Serial Drama

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Now that news has spread that Chrishell Stause is vacating the role of Amanda this summer, fans have voiced their opinions of who they would like Jake paired with next. (AMC Superposter)

It's drama, drama, drama on The Young and the Restless with a who's the daddy story heating up, a family who can't trust each other, and a triangle that's quickly turning into a trapezoid. (Daytime Confidential)

As Katherine Chancellor married her man, Murphy, Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps chatted with "The Divine Mrs. C", Jeanne Cooper about her sensational career! (Michael Fairman Soaps)

Take a walk down memory lane and remember the love of one of All My Children's most special couples, Charles and Mona. This week the Pine Valley Bulletin celebrates the anniversary of their marriage back in May, 1980. (Pine Valley Bulletin)

When was the last time you witnessed a primetime audience rallying around their canceled show with this much passion? Like----never? (Soap Opera Examiner)

Want to read something a bit more fluffy about your fave General Hospital stars? Find out what some of their fave scents are and play "name the character scent" while you are at it! General Hospital can be a drag, but this kind if dish is just plain fun. (Wubs.net)

An AMC Grab Bag

The mood at Serial Drama is somber. So somber, even, that not even the prospect of a gingerbread latte is making us perk up. You might see us wearing black armbands for the next few days, so distraught are we.

Becca has always said that by dating Fergie, Josh Duhamel is ruining Christmas. And Valentine's Day. And Memorial Day. And Arbor Day. And how he's ruined Christmas forever (or for, like, two to three years, depending on what you wager in the divorce pool).

I feel like Michael Bluth, because I just keep asking "...her?" I don't get it on a purely aesthetic level, and the fact that she inflicted "Big Girls Don't Cry" upon the world just adds insult to injury. And before someone accuses me of being just jealous...yes, that is exactly it, quite frankly.

As much as I love Greenlee and Leo together, I am not one of those creepy people who insists that the actors playing characters need to shack up in real life because their love is so pure and true or whatever, but I do find it perplexing that Rebecca Budig and Josh Duhamel have made such disappointing choices in spouses. Fergie and Bachelor Bob? Um, ew.

Just in case you were wondering, ABC Daytime is still shitty. Not content to keep their bitchery confined to the interwebs, they've taken it to the television airwaves. Running a commercial trumpeting the return of the REAL Greenlee while Sabine Singh's episodes are still airing? Pure class, ABC. Pure class.

Lastly, Soap Opera Digest recently ran the world's cruelest letter to the editor, wherein a reader commented that Billy "Oh Richie, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind" Miller bares a resemblance to Spencer "Prat" Pratt from The Hills, of "My answer is get out of my car" fame, who dedicated readers might recognize as my least favorite person in the continental United States. I was just appalled by the comparison, and am offended on behalf of Billy Miller. Hell, I am offended on behalf of Richie Novak. He's an obvious sociopath with violent tendencies, but at least he's hilarious and filled with Lavery hatred.

more at twiigs.com...

Once A Soap Star, Always In A Soap Fan's Heart

What does it say about me, as a person, that the first thing I thought upon watching Clay Aiken cover Kelly Ripa's mouth with his hand was "How dare he step to Hayley Vaughan? Does he not know that her father is Adam Fucking Chandler?"

(a)That I am deranged

(b)That I need to get out more

(c)That Clay Aiken in and of himself is so creepy that he causes people to lose sight of the line between fiction and reality?

Obviously, the answer is (c).

As I watched the internet implode from the pressure of a million Claymates (WARNING: LINK NOT SAFE FOR LIFE), I became outraged on behalf of Kelly Ripa.

I should just say it: I love Kelly Ripa. I do. I think she's adorable. She's completely cheesy and is a total goober, she seems to live life habitually jacked up on Mountain Dew and her kids have stupid names, but I don't care. I loved Hayley on AMC, and I loved Hayley and Mateo, and because of that I will never totally hate the AMC Santos family, even if their presence in Pine Valley totally sucks right now* (JULIA!**).

(I am a sucker for soap stars doing well in general. I should take this moment to give big ups to the casting department at Veronica Mars for giving former daytime stars some love, including David Tom and Robyn Richards. Edited to Add: And OMG Charles Shaughnessy tonight, too! OMG!)

I also LOVED Ms. Ripa's SNL spoof of her shampoo ads. I did. I thought it was funny. I also think it's awesome that she is such a good sport about Amy Poehler's impersonation of her. Should I keep gushing?

(I understand that I must turn in my cool kid card now)

So I am totally on TEAM RIPA in her battle against Rosie O'Donnell and Clay Freaking Aiken. I'm a big proponent of personal space, and if anybody put their hand on my mouth to shut me up, I would probably bite them, or at least hurl obscenities in their general direction. I thought Kelly's response was quite restrained, actually, and not homophobic in the least, so whatever, Rosie. Clay's fear of evil cat spirits has also inspired me to adopt a kitten. So suck on that, Aiken!!

(Am I going to get sued for that?)

To further my TEAM RIPA agenda, let's watch some classic Hayley clips:

GOTH TEEN Hayley with the late, lamented Trevor

Quality Father/Daughter time

*Although what doesn't suck now on AMC? Only Kendall, Zach and adorable Spike dressed like a pilgrim. But when will that poor child get a real name?

**When did Sydney Penny become so lame? When?!

-Promising Ingénue