Sylph

Can someone confirm whether Sarah Phelps is no longer with EastEnders?

Old, but I didn't see it posted: Follow the the link and there's a pic of the writers.

Hm... Should I watch then? I guess I could try.

Has anyone here watched The Secret Life of the American Teenager, an ABC Family TV series? Is it a soap? The title sure implies so.

And why is Andreas Jancke exiting in March?

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631761/20100211/story.jhtml

I love it when they do that. Cleaning house...

http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity/442177/lady-gaga-and-britney-spears-to-duet.html

Can you blame them if it is so? Who the h*ll is Lucy Allan? At least Marquess proved himself a number of times...

I like these no-bullsh!t, no-nonsense people.

I don't know if it's a recent thing, but Paul Marquess' nickname is The Axeman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAwQ9y667W4

I don't know if someone posted it, but here is a spoiler:

I think the grimness and gloom are part of its identity. They always have been. The writers often exaggerate, give shock value and ultimately hollow stunts the front row seats, which is when it becomes too much. It would be nice to see this show change and really represent what's going on in East End, at least a bit, but you would have to be quite a master to pull it off. Once in a lifetime kind of talent. So that can be scratched, it just won't work. People expect that "grittiness" – although I every time I see that noun – and too much of a change would drive them away. As you rightly point out, if only they put a little more heart and honesty, things would be much better. But even at its absolute worst, I love this show. Some of the episodes in those dreary periods are just pure magic. When it's good, the magical episodes are a staple. The show always had a kind of tightness to it and some its writers know drama and what a good script is. Corrie has been overrated for a long time now, I really hope it gets better soon, but in the meantime, EastEnders should really be no. 1. Those 20m viewers peaks EE achieved, even though they happened in 2001, seem like a distant memory. Perhaps never again.

The Mirror has an article about the stars who left Walford.

The Guardian has an article, too, of course.

Carl, then something for you!

Because he sings what you like. But I see what's bothering you, I never expected that from you.

Of course there is a difference. We're witnessing the transformation of what soap opera means. The classic, feuding families, happenings in a small apartment complex or what happens in a small town soap has become a thing of the past. Largely. Various other types of TV series took elements of soap operas and used (transformed) them for their own purposes. So we have Heroes (a bad soap, but a soap), Lost, Brothers & Sisters, ER, 24, Fringe... Those are all soaps. Genre studies is an interesting field. At least for a while. They do that sometimes. But it is a part of the show and you just have to accept it.

Then, maybe, from his last album Blame It On The Girls and I See You might be for you. LOL @ Eric not liking Mika!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDukz4XzDk

Parallel timelines. One where an event happened, one in which it didn't. And they go concurrently.

Well, not in my world. It has elements of a procedural, but a lot of soapy twists, turns, long-term (seasonal) stories, uses non-linear narrative devices... We've had flashbacks, flashforwards and this season we have flash-sideways. It has a narrative, the haters say it doesn't.