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Susan Lucci was a featured author at the Adelphi University Writers and Readers Festival. The festival was April 15-17, 2026. Susan was featured on April 15. https://www.adelphi.edu/writers-readers-festival/ pics here https://www.instagram.com/adelphiu/p/DXNAIwplarC/ adelphiu We had a great time last night at An Evening With Susan Lucci during our Writers & Readers Festival! Thank you to everyone who joined us. #AdelphiU #writers #readers https://www.instagram.com/p/DXVG92vjYdg/ therealsusanlucci I had such a lovely time with @adrianatrigiani discussing all things #LaLucci this past week at @adelphiu . Thanks Adriana, for such a great conversation. 💖💖💖 adrianatrigiani Loved every moment Susan! Your memoir is glorious… a great read! You are a treasure- thank you for coming to Adelphi! ❤️❤️❤️

Stephanie Sloane (ig soapsteph) https://www.instagram.com/p/DXWmv28AGbm/ What a heartbreaking story to wake up to. I had the pleasure of speaking with Patrick over the years, and he really made every conversation a good one - always fun and upbeat. 57 is way too young. I’m thinking of his family, friends, and his @dayspeacock family, and sending deepest condolences. Rest in peace, Patrick.

Here's the full text of her tweet, in case anyone can't see the last sentence: Alison Sweeney@Ali_Sweeney This is such heartbreaking news. Pat was a rare kind of person—brilliantly talented, endlessly kind, and generous in spirit. I was so lucky to have worked with him when I first started at Days, he made me feel at ease right away. He brought his unique charm and humor to work every day. A truly gifted guy, and one who will be profoundly missed. From Ali's ig stories, she tagged Christie Clark (ig monkeywenches) who will likely need time before replying.

BTG is fully preempted for the 2026 UEFA Champions League semifinals (European soccer live). The semifinals are Tues, April 28, Wed. April 29, Tues. May 5, and Wed. May 6. BTG is fully preempted in USA and Canada on the soccer dates, and with nothing new uploaded online. (Hopefully Canada gets the memo). The matches are broadcast live in the European evenings which happens to be USA daytime. There is a one-hour pre-match show "UEFA Champions League Today", and then the two-hour match "UEFA Champions League Soccer", to make a solid 3-hour block of soccer programming on CBS broadcast TV. B&B and Y&R will be disrupted in Western time zones of USA on those dates, but will still officially air with new episodes. On those four dates, some viewers may have to watch Y&R and B&B on a different channel, or at a different time or overnight, or watch online on cbs.com or paramountplus. B&B and Y&R will air at regular times through all of Canada. The tv listings show on the tvinsider grid, but CAUTION, each date shows SPOILERS for every CBS primetime and daytime show, so don't read if you wish to be unspoiled. https://www.tvinsider.com/network/cbs/schedule/ Disclaimer that cbssports website shows only paramountplus streaming these matches, but in past years they often omitted the "cbs broadcast" info until the last minute. Fyi @Errol

When Jackie Zeman died, I really liked how GH wrote in Bobbie's death. That several-day arc was some of the best soap I've seen in years. I cry just remembering it. Ryan Carnes came back very briefly as Lucas for this. They wrote it that Bobbie hadn't been around because she had been secretly helping women escaping trafficking in Europe, and then passed away. Carly and Felicia followed the clues and learned the truth, and also GH had the original BJ Jones child actress, now an adult, * same actress!!! * return as a seemingly-real documentarian writing about Bobbie, but who was actually an angel. And Felicia and Maxie figuring it out at the end, with Maxie putting her hand over her own heart (BJ's heart). It felt like a great nod to Bobbie and Ruby's history, written from a modern-day perspective, yet redeemed with Bobbie's work to help other women escape the life. Wonderful.

I was watching the show live all those years ago. I had no soap mags and it was before internet and VCRs were invented -- so no way to watch if I missed a day or learn what I missed. I did discuss the soaps with my older sister around 1969. But by the time Ruby and Bobbie were regular characters, my older sister was out of the house, and nobody else I knew in real life watched soaps. I don't think I even knew Ruby was a former madam, or that she was the one who had originally put Bobbie to work as a sex worker (trafficked her). I just knew Ruby as a warm woman who seemed to have had a hard life, who ran Kelly's with love. I didn't learn Ruby's backstory until decades later.

Sheila Ducksworth instagram nice slideshow of bts cast, crew, producers, staff, and special events https://www.instagram.com/p/DXVSsIIDxxd/ sheiladucks The Emotions•Best of My Love What’s better than a season pickup? Survey says…TWO seasons! Thank you @cbstv and @cbstvstudios for this supreme vote of confidence. Thank you @proctergamble for your partnership from the very beginning. Thank you @naacp for your expansive vision. And thank you to all our viewers for being the most locked-in and engaging audience PERIODT☝🏽. Here’s to Season 3 and Season 4 and Here’s to continuing to make history with some of the best people on Earth 🥂🥂🥂 #BeyondTheGates @beyondthegatescbs 📺📺🫧🫧🫧

Correct. BTG is fully preempted for the UEFA Champions League semifinals. The semifinals are Tues, April 28, Wed. April 29, Tues. May 5, and Wed. May 6. I started a thread with details https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/69983-cbs-soaps-soccer-preemptions-april-may-2026/#findComment-2093231

Man in his 80s becomes first in France to formally apologise for family's slavery linkshttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/man-his-80s-becomes-first-france-formally-apologise-familys-slavery-links-2026-04-18/ quoting excerpt from article: April 18, 2026: A man in his 80s on Saturday issued what is believed to be the first formal ‌apology by someone in France for their family's role in transatlantic slavery, saying he hoped others - including the government- would follow. Pierre Guillon de Prince's ancestors, based in Nantes, France's largest port for transatlantic slavery, were shipowners who transported around 4,500 enslaved Africans and owned plantations in the Caribbean. The Reuters Iran Briefing newsletter keeps you informed with the latest developments and analysis of the Iran war. Sign up here. Guillon de Prince said other French families must confront their historical ties to slavery and the state should go ⁠beyond symbolic gestures to address the past, including through reparations. "Faced with the rise of racism in our society, I felt a responsibility not to let this past be erased," the 86-year-old said, adding he wanted to pass the family history on to his grandchildren. He delivered the apology to a gathering in Nantes ahead of the inauguration of an 18-metre replica ship mast, alongside Dieudonné Boutrin, a descendant of enslaved people from the Caribbean island of Martinique.

Thank you! I thought it was Valerie, but I admit that I haven't followed closely recently so I wasn't absolutely sure. Appreciate the reply.

That Gina T scene is riveted in my mind. It's bringing me to tears right now, just remembering it! Almost as amazing as Judith Light testifying as Karen Wolek.

In canon, they have established (via Lynette) that Hayley has used more than one name; although we don't know for certain what is her birth name. In canon, we know that Hayley got to know Naomi, when Hayley was * claiming * to be a young adult orphan waif named Hayley Lawson - an adult waif persona. It has not been established where Naomi and Hayley first met? But I think she wanted Bill so she pretended to befriend Naomi. Dani and Naomi "took her in" to the family -- but not as a child -- they didn't adopt/foster her -- they took her into the family circle, something like starting with inviting her to dinner, then more regular visits. Hayley got Dani to mentor her and gradually subtly influenced Dani to convince Bill to hire her. I honestly don't remember if they said (in canon) when Hayley got paralegal training, if it was something Dani pushed or if it was something she already knew -- I think Dani arranged for Hayley to be certified or whatever or maybe take a class? My memory on this is foggy. Now here is what I'm only imagining in my head canon: I'm going to * speculate/assume * that Hayley had already crafted a fake background in legal work. She had knowledge of legal stuff from her years as a con artist. She might actually be 10 years older than she pretends to be? ? This would all be part of her long goal of using Bill as her mark. Just my guesses.

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I have very very dim memories of over 50 years ago, watching Paul Martin and Anne Tyler on live TV. Of the actresses playing Anne, I probably saw more than one, but honestly don't remember. I do remember Anne being sad a lot.

Paul Martin in-depth character bio http://www.pinevalleybulletin.com/Quick%20Guide/BiographiesWeb/MartinPaul.html 2009 interview with Paul #2 (William Moody) http://www.pinevalleybulletin.com/Features/InterviewMooney.html

Oh took me a minute to realize you were saying the * actor * Nathan (playing Ethan). At first I thought you meant the character Nathan and was totally confused. LOL, silly me. So they cut Nathan/Ethan's hair, but didn't cut JJ/Lucky's hair. Wonder what that's about. There's a new incoming cast member whose name I won't say on this nonspoiler thread, but I noticed that the GH show's official social media account made a point of commenting how that actor looks "sexy" with his new hairstyle (link to spoiler). I don't think I've ever seen the show comment before on men's hairstyles being sexy?

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Several pages back on this thread, there was discussion of TJ. Just wanted to add my input - yeah that was disrespect shown by the show simply ceasing to air him without a mention. At least Bobby Martin was said to be up in the attic looking for skis, and Don Craig went to mail a letter. Was there ever any mention of TJ when he exited? I am reading here that TJ was mentioned last week re: Jordan in the hospital. Where is TJ supposedly now? Also want to add: When Willow had cancer and was pregnant with Amelia, she got close to TJ (while he was coordinating her medical care), and she asked him to keep her diagnosis secret for a while. It was platonic but seemed to have the potential for more. I wonder how Willow/TJ would have played out.

I didn't either when he began on Y&R. Took me a while to notice it. And even once I knew, I often erred.

Unlike most people with the name, he spells his name "Conner" ending in "er" instead of ending in "or". I don't now how many gazillion times I started misspelling it when he was on Y&R. What made it even more confusing was that there's a Y&R * character * Connor Newman (Adam's son), and the character's name is spelled with "or".

AlexAnn Hopkins returns as Joy Wesley on Friday, April 24 (link) Michael Roark exits as Jeremy Horton on Wednesday, April 29 (link)

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Conner Floyd as nuChad, Alexander Elijah Bond as nuThomas. The SOD photo caption says that's still Autumn Gendron as Charlotte (but I think she's recast later?)