The day after this year’s Daytime Emmys, I wrote on my Marlena Current and Classic Facebook Group site that I thought the show was refreshing. Replied my old colleague Brian, “I’m not with you on this, Marlena.” Added Esther, “The death roll left me cold.” And of course, there was an array of opinions about and objections to the winners. Well, … [Read more...]
The 2024 Daytime Emmys: Marlena’s Picks
May 29, 2024 by 2 Comments
Unfortunately, 2024 was a lackluster soap year overall, disrupted as it was by a pesky writer’s strike. Even so, there were some shining moments, thanks as always to the good work of the professionals we like to think of as “our people” — those who produce, write and act in the shows that are still hanging in there, no matter what is going on, or … [Read more...]
The Night Susan Lucci Won the Best Actress Emmy on Her 19th Nomination, plus Jacklyn Zeman: In Memorium
May 13, 2023 by 2 Comments
I’ve had the privilege of interviewing three of the most beautiful entertainers in the world: Kim Kardashian, Elizabeth Taylor (by phone) and Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children), the latter many, many times. Who could ever forget May 21, 1999, the night at Madison Square Garden when Susan won the Best Actress Emmy on her 19th nomination? … [Read more...]
50th Anniversary of the Daytime Emmys — Marlena’s Picks
May 1, 2023 by 3 Comments
The first time I went to the Daytime Emmys was in 1981, when I was the editor of Afternoon TV magazine. I had never seen a soap opera star in the flesh. That year Douglas Watson (Mackenzie Corey on Another World) won for Best Actor and Judith Light (Karen Wolek, One Life to Live) won for Best Actress. Both were brilliant and I was absolutely … [Read more...]
