Friends, thanks to those who have emailed and wondered if I abandoned blogging. No. Four things have kept me away: (a) Work, work and more work, (b) A spate of family illnesses and deaths, (c) I made an email switch, and thus missed many of your comments (they should have been forwarded, but were not), and (d) I felt like I was beginning to repeat myself. So, it felt like a good time to let things gestate. The advantage of doing a blog simply as a diary of my own thoughts, rather than as a job or on an externally imposed deadline is that the timing of things can be more natural and organic to the writer.
I have a few things to talk about though, in the next little while:
1. Soapnet ratings, and Soapnet critical response, and Soapnet's new deal for internet distribution of DOOL.
2. The gathering storm over Guiding Light.
3. The new role of the Internet, with a specific reference to the Jess Walton/Y&R situation.
4. My growing love for Nelson Branco at Canadian TV Guide, and why I think he is good for soaps. Also, an ever-growing appreciation for what Roger Newcomb is catalyzing -- both with his site, and with the new blogger coalition he is a part of.
5. SciFi becoming SyFy...yes, I think there is a soap tie-in here.
6. Damon Jacobs and "Shouldless". That is only tangentially related to soaps, and yet I really think he has an awful lot to tell us all.
In the meantime, I find that soap operas are flourishing on the internet (in terms of what is being written and talked about), and that is a very enjoyable way to extend the soap opera experience for those of us who don't get enough from our daily fix.
Now, if only Snark would weigh in again!
Deborah Norville to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor at 52nd Annual
Daytime Emmys
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Former Inside Edition anchor Deborah Norville is set to receive
the Lifetime Achievement Honor at this year's 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy
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