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Go On Pretending: The Greatest Risk Of All

Chapter #24: The point of no return.

By Alina Adams January 25, 2023

Go On Pretending: Or Die Trying

Chapter #23: You and me against the world.

By Alina Adams January 23, 2023

Go On Pretending: Are You In Love With Me?

Chapter #22: A fish could fall in love with a bird, but where would they live?

By Alina Adams January 19, 2023

Go On Pretending: Convincing Procter & Gamble

Chapter #21: Executives had a hard time visualizing concepts.

By Alina Adams January 17, 2023

Soap Alum Gina Tognoni Plays Heartfelt Tribute To Lisa Marie Presley

Gina Tognoni played an emotional rendition of an Elvis song honoring his late daughter Lisa Marie.

By Rachel Dillin January 13, 2023

Go On Pretending: Let’s Give Soaps a Little Class

Chapter #20: The respect daytime drama deserves

By Alina Adams January 11, 2023

Go On Pretending: We Have No Interest in Upsetting Irna Phillips

Chapter #19: Television may just be a fad, after all.

By Alina Adams January 09, 2023

Go On Pretending: Procter & Gamble Hates Fuss

Chapter #18: Agnes Nixon has a suggestion.

By Alina Adams January 05, 2023

Go On Pretending: Agnes Nixon Joins The Guiding Light

Chapter #17: Springfield live…and in color!

By Alina Adams January 03, 2023

Go On Pretending: Does Irna Phillips Know?

Chapter #16: It’s a lot more dangerous for you than it is for me.

By Alina Adams December 29, 2022

Go On Pretending: The Guiding Light Comes First

Chapter #15: The business of Rose’s past – and how it could affect both their futures.

By Alina Adams December 27, 2022

Go On Pretending: Was It Too Late to Turn Tail and Run?

Chapter #14: Irna Phillips could forgive Rose quite a bit. But she could never forgive Rose this.

By Alina Adams December 21, 2022

Go On Pretending: Friday Cliffhanger, Monday Happy Ending

Chapter #13: Serials offer chance after chance to get life right.

By Alina Adams December 19, 2022

Go On Pretending: Live From New York, It’s…Guiding Light

Chapter #12: Not a week went by that Rose didn’t hear about some mishap during the live broadcast

By Alina Adams December 14, 2022

Go On Pretending: This Isn’t Who I Am

Chapter #11: Once Jonas knew, he could never claim not to have known.

By Alina Adams December 12, 2022

Go On Pretending: Risking It All For Profit…And Fun?

Chapter #10: Will Rose go too far…and lose everything?

By Alina Adams December 07, 2022

Go On Pretending: Waiting For the Other Show To Drop

Chapter 9: Jonas harbored his suspicions regarding whose neck it was about to crash on.

By Alina Adams December 05, 2022

Go On Pretending: The Guiding Light Makes the Move To TV…With a Hitch

Chapter 8: Irna Phillips takes The Guiding Light where no soap has gone before!

By Alina Adams November 30, 2022

Go On Pretending: Such Behavior Would Not Be Tolerated on The Guiding Light Set

Chapter 7: When Irna was in Chicago, Rose was the established authority. Except she had no idea what to say.

By Alina Adams November 28, 2022

Go On Pretending: A Chance To Do the Right Thing

Chapter 6: Meet The Guiding Light’s Bauer family, from the patriarch known as Papa to the actors playing his children, their assorted love interests, friends,…

By Alina Adams November 23, 2022

Go On Pretending: The Mystery Man Behind the Voice

Chapter 5: She’s braced herself for anything. She hadn’t braced herself for this.

By Alina Adams November 21, 2022

Go On Pretending: From Radio Soaps To Television

Chapter 4: He commits villainous acts, seducing married women, attempting to murder his father and brother, but he does not see himself the villain.

By Alina Adams November 16, 2022

Go On Pretending: Romance Can Begin At 35?

Chapter 3: According to “daytime morality,” good men and women could not smoke. Or drink. Or have sex.

By Alina Adams November 14, 2022

Go On Pretending: Meeting the Great Irna Phillips

Chapter 2: Rose had done her research, but she wasn’t expecting Irna to question her on this.

By Alina Adams November 09, 2022

Go On Pretending: A Serial About Soaps

Chapter 1: 1949

By Alina Adams November 07, 2022

Soap Opera History: What Happened to Sharon Gabet Rose’ Raven on The Edge of Night?

Raven Alexander, a rapacious schemer du jour from The Edge of Night, is a rare breed in soap opera history. From her first appearance to…

By Garren Waldo May 13, 2020

Special Report: Insiders Share How and Why Soaps Evolved Over Time Part 1

The first soap operas on radio were 15 minutes long. That was the standard length of soaps, even when they transferred to television. Irna Phillips,…

By Leona G. Barad May 06, 2020

Paul Wesley Facts: Celebrities Who Started on Soaps

Paul Wesley is a film and television actor who is best known for playing multiple roles on The Vampire Diaries, but most noticeably Stefan Salvatore.…

By Soap Hub Team November 15, 2019

Jesse Metcalfe Facts: Celebrities Who Started on Soaps

Jesse Metcalfe is a film and television actor who has been in everything from the teen comedy John Tucker Must Die to the ABC drama…

By Soap Hub Team November 15, 2019

Steven Weber Facts: Celebrities Who Started on Soaps

Steven Weber is a film, television, and theater actor who has appeared in shows like Wings, Desperate Housewives, Law & Order: SVU, NCIS: New Orleans,…

By Soap Hub Team November 14, 2019