Daytime Confidential

On episode 1206 of Daytime Confidential , Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.  The DC crew remember J Bernard Jones , who passed away this past week. A Daytime Confidential writer and podcast regular during the early years...

On episode 1205 of Daytime Confidential , Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Joshua Baldwin dive into the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.  All this and more on the latest  Daytime Confidential  podcast! Bluesky:   @DCConfidential ,  LukeKerr ,  JillianBowe ,  Josh Baldwin , and  Melodie Aikel...

On episode 1204 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Melodie Aikels take a deep dive into the Beyond the Gates' disaster spectacular that brought The Young and the Restless' Newmans, Abbotts and Winters to Fairmont Crest.  The DC trio shares what stood out to them, before digging into the meaty drama of the past week.  From Victor Newman's ( Eric Braeden ) arrival by helicopter to...

On episode 1203 of Daytime Confidential , Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dive into the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.  All this and more on the latest  Daytime Confidential  podcast! Bluesky:   @DCConfidential ,  LukeKerr ,  JillianBowe ,  Josh Baldwin , an...

On episode #1202 of Daytime Confidential , Luke Kerr, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dive into the biggest headlines and storylines that stood out for them on Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless .  All this and more on the latest  Daytime Confidential  podcast! Bluesky:   @DCConfidential ,  LukeKerr ,  JillianBowe ,  J...

On episode 1201 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Melodie Aikels and Joshua Baldwin count down the Top 5 Current Soap Actors Who Have Leveled Up.  These are the soap opera actors from your favorite soaps who started out their runs not knowing how to act or made questionable acting decisions but who have since improved.  Some of these actor's left soaps and returned better actors. Others were "le...

Daytime Confidential celebrates its 1200 th episode with the return of Jamey Giddens to the podcast. Join Luke Kerr and Jamey Giddens as they reminisce over the show's 1200 episodes, dive into Jamey's award-winning writing career, the great news of Beyond the Gates' two year renewal and reveals publicly for the first time the cancer diagnosis and treatment he underwent over the past year. The duo...

On episode 1199 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Melodie Aikels dive into the latest Daytime Emmy Award Nomination changes and juicy storylines from Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless.  All this and more on the latest  Daytime Confidential  podcast! Bluesky:   @DCConfidential ,  LukeKerr ,  JillianBow...

On episode #1198 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless storylines.  All this and more on the latest  Daytime Confidential  podcast! Bluesky:   @DCConfidential ,  LukeKerr ,  JillianBowe ,  Josh Baldwin , and  Melodie Aikels ....

On episode 1197 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels look back at the first year of the new CBS soap opera Beyond the Gates.  Find out what stood out about Beyond the Gates year one for each of the DC co-hosts. They then dive into BTG's biggest strengths and biggest opportunities for improvement after the first year.  What were the best storylines BTG told, must-se...

On episode #1196 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Melodie Aikels dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless storylines.  All this and more on the latest  Daytime Confidential  podcast! Bluesky:   @DCConfidential ,  LukeKerr ,  JillianBowe ,  Josh Baldwin , and  Melodie Aikels . Facebook:  Dayt...

On episode 1195 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines. BEYOND THE GATES Anita's cancer story is must-see, and Tamara Tunie is doing the work. Nicole leans into single life with Carlton and Kyle back-t...

On episode 1194 of Daytime Confidential , Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Joshua Baldwin dish the latest Beyond the Gates , The Bold and the Beautiful , Days of Our Lives , General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines. BEYOND THE GATES Beyond the Gates and The Young and the Restless announce a June crossover. What are Victor and Vernon's ties? Should Beyond the Gates charac...

On episode 1193 of  Daytime Confidential Luke Kerr, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines.  All this and more on the latest  Daytime Confidential  podcast! Bluesky:   @DCConfidential ,  LukeKerr ,  JillianBowe ,  Josh Baldwin , and  Melodie Aikels ....

On episode 1192, it's the first episode of 2026 and that mean's Daytime Confidential's Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Joshua Baldwin are back from hiatus and have a lot of thoughts on Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless. Get comfy and enjoy!  All this and more on the latest  Daytime Confidential  podcast! Bluesky:   @DCConfi...

On episode 1191, Daytime Confidential looks back at 2025 with the Best and Worst of 2025 in Soap Operas, Part 2. Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin  and  Melodie Aikels dive into the Best and Worst of Beyond the Gates ,  T he Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital  and  The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including all your favorite long-running categorie...

On episode 1190 of  Daytime Confidential ,  Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin  and  Melodie Aikels  look back at 2025 and the Best and Worst of  Beyond the Gates ,  T he Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital  and  The Young and the Restless  headlines and storylines, including all your favorite long-running categories. Share your picks for these categories in the commen...

In episode 1189, Daytime Confidential marks Season 19 with a special Reflections episode featuring Melodie Aikels.   Melodie Aikels looks back on how she went from a teenage listener on a Guiding Light message board to a core member of the Daytime Confidential team. She talks about discovering the podcast in high school, setting iTunes alerts so she would never miss an episode, and what it felt li...

For this Daytime Confidential Reflections special, episode 1188, Luke Kerr sits down with longtime Daytime Confidential contributor J. Bernard Jones for a straight shot of soap history, fandom and survival. J. Bernard opens up about the stroke he suffered in May and how laughing at the occasional scrambled word has helped him keep moving forward. J. Bernard remembers how he first found Daytime Con...

On episode 1187 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Joshua Baldwin dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines. BEYOND THE GATES Eva and Kat go head-to-head, and neither blinks. Leslie stirs the pot at the club and enjoys every second. Hayley eyes both Bill and Izaiah. The...

On episode 1186 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dish the latest B eyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines. BEYOND THE GATES Andre chooses Dani over Ashley. Martin has a self-righteous meltdown over his daughter's "Magnum" scandal. Kat doesn't deserve...

Daytime Confidential marks 19 seasons with a familiar voice:  Karen from Wubs , one of the earliest  General Hospital  bloggers and a friend of the site long before the podcast existed. In Episode 1185 of the  Daytime Confidential Reflections  mini-series, Karen and  Luke Kerr  reminisce about SoapZone handles, Helena Cassadine debates, and the moment she pushed Luke and DC onto Twitter back in 20...

Daytime Confidential celebrates 19 seasons as Luke Kerr reconnects with early guest-turned-longtime co-host Mike Jubinville for Episode 1184. This special Daytime Confidential Reflections episode looks back at the origins of the podcast and the relationships that shaped nearly two decades of soap coverage. Luke and Mike revisit the early days when Daytime Confidential covered nine soaps each week....

On episode 1183 of Daytime Confidential, the Daytime Emmys are behind Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Joshua Baldwin , who catch up on their favorite storylines from Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless of the past two weeks.  Viewers finally know what Hayley's true motives are and how she's scamming Bill on Beyond the Gates ....

On Daytime Confidential podcast episode 1182,  Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels react to the 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Melodie spills tea about Daytime Emmy red carpet and winners walk interviews The team shares their first impressions of the show, from it to being streamed to Mario Lopez hosting, the In Memoriam and debated whether or not the award show's stage fe...