Soap Opera Digest Best & Worst for 2002 + BONUS SWI Best & Worst of 2002

Felt like I could combine these two into one post. From SOD issue dated 12-31-2002 and from the SWI soap column by Tom Smith & Stephen Weiss dated 01-05-2003, these were their choices for 2002 with a nice shout-out to WOST and SON. Hope you all enjoy! First up is SOD: 

Best Couple - Jack & Carly of As The World Turns
Worst Couple - Michael and Christine of Y&R

Best Triangle - Brady/Chloe/Philip of Days Of Our Lives
Worst Triangle - Whitney/Chad/Simone of Passions

Most Entertaining Character - Scott of General Hospital
Most Annoying Character - Jennifer of One Life To Live

Best New Couple - Gus and Harley of Guiding Light
Most Boring Couple - Jake and Mia of All My Children

Best New Character - Whip of The Bold & The Beautiful
Worst New Character - Tricia of The Bold & The Beautiful

Best Villain - Allison of One Life To Live
Best Wedding - Nikki and Victor of Y&R

Most Shocking Twist - John & Tony Are Brothers on DAYS
Most Tragic Twist - Death of Josh Ryan Evans - Passions

Best Secret - Deacon Fathered Brooke's Baby on B&B
Worst Secret - Viki Is Niki Again on OLTL

Best Noncouple - Maggie and Bianca on AMC
Most Tortured Couple - Luis and Sheridan on Passions

Best Return - Caleb of Port Charles
Worst Return - Billie of Days Of Our Lives

Best Child - Starr of One Life To Live
Best Ensemble Cast - Port Charles

Best Recast - Bill of Guiding Light
Worst Recast - Marah of Guiding Light

Best Story - Brenda Is Alive: General Hospital
Worst Story - Proteus: All My Children

Best Tear Jerker - Leo's Death on All My Children
Most Preposterous Plot - Antonio's Illness on Passions

Most Improved Show - Guiding Light
Most Disappointing Show - One Life To Live

Best Show - The Bold & The Beautiful

From SWI: 

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SUSPENSION OF SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF: Aliens?! That’s Crazy Talk!, DAYS

BEST AD CAMPAIGN Get Ready, ABC

WORST AD CAMPAIGN Get it on, CBS DAYTIME

BIGGEST FAN HYPOCRISY: Negative reaction to Josh Duhamel’s SOD Interview.

BEST FEUD: Michael Logan Vs. CBS Daytime

THE “THAT’S JUST DAMN CREEPY” AWARD: Passions

BEST PUNCHING BAG: Diego, Y&R

BIGGEST [!@#$%^&*]: Nick Newman, Y&R

WORST FATHER: Frank, GL

"DIVERSITY" AWARD: As the World Turns

THE HAM AWARD, MALE: Michael Easton (Caleb/Stephen), PC

THE HAM AWARD, FEMALE: Erika Slezak (Viki), OLTL

BEST YOUNGER ACTRESS: (Tie) Jennifer Finnigan (B&B;’s Bridget) & Melissa Archer (OLTL’s Natalie)

BEST ACTRESS: Michelle Stafford.

BEST VILLAIN: Deacon, B&B

WORST RECAST: Kendall, AMC

BEST POTENTIAL, WORST EXECUTION: The Ralph Fiasco, Y&R

DUMBEST SURPRISE: Stephen Clay is Caleb (PC)

WORST HISTORY REWRITE: Rick Webber (GH) and Mitch is Jessica's Father (OLTL)

MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO AWARD: Smokey says only the writers can prevent soap fires (AMC, OLTL, GH, Y&R)

MOST EMBARRASSING SHOW 'PRAISING' SOAPS: The Daytime Emmys

BEST TREND: Shakeups among The Powers That Be (AMC, DAYS, GH, GL, OLTL, & Y&R)

WORST TREND: Belittling Rape (ATWT, GL, OLTL, Y&R)

NATURAL RESOURCES AWARD: (Tie) The World of Soap Themes and The Soap Opera Network.

BEST HOLIDAY SHOW: DAYS

WORST HOLIDAY SHOW: OLTL

WORST SOAP LINE-UP: ABC Daytime

RUNNER UPS FOR BEST SHOW: DAYS, GH, GL, Y&R

RUNNER UPS FOR WORST SHOW: AMC, ATWT, PASSIONS, PC

WORST SHOW: OLTL

BEST SHOW: B&B

 

Edited June 20, 20205 yr by soapfan770