Executive Producer: "IN the LIGHT"

Josh Hawkins "IN the LIGHT"

SONBC: So tell us a little about what is going on with you personally and about the winter hiatus?
JH: Sure! I just purchased my first home so that is taking up a majority of my time over the Christmas break. As such, "THE LIGHT" will be dark for a few days.

SONBC: We won't be seeing Christmas in Springfield then?
JH: Christmas we'll be seen, granted it maybe a little after the actual holiday, but I have some stuff happening for Christmas, so yes it will be seen for sure!

SONBC: Great! Now let's talk about what has SONBC viewers confused here...PHILLIP SPAULDING, Dead or Alive?
JH: VERY MUCH ALIVE!!



SONBC: Then explain the last few episodes of "THE LIGHT" where Phillip's ex-wife, Beth and all of Springfield mourned his tragic death.
JH: That was all a stunt! Viewers should think "DALLAS: Pamela's Dream" and you have what we done on "THE LIGHT" for Beth's "IN the LIGHT" episodes.

SONBC: It was all Beth's dream?
JH: Yes episodes 25-29 were Beth's dream! What happened is that in Episode 24 Olivia put into Beth's mind that something horrible could happen to Phillip...something horrible that could ruin her relationship with Phillip if she didn't do something! From that Beth went to bed...and began her dream of "What if Phillip died? What would my life be like?" So that's the angle I was wanting to go for the story.

SONBC: It produced some good drama, that's for darn sure.
JH: Thank you. I wanted to be real with this from start to finish and I wanted the readers to have no clue, which I don't think they did. I made every adjustment that I could to make this seem real with a faux firing of Grant Aleksander (Phillip) and such!

SONBC: Well brava for your hard work! What can you tell us about 2007, previews and such.
JH: Right now we're going through some possible backstage changes. Some that I can't speak of at the moment because the final details have not been ironed out completely.

SONBC: When will we have more information on the shake up?
JH: Hopefully by the end of the week once we return to production!