So what celebrites do you guys know of that love soaps? I know Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor loved GH and Billy Currington loves GH. Reba McEntire was an All My Children fan and Julia Roberts loves DAYS. Wasn't Dolly Parton a One Life to Live fan or All My Children? I can't remember.

Yes!

The episode with Stephen Nichols where they watched DAYS ("It hasn't been the same since Shane left!"), and Dorothy Lyman herself directed MANY episodes of the show.

Dorothy Lyman was also the main director BTS for The Nanny.

I know Fran randomly mentioned once in an episode that [her life] "was like a storyline from The Young and the Restless."

Didn't The Nanny also tape at Television City, where Y&R and B&B are housed? Or am I mistaken?

Edited December 14, 201212 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

I know Fran randomly mentioned once in an episode that [her life] "was like a storyline from The Young and the Restless."

Didn't The Nanny also tape at Television City, where Y&R and B&B are housed? Or am I mistaken?

Braeden made a guest appearance on there I believe as a critic. I watched the epi a few months ago.

Didn't The Nanny also tape at Television City, where Y&R and B&B are housed? Or am I mistaken?

Y&R and B&B tape at TC, but "The Nanny" taped at the Culver Studios in Culver City.

Thanks!

I always assumed that they were TC-based to do that Y&R set tour episode on the cheap.

Edited December 14, 201212 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

To me, it always seemed strange for "The Nanny" to make so many Y&R references. I mean, it's one thing when they referenced DAYS and Patch in the episode Stephen Nichols guest-starred in; and yeah, the two shows ("Nanny" and Y&R) appeared on the same network; but I always felt like Fran Drescher Fine was more of an AMC/OLTL/RYAN'S HOPE gal, you know? At the very least, I see her watching ANOTHER WORLD or SEARCH FOR TOMORROW over Y&R.

Also, given that the show was NYC based - a BIG market for ABC soaps, it was strange she didn't rep them aside from occasional AMC references.

Then again, I know originally Joey on Friends was supposed to be an AMC actor, since AMC was Crane and Kaufman's favourite soap, but NBC demanded they change it to DAYS - even though DAYS is taped in LA and Friends was New York based (the show's premise that is).

Edited December 14, 201212 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

I remember Joey auditioning for a role on AW too.

I'm sure two of the other reasons Y&R was mentioned so much was due to Charles Shaughnessy and Nicholle Tom having family members working on the show (David Shaughnessy and Heather Tom, of course).

Also, given that the show was NYC based - a BIG market for ABC soaps, it was strange she didn't rep them aside from occasional AMC references.

And am I wrong, or did the show make it seem as if Y&R actually taped in NYC? I presume they knew the truth, but ignored it for the sake of expediency (and because, they believed no one would catch on and/or care).

Edited December 14, 201212 yr by Khan

I think Fran and the Sheffield family visited the Y&R set while on a trip to LA.

I think they maintained Y&R's California location. I believe it was specifically a trip Fran took to L.A. when she visited the Y&R set.

I'm sure two of the other reasons Y&R was mentioned so much was due to Charles Shaughnessy and Nicholle Tom having family members working on the show (David Shaughnessy and Heather Tom, of course).

And thanks to MAB we ended up with Madeline's sister.

But remember the episode where Fran briefly had a role on the show? This might have been the same ep that featured Dorothy Lyman and (how random) Pamela Anderson.

And thanks to MAB we ended up with Madeline's sister.

I still maintain MAB thought she was hiring Madeline (and not Yvonne) to play Daisy.

And thanks to MAB we ended up with Madeline's sister.

For all we know, she remembered the Zima sisters visiting on the Y&R set as kids while filming that Nanny episode, and went from there .