Daytime Confidential

On this month's Daytime Confidential Girls Night Out episode Tina, Danielle, Regan and Nicki are dishing everything naughty in the world of soaps. From Nicki's idea of having Murray Bartlett walk around in black skivies on a daily basis to inflate Guiding Light ratings to the age old battle of sex vs. love the ladies are dishing about all this and more including... Squish names. Days of Our Live's...

On today's Top 5 edition of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike, Tina and Nicki count down the Top 5 "Daughters With Daddy Issues." These are the women and girls whose fathers have influenced and manipulated their daughter's lives and helped to turn them into the divas they are today.

On today's Performer of the Week episode Luke, Tina, Nicki and Regan make their picks for the actors and actresses who they chose for Performer of the Week. They discuss the weekly ratings and Nicki has an unhonorable mention. All this and four comments from you the listeners on the Daytime Confidential comment line.

TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco drops by Daytime Confidential to dish about this year's Daytime Emmy Awards. He's got all the scoop from the red carpet, the press room, and the after parties. He talks about how it is all out war between the ABC and CBS networks and how Barbara Bloom banned him from the CBS after parties because of his coverage of the P&G soaps. This is one episode you will not wan...

On today's 2008 Emmy edition of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina, Jamey, Belinda, Danielle, Regan and Nicki have their reactions to the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Join them as they discuss the night's big winners and losers, who won and who shouldn't have. Find out if Regan or Danielle won a prediction bet for bragging rights on one of the night's biggest awards. Hear everyone's take on this...

On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike and Nicki discuss the Max becoming a genius, Kate's illness and why Days of Our Lives shouldn't try to be General Hospital or Grey's Anatomy. Marlena is back and what will happen with this summer's teen storyline. Do Heather and Adam on Young and Restless equal one character or are they both lacking even as a couple? W...

On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Karen from Wubs.net joins Luke and Tina to discuss the latest in General Hospital gossip, spoilers, and recaps. What would happen if Lulu is "killed?" Is a Claudia and Ric marriage in the works? Would Ingo really leave General Hospital? The latest Vanessa Marcil rumor. We discuss who Greenlee slept with and whether or not Erica could handle being a gr...

On this week's "Performer of the Week" show of Daytime Confidential Luke, Mike, Tina and Nicki choose the actors and actors who they believe did an outstanding job. The Daytime Confidential gang discusses the latest weekly ratings and the highs and lows of our favorite shows. We also debut Daytime Confidential listener comments from our new comment line. You can leave your own comment by calling (...

On today's show TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco joins Luke and Jamey as they make their predictions on who will take home the Emmy at the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday. Making their picks for who should win and who will win from Outstanding Show, Writing, Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Younger Actor and Younger Actress. Nelson tells which episodes the s...

On today's Performer of the Week episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina, Mike, Jamey and Nicki are making their picks for the actors and actresses in daytime who they believe did an outstanding job. The gang also discusses their honorable mentions and discuss the latest ratings. Programming Note: This episode was recorded before word of Guiding Light's Headwriter changes were announced.

On today's Top 5 episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina, Jamey and Nicki are counting down the Top 5 Men With Momma Issues in daytime. These are the men whose momma issues have inflicted, conflicted, and restricted their lives, loves, and loyalties. Tune in to Daytime Confidential next week for the Top 5 Daughters With Daddy Issues.

On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke and Mike visit with the Young & the Restless' Kate Linder about her twenty six year career on the number one rated soap. Kate talks about her character Esther Valentine, the pivotal role Esther has played in the life of Katherine Chancellor and what it was like to work with the legendary Bill Bell. Kate shares what it is like to be only the fourth da...

On today's ABC episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Tina and Nicki discuss All My Children's Tad and Dixie's heavenly reunion, Julia's death, and the trend of ghosts in soaps. We discuss Star's pregnancy on One Life to Live and Dorian taking over Buchanan Enterprises and David Vickers return. The crown jewels and this summer's adventure. Todd's court case and losing custody of his son. Sonny is o...

On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke, Jamey and Nicki discuss As the World Turns' Carly and Holden and Cyndi Lauper's upcoming guest appearance. We fantasize about what we'd like to see Sheffer do on Young and Restless and discuss Cane and Jill, Nia Peeples return and Judith Chapman's performance. We discuss the "gold standard" of daytime sluts and the Bold & Beautiful's poor, poor Brid...

On today's show Luke and Jamey visit with Tom Casiello, veteran soap scribe turned blogger, about his career in the daytime industry. He tells of what it was like to work on Another World during its final years on air. Casiello reminisces about his time on As the World Turns and what it was like to be apart of the show's rejuvenation under Hogan Sheffer and the advice Sheffer gave him when he bega...

Due to popular demand we're back with another episode of "Performer of the Week." On today's show Luke, Jamey, Tina and Nicki make their picks for the actor or actress who they think did an outstanding job during the past week. On today's show Jamey and Nicki make shocking choices and Jamey asks the question "Do fans really want their favorite characters to grow?"

On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Jamey and Luke visit with Sam Ford, project manager for the MIT Convergence Culture Consortium who wrote his Master's thesis on the daytime soap opera As The World Turns and currently teaches a course on the American Soap Opera at MIT. We discuss his thoughts on the daytime industry and what it is like as a longtime soap fan to teach a class on the Americ...

On today's impromptu episode of Daytime Confidential Luke and Nicki visit with mutual friend Meredith about Sonny "leaving" the mob on General Hospital and who is Meredith's favorite Greg Vaughn or Rick Hearst. Meredith gives her take on "The Real Greenlee" campaign and the returns of Angie and Jesse to All My Children and what we think of Charles Pratt as the new Head Writer of the venerable show...

Daytime Confidential is back with a Girl's Night Out episode hosted by Tina, Danielle, Regan and Nicki. The ladies discuss all their favorite and not so favorite couples. What would a Girl's Night Out episode be without the ladies discussing the love scenes made them weak in the knees and made them feel a little bit guilty watching? Be sure to check out their romp of a podcast.

On today's episode of the Daytime Confidential podcast Mimi Torchin, the founding editor of Soap Opera Weekly visits with Luke and Jamey about her trailblazing career. We visit about what it was like to found Soap Opera Weekly, compete with "the Digest", how she coined the term "SORAS" and the difficulties the magazine encountered when they provided honest criticism of the daytime industry. Mimi t...

On today's show the Daytime Confidential gang of Luke, Jamey, Mike and special guest Nicki are counting down the Top 5 Soap Moms in daytime. These are the women in daytime who have made mothering a fine art. Whether they are good mothers, bad mothers, or have questionable mothering abilities these are the women who keep our shows interesting.

On today's CBS & Days of Our Lives' edition of Daytime Confidential Mike, Jamey, and Luke dirty old men on the Young & the Restless. Brad's "thunder thighs" make a come back. Is Lily the new Dru and Nick needs to get over his issues? Word has it that Beth Ehlers isn't on contract at Guiding Light. Jamey calls Luke on something. Marina needs to quite throwing a fit and where is Cassie? The Forreste...

On today's ABC Wubs edition of Daytime Confidential Karen, Luke and Belinda discuss David Vickers' return to One Life to Live and his manipulation of Natalie and Jared. We discuss the latest General Hospital rumors Karen has for us. Carly's continual crying is getting old and why in the world is there going to be Limo sex? Dixie's back in Pine Valley on All My Children but wouldn't it be nice if s...

On today's show Mike and Luke visit with former Young & Restless star Thom Bierdz about his role as Phillip Chancellor. He talks about what was like to star opposite of Jeanne Cooper and Brenda Dickson. He talks about how he dealt with being a popular young soap hunk while being a closeted gay man and what it is like to look back on those scenes. We discuss his memoir "Forgiving Troy." "Forgiving...

Danny from Soaphunks.net joins Luke and special guest Nicki to discuss the launch of Adonis 2008, the hugely popular online contest that determines who is the biggest hunk in daytime is. You'll never guess which soap hunk is known to get eliminated early. Will he make it farther in 2008? Danny explains the rules, how the contest works, and when the winners are announced in each weekly chat. Nicki...