No, not the gala that happens for prime time TV in September. It is the Daytime Emmy's! I love this telecast. I look forward to it every year. This year, my soap, Guiding Light, is up for several awards including best soap, which they also won last year.
In honor of the Emmy's, I thought I would post links to a couple of my favorite moments from years past. My all-time favorite Emmy moment happened in 2006. Rick Springfield opened the show! That year he had made a reappearance to General Hospital as Noah Drake, and they asked him to perform at the awards show. As I am a true Rick Springfield FANATIC, this was one of the great moments in Daytime Emmy history. Please check it out here.
One of my other favorite moments happened in 2003. The show put together a group of actors from all of the soaps to sing love songs. Some of it is good, some painful! My favorites are Ron Raines (Alan Spaulding, Guiding Light), and Ricky Paull Goldin (Formerly of Guiding Light, now on All My Children). You can check that out here. They aren't necessarily the best singers, but it was a lot of fun to watch!
So, tonight, I will be tuned in to see what happens at the awards! I am really looking forward to it!
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20 June 2008
06 June 2008
Guiding Light Home
I have written before about my all-time favorite show and guilty pleasure, Guiding Light. In fact, I am actually paid to write a weekly recap for a website. As I have said before, I started watching because of my Mom and sisters at about the age of six. The reason I am bringing this up is because of the feeling of home I get when I watch this show.
During the last few years of my mom's life, she and I would get together at her house to watch it while Peter napped. Sometimes my sister, Margaret, would stop by for lunch and watch with us. It was just a cozy feeling to sit there and get pulled in to what was happening in Springfield, USA.
Lately, though, I am becoming increasingly concerned about the fate of this show. GL has been around for 72 years! It was the first soap opera and moved from radio to TV in the 50's. It is the longest running show in the history of TV. Recently, it was renewed until 2009. The reason for my concern is that the show is struggling under budget cuts and an executive producer and head writing team that,quite frankly, are not that good. GL received it's lowest rating ever last week, and right now, has the lowest ratings of any soap. To make matters worse, by the end of the month, the show will have lost two huge actors to another soap.
Some of you may say, "So what? It is just a show." To me, it is more than a show. When I watch the replay online every evening, I am reminded of my mom, and of home. It is like a connection to what I had when she was alive.
During the last few years of my mom's life, she and I would get together at her house to watch it while Peter napped. Sometimes my sister, Margaret, would stop by for lunch and watch with us. It was just a cozy feeling to sit there and get pulled in to what was happening in Springfield, USA.
Lately, though, I am becoming increasingly concerned about the fate of this show. GL has been around for 72 years! It was the first soap opera and moved from radio to TV in the 50's. It is the longest running show in the history of TV. Recently, it was renewed until 2009. The reason for my concern is that the show is struggling under budget cuts and an executive producer and head writing team that,quite frankly, are not that good. GL received it's lowest rating ever last week, and right now, has the lowest ratings of any soap. To make matters worse, by the end of the month, the show will have lost two huge actors to another soap.
Some of you may say, "So what? It is just a show." To me, it is more than a show. When I watch the replay online every evening, I am reminded of my mom, and of home. It is like a connection to what I had when she was alive.
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