena says goodbye, a fan favorite returns, and the next generation of Superstars rise to the occasion.
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The cast and WWE superstars featured include: the aforementioned Cena, plus Cody Rhodes, Liv Morgan, CM Punk, AJ Lee, Trick Williams, Lash Legend, Stephanie Vaquer, Oba Femi, Bron Breakker, Chelsea Green, Matt Cardona, Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch.
As previously reported AJ Lee revealed on General Hospital star Maurice Benard’s (Sonny Corinthos) mental health series, State of Mind, that she was part of the cast of WWE: Unreal.
WWE: Unreal production credits include: Directors/Showrunners: Chris Weaver and Erik Powers Executive Producers: Peyton Manning, Jamie Horowitz, Ross Ketover, Keith Cossrow, Ken Rodgers, Jessica Boddy, Lee Fitting, Ben Houser, Marc Pomarico Sr. Producers: Harley Glantz, Brian Decker, Michael Flynn Producers: John Galiani, Dan Gati, Jeremy Lundblad Production Companies: Omaha Productions, NFL Films, Skydance Sports, WWE.
So, what do you think of the loglines for the new season of WWE: Unreal? Who are you most excited to see featured in the behind the scenes drama from the list of WWE superstars and the twists and turns leading into this past April’s WrestleMania 42? Let us know via the comment section below.
If you have ever tuned-in to the soap opera genre over the last 50 years, and witnessed some of the greatest romances, drama, classic and outlandish storylines of all-time, you would have seen Deidre Hall smack dab in the middle of it as longtime Salem heroine, Dr. Marlena Evans.
It was 50 years on this date, June 21, 1976 that Hall first appeared on DAYS on NBC which was its home for 57 years before it moved to its current streaming platform on Peacock in September of 2022.
In Hall’s first episode she was introduced as a psychiatrist treating Mickey Horton (John Clarke) at Bayview Sanitarium after he suffered a complete mental breakdown. Mickey learned that his brother Bill Horton (Edward Mallory) was the biological son of Mike Horton (Wesley Eure) with his wife Laura (Susan Flannery) and that he had been lied to for years and years. From that moment on, the rest is television and soap opera history. Days of Our Lives put Hall front and center.
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There were so many heartbreaking and shocking story twists involving the beloved Marlena. One of the first was the historic crib death of baby DJ (Don Jr.) in 1980, Marlena’s infant son with Don Craig (Jed Allan). The story had never been told on daytime television and Hall’s performances received accolades from TV critics to fans when Deidre received thousands of letters from grieving mothers who had gone through the same thing in their own lives.
DAYS also brought Deidre’s twin sister, Andrea Hall Lovell to the show as her on-screen sister Samantha, who had a grudge and even locked Marlena up in a sanitarium and took her place! Fast-forward and in 1982, DAYS launched the Salem Strangler story where everyone believed Marlena was his next victim, only it turned out to be Samatha. Jake Kositchek (played by Jack Coleman) was revealed to be the actual serial killer.
Later, Deidre would assume the role of Marlena’s look-alike, Hattie Adams in 2004, once played by her sister, Andrea. Over the years, Hattie has come back to Salem and caused trouble giving Hall a chance to play a different type of character, then the always upstanding Marlena.
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THE LOVES OF MARLENA
Deidre Hall struck gold with all her leading men: from the late Jed Allan, to Wayne Northrop as Roman Brady, and of course, her enduring love story with the late John Black played by the iconic Drake Hogestyn. In fact, Marlena’s 1986 wedding to John (who was believed to be Roman at the time) remains a favorite of fans to this day.
TOP MARLENA STORYLINES OF ALL-TIME
While the list is long, here are several that were some of the memorable during Deidre’s five decades in Salem!
The Possession (1994- 1995)
Considered one of the most ambiguous, outlandish and unforgettable story arcs in soap opera history, then Days of Our Lives head writer, James Reilly went there! Marlena was possessed by the devil! That included; the demonic eyes, hissing at father John (Black) the priest, morphing into creatures, and the classic levitating in her bed! It became a cultural phenomenon and cemented Deidre Hall’s status as a daytime television legend. Just ask Ryan Gosling!
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The Affair with John Black (1993)
John and Marlena’s forbidden love could not be denied and they had passionate affair, while she was still married to the real Roman. Problem was her daughter, Sami (Alison Sweeney) caught her mother having sex with John on a desk that changed Sami forever.
The Salem Stalker Mystery (2003-2004)
In a shocker, Marlena was revealed to be a serial killer who bumped off several Salem favorites residents who were all alive on the island of Melaswen (spelled “New Salem” backward). Turns out, she was manipulated and gaslighted by Andre DiMera (Thaao Penghlis) to do the “killings” and had no memory of her actions.
The Pier Scene (1991)
This remains Michael Fairman TV’s all-time favorite Deidre Hall moment, which featured some of the best acting in the storied careers of both Hall and Drake Hogestyn.
In the story, a presumed-dead Marlena returns after four years. One foggy night on the pier, John is alone, and Marlena steps out of the fog to reveal herself, and is reunited with the love of her life. You can watch it any year, any decade, and in any moment, and it will have you reaching for the hankies again and again. (best music score fo a soap scene of all-time too!)
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Kristen’s Secret Room Reveal (1997)
Marlena was caught in Kristen Blake’s (Eileen Davidson) elaborate web of lies, when she was held hostage in a secret wine cellar/room until John managed to track her down, leading to an iconic on-screen reunion. The classic catfight between Hall and Eileen Davidson was one for the ages.
It should be noted that Maison Blanche, Queen of the Night, Possession, Aremid and Lady in a Cage were all a part of classic DAYS storyline and all featured Hall at the epicenter of it from 1993-1996.
THE RECENT YEARS OF MARLENA
In recent years, DAYS brought back the possession 2.0 storyline under then head writer Ron Carlivati in 2021 where the devil leapt back in Marlena after taking advantage of a frail Doug Williams (the late Bill Hayes)
In 2025, viewers watched the end of the love story of John and Marlena, as John succumbed to injuries sustained in an explosion saving a vial of medication needed to bring Bo (Peter Reckell) back to life. Marlena has been a widow on-screen since June of 2025 as Hall as portrayed the good doctor struggling with her grief and to move on with her life since his death.
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One story that never goes away is Stefano DiMera’s (the late Joe Mascolo) obsession with Marlena, his “Queen of the Night.” Even in death, Stefano is toying with her from the great beyond with the mysterious chess set and the missing “pawn,” that he had gifted John and Marlena in his will. The mystery is currently unfolding on all-new episodes of Days of Our Lives.
Tune-in to Days of our Lives on the Monday, June 22 episode as Marlena looks back at her 50 years in Salem.
Share your congratulations to Deidre Hall for this incredible 50-year milestone as Dr. Marlena Evans on Days of Our Lives in the comment section. Then let us know, what is your all-time favorite storyline or moment in the life of Marlena over the past 5 decades? And, just for kicks, and to celebrate this amazing milestone, here is Marlena levitating below circa Christmas Eve 1994.
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She will for sure be a terrible actress but she will bring people to watch the show and help it make it so I’m happy. Since I’m sure she can’t act I’d like them to put her in as little stories as possible and just have her as a bartender who talks to the Llanview residents and eventually when she becomes a better actor then she could be in stories. April, 29 2012 SAVE THE DATE!!!
Dont you mean 2013? im sure u do!
Yeah wow lol were pretty much 4 months into the year and I’m still not used to being 2013.
Agreed. Her value will be the media attention her name (whatever it’s good for) will bring to the show, along with any so-called fan of hers taking a peak at the show because she’s in it.
Guest stars on soaps happen all the time- people who don’t belong on soaps but just pop in for a spot and appearance for fun. Like Snoop Dogg (Lion?) and Kourtney Kardashion on OLTL, Rosie O’Donnell and Carol Burnett on AMC, Elizabeth Taylor on GH, Donald Trump on DAYS etc etc. Will this chick be memorable as Liz Taylor or as well integrated into the story like Snoop? We’ll have to wait and see, but hey, the help she can provide even before it airs is good enough for me.
I loved Verla Grubbs (( Carol Burnett’s character on AMC she was Myrtles best friend from the Carny days)) I remember the one time they had Myrtle and Verla sitting at a Restaurant talking and Liz Taylor walked in dressed up like the Cleaning lady from Carol’s show The Carol Burnett show. OMG it was so funny because Carol had no idea any of this was about to happen…..It’s a great scene with them 3 wonderful actresses!
This is one of the dumbest moves ever made having this Jenni JWoww on One Life to Live. She and the rest of the cast of the Jersey Shore didn’t help Seaside Heights and she is not gonna be a good thing for a Great Show like One Life to Live. I will have to fast forward when they show her cause she CAN’T ACT
Them adding her is a great move it brings ppl to watch the show and that’s what we need to keep OLTL from being cancelled again after if comes back. I doubt she will be in any serious story lines considering she can’t act she is playing a RECURRING bartender so she will probably just occasionally talk to Llanviewers while they get drinks like Christian used to do and maybe she will get into minor drama at the club. GREAT MOVE.
I hear it’s a recurring role, so she may not even be on that often. Hear she has 3.2 million followers and for that alone I think it’s a great move. It may bring some new peeps to OLTL and hopefully they’ll stay for awhile. I’ve never heard of her, or the Jessie person but I watched her vids and think she’s good. The Corbin Bleu guy is good too.
Recuring or not she can easily make fans tune out as well…Kourtney Kardashian one episode appearance was awful as it and no one flocked in to see her…have Jcow on even recuring his far worse. I doubt she’ll be involved in any major storyline and that would be a great move. I still plan to watch and give my soarly missed show a chance…its the story im waiting to see b4 i judge the whole thing.
I agree too! Even tho I hated Jersey shore Stupid A$$ show LOL
Agree! Trashing OLTL isnt going to help…unless people like this sort of thing! ugh!
yeah, I think cheap reality stars should stay in their genre…a genre that hopefully see’s a demise soon. I can hope???
Uncertain. Initial reaction: Why? But to be fair, I have to wait and see how it plays out. I am still so excited to see OLTL , I could really care less.
Agreed. It’s only a recurring role. If this brings in some of that young viewer fan base, what’s the harm.
Like Edwin said, She is recurring so she probably won;t be on much….
I see nothing positive in having Reality TV (an oxymoron right there) invade OLTL. Nothing!
I’m not happy with this. This worse than having having that Kardashian on. It cheapes OLTL and makes it a joke. The show and viewers deserve better.
Right? At least Kourtney Kardashian was only a few appearances since she was a fan of the show, but JWOWW as RECURRING? Unacceptable.
She is a bartender. Not a main player.
i just mention this under a different announcement…out of all the talented actors from recently cancelled soaps: Guilding Light, As The World Turns, and Passions why on earth would PP trash OLTL by hiring a bland and boring overrated reality star from trashy Jersy Shore? I still plan to tune in and give OLTL a chance but this announcement almost change my mind! Whats next…16 and Pregnant or Real Housewives? This isnt current or groundbreaking to me! Its just plain dumb! p.s. others may like her and disagree with me but i DONT care!!!
If she bring viewers to Llanview, why not ? Remember that Kardashian train wreak in 2011?
Only concern….the character’s name is Nikki? I mean tha name is being used? Niki Smith! Hello?!
Id rather see Niki Smith. JCOW as Niki is icky!!! EW!
My Lord, please keep these Jersey Shore girls out of our soaps. They sure aren’t celebraties to a bunch of us. 🙁 I surely will be fast forwarding that episode. Bad enough they brought in Kim Kardashian. That was really bad acting. Just leave it the the stars. If you want to bring in a celebraty go after fun loving actors and actress like AMC brought in Oprah, and Carol Bernett . Sorry. But its not going to fly.:(
If the show is going to have sustained success, it’s gotta draw in younger viewers who are comfortable with the new media the show will be broadcast on, the internet, to account for older fans they can’t/won’t/refuse to see a show not on traditional TV. Not to mention, the 18-35 is the ‘sweet spot’ demographic for all the advertisers, which is where Jwoww has alot of pull.
I’m no fan of Jwoww.. other than her physical attributes, but if she can bring 10% of her 3.2M followers and convert them to OLTL fans, that would be a MAJOR BOON. It’s a necessary evil if we want to see our show thrive. I believe the writers are not stupid enuff to believe these young ‘names’ are ready to carry the show, the core characters are the engine on the show.. they know that.
If OLTL can consistly meet one million viewers of each episode, that should be more than enough to make the show a success on-line. The CW primetime doesn’t see their shows top a million. If Jwoww can bring in 320K viewers, that’ll be more than enough to reach that million view mark consistently.
I can’t wait for OLTL and as far as the actress goes, I DO NOT KNOW WHO SHE IS, so I ‘m open to her character. Never watched Jersey Shore, but I have heard of it.
Same here other Tali. Never watched her show, but not judging until her character airs.
I’m on both sides of the fence on this one. She’s gonna piss off a lot of folks who blame reality TV for the premature death of our soaps. On the other hand, like some have mentioned, she can bring in new viewers who start out watching just to check it out and, like all of us started, get totally sucked in.
As we all know, it doesn’t take long to get hooked on a soap. (wink)
I would love to see her paired with Roger H. the REAL TODD! LMAO
OOPS! I 4got copywrite laws when it comes to names! LMAOSM!
hahahaha! OMG MY SIDES! What an ass!
I cant stop laughing…sorry but i couldnt help it…lmao
Ugh. This is EXACTLY what I was afraid of – they are going to flood this endeavor with “cheap” labor rather than qualified actors – this does not bode well at all. And before people start chimming in and saying that a lot young past soap actors were new and green – it’s not the same thing. She’s a reality person – the kind of programs that have pushed out scripted programming. And her name is Nikki? Whatever.
Well Kelly “Reality” TV is scripted TV, Just cheaper that’s all! Kelly she is going to be a Bartender at Blair’s Nightclub, she is not a main player, she will not be on that much so I say who cares…….
PP should remember the over 48 crowd that is the backbone of OLTL and AMC’s viewership!! Dumb idea!
The VIEWERS are the backbone of the shows it does not matter what the age Linda…..
OMG I can not believe some of you Fans! She is Recurring which means NOT on much…..She is a Bartender at Blair’s club, how often do you think she is going to be on? She is NOT a Regular player so what the hell is the big deal!??
Personally I say UGH….but if it’ll get some more people to give OLTL a watch, you won’t hear me complain. 🙂
This soap would rather cast jenni farley than create more African american and Latino american and Asian american characters. Think abt that. There’s a complete lack of racial diversity from storylines and casting primarily bec there’s a lack of racial diversity among hollywood’s writers and exec producers. Majority of them are white. Majority of them are not creative enough to write racially diverse characters and write storylines for racial minorities. They write majority of the storylines from white people’s perspectives. The only racial minority headwriter and exec producer for any night soap is shonda rimes. Typical of hollywood bec racial diversity is never the priority while lgbt relationships are promoted thru their storylines. mtv soap teen wolf has absolutely no female writers. But of course its showrunner is a white guy who is openly gay. Of course teen wolf is creating new chars that are gay. Yet mtv’s teen wolf botched the casting of the Indian american char. They cast a racial minority actress who is not Indian american. Typical of hollywood bec all racial minorities are the same right? There’s no care for casting the right Indian american actress. Yet the showrunner of teen wolf mentioned that he “present this idealized world where young gay men and women are no different from anyone” w/c is obviously a sentiment of a lot of hollywood writers and exec producers. Yet how many showrunners have called African american chars as being from the “black storylines”. It’s bec racial minorities are treated as “niche storylines” and as different from the white chars and lgbt chars who are of course majority white. While of course white lgbt chars are prioritized compared to racial minorities. There are a lot more lgbt chars on reality tv shows and night soaps and night dramas and day soaps and sitcoms than there are African american and Latino american and especially Asian american chars. Typical racism from tolerant hollywood. What the heck can jenni farley bring to oltl and any soap opera compared to what actors of color can bring? There really are no standards for acting from hollywood. Anyone that can say their lines can act. Yet another acting role is not given to a racial minority.
bringing the LGBT in your rant is ridiculous, since they are much more a minority on the television screen
Dont pay any attention to bc …it stands 4 bull crap anyway!
To jerica: lgbt are more of a minority on tv shows compared to racial minorities? Giggles!
The following tv shows have lgbt chars and personalities from past and present cast who are of course majority white people: days. amc. true blood. teen wolf. the following. new abc family soap opera abt lesbian couple raising a family. soap opera starring actor who portrayed luke on atwt. pretty little liars. y&r. b&b. happy endings sitcom. watch what happens live w/ andy cohen. pretty much every bravo reality tv show. 90210 remake. ellen degeneres talk show. mad men. blanderson cooper’s flop talk show. the talk. smash. person of interest. political animals. mf. white collar. necessary roughness. the new normal. partners. the carrie diaries. grey’s anatomy. scandal. downton abbey.
Low rated glee alone has the following lgbt chars: kurt. karofsky. unique. white gay char paired w/ kurt. sebastian. santana. quinn. britnay. blayne. BTW the char of blayne is portrayed by a part Asian american actor. But of course his char was whitewashed bec hollywood doesn’t care abt blatantly bashing racial minorities. Recently axed tv shows w/ lgbt chars who are majority white: pan am. ringer. gg. gcb. emily owens.
The following tv shows were abt lgbt chars. These lgbt chars were majority if not all white: the l word. the real l word. queer as folk. queer as folk uk. girls who like boys who like boys. girls who like boys who like boys nashville. Struggling nbc morning talk show recently had stephanie gosk come out as a lesbian. Would they ever treat her the way they treated Asian american ann curry when they fired her? Of course not bec that would be considered homophobic.
Even mythical tv show game of thrones has gay chars! But of course the racial minority chars who are dark skinned are portrayed as savages. How very tolerant of hollywood. There are obviously more lgbt chars from hollywood than racial minority chars. And yet only 1.7% of the population is lgbt according to gay activist gary gates.
There are obviously less lgbt population compared to African americans and Latino americans and Asian americans as an entire group and as separate groups. But hollywood does not prioritize racial minority representation.
dear BS:
i really didnt wanna keep at this conversation but u must be trolling hunni cuz every tv show, reality show or talk show u mentioned have more racial minorities as as lead and the lgbt as a supporting or recurring..i got my own list too and this is just on the top of my head…for instance on Scandal has Kerry Washington, Deception has Megean Goode as their protagonist, Person of Interest has taraji p. henson . OH and its hilarious that the shows u mentioned all have more racial minorties than lgbt let me refresh your memory:DAYS: Abe, Lexie and Theo Carver, Celeste Perrault and her son Cameron. Rafe, Gabi Ariana and Dario Hernandez..AMC had supercouple Angie and Jessie and their kids.Y&R has Drusilla, Malcom and Neal Winters and their kids, Sofia and Leslie and her brother…THE TALK? HELLO? there r 2 black ladies and an asian, the VIEW has whoopi and sherri and had star jones and lisa ling..have u ever watched real housewives of ATLANTA..Basketball wives, love and hip, R&B Divas..how many lgbt characters are there on BET or TV ONE?? GLEE um hello Tina and her hunky Mike Chang, Puckerman and his brother Jake u mention Unique hello she’s black and let’s not forget Mercedes Jones.Glee has had a wonderful assortment of different minorities Ringer even had more racial minorities than lgbt, actually i dont think there was an lgbt character in that show, u even bring up Grey’s Anatomy? Do u even watch the show???Dr. Miranda Bailey,Dr. Cristina Yang,Dr. Jackson Avery, Dr. Richard Webber and his wife Adele, Dr. Preston Burke and of course Dr. Callie Torres who is latina, or does she not count in your reality cuz she is also lgbt. anyway i could go on and on but its pointless. Yes its true that our shows have predominantly Caucasian characters, but bitching about the lgbt (which is the prevalent minorty) having screentime won’t fix that!! DO SOME RESEARCH!!
I don’t watch the show.. it looks terrible from the previews. The 80s Teen Wolf movies was a light-hearted comedy, MTV’s version just looks plain stupid! They ruined something beautiful from the 80s and turned into crap.
Like most of what MTV airs nowadays LOL
You know all I have heard are people complaining about just about everything…Geeshh people…we fought, we won, we get our shows back…things maybe different then before, new faces, people that we may not like…but my goodness…lets wait and just watch…give it a freaking chance!!! And then if you are not happy…stop watching…but for the love of all thats soapy…stop freaking complaining before it even hits the airwaves! GOD!
WORD!! I’m getting annoyed too about all this backlash and demands from fairweather fans. Let’s give this set-up a chance. SHEESH!
AGREED!
Sorry but i have to laugh because ironically those complainers your talking about has made you a complainer now because you are complaining about them. lol But as much as i dont care for the reality star, and dislike seeing her even recuring I DO agree with your valid point about giving it a chance before deciding if we like it or not. How do we know til we see it. Im not going to judge it over just one decision i disagree on but still wish they got actors from other defunct soaps that CBS cancelled like ATWT which was still good when it left the air. Actors from there might have brought their fans to OLTL as well, though they wouldnt be playing the same characters from their old show.
El Rizzo, this woman is not an actress- she is a glorified partying slut. People are complaining because making this woman a recurring character on a soap that has been around for decades is outrageous. It is not unreasonable to complain about this “casting choice” (let’s call a spade a spade: a poorly chosen PR stunt) when people fought to see their soap come back, not see it come back and be a disgrace to the name.
PP is not playing to old fuddy duddies who won’t come into the 21st century way of media..
It is on-line and on-line viewers are much younger/modern people than the ones who don’t even know how to watch it on-line lol ..
Time, people and places change and the word evolves into different era’s ..
We gotta go with it or be left being in the 20th century ..
“JWOWW” and Jersey Shore has millions of more viewers than OLTL could hope to have, so bringing on “JWOWW” is a good move..
The internet is mostly the generation who don’t watch TV on TV, just view by their PC’s and tablet’s etc…
On lone programming is aimed at people how are already there by means of smart TV’s and internet devices and PC, not people who have not an idea how to even get to HuLu to watch .. lol 🙂
I can see both soaps offering the now music and guest stars to grab the now on-line gen..
But we ”all” no mater by what means or how , we will love to see our 2 soaps again.. 🙂
This is a very strange decision. I could understand if they were doing some stunt casting with someone more of the moment but ‘Jersey Shore’ is long gone. Was Mama June or one of the Sister WIves not available?
Oh, dear God……..Why? Why? Why?
Because PP needs ””new”’ and ”younger” on-line’ viewers to keep the soap going..
As much as I love Bo, Blair and Dorian etc etc, they will not bring in the new generation younger viewers.. the ones that would not miss an episode of Jersey Shore, MTV age music buyers.. LOL ..
The collage peoples; most now fans were collage age when they started watching soaps. 🙂
It’s going to be a mixing of the old and true and high hopes to bring in the new generation for the future of the soaps.
I don’t understand. What are “collage people?”
LOL @ Matt!
Good luck with that younger crowd…i have many in my family i told them about this, and tried to convince them to watch but they, like a lot of youth 16 and up prefer video games, skyping, facebook, twitter, texting, and getting their college degree, over watching a daily soap even if they can watch anytime. They may be in a minority but they are still out there. But dont get me wrong…we do need a new generation to keep these soaps afloat…i mean im not always going to be around to do it…but i just feel 4 best success these show should be gratefull to attract all viewers than just any one paticular age group. There are a lot of shows with older characters that attract young viewers and viceversa. If only its the young advertisers want then why dont we see a CSI: TEEN ADDITION!
Recurring. Relax.
I’m not worried. I’m sure Jwoww is just going to be the comic relief in between the Destiny-whores-herself-out scenes. Unless the Destiny-whores-herself-out scenes are meant to be the comic relief between the Jwoww scenes. Too soon to tell.
But either way, if they needed a wacky bartender character, they really should have invited Ilene Kristen back and put Roxie behind the bar.
I’m scared that with this New OLTL, I might actually start to miss Rex & Gigi, which I never thought possible.
Oh well, if all these strange new choices go bust, they can always bring back Mitch Laurence to clean house. (He never stays dead, nor should he.)
lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
JWOWW is the carrot in dog race or the dogie in the window to get people in to watch, and hopefully her fans, and yes she has fans, will look in and stay..
JWOWW is bait for new younger viewers…. 🙂
i watched Jersey Shore ! So sue me..yep it was trash but entertaining trash..daytime soaps are not Shakespeare by the way, still better than real tv but not some masterpiece..Jwow will maybe i say maybe, viewers, ‘fans’ are volatile some good numbers for the demos..at least PP hope so..we will see, let’s hope Jwow can be fun on-screen, maybe she will not be a disaster on the acting department..i saw some ‘model’ daytime (or not) actors being awful..let’s see before judging i would say..
i forgot one word : it was ‘bring’ for bring some viewers
I say good. this show needs new blood, otherwise it will suffer the same fate as before. change is good people. I say more Nikki kess Dorian.
I think its crazy. But it’s funny to see eveyone angered and say she can’t act. how do we know???? She’s was on a drunkin hot mess reality show. She’s only recurring so it went be much. I for one can’t wait to see this LOL
Maybe it’s because I’m older, but I think casting her is like going out tot the back alley and looking for the next “anybody” to wonder by. This person was on a “reality” show. That doesn’t make her a qualified actresss. Seems to me, it’s all an icky PR attempt to bring in the younguns. I really mean it when I say that I hope it pays off and that if she’s bad, they cut her from the cast quickly. IF I’m wrong and she’s good, I’ll gladly eat my words. But I really hope casting people from “reality” shows isn’t going to become a habit in this new format.
this ‘person’ really ? LOLLLLLLLLLL
Jwoww’s Effect
Even if Jwoww fans only hang around for her scenes(2-3minutes a show), it still counts as a hit or download, depending on if you watch the show on Hulu or iTunes. The more hits and downloads that register, the more the viewers PP/TOLN/OLTL can claim are watching the show, and they can sell this to advertisers who will pay more money to advertise, which will increase profits for the show.. and more money can be put into the show.. and eventually the show can afford to be moved back to an hour format.. and they can pay the actors more, which means they can compete with the networks and attract better actors and keep their own.. and so on.
Speaking of which, I ask everybody to watch each show more than once if possible, or at least have it running in the background so we can register as many hits/downloads as possible. If you are technologically-inclined, watch/download the show on your PC, tablet and phone if possible. Assuming the iTunes download is free, download it on iTunes AND watch it on Hulu. The more activity, the better!
I say, give her a chance.
Comparing Carol Burnett or Elizabeth Taylor doing cameos on AMC to this skank from Jersey Shore doing a recurring role on OLTL is absolutely ridiculous. I have no idea what OLTL is thinking but to hire an untalented, and untrained, “reality star” to recurring status while longtime actors like Ilene Kristen (Roxy) are not even invited back makes me sick!
Do you ppl read the articles or just the headlines? She is a Bartender, How much interaction with the cast and show do you think she is going to have…..How do you know Ilene wants to come back or is not Busy doing other projects?
The fact that she is even going to be featured on One Life to Live is a disgrace to the legacy of this soap. And by the way, the word “people” is not speel “ppl”.
She is NOT FEATURED she is a Bartender OMG! BTW if your going to try to show someone up, there is something called Spell Check you should try it out, Mrs SPEEL…..
Many recurring characters can be on every single day and they can have their own storylines so yes, she will be featured.
Oh and I am so glad that didn’t go unnoticed by you! Reading all of these… “wonderful” posts of yours, I thought I’d try and attempt to stoop to your level of stupidity when it comes to spelling and grammar. And now that you admit you have a problem, you can seek help: it’s called 4th grade Language Arts- have fun!
Can is not will. You should re read your posts before you tell someone else how to spell or about their grammar, Just saying.
Did people on here ACTUALLY compare legendary, talented stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Carol Burnett to this, for lack of a better word, talentless tramp. I could SOMEWHAT understand when Kourtney Kardashian was brought on for a cameo appearance, she was a genuine fan of the soap and it was just a two day thing. But if people think Kourtney Kardashian is bad, JWOWW (the name alone, I mean, c’mon!) is scraping the bottom of the gutter. She became famous for an MTV reality show that is about several overly-tanned, self-absorbed, animalistic people who non-stop party, drink, and have sex. I love how Michael Fairman tried to make her sound respectable by saying she wrote a book and started several “business ventures”, but let’s call a spade a spade. A cameo would have been bad, but a recurring role? That is abhorrently bad decision making. If THIS is how the nuOLTL is going to be run then I don’t understand why people would celebrate it’s “return”.
I don’t believe anyone compared her to Liz Taylor and Carol Burnett, You act like she is going to be on everyday and in every story line, She is a Bartender….I think you are going a little over board over a bartender part…..
She’s recurring, she will be on more than once. Have you ever seen Jersey Shore? It is not a classy show- it’s a televised frat party. You really think that One Life to Live, web show or not, where people like Erika Slezak, Judith Light, Kim Zimmer, have graced the screen- should employ this talentless woman? Apparantly, you just want the name of One Life to Live back because you sure as hell don’t care about the quality.
lol..Everyone using these threads make it seems like we are all in our own internet soap opera here…Sometimes we are a couple( when we agree) and then we split up(when we disgree), making more drama here than on our tv shows lol. Ramas fake pregnancy was hilarious, especially when she accidentally got those skewers stuck in her and her ‘water’ broke! That was like a scene out of ‘I Love Lucy’, ilmao! Rama is a scammer, and thats why she’d be perfect as the bartender…looking out for some get rich quick schemes, one of the clubs clients could be a wealthy businessman, and Rama, in a Karen Woleck type of way, sees dollar signs! PP already has the actress sign up to play Rama, and i wouldve used her talents we already know she has then take a gamble on some untrained reality store many fans dont like. But i wont judge completely until i see how the show comes together as a whole…thats if i get to see it! But the storyline we dont know anything about is what im waiting to see the most which will be the shows greatest test…will it engage us enough to keep us all watching or will some of us tune out? I wont judge it by the first episode…i think we should give it a month first to see if it rebuilds our interest because like just about any soap it does take time to do this.
I meant reality star but im sure you and other readers know this…
Joliefan…your reply about Nikki, Echo, and Karen was supposed to go to Nikkis comments…she mentioned their potrayers, not me! But i myself wouldve loved Erikas Nikki Smith as the bartender…that wouldve been fun…i can only imagined what she might have said to some customers but i doubt Blair would hire Nikki knowing she was really Viki then again Blair can be a little dense sometimes…
Hey Jim, I am sorry I did not know I replied to you LOL. OMG could you imagine! How funny would that have been?? Nikki would be drinking the Patrons under the table LOL……Blair Dense? Sometimes? NO! Not Blair LOL……
People have complained on these threads about loosing soaps and that all the networks care about more is cheap talk and reality shows…then why would they want a reality star on OLTL? They already have the actress who plays Rama on a recuring basis who could easily be the bartender? I can understand PP wanting publicity for the reboot but this makes me feel that they dont feel confident that their pool of real gifted actors and OLTLs writing team isnt good enough for the show to succeed!!! Recuring or even one moment of her would make me gag…
Crackers…i meant to say IS good enough…
Rama A bartender? Nah she is definitely better as a scammer and liar! Come on that whole fake pregnancy was funny, she is good at Playing the kind of character…..Who knows they might have Rama locked up in a Story line. You really can’t say they don’t feel confident in their pool of gifted actors, Don’t ya think they are all in story lines? We don’t have a Huge Cast so it seems that all the actors would be involved in Story lines……
You act like she is going to be a New Mrs Buchanan, Or a Kramer, Or a Lord or A MAIN PLAYER…..She is a BARTENDER!
You call this chick a slut (( IDK her personally so I have no idea if she is anything like her “Reality Show” Alter Ego)), The wonderful actresses you mentioned all played Sluts, Erica Sleazek’s Nikki….Slut, Kim Zimmer’s Ehco….Slut and Homewrecker, Judith Light’s Karen Woleck was a Hooker, Point being SO WHAT?
Jim- I 100% agree with you. Apparantly these OLTL “fans” only care about the show being back and not about the condition it will be in. If they need THIS kind of publicity.. that’s just sad.
Joliefan- I was talking about talented ACTRESSES who have graced OLTL. There is a difference between a talented ACTRESS and the character she plays. I really wish you would learn reading comprehension and grammar skills. It would give your comments, at least, some sort of merit.
“There is a difference between a talented ACTRESS and the character she plays.”……..Exactly there is a difference and that is the point until we see her on OLTL. Until that happens I am not going to pass judgement on this chick, who knows maybe she will turn out to be a half way decent actress!!
Thanks 4 your reply to my comments Nikki…i agree with you 100%!
LOL, that is all, LOL
p.s: the great Liz Taylor laugh with me by the way..lmao