Soap Opera Uncensored: Issue 20

By Nelson Branco

INSIDE — DIVA IN A BLUE DRESS: Exclusive Interview With GH’s Nancy Lee Grahn! The Emmy Winner Sounds Off On Cartini (“Frank Valentini Is The Best Producer I’ve Ever Worked For!”); Her Emmy Reel; The SAG/AFTRA Merger; A "Sexis" Reunion; ONE LIFE’s Cancellation; The Difference Between SANTA BARBARA VS. GH's Cancellation Threats; and Crying Garin Wolf! Plus: Is Grahn joining THE GROVE? And What She Really Thinks Of Crystal Chappell! Kristina Wagner GH-Bound! Inside The Emmy Pre-Nominations! Who Lost A Nod — And Why! Plus: The Glaring Snubs! Exclusive: Daytime Emmy Pre-Nom Emmy Reels! Exclusive: Y&R’s Michelle Stafford: Who is Phyllis’s True Love: Nick or Jack? Her Answer Will Shock You! Maxie Responsible for Robin’s Death on GH! Another GH Newbie Axed! Sean Young arrested! Exclusive: Sean Kanan on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES! Plus: Last Week's Reviews, Unbelievable Blind Items, and Next Week's Cheat Sheet!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nelson Branco
• Release date: Mar 3, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466019232

Nelson Branco

Nelson Branco is the Senior Producer of STRAIGHT TALK WITH ADRIENNE BATRA (airing 1-3 PM EST) at Canada's 24-hour news network, SUN NEWS NETWORK. He's also a Toronto freelance entertainment journalist, who regularly contributes to Hello! Canada, CTV National News Channel, The National Post, The Los Angeles Times' theenvelope.com, TV Guide USA, tvguide.com, Inside Entertainment, OUT, OK!, IN Magazine, Zoomer, Entertainment Tonight, etalk Daily, and fab magazine. For over five years, he spearheaded the soap coverage for TVGuide.ca's popular and controversial daytime-TV hub. In 2009, he appeared on the CW's Daytime Emmy Awards during the red carpet show as an expert.After graduating from Ryerson University in 1997 with a Radio and Television Arts BA degree, he moved from Toronto to New York in 1998 to take on the roles as senior news editor at Soap Opera Update. Branco first freelanced for Soap Opera Weekly as an intern in 1994, and after leaving Soap Update to help create and launch Bauer Publishing's In Touch Weekly in 2003, the Winnipeg native continued to freelance occasionally for its sister publication, Soaps In Depth. In addition, Branco has successfully helped create and launch various magazines In Touch Weekly, Hello! Canada and Canada's first celebrity magazine, Weekly Scoop, where he served as its news and entertainment director. Branco was also a producer and an on-air expert on TVTropolis series, Planet Soap. Most recently, he helped launch The Marilyn Denis Show on CTV as its managing show writer.

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SOAP OPERA UNCENSORED

Volume 02, Issue 10 (No. 20)

BY NELSON BRANCO

Copyright 2012 Nelson Branco

Published at Smashwords

INSIDE — DIVA IN A BLUE DRESS: Exclusive Interview With GH’s Nancy Lee Grahn! The Emmy Winner Sounds Off On Cartini (Frank Valentini Is The Best Producer I’ve Ever Worked For!); Her Emmy Reel; The SAG/AFTRA Merger; A Sexis Reunion; ONE LIFE’s Cancellation; The Difference Between SANTA BARBARA VS. GH's Cancellation Threats; and Crying Garin Wolf! Plus: Is Grahn joining THE GROVE? And What She Really Thinks Of Crystal Chappell! Kristina Wagner GH-Bound! Inside The Emmy Pre-Nominations! Who Lost A Nod — And Why! Plus: The Glaring Snubs! Exclusive: Daytime Emmy Pre-Nom Emmy Reels! Exclusive: Y&R’s Michelle Stafford: Who is Phyllis’s True Love: Nick or Jack? Her Answer Will Shock You! Maxie Responsible for Robin’s Death on GH! Another GH Newbie Axed! Sean Young arrested! Exclusive: Sean Kanan on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES! Plus: Last Week's Reviews, Unbelievable Blind Items, and Next Week's Cheat Sheet!

UNCENSORED MASTHEAD:

FOUNDER/EDITOR: Nelson Branco

EDITOR AT LARGE: Denette Wilford

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Hi, loyal soaper!

It’s finally available: ONE LIFE TO LIVE tribute e-book, BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL, can be purchased for $9.99 at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/134853. For a special discounted rate, please email [e-mail]. Enjoy, because clearly we only had one life to live!

UNCENSORED QUOTES OF THE WEEK:

Adam is just about the most humbled, earnest person in Genoa City. He knows he can’t go back in time and erase what he’s done, but for now, his determination to be a better person is real.

—Y&R’s Michael Muhney in SOAP OPERA DIGEST

Translation: Adam has the best hair in Genoa City.

The relationship with Bo is mostly going to stay platonic — and I think that’s a good choice.

—Lisa Rinna to SOAPS IN DEPTH on her upcoming DAYS return

Translation: Because I value my job!

Happiness. Oh, my God, I must not be dead. I’m still breathing. I love coming back to this show.

—Phyllis Diller to SOAP OPERA DIGEST on her upcoming B&B appearance

Translation: If I do die, I pray Brad Bell brings me back from the dead.

"The last scene we