Soap Operas

Woman We Love: Judith Light

moviedearest.blogspot.com     yesterday          

Object of our affection: Judith Light, actress.- She first gained fame (and two Daytime Emmy Awards) for playing desperate housewife-turned-prostitute Karen Wolek on the soap opera One Life to Live. While on the show,...                    

Feeding the TV Beast

pbrla.blogspot.com     26-Aug-2008          

We remember when political party conventions were hard work. There were delegates to be won over by the candidates, party principles to be articulated in writing, legislative proposals to be melded into a comprehensive...                    

'Subversive' Turkish TV series takes Arab world by storm (AFP)

yahoo.com     25-Aug-2008   1 related          

BEIRUT (AFP) - Despite being branded "subversive" and "anti-Islamic" by a top Saudi Muslim cleric, millions of viewers from Beirut to Algiers tune in up to three times a day to watch the Turkish-made soap opera, "Noor",...                    

Potboilers and the party line

ft.com     21-Aug-2008          

For Jordania Yero, Cuban television provides essential distraction from the austerity of the bleak 1960s housing estate where she lives with her family in Santiago, Cuba’s second city. Instead Cubans such as Yero are offered...                    

Alan Dale joins Moving Wallpaper

bbc.co.uk     18-Aug-2008   7 related          

Ugly Betty star Alan Dale and actress Kelly Brook are to appear in a new series of ITV1 sitcom Moving Wallpaper. The spoof documentary about the production of a soap opera, was launched earlier this year - along with the soap...                    

New Star Wars lacks adult elements

panews.com     18-Aug-2008   8 related          

“Star Wars: The Clone Wars”Warner Brothers PicturesDirected by Dave FiloniStarring Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Nika Futterman, Ian Abercrombie, Corey Burton, Samuel L. Jackson,...                    

TV Notes: Cast members to return for 30-year 'Dallas' reunion

post-gazette.com     18-Aug-2008   1 related          

Larry Hagman, shown in a 1981 photo as J.R. Ewing, is eager to return to Southfork. J.R., Bobby, Sue Ellen and other members of the Ewing clan are getting back together for a "Dallas" reunion party. "I may not be able to do the...                    

Getting out the vote, keeping up with youth

iht.com     14-Aug-2008          

"Forgive me," he said, "but I was working to get 'Gossip Girl' for us." One could easily assume that at 86, Lear, the television producer behind cultural juggernauts past like "All in the Family," wouldn't know about "Gossip...                    

Software to read viewers' pulse

rediff.com     13-Aug-2008   1 related          

Believe it or not, it is viewers like you who influence these snap decisions taken by broadcasters and programme developers. This has been made possible by new software introduced by Mumbai-based overnight ratings agency...                    

Cheryl's got the X Factor

manchestereveningnews.co.uk     13-Aug-2008   5 related          

X FACTOR new girl Cheryl Cole admits she was nervous about joining the award-winning TV talent search. You can see what happened next when The X Factor (ITV1, Saturday, 7.30pm) returns for a fifth series, starting with the...                    

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