Lynda Hirsch on Soaps from Creators Syndicate

Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Q&A for 05/24/2008

Sat, 24 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Q: Is it true that Michael Knight once played a different character than Tad on "All My Children?" — Roberta in Salt Lake City

A: Yes. When Knight decided to exit the show and start a film career, the show decided to kill off Tad. Tad was thought to be dead, but no body was found. When Knight agreed to return, Tad had amnesia. In fact, for a while AMC could have been a sp ...

Updated: Sat May 24, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Gossip for 05/31/2008

Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

He's back.

Yes, Scotty (Kin Shriner) returns to "General Hospital" next week. Kin is back in Los Angeles and the GH studio after enjoying a summer vacation that has taken him to his home in Florida and various exotic locations. But now it's time for Kin to bring Scott back to Port Charles, where in the next few weeks the popular character will shake up the lives of everyone he ...

Updated: Sat May 31, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Q&A for 05/31/2008

Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Q: Please explain the relationship between "All My Children's" Ryan, Kendall and Greenlee. — Renee from Knoxville, Tenn.

A: This love triangle is more like a hexagon. Ryan began sleeping with Greenlee out of lust, not love. Then Kendall and Ryan consummated their relationship, and later got engaged.

A month later, Ryan finds Kendall seducing Aidan in an effort to c ...

Updated: Sat May 31, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Summary for 05/31/2008

Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

ALL MY CHILDREN: Jesse engages Robert in a life-or-death battle. Angie struggles to keep the helicopter from crashing. Jake and Frankie work valiantly to stop Tad from bleeding to death. Jesse manages to pull Robert out of the helicopter and rescue Angie. The police arrest Robert. Frankie airlifts a critically injured Tad to the hospital. Dixie appears before Adam as he watches over Kathy. Lear ...

Updated: Sat May 31, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Gossip for 06/07/2008

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

While Cameron Mathison's "All My Children" character, Ryan, is just trying to regain his memory, the actor would like to catch his breath. Mathison, who hosts SOAPNet's "I Wanna Be a Soap Star," has now signed on to host TLC's "Your Place or Mine?" It's slated to run Sundays on the cable channel.

Mathison explained the game in an interview. "I think it' ...

Updated: Sat Jun 07, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Q&A for 06/07/2008

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Q: I keep hearing "All My Children's" Adam is a devil. What are some of his indiscretions? — Roberta from Joplin, Mo.

A: Here is the short list of a very long one, according to the soap's official website:

Adam came to Pine Valley in December of 1983. He immediately became infatuated with the glamorous Erica Kane. Adam was the producer of "Raising Kane," ...

Updated: Sat Jun 07, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Summary for 06/07/2008

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

ALL MY CHILDREN: Tad is ready to go into the light with Dixie and be with her forever. Dixie tells Tad he needs to go on living for the sake of both of his daughters. Tad wakes up and absorbs Adam's revelation that Kathy is really Kate. Krystal is disgusted that Adam deliberately kept Tad away from his daughter. An unapologetic Adam justifies his actions by claiming that Tad stole his family aw ...

Updated: Sat Jun 07, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Gossip for 06/14/2008

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

"One Life to Live" is going to give fans a slice of heaven when the show celebrates its 40th anniversary. On July 21, Viki (Erika Slezak) dies in a car crash. Don't worry, she is not really dead — she takes a trip to heaven. Would Viki go anywhere else? OLTL heaven is like no heaven ever seen. Forget the clouds and angels. Heaven will be a sleek condo. As Viki wanders through th ...

Updated: Sat Jun 14, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Q&A for 06/14/2008

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Q: I love the actor who plays Joe Martin on "All My Children." He seems so elegant. I thought I saw him years ago playing an unsavory type on a soap. Am I right? — Merle in Fairbanks, Alaska.

A: Great memory. In the mid 1960s, Ray MacDonnell played gangster John Lambert on "The Edge of Night." Born in 1928, MacDonnell was on the first episode of AMC when it debu ...

Updated: Sat Jun 14, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Summary for 06/14/2008

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

ALL MY CHILDREN: Greenlee lets Josh know that their hooking up was just a one-time thing. Josh suggests they go out on a real date sometime. Amanda calls JR, who manages to rescue Babe from the two "johns." Treena eventually agrees to tell Babe and JR the truth about Richie. JR has Richie beaten up and then holds him hostage. Richie goes into convulsions. Kathy runs out of Tad's room ...

Updated: Sat Jun 14, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Gossip for 06/21/2008

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

SoapNet gears up for the second season of "General Hospital: Night Shift," the cable spinoff of "General Hospital." The 13-week series is set to air in July. Last year's plots paid no attention to what was happening on the dayshift. A character could be dying on the network version, and at night he was competing in a dance contest. When GH spun off "Port Charles," ...

Updated: Sat Jun 21, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Q&A for 06/21/2008

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Q: Why didn't you make predations for this year's Daytime Emmy Awards? — Carlotta, Knoxville, Tenn.

A: I have as much luck picking Emmy's winners as I do in picking men or stocks. With my abilities to choose any of these things, I might as well throw darts at a board or get opinions from a rhesus monkey. There are also inherent problems with making predictions on any award. If ther ...

Updated: Sat Jun 21, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Summary for 06/21/2008

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

ALL MY CHILDREN: Annie tells Greenlee to stay away from Ryan. Greenlee isn't ready to completely forgive Kendall, but the two women do make some headway towards rebuilding their friendship. JR fills Zach in on what Richie did to him. Zach remembers Richie mowing him down with his car and then sealing him and Greenlee in the bunker. Angie gets the go-ahead to draw Richie's DNA to prove he stole ...

Updated: Sat Jun 21, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Gossip for 06/28/2008

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

"Days of Our Lives" head writer Dena Higley has decided to give Abe (James Reynolds) and Lexie Carver (Renee Jones) a true-to-life battle to fight. It is a battle Higley knows all too well. Like young Theo Carver, her son Connor was diagnosed as autistic at age 3. It is a real-life struggle that affects one in every 150 children, according to Autism Speaks, America's leading autism ad ...

Updated: Sat Jun 28, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Q&A for 06/28/2008

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Q: I loved Jeanne Cooper's acceptance speech when she won for best actress at the Daytime Emmys: her announcing, "You thought I was dead," and then thanking all the "lousy" writers, directors and producers. What's the deal on the actress? — Robin, Ithaca, N.Y.

A: The deal with Cooper, who has played Kay Chancellor on "Young and Restless" since 1973, is ...

Updated: Sat Jun 28, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Summary for 06/28/2008

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

ALL MY CHILDREN: Zach roughs up Richie, but gets little satisfaction from doing so. Greenlee tells Aidan she wants to be friends. Jake agrees to move in with Greenlee on a friends-only basis. Tad manages to cheer up a withdrawn Kathy. Erica blackmails Adam into giving Carmen a job at the mansion and allowing her to live there. Adam surprises Colby with a new car and keys to a cabin for her upco ...

Updated: Sat Jun 28, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Gossip for 07/05/2008

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

In the "Young and Restless" episode airing on July 23, Amber (Adrienne Frantz) and Daniel (Michael Graziadei) seek help from Dr. Drew and Stryker when they call in to the radio talk show "Loveline" to try to sort out their complicated relationship. Things get out of hand as Daniel and Amber rehash all of the events they have been through over the past year.

In conjunc ...

Updated: Sat Jul 05, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Q&A for 07/05/2008

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Q: I just love "All My Children's" David Canary. Please tell me all about him. — Rhonda, Las Vegas

A: Canary has won five Daytime Emmys for his portrayal of Adam and Stuart Chandler on "All My Children." Canary was a high-school football star in his hometown of Massillon, Ohio. He was so good he won a scholarship to the University of Cincinnati.

While Can ...

Updated: Sat Jul 05, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Summary for 07/05/2008

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

ALL MY CHILDREN: Richie locks Babe in the trunk of his car and takes her to a cabin in the woods. Babe plays along with Richie and pretends to have feelings for him as he becomes increasingly unhinged. Babe fails in her escape attempt, which only further provokes Richie. Greenlee and Kendall arrive at the cabin. The trio overpowers Richie with pepper spray. Kendall, Babe and Greenlee leave Rich ...

Updated: Sat Jul 05, 2008

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Lynda Hirsch on Soaps -- Summary for 07/05/2008

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700