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Author: Dave Benbow
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2004-05-01
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780758203878
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile working on daytime television's hottest soap opera, Sunset Cove, naive newcomer Clay Beasely finds himself immersed in greed, corruption, and lust where he encounters arrogant men, scheming divas, and malicious producers. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Author: Sarahlyn Bruck
Publisher: TouchPoint Press
Published: 2021-03-02
Total Pages: 227
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSoap opera star by day, harried, single mom by night, Calliope Hart’s life is a delicate balancing act. When the network cancels her show, Callie’s world crumbles and she must decide whether it’s more important to fight to save the show or take a risk and start over from scratch. "Bruck’s deft approach and keen eye for nuance is both clever and ultra-relatable, creating a story and characters that stay with the reader long after the book is done." —Maureen Joyce Connolly, author of Little Lovely Things "Bruck expertly navigates five different points of view, lending further depth to the plot and authenticity to her characters. Daytime Drama is highly enjoyable and memorable read guaranteed stay in readers’ hearts long after the final page. Highly recommend!" —Leanne Treese, author of The Language of Divorce "You will love this book—women’s fiction at its best!" —Diane Byington, multi-award-winning author of Who She Is and If She Had Stayed
Author: Elana Levine
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Published: 2020-02-25
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781478008019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the debut of These Are My Children in 1949, the daytime television soap opera has been foundational to the history of the medium as an economic, creative, technological, social, and cultural institution. In Her Stories, Elana Levine draws on archival research and her experience as a longtime soap fan to provide an in-depth history of the daytime television soap opera as a uniquely gendered cultural form and a central force in the economic and social influence of network television. Closely observing the production, promotion, reception, and narrative strategies of the soaps, Levine examines two intersecting developments: the role soap operas have played in shaping cultural understandings of gender and the rise and fall of broadcast network television as a culture industry. In so doing, she foregrounds how soap operas have revealed changing conceptions of gender and femininity as imagined by and reflected on the television screen.
Author: Eileen Davidson
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780451225641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen her arch nemesis Marcy Blanchard, the new head writer for The Yearning Tide is found dead, soap opera actress Alexis Peterson becomes the prime suspect and must play the role of a lifetime to clear her name. Original.
Author: Ellen Buckley
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780915344239
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSubtitled Who's Who in Daytime Drama. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Jean Rouverol
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 380
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the challenges and unique opportunities daytime drama offers writers in terms of story-telling, long term character development and human insight.
Author: Mary B. Cassata
Publisher: Norwood, N.J. : Ablex Pub.
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 266
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Melody Thomas Scott
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2020-08-18
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 1635766893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe renowned actress who played Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless opens up about her sixty-year career in this scintillating memoir. Melody Thomas Scott admits she is nothing like her character on The Young and the Restless, who’s seen it all in her forty-year tenure on America’s highest-rated daytime serial. But there’s plenty of drama beyond her character’s plotlines. In this captivating memoir, Melody reveals the behind-the-scenes saga of her journey to stardom and personal freedom. As Nikki went from impoverished stripper to vivacious heroine, Melody underwent her own striking transformation, becoming a household name in the process. Raised by her abusive grandmother, Melody acted in feature films with Alfred Hitchcock, John Wayne, and Clint Eastwood—and endured abuse of industry men before taking control of her life and career in a daring getaway move. Melody shares all this, plus juicy on-and-off-set details of what it’s like to be one half of the show’s most successful supercouple, “Niktor.” In witty, warm prose, readers meet the persevering heart of an American icon. Prepare to be moved by a life story fit for a soap opera star.
Author: Henrietta Roos
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2016-11-22
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1476662177
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA television genre best known for romantic storytelling, daytime soap operas have for decades spun tales of couples embroiled in passion, lust and adventure. Yet it was not until the early 1980s that star-crossed lovers became standard and the term "super couple" was coined by the media, marking a new era of experimentation and growth in daytime soaps. This book documents the phenomenon, tracing its history, legacy and impact on the soap opera industry and on popular culture at large.
Author: Sam Ford
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2010-11-03
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 1604737174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe soap opera, one of U.S. television's longest-running and most influential formats, is on the brink. Declining ratings have been attributed to an increasing number of women working outside the home and to an intensifying competition for viewers' attention from cable and the Internet. Yet, soaps' influence has expanded, with serial narratives becoming commonplace on most prime time TV programs. The Survival of Soap Opera investigates the causes of their dwindling popularity, describes their impact on TV and new media culture, and gleans lessons from their complex history for twenty-first-century media industries. The book contains contributions from established soap scholars such as Robert C. Allen, Louise Spence, Nancy Baym, and Horace Newcomb, along with essays and interviews by emerging scholars, fans and Web site moderators, and soap opera producers, writers, and actors from ABC's General Hospital, CBS's The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, and other shows. This diverse group of voices seeks to intervene in the discussion about the fate of soap operas at a critical juncture, and speaks to longtime soap viewers, television studies scholars, and media professionals alike.
