Category: Soapworld

Original EastEnders actress Letitia Dean is to reprise her role of Sharon Rickman nee Watts in the BBC One soap opera. Dean has often said she’d “Never say never” to returning to the series and the BBC are set to officially reveal shortly that the actress who has had a successful stage career since quitting Albert Square will return to […]

Rick Springfield is returning to General Hospital for a handful of episodes in March. Entertainment Weekly report the actor will be bringing his character of Dr. Noah Drake back to Port Charles once more. Springfield will return to the set of the medical drama this month for several episodes which will air in March. The actor last reprised the role […]

One Life to Live actress Kristen Alderson has signed a long-term contract with General Hospital to continue playing her character of Starr Manning on  the ABC medical soap. The actress took to Twitter to announce that her alter ego of Starr will be sticking around in Port Charles for quite some time. The actress told her followers ‘Just signed my […]

Bill Kenwright is to reprise his role of Gordon Clegg, son of Rovers barmaid Betty Williams, in Coronation Street. The character will return to Weatherfield for the funeral of Betty – actress Betty Driver died late last year. Producers have since been working out how to best pay tribute to the actress and the character. Gordon Clegg was originally introduced […]

American soap actor Nick Santino, who has appeared in long running sagas such as Guiding Light and All My Children, committed suicide a day after his dog was put to sleep. Santino had his pet pit bull called Rocco put to sleep after a long running issue over the pet with his New York apartment’s owners it is reported. “Today […]

E! has axed its fly-on-the-wall series Dirty Soap which followed the lives of several stars of daytime soap. The eight-part reality series aired on E! last September through to November but won’t be back for a second series according to cast member Jenna Gering who tweeted ‘So the word is that Dirty Soap is NOT being picked up for another […]

British actress Lesley-Anne Down has been dropped from the regular cast of CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. The actress has not been offered a new contract with the daytime serial and will not remain part of the regular cast; she will however continue to appear in a recurring capacity. The news of Down’s departure, of sorts, from […]

ABC‘s sole remaining soap, General Hospital, saw its ratings drop once again last week while the other remaining daytime soaps in America all gained viewers. In the first week following the finale of ABC’s One Life to Live it would seem that viewers have not migrated to the only other soap on the broadcaster now; General Hospital. The medical saga […]

Former General Hospital showrunner Jill Phelps is launching a new soap for Nickelodeon. Phelps, who helmed the ABC medical soap for ten years, is teaming up with producer Josh Griffiths to launch Reach for a Star for Nickelodeon. The soap is based on the Mexican tele-novela Alcanzar Una Estrella. So far Nickelodeon has ordered episode episodes of the soap.  Production […]