Category: Soapworld

Kym Marsh has defended her criticisms of John Thomson after he spoke out against Coronation Street actor Anthony Cotton. Last week Thomson took to Twitter to brand Cotton a “nasty piece of work” because of his behaviour on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here. The actor, who played Jessie Chadwick in the ITV soap, also said that Cotton was […]

Kym Marsh has used her regular column in Now magazine to defend her Coronation Street co-star Anthony Cotton (pictured, right). Last week former Cold Feet actor John Thomson, who played Jesse Chadwick in the Granada soap between 2008 and 2010, criticised Anthony Cotton. The actor took to Twitter to brand Cotton a “nasty piece of work” over his behaviour on […]

Ratings for the final full week of November reveal that One Life to Live saw considerable rises in its ratings while Days of our Lives also saw a rise. ABC‘s General Hospital continues to be the lowest rated daytime soap though. As ever CBS‘s The Young and the Restless was top of the ratings chart with an average of 4.5 […]

ABC has announced there will be some big behind-the-scenes changes on its struggling daytime soap General Hospital with Frank Valentini replacing Jill Farren Phelps as executive producer. Phelps has served as an executive producer on General Hospital in 2001 having previously worked on four other daytime serials; Guiding Light, Santa Barbara, Another World and One Life to Live. During her […]

ABC‘s daytime president Brian Frons is stepping down and will be replaced by Vicki Dummer. Frons will remain with ABC until the end of his contract in January 2012 to ease the transition  from himself to Drummer. According to The Hollywood Reporter Dummer will take charge of a new integrated entertainment and programming division called Times Square Studios which will […]

Comedy Pardon The Expression, a spin-off from Coronation Street starring Arthur Lowe, is set to be released on DVD. Network DVD are releasing the complete series which stared Arthur Lowe and the late Betty Driver who later joined the cast of Coronation Street itself as Rovers barmaid Betty Turpin. In Pardon the Expression the actress played Mrs Edgeley in all […]

The seventh season of glamorous soap opera Dynasty will be released on DVD in the UK in January. For UK fans of the 1980s drama the long wait for the seventh series to be released on DVD is nearly over. Fans will just have to wait roughly two months for the seventh season to be released in the UK. The […]

ATV First She became one of Britain’s best known Battleaxes as Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine, however the much kinder and gentle actress behind Nora – Kathy Staff – has been honoured with a memorial window in her home town of Dukinfield.   She became one of Britain’s best known Battleaxes as Nora Batty in Last of […]

Yesterday Prospect Park confirmed rumours it was pulling its planned continuation of One Life to Live and there has been quite a lot of reaction to the news. Actress Hillary B. Smith, who plays Nora Buchanan on the soap, has spoken to Entertainment Weekly about the news. The actress, whose soap credits also include As The World Turns, told EW […]

The future of ABC‘s cancelled soap One Life to Live looks to be doubt as reports emerge claiming that Prospect Park could pull the plug on the planned continuation. UPDATED: Prospect Park confirms it is halting plans to continue One Life to Live. Includes statement. Earlier this year Prospect Park signed a licensing deal to continue production on daytime soaps […]