The cast for the 14th season of the ABC show "Dancing with the Stars' is revealed.
The upcoming season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" could be the most difficult yet for the popular series.
Actors from ABC's "One Life to Live" tell "Showbiz Tonight" if they think reality TV killed the soap genre.
Though "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" are history, "General Hospital" -- for now -- is firmly ensconced in ABC's daytime lineup.
Disappointing news for fans of "All My Children," which was supposed to earn a second lease on life next year when it was supposed to resurface via The Online Network in January.
Fans say goodbye to beloved characters such as Susan Lucci's Erica Kane
The Bold and the Beautiful tops the soaps, while Oprah Winfrey, Pat Sajak and Alex Trebek are also honored
The hunk, who played con man Leo du Pre, will reprise his role before the soap ends in September
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett will be making a cameo appearance on "The Office," playing a potential replacement for the dim-witted manager played by Steve Carell on the NBC situation comedy.
The Guinness World Records Book 2011 lists the CBS soap opera "The Bold and The Beautiful" as the "most popular soap opera -- current" for its success not only at home, but abroad.
As American soap operas fade away, Hispanic ones are gaining more popularity. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.
At the Castillo home in suburban Atlanta, sitting down to watch TV at seven every night is a ritual full of excitement. The entire family is hooked on Hispanic soap operas in spite of differences in age and nationality.
Kelly Ripa reminisces about getting her start on "All My Children" and says she's very sad the soap opera is ending.
Most people will view the end of "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" simply as television evolution, the passing of a genre that has already lost its audience.
The Live! With Regis and Kelly host starred on the soap 12 years before joining the talk show
"I'm looking forward to all kinds of new and exciting opportunities," the actress says of the end of the soap
ABC will replace the long-running soaps with two new lifestyle shoes, The Chew and The Revolution
The reality star plays attorney Kassandra Kavanaugh - "with two Ks"
The sexy telenovela sensation is getting lots of buzz (and ratings!) for her latest project
Reports surface that the long-running daytime soap may be replaced by a talk show
After exchanging barbs with a soap star Eric Braeden, NPH says, "I feel bad"
Soap star Virginia Cavendish and TV executive Namure Edoimioya tell us how soap operas connect Brazil and Nigeria.
Frances Reid played Alice Horton on the soap since 1965
James Mitchell, the stage actor and dancer who was best known for portraying wealthy patriarch Palmer Cortlandt on the soap opera "All My Children" for nearly 30 years, died Friday at age 89.
The Young and the Restless actress welcomes a daughter via a surrogate
Longtime fans of the soap opera "As the World Turns" are mourning the loss of their daily date with the folks in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, after CBS announced the cancellation of the long-running daytime drama this week.
The CBS daytime drama with play its last come September 2010
Daytime dramas have helped launched the careers of many a star: David Hasselhoff, John Stamos, Julianne Moore and Meg Ryan, to name just a few.
In yet another blow to the already ailing soap opera world, Eric Braeden, the venerable star of CBS' "The Young and the Restless," has exited the top-rated daytime drama after a nasty negotiation with Sony.
The longest running soap opera in history is ending. CNN's Alina Cho reports.
On the last episode of reality ...
Serialized storytelling was around since long before daytime dramas starting selling soap.
The two-time Emmy winner's first child will be a daughter, via a surrogate
"It's overwhelming, I'm a New Yorker," says the star. "I have a lot to think about"
Along with the talk-fest, two soaps also get surprising disses by the Daytime Emmys
The venerable CBS soap opera "Guiding Light" will go dark in September after 72 years and 16,000 episodes, the network announced Wednesday.
The soap star goes from a size 20 to a size 8 one year after lap-band surgery
The Biggest Loser host shows off daughter Megan Hope - and reveals her baby-weight loss secret
Nearly eight years later, Connie Chung still remembers being surprised.
CNN.com's Nicole Lapin profiles an Iraq war veteran, J.R. Martinez, who overcame severe burns to become a spokesman.
When J.R. Martinez returned from serving in Iraq, he never thought he'd see his name on the marquee at the local restaurant -- but there it was, a welcome-home banner at the Applebee's in Dalton, Georgia.
CNN's Lola Ogunnaike reports on the first lesbian wedding on a soap opera.
Lavish weddings on soap operas are commonplace -- beautiful, wealthy characters united amid copious tears, heaps of flowers and exquisite attire.
Jeon Do-yeon won the Best Actress prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the South Korean film "Secret Sunshine." Celebrated in her native South Korea for her roles in melodramatic soap operas and independent films, Jeon is the first Asian to win this prestigious prize. South Korea's most famous actress joins Talk Asia to discuss her rise into renown and takes a stroll around the cultural neighborhood of Daehango in Seoul with host Anjali Rao.
"Their marriage continues to be quite healthy," he says of the Live! star and Mark Consuelos
Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 2. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here.
Cam Gigandet tells Men's Health about surviving cracked bones – and being fired from his soap job
Special soap operas are the craze in the Middle East during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. CNN's Octavia Nasr reports.
Ramadan is the holiest month for Muslims around the world, a time to fast, cleanse the soul and surrender to God. But in the Middle East, there's a new twist to the tradition.
But Rachael Ray trumps Ellen to be named best talk show
Cash Joshua was born Monday to the Young & Restless actor and wife Tobe
SAG and AFTRA split, which gives fear to a possible strike come June 30
Hunter Tylo is no stranger to hardship – her 9-year-old daughter bravely battled eye cancer as an infant. But nothing could prepare her for the shock and grief that came with losing her 19-year-old son last month.
WWE Chairman of the Board Vince McMahon is known for trying to intimidate interviewers, poking them in the chest and backhanding their notes. So CNN investigative correspondent Drew Griffin was prepared for a volatile McMahon, and so was the crew.
Hunter Tylo's son Michael was remembered Friday by more than 200 family and friends at a Los Angeles memorial.
Soap-opera star Nathaniel Marston of One Life to Live was involved in some real-life drama early Sunday morning, as he was arrested and charged with attacking three people in New York City.
The 19-year-old son of The Bold and the Beautiful actress Hunter Tylo has died.
Brittany Snow's descent into the dark world of eating disorders began when she landed the role of Susan Lemay on TV's Guiding Light, the actress, now 21, tells MTVU.com.
Is it possible Mark Cuban, Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Wayne Newton can dance? Viewers will find out on the new season of "Dancing With the Stars," which has assembled another eclectic field of contestants.
Sammy Sosa is going to be a tough call for the Hall.
SI.com: Twin billingupdated: Wed Apr 18 2007 14:46:00
Twins Addison and Alex Hoover are quick studies on and off the field. The 16-year-old juniors are the leading scorers for the Corona del Mar (Newport Beach, Calif.) High lacrosse team and have been in the entertainment business since they were 11.
SI.com: Odd man out?updated: Wed Jan 31 2007 10:32:00
Bernie Williams' great Yankees career just might end with a soap opera he didn't bargain for.
Whitney Houston, who has announced her split from Bobby Brown after a tumultuous 14-year marriage, is stepping out as a new woman.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ali MacGraw will make her Broadway debut in "Festen," the London hit that will also star Larry Bryggman, Michael Hayden and Julianna Margulies.
Dion Beebe's lush cinematography, John Myhre's stunning production design, Colleen Atwood's brilliant costumes, John Williams' stirring score and a superb international cast can't take away the fact that the film adaptation of Arthur Golden's best-selling novel, "Memoirs of a Geisha," falls somewhere between a "Cinderella" fable and a really good episode of "Knots Landing."
A group of scriptwriters behind China's latest television soap opera may change the habits of diehard couch potatoes -- the series has been written exclusively for mobile phones.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Mar 11 2005 12:21:00
The world premiere of Sandra Bullock's new film, "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous," was held in Leicester Square, with former co-star Hugh Grant among her guests.
In the world of prime-time soap operas, catty women being thrown in pools and cheating heartthrobs getting slapped in the face combine to create the ultimate guilty pleasure.
Seen from afar--say, from the executive suites atop Viacom's building in Times Square or NBC's Rockefeller Center headquarters or Disney's base camp in Burbank--India looks like a great place to b...
Business 2.0: Hits & Missesupdated: Tue Jun 01 2004 00:01:00
[HIT] Having it their way. With 20-something men tuning out prime-time TV, how can advertisers reach them? Burger King has a new recipe: late-night TV and the Web. BK's new campaign, by hot Miami a...
Richard Biggs, who played Dr. Stephen Franklin on "Babylon 5" and also had a long run on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives," died Saturday. He was 44, according to the actor's Web site.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Mar 05 2004 10:19:00
NEW YORK (AP) -- Ellen DeGeneres' new talk show was nominated for 12 Daytime Emmy Awards on Thursday, and "The Young and the Restless" led the soap opera pack with 16 nods.
Mary-Ellis Bunim, credited with creating numerous reality TV hits, including MTV's "The Real World," is dead.
When last we left Richard Scrushy, former HealthSouth CEO and current defendant in an 85-count fraud indictment, he'd joined the Guiding Light, a predominantly black church in Birmingham, Ala. That...
Odd as it sounds, Richard Scrushy appears to be playing the race card.
The firms on FORTUNE's fifth annual Best Companies for Minorities list aren't immune to the problems currently plaguing corporate America. No. 12, Lucent, has sacked half its workers. No. 14, Xerox...
Who's to blame for all this reality-based TV? It would be easy to single out the network heads. But as much as we would like to vote them off our island nation, the real culprit is Mary-Ellis Bunim...
Anyone who has followed the evolution of advertising on the Internet has probably noticed that performance-based advertising--which lets a merchant measure the success of each ad he places--has bec...
Now this is must-see TV. In a new Mexican soap opera, Mirada de Mujer (A Woman's Gaze), a 50-year-old woman tires of her husband's philandering. Instead of silently suffering, which she might be ex...
Last July, after Michael Eisner's angiogram confirmed that he would have to undergo an emergency quadruple-bypass operation, doctors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles gave the 53-year-o...
Like them or loathe them, Hollywood soap operas have a certain appeal that transcends borders. Millions of urban viewers in India can't get enough of two U.S. daytime soaps, NBC's Santa Barbara (wh...
Fortune: Getting into the actupdated: Mon Jun 20 1988 00:01:00
All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players, including Thomas S. Murphy, 62, chief executive of Capital Cities/ABC, and Warren Buffett, 57, the billionaire chairman of Berkshir...
Fortune: THE EDITOR'S DESKupdated: Mon Apr 14 1986 00:01:00
THE QUESTIONS COULD come straight out of TV soap operas: Are GE and NBC compatible? Will CBS get over Ted Turner? Can Capital Cities rescue ABC's ratings? Followers of broadcasting's long-running t...
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