Mourning Sickness – plot or ploy, it’s just sad

Oy vey! GL, did you really do it? Is Natalia really pregnant? I would love to win a fabulous dinner off my partner, but I admit it would be bittersweet.  Yes, I bet her an expensive dinner at the restaurant of our choice that Natalia was going to end up pregnant with the Frank-furter’s baby. [...]

Network Standards and Practices – Who applies the childproof cap?

As a follow-up to my blog questioning CBS’s apparent decision to de-sexualize the same-sex OTALIA storyline on the now canceled daytime drama, Guiding Light, I thought it would be insightful to examine these network standards and practices, or Program Practices at CBS. Standards and Practices, put simply in the vernacular, is the department of the [...]

Breaking News: Actress, Crystal Chappell, handcuffed.

On Friday, Emmy-winning daytime actress, Crystal Chappell was visibly restrained in Springfield, IL.  Luckily, the event was caught on tape.  Let’s take a look. [youtube ntnTw_fuoK0 nolink] What you just witnessed was a professional lead straining against the invisible suppression of network standards and practices.  The actress put up a noticeably internal struggle, but then [...]

The Schmootz on OTALIA

This week on Guiding Light… There’s a rhapsody of angst for OTALIA [youtube Msr1EXF1IwE nolink] See weekly recaps Fridays at AfterEllen

The Schmootz on OTALIA

This week on Guiding Light… OTALIA talks about sex [youtube nhh1dRvSgIc nolink] See weekly recaps Fridays at AfterEllen

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