Serious story line for soap's Erica Kane
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Erica Kane may not be so selfish after all. The "All My Children" diva, played by Susan Lucci, will focus attention on her grandson's deafness in upcoming episodes.
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A child star, she lived under constant pressure. And when she finally opened up about the mental illness that had nearly destroyed her -- manic depression -- it seemed a logical step in her healing.
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Defamation suits, bad press, feuding producers &#151; "Jerry Springer: The Opera" has spawned a behind-the-scenes soap opera to match its onstage melodramatics.
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By Gail Shister, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jun. 17--Unlike the ace detective she plays on TNT's The Closer, Kyra Sedgwick is so self-aware her head hurts.  "I'm constantly examining my motives and thoughts and how I live in the world," she says.
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Each of the primary story lines on "Grey's Anatomy" moved forward this week, but it was Alex who owned the episode.
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By turns playful, sexy, tragic and contemplative, âFlyingâ is an addictive soap about sexuality and sisterhood.
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LOS ANGELES  - Many people would have a   hard time reconciling soap operas with cutting-edge   interactivity, but those within the daytime drama world know   the networks have tested many innovative concepts on the   genre's loyal followers.
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Meredith Vieira's debut on Today showed that she will be a hard woman for Matt Lauer to keep in the second-banana position
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Getting a 17-year-old soap opera star to bite her tongue can't ever be easy. When the topic is the Spears family saga? Forget it.
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In a story unusual even for a soap opera and believed to be a television first, ABC's "All My Children" this week will introduce a transgender character who is beginning to make the transition from a man into a woman.
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In our current evening sky    we have one of the earliest soap-operalike stories, with two independent plots    becoming intertwined into one. Perhaps we could call it the celestial version    of &quot;All My Children.&quot;
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HBOâs movie on one of Britainâs most notorious serial killers is a chilling, but also strangely affecting portrait of her bizarre 30-year friendship with an aristocrat.
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LOS ANGELES  - Basking in the success  of its red-hot new drama series "Lost" and "Desperate  Housewives," ABC is prepping its fall drama hopefuls.
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By David Zurawik, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 18--After years of offering a glut of mean-spirited reality fare and formulaic sitcoms, network executives are going for drama this fall.
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The flood of serialized dramas hitting television has created a quandary for viewers when shows fail in the ratings and are canceled, leaving key plot points eternally unresolved.
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The characters on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" learned a lesson this week that could have come straight from their former Sunday night neighbor "Desperate Housewives": Secrets never stay buried for long. (Spoiler alert: Stop reading now if you've saved the episode for later viewing.)
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Arts & entertainment: The thirtysomething drama is under siege from crime shows. Danny Brocklehurst on why shaky love lives and career woes make for proper drama.