By Ed Martin Watching the 36th annual Daytime Emmy Awards on The CW during the dog days of August confirmed what I already knew: These are dark days indeed for the daypart overall and for soap operas in particular. It's not that the telecast was all bad: I actually prefer smaller venues for the Daytime Emmy celebration (the Orpheum Theater … [Read more...]
A Descent into Prime Time: 90210 and Gossip Girl
September 17, 2008 by 10 Comments
Marlena has always looked down her nose at prime time soaps (at least those post-Dynasty and Knots Landing.) Years ago at SOW I even wrote a column called "Who Needs Beverly Hills 90210?" and to my surrpise, thousand of young fans wrote in and said, "We do! We do!" So although the new 90210 and Gossip Girl are not theoretically fodder for my … [Read more...]
