Stars on Soaps

Welcome back everyone, this week’s blog will be on my take on the quality of actors and actresses that are hired for soap operas compared to those in movies and TV shows.
First of all, there have been a few stars that did have their breaks on soap operas, such as Josh Duhamel out of Minot, North Dakota. He originally was attending Minot State University and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and had planned to be a dentist, but his grades were unfortunately not good enough to get into dentistry school.So Josh decided to move to Los Angeles and he auditioned for All My Children, after his little go on All My Children, Duhamel landed his role on the hit show Las Vegas. From Las Vegas he scored the role as Tad Hamilton on the movie Win a Date With Tad Hamilton, also starring Kate Bosworth.

From what I have noticed, Josh Duhamel is part of a small group that make it to the bigger scenes from Soap Operas. I think one of the main reasons for that is because soap operas are normally known for their horrible acting. If someone sees on their resume that they were previously on a soap opera they may immediately throw them to the “no” pile. But you never really know I guess until you are put in that situation.
I know that if I ever saw a movie that had someone I recognized from a soap opera I probably wouldn’t run out to the store or movie theater to watch or buy it. I laugh at the acting on soap operas. They aren’t exactly the best of actors and actresses but they do their job, they simulate reality and everyday life for those people who enjoy that kind of thing. As far as I’m concerned, if they want to try and go out to act in a movie, then all the power to them. I’m not saying that everyone in soaps don’t have the ability to catch the role in a movie, but their chances are probably smaller than other actors making a name for themselves in movies and TV shows.

Soap Opera Digest

Hello everyone, and welcome back to my blogs on soap operas. This week I am going to talk about the well-known magazine of Soap Opera Digest.
The Soap Opera Digest is a magazine that covers every American daytime soap opera that airs on television. It is an overview of the actors on and off camera. You will learn about what the actors are doing on the screen, during shows, behind the scenes, and even what is going on in their personal life. Because really, what star’s personal life don’t we know about?
The magazine first came about in November of 1975, it currently boasts a subscription sale of around 500,000 as well as more than one million issues bought at newsstands and supermarkets each week. Statistics show that in the early 1990s the magazine had up close to 1.4 million subscribers. Lynn Leahey is currently the editor-in-chief for the magazine and columnist Carolyn Hinsey reviews current series and soap-related events in her regular feature “It’s Only My Opinion”.
I can honestly say that I have never actually read this magazine nor subscribed to it. I’m not saying that it is a bad magazine or anything by any means. Clearly it can’t be that bad with all of the high ratings and subscribers it has had in the past. But the real meaning behind the magazine seems to be letting you know what is up and coming in your favorite soaps. Wouldn’t this just ruin what you are about to see. From what I have heard and see is that it lets you know what is coming up in the next month and to me if you have read it, it would then be silly to actually spend the time each day to sit down and watch the show if you know what is going to happen. I don’t know, that may just be me, but I think I would either have one or the other. Either sitting and watching my show faithfully everyday or subscribing to the magazine and reading it ahead of time. To me, you are getting the same thing out of it either way. It’s just redundant I think, to be reading it and then watching it a week or two later.

Hello everyone,
Every soap opera obviously has its own unique name and they also obviously have their own theme songs. Today I am going to talk about these names and songs and hopefully give you a little more of an insight on both.
We’ll start with the names. You have to admit there are some pretty interesting names for soaps. As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, One Life to Live, and Guiding Light just to name a few. There are so many different soaps on TV yet they all have names that are related to the same kinds of things. I know that they are shows that are about everyday life and you pretty much are living in these people’s lives but I think they could maybe become a little more creative with their names. They all pretty much relate or refer back to living life, the children, how people act, things of those sort. My personal favorite that makes me laugh every time would definitely How to Survive a Marriage, why on EARTH, would you take a soap operas advice on how to survive a marriage. That has to be the silliest idea I’ve heard in a long time. The show however didn’t last very long only aired for about a year, but it still makes me laugh. So next time you hear the name of a show on daytime television that refers to any of those things I mentioned before, you can almost bet that it is a soap opera.
As for the theme songs, they are pretty recognizable, for some reason whether we watch soaps or not, we know a few of their theme songs. Go to the following website TV Soap Opera Theme Songs and listen to the examples they have there and see how many that you can recognize or at least say that you think you’ve heard before. I am willing to bet that there are more there than you would expect. My favorite soap theme song would probably have the be the Passions song, or what it was I guess, as the show is no longer a go, with The Young and the Restless in a close second. The Passions song was just so catchy and I would always sing along with it!

Did You Hear?? He's Getting Written Out of the Show Again..

Welcome back everyone. This week I will talk about how actors and actresses get written in and out of soap operas on a regular basis. It is something that people who are watching the shows regularly maybe don’t really notice quite as much as those who pick up the show every now and then and watch an episode.
Personally, the switch of characters doesn’t really bother me, it is something that in a way just reflects real life. People have to move away and relocate for a variety of different reasons, although we secretly know that the real reason for writing characters out is that the actors and actresses don’t want to work for the certain show anymore. For example, in The Young and the Restless, the character of Katherine Chancellor’s granddaughter Mackenzie Browning (Mac), is one character who has been written out of the show for quite some time.
She has been overseas in Darfur, Africa working with a relief organization. Mac is one of the characters who has had many actresses and many writings in and out of the show. Since she became a character on the show in February of 1999, she has had 5 different actresses. Ashley Bashioum was the first (February 1999 to February 15, 2002; April 20, 2004 to March 10, 2005), Nicole Tarantini was a temporary replacement in 2001 for a short period of time, Kelly Kruger was from February 19, 2002 to July 1, 2003, the next Mac was Rachel Kimsey from March 25, 2005-May 17, 2006. Finally, the newest Mac will be Clementine Ford, she will start on April 1 of this year.
There are many examples on many different shows of characters who leave and come back to the shows. The show Days of our Lives is well known for people dying and then coming back. So they don’t actually die, they somehow every time escape death, and eventually are returned to the show. One guy who has died and come back to life about a million times is Stefano Dimera, he is often related to on the show as the “Phoenix” .

Some people may argue and say that characters should keep and stay to the same and others say it is a good thing to get different people in there. Personally, I could really care less either way.