By Patrick Erwin On paper, The Bold and the Beautiful should be the most solid show on daytime. The show was created by daytime legend Bill Bell and taken over by his son Bradley when he retired. In an era in which shows seem to change creative teams with the change of seasons, Bradley Bell has been head writer and producer for well over a … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2007
Genie Francis Shows’em in The Note
December 9, 2007 by 10 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix For the first hour of the Hallmark Channel's Christmas movie The Note, I felt kind of bored and uncomfortable as Genie Francis played a frumpy (though definitely thinner) middle-aged newspaper columnist who seems to be in need of a stylish makeover or at least a spiked eggnog. Did I really want to watch a slow-paced … [Read more...]
One Life To Live: Don’t Anoint It Best Yet, Part 2
December 7, 2007 by 22 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix As I said in Part 1, an earlier post, the bravura scripts of One Life To Live's new head writer Ron Carlivati have made OLTL the soap to watch for thinking soap fans who enjoy sophisticated writing. Whether it's because so many of other soaps are abysmal right now, or because we're all so desperate for a soap to love, some … [Read more...]
As The World Turns Returnee Scott Bryce: Why is ATWT Wasting This Multifaceted Talent?
December 5, 2007 by 8 Comments
By Patrick Erwin My soap habit was initially formed, as many of our habits were, through hand-me-downs. My mother diligently watched Days of Our Lives, Search for Tomorrow and Another World. My sisters loved Young and the Restless and were part of General Hospital's Luke and Laura craze. Even my Guiding Light habit came from a neighbor who … [Read more...]
One Life to Live: Don’t Anoint It Best Yet! (Part 1)
December 3, 2007 by 14 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix I have to admit I was very suspicious. Not more than two weeks after its new head writer Ron Carlivati's debut, a soap reporter from the northern climes proclaimed One Life to Live the best soap of the year. As a veteran soap critic, I've always felt you had to watch a soap a couple of months at least before you declare … [Read more...]
