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5 of the 7 soaps are replayed on SOAPnet. As the World Turns is pretty much out of the running. So would The Bold & the Beautiful ever show up on Soapnet? I don't know the legal issues behind the scenes regarding who owns it and all. Y&R is the only CBS soap on Soapnet, but B&B seems to be the only other likely contender. Plus, with rumors of One Life to Live's impending death, the cable network might need another hour (okay, half hour) to fill. Thoughts?

Judging by my peek at B&B, it looks like Ridge is going to go all crazy on anti-anxiety pills. I'm pretty sure ATWT's Jennifer was on anti-depressants a few years back and went batshit crazy. And if memory serves me correct, OLTL and AMC have done stories like this in the past. Didn't DAYS briefly have someone take anti-anxiety pills last year?

Point is: Has any soap opera EVER portrayed the use of anti-depressants / anti-anxiety medications CORRECTLY?!?

This has bothered me for a long time now, and with B&B currently showcasing one, it's relevant again....

Soap operas are constantly showing the OPPOSITE effects of these medications! A person who is on these medications do not become doped up zombies or irrational manic-depressive batshit crazy psychos.

By correctly taking these medications (you know, once a day, every day consistently... not popping more pills every 10 minutes every time someone utters Rick's name!) your mood is elevated (i.e. consistently stable, not bouncing off the walls on a high and then on a low).

This has always bugged me about the soaps. Especially when you consider that soap operas are often watched by people who aren't so happy about their own lives so they use soaps as an escape... and what do these shows tell them? That taking anti-depressants or anti-anxiety medications are going to make them worse? Cause them to behave out of control? Lose their minds?

This is so innaccurate. The writers in all of daytime need a crash-course lesson on this topic so that they stop using this device as an easy way of making their favorite hero or heroine temporarily nuts.

End of rant (no pun intended! haha)

I'm surprised nobody's jumped on the latest GL casting news, via Soapoperadigest.com, that Paul Anthony Stewart is returning as Danny Santos. Yet, there's still a new Michelle to be cast instead of bringing back Nancy St. Alban (oh darn, no big loss!)