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Interviews from May 2023 with GH Emmy nominees Nicholas Alexander Chavez: Emmy-nom interview with Michael Fairman (also discussed: Sprina and the 2023 action-adventure storyline) Published May 8, 2023 https://michaelfairmantv.com/ghs-nicholas-chavez-talks-on-his-daytime-emmy-nomination-sprina-and-playing-the-action-adventure/2023/05/08/ - - - - - Maurice Benard: Emmy-nom interview with Michael Fairman (Also discussed: mental health) Published May 14, 2023 https://michaelfairmantv.com/ghs-maurice-benard-talks-on-his-daytime-emmy-nomination-sonnys-journey-with-bipolar-disorder-and-his-advocacy-for-mental-health/2023/05/14/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Interviews from May and June 2023 with B&B Emmy nominees Thorsten Kaye: Emmy-nomination interview with Dan Kroll of soapcentral: Published May 11, 2023 https://www.soapcentral.com/bold-and-beautiful/news/2023/0513-interview-the-bold-and-the-beautifuls-thorsten-kaye-on-emmy-nominations-the-fans-and-stolen-shoes.php - - - - - Krista Allen: Emmy-nom interview with Dan Kroll of soapcentral: (Dan’s name isn’t on the article, but he tweeted that it was from him) Published June 2, 2023 https://twitter.com/DanJKroll/status/1667909099252580352 https://www.soapcentral.com/bold-and-beautiful/news/2023/0602-emmy-interview-krista-allen-chats-one-heck-of-a-rollercoaster-year-for-bbs-taylor.php - - - - - Cassandra Creech: Emmy-nom interview with Dan Kroll of soapcentral: (Dan’s name isn’t on the article, but he tweeted that it was from him) Published June 6, 2023 https://twitter.com/DanJKroll/status/1668645318991261701 https://www.soapcentral.com/bold-and-beautiful/news/2023/0613-interview-bbs-cassandra-creech-on-her-emmy-nod-and-the-hilarious-way-she-reacted-to-the-good-news.php - - - - - - - - - -

Spoiler articles for week of Dec. 11 Y&R: Victoria, Cole, Micheal; and Claire's DNA test https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/young-and-restlesss-amelia-heinle-previews-victorias-dna-dilemma/ B&B: Ridge tries to decide whether to take Eric off life support https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-bold-and-beautiful-preview-ridges-life-or-death-decision/

Y&R: Lily left town Dec. 7 to check on her daughter Mattie whose university is threatened by wildfires. That would go with this spoiler: Wed. Dec. 13: Heather makes herself at home with Daniel during Lily’s absence. (This is likely the start of Christel Khalil's maternity leave - her baby is due in December.) Not confirmed yet if that's the start of her leave, but it's likely. Maybe we'll see Lily facetiming or something? I don't know if C.K. pre-taped any scenes before her leave. Or how long she'll be offscreen.

Interviews from May and June 2023 with Y&R Emmy nominees - - - - - Michelle Stafford: Emmy nomination interview with SoapCentral Interview published May 31, 2023 https://www.soapcentral.com/young-and-restless/news/2023/0531-emmy-interview-yrs-michelle-stafford-gets-a-nod-for-phyllis-spinning-out.php - - - - - Peter Bergman: Emmy-nom interview with Michael Fairman Interview published May 9, 2023 https://michaelfairmantv.com/yrs-peter-bergman-chats-on-his-24th-daytime-emmy-nomination-breaking-his-own-rule-living-up-to-being-the-gold-standard/2023/05/09/ - - - - - Jason Thompson: Emmy-nom interview with Dan Kroll of soapcentral: Interview published May 10, 2023 https://www.soapcentral.com/young-and-restless/news/2023/0510-interview-the-young-and-the-restless-jason-thompson-on-his-2023-daytime-emmy-nomination-his-history-in-daytime-and-more.php - - - - - Robert Newman: Emmy-nom interview with Dan Kroll of soapcentral: Interview published May 13, 2023 https://www.soapcentral.com/young-and-restless/news/2023/0513-interview-robert-newman-on-going-from-guiding-lights-josh-to-yrs-ashland-his-emmy-nomination-and-what-kind-of-resting-face.php - - - - - Melissa Claire Egan: Emmy-nom interview with Michael Fairman Interview published May 23, 2023 https://michaelfairmantv.com/yrs-melissa-claire-egan-chats-on-tackling-chelseas-depression-storyline-and-being-the-sulu-of-the-daytime-emmy-nominations/2023/05/23/ Melissa Claire Egan: Emmy-nom interview with Dan Kroll of soapcentral Interview published June 12, 2023. https://www.soapcentral.com/young-and-restless/news/2023/0618-interview-yrs-melissa-claire-egan-on-her-very-meaningful-emmy-nomination.php - - - - - Sharon Case: Emmy-nom interview with Dan Kroll of Soapcentral (Dan’s name isn’t on the article, but he tweeted that it was from him) Interview published June 6, 2023 https://twitter.com/DanJKroll/status/1667327508549599232 https://www.soapcentral.com/young-and-restless/news/2023/0606-emmy-interview-yrs-sharon-case-on-her-very-first-lead-actress-nomination.php - - - - -

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Another old interview - this was from April 26, 2023. James Lott, Jr. interviews Michelle Stafford. This was done right after she was nominated. Some of this is about her Emmy nomination. However, a lot of other topics were discussed, including: Her ongoing acting and rehearsal methods, the Phyllis spring/summer 2023 storylines, Michelle's personal life, her skincare line, etc etc etc.

There were a bunch of interviews with nominees that were conducted back in April and May 2023, shortly after the nominations were announced. I'll post some of those old interviews here. (In some cases these interviews discuss "future storylines" -- as in what would be airing in the late spring and summer of 2023 ... but for the mostpart, this is about their Emmy nominations.) April 26, 2023 Michael Fairman interviewed a lot of the nominees from all the soaps on a live youtube stream. The full video is up on his channel It's three hours and 18 minutes long! Index - Fairman graciously provided these timecodes: Jon Lindstrom 0:21 – 12:22 Billy Flynn 12:39 – 29:23 Finola Hughes 29:40 -43:35 Sharon Case 43:30 – 59:34 Stacy Haiduk 1:02:34 – 1:17:25 Jason Thompson 1:17:44 -1:29:47 Kevin Spirtas 1:30:12 -1:42:39 Michelle Stafford 1:42:56 – 2:00:32 Kelly Thiebaud 2:00:48 – 2:15:45 Alley Mills 2:20:50-2:38:33 Dan Feuerriegel 2:38:46- 2:51:14 Eden McCoy 2:51:30 – 3:16:54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R40bjoCh3_U

November 21, 2023 Judith Chapman previews Y&R Thanksgiving and says she'll reappear on Y&R around Christmastime There is one certainty: Chapman will be putting in an encore performance next month[December] “They called me a few days later and said, ‘Come back!’ ” she shares. “So I guess I’m being dragged out of the mothballs for the big holidays. We just shot some scenes last week[week of Nov 13], which are going to be beautiful — and that’s all I’m saying about it.” https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-judith-chapman-previews-young-and-restless-return November 21, 2023 (not a spoiler but putting it here with her other stuff) Judith talks about her roles on Y&R, Ryans Hope, and General Hospital. https://www.tvinsider.com/1112425/the-young-and-the-restless-judith-chapman-returns-gloria-thanksgiving-michael December 3, 2023 Judith Chapman, a full-time resident of the Palm Springs, CA area, served as this year’s celebrity lighter of the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/yrs-judith-chapman-gets-into-the-holiday-spirit/ Days stuff that would air in late spring or summer of 2024: Dec. 8, 2023 facebook post re: Days https://www.facebook.com/judith.chapman.35/posts/pfbid02nZpo4Fryz6rZaytsqwHMdH1QSHwQViP3c9sYtq4inQc9FCzETCosB1jGNdiH2gYZl Dec. 9, 2023 facebook post re: Days https://www.facebook.com/judith.chapman.35/posts/pfbid07Gq5bSbL3KnFNxWSXsoNFbh9bbe6862BqyhUBP8uZs6sLEfLCzSjYwYADMirCegvl

That would air in the summer of 2024, LOL. I'll made a separate thread for Judith Chapman, here: https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/65595-yrdays-actor-return-info/

Elon Musk restores twitter/X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Because he had a poll? and 70% said to restore it? https://abc11.com/elon-musk-x-alex-jones-account-reactivated/14161916/ What a cesspool.

Quoting Errol's article: "Members added to the Fi-Core list this year includes Sheri Anderson, a former head writer and current story consultant at “Days of our Lives" -------------- @Errol Not sure why you said in your June 2023 article that Sheri is "current story consultant". Per @JAS0N47 Sheri stopped being story consultant as of the episode airing January 7, 2019. https://www.jason47.com/days/staffdatabase.html The word "ascertained" implies certainty. I think you meant it's a reasonable assumption, since you said we wouldn't know until later. And it's possible that we might not ever learn with certainty who was writing during the strike.

Per @JAS0N47 https://www.jason47.com/days/staffdatabase.html When Ron Carlivati came on as headwriter, the show brought in story consultants to work with him. Ron became headwriter with episodes of airdates beginning July 19, 2017. Sheri Anderson and Ryan Quan both credited as story consultants for airdates beginning July 19, 2017. Sheri Anderson served as story consultant, credited for airdates July 19, 2017 - January 7, 2019. Ryan Quan began serving as story consutant, credited for airdates July 19, 2017 through the present - he's still there. Ron and Ryan are still credited for what is airing this week, but that will change later in December when the strike episodes begin airing.

CORRECTION -- I thought Jamey didn't mention Sistas, but he *did*. I missed it the first time I listened. Jamey does mention Sistas for one minute near the end. Jamey said he wrote 6 episodes of Season 7 of Sistas, which will air in 2024. He says this from 1:01:35 to 1:02:40 of the LocherRoom interview. He says Ron Carlivati allowed him to do both. As you may know, Sal Stowers (DAYS' Lani Price) is currently airing on Season 6B of Sistas right now. Jamey says she's also in Season 7.

In the promo video where Leo says to Nicole, what if your baby was alive? -- nothing actually happens. Leo starts to blab, then changes his mind, turns his comment into a random ramble, and leaves without actually revealing anything at all. Per this item from SOD: https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-days-of-our-lives-preview-will-leo-spill-the-baby-beans/

Spoilers: detailed dailies via Link These are pretty detailed, don't read unless you want to know ... ___ Monday, December 11, 2023 Episode #14745 (Season 59, Episode 76) ________________ Tuesday, December 12, 2023 Episode #14746 (Season 59, Episode 77) ________________ Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Episode #14747 (Season 59, Episode 78) ________________ Thursday, December 14, 2023 Episode #14748 (Season 59, Episode 79) ________________ Friday, December 15, 2023 Episode #14749 (Season 59, Episode 80) ________________

A great deal of the interview was Alan asking Jamey about what soaps he watched as a child and as an adult. Jamey talked a lot about that. Between that discussion, Jamey's journalism career, DaytimeConfidential, and a little about Ambitions, that was most of of the Locher Room interview. (except for the part that @j swift graciously cued to about working at DAYS.) In all of that, there was no mention of Sistas. CORRECTION, I found it, Jamey does mention Sistas for one minute near the end. Jamey said he wrote 6 episodes of Season 7 of Sistas, which will air in 2024. I missed this the first time I listened. He says this from 1:01:35 – 1:02:40 of the LocherRoom interview. He says Ron Carlivati allowed him to do both.

Listening to the whole thing, I was fascinated by him trying to keep the balance of working decent paid jobs to support himself, and doing DaytimeConfidential which probably paid very little but was his true interest -- doing all that for so many years while actually wanting to write for soaps. Really a tale of perseverance! He also said that all his training in journalism in school, as a reporter, and as a publicist, taught him how to write the pieces of a story, which helped him to learn storytelling in general and helped him to write soaps. (I find that interesting regardless of whether I like his soap writing or not).

These are some of the things Jamey tells Alan Locher about his life: Jamey said at the beginning of the Locher Room interview that he grew up in the small town of De Kalb, Texas which is near Texarkana on the Texas/Arkansas border. He went to Southern Arkansas University and double-majored in print and broadcast journalism. (He said Southern Arkansas Univ was a small school). Then he was a news reporter. He covered the regular news and local news for Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana newspapers. At one point he was a city editor but it paid very little. Then he got a federal job as an intern for two years at the local army depot doing non-journalism tasks which wasn't great but it was a federal job that paid a livable wage. Then he worked for Pulitzer Inc (the news company, not the Pulitzer Prize), working as an editorial assistant. (Jamey talks about Luke Kerr starting Daytime Confidential. Kerr finally convinced Jamey to join the podcast, and Kerr taught him about blogging.) Jamey was living in Illinois but moved back to Texas and got a new job as the publicist for the army depot in Corpus Christi, where he worked for a few years. Then Jamey got a new paid federal job - he began working for many years at the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) as a publicist -- he wrote for the CDC newsletter the "MMWR" (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morbidity_and_Mortality_Weekly_Report (I assume working for the CDC was how or why Jamey came to live in Atlanta?). What Jamey tells Alan Locher about that CDC job is really interesting. He said he had already left the CDC to work on "Ambitions" before COVID. He didn't write about COVID, but he did write for the CDC about other diseases and epidemics.

-- ooh EDIT -- I posted some info in this space but I see that it's not needed. Deleting because... I see that all of it was written more clearly by @Errol back in August here: https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2023/08/jamey-giddens-joins-season-7-writing-team-tyler-perrys-sistas

LOL yes

Victoria Grace wasn't intentionally cheating. The Emmys changed the rules for the cutoff age from 26 to 21 for younger actor, but the Emmys botched publicizing the rules change, so VG didn't know. (She was 23). Once VG learned of the change, she immediately voluntarily dropped out. Regarding Eden McCoy - there was the lack of clarity in the rules as to the month and day of the cutoff. If you calculate it one way, she got too old before the cutoff and shouldn't be eligible; but another way to interpret it is that you just had to be age 21 within a vague time frame to be considered young enough to qualify as younger actor. It ended up that the second interpretation was not challenged, so Eden remained eligible. Heck if you read the rules as they were written, the child actors were too young. It was really botched! N'Neka Garland was the longtime producer at GH who really ran GH from behind the scenes. She also helped with organizing the Daytime Emmys. She died suddenly earlier this year, before the Emmys nominations were announced. I bet if Ms. Garland were still alive, she would have prevented these snafus.

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Errol's obituary of Ellen Holly https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/65581-article-rip-ellen-holly-—-first-black-person-to-star-in-a-daytime-soap-opera-dies-at-92/

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We're supposed to pretend (or supposed to forget?) that Jill and Tucker are the same age, as Jill was believed to be Katherine's child, and then they discovered it was Tucker and not Jill. LOL.