I attended my first Daytime Emmys as a soap journalist in 1981. The winners were two powerhouse performers: Best Actor Douglass Watson, who played Mackenzie Cory on “Another World” and Best Actress Judith Light, who played Karen Wolek on “One Life to Live.” Both were so terrific, they won the same awards again in 1982. For all of us who cover … [Read more...]

I started watching soap operas in 1967 when I was 13. Both my parents worked—I was a latch-key kid who had our Queens, N.Y., apartment all to herself when she came home from school. I was frequently lonely, since I was an only child, but soaps kept me company back then—and as I grew up, they also gave me my profession. Since 1979, I have been an … [Read more...]

If you are an ardent soap person like me, you probably own many books on soaps. I’ve been very lucky over the years to have contributed to some and am pleased to have made the acquaintance of many of the authors. I use these books often as references when I write this column. Alina Adams’ new book “Super Soap Scenes: A Time Capsule of Daytime’s … [Read more...]

Today, soap journalism is largely a digital affair, replacing our cherished paper magazines of yore. Happily, for the soap world, the websites are booming and today’s scribes -– some newbies and others who’ve been around the track a time or two -- are no less zealous than ever. Everyone’s still a soap critic. Which inspired moi to take a fresh look … [Read more...]