Unhand Me, Demon!
Daytime Confidential
On episode 1179 of Daytime Confidential Luke Kerr, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless, including: Luna wants to be pregnant on The Bold and the Beautiful. Thomas is back, but his relationship is over. Leslie and Hayley crash the Dupree family's crisis on Beyond the Gates. One of the two had a better reason to be there. Should BTG pursue a Jacob and Kat pairing? Who had canabalism on their 2025 Soap Opera Bingo Card? Not...
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Daytime Confidential Reflections With Carly Silver
Daytime Confidential
On episode 1178 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr is joined by Carly Silver for the third Daytime Confidential Reflections episode, to catch up and reflect on moments from the past nineteen seasons. The two reminisce about how they first met through Twitter and how Carly's first podcast wasn't Daytime Confidential, but its sibling podcast Geek Confidential. Listen as Carly shares how she first started watching soaps and how her mom introduced her too Daytime Confidential. Find out which podcast moments are her favorites. Luke and Carly discuss the differences between the...
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How Do You Write For Someone Without a Head?
Daytime Confidential
On episode 1177 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Joshua Baldwin dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including: Leslie hits the Dupree Trust jackpot on Beyond the Gates and can't help sticking it to Anita in the process. Chelsea is kidnapped, but boy did Allison's obsession escalate quickly. BTG continues to have pacing problems with its storylines. Luna rapes a drunk Will on The Bold and the Beautiful. EJ, Kristen and Marlena find out that...
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Wham Bam Bang
Daytime Confidential
On episode 1176 of Daytime Confidential Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and Wendy Williams headlines and storylines, including: The legal drama surrounding Wendy Williams’ conservatorship heats up in the court room. Leslie’s true identity is revealed on Beyond the Gates. What will Anita do when she finds out Leslie will end up with all that money she put away for Barbara’s family? BTG spent months developing the June storyline with Naomi...
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It's a Pattern, People
Daytime Confidential
On episode 1175 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Josha Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including: Hayley's fake prengancy ends on Beyond the Gates. Will she get away with her deception now that Naomi knows the truth? When will Bill find out? What is up with The Bold and the Beautiful's pattern of making black and asian people the villains? It's glaring and not a good look. Brooke takes a spill off a boat in Italy and Ridge...
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Daytime Confidential Reflections With Larry Flick
Daytime Confidential
On episode 1174 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr is joined by Larry Flick for the second Daytime Confidential Reflections episode, to catch up and reflect on moments from the past nineteen seasons. Listen as Larry shares what he's been up to since leaving New York City and jumping the pond to the UK. He talks about surviving a heart attack followed a few years later by a bad case of COVID early in the pandemic. He reflects on how former Soap Opera Weekly Editor in Chief Mimi Torchin told him not to focus on being a soap journalist and to pursue...
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A Pox On Your House (Super Sized)
Daytime Confidential
On episode 1173 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines. The Articulettes take the stage on Beyond the Gates and deliver show-stopping performances. There's more than a little off stage drama too. However, why did the climatic episode for Anita's main storyline have such abrupt scene editing and why did BTG cut from the amazing concert scenes to...
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Daytime Confidential Reflections With Regan Cellura
Daytime Confidential
This fall the Daytime Confidential podcast will kick off its 20th Season, so on this week's bonus episode Luke Kerr is joined by Regan Cellura for the first of a Daytime Confidential Reflections podcast series where Luke's joined by DC listener favorites and co-hosts to reflect on nearly twenty years of podcasting. Listen as Regan shares her favorite Daytime Confidential podcast memories, including: laughing so hard while recording episodes, writing General Hospital spoilers for the site, the trip to New York City where she met Luke, Jamey...
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Definition of a Karen
Daytime Confidential
On episode 1171 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including: Nicole faces off with Bill on Beyond the Gates after she learns the full truth from Martin. Kat and Tomas hit the sheets. The Bold and the Beautiful goes to Italy. Can Nick get Brooke back? Why is B&B making a point to celebrate 8 toe Sheila? Days of Our Lives is renewed for...
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Grinning Like an Evil Labubu
Daytime Confidential
On episode 1170 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Joshua Baldwin dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including: Soap opera and As the World Turns icon Eileen Fulton passes away. Ron Carlivati has left the writing team at Beyond the Gates. Martin's big secret has finally been revealed, his husband and children were endangered and he worked with a crooked cop. What will the fallout be? Nicole found out Martin's secret but what...
info_outlineOn episode 1155 of Daytime Confidential, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe and Joshua Baldwin dish the latest Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless headlines and storylines, including:
Carter chooses Forrester over Hope on The Bold and the Beautiful.
Beyond the Gates recasts its first major character, Dr. Ted Richardson, with Keith D. Robinson. The Eva vs. Kat rivalry is being threaded and nurtured wonderfully. Dani is blacking out from drinking. Will BTG introduce a viable leading male character to win Dani's heart after her "rebound" hookups with Andre end? Naomi gears up to take on her dad Bill in court.
The aftermath from EJ's secret being revealed ripples through Salem on Days of Our Lives. DAYS is leading up to a Who Shot EJ storyline, but who should the shooter be? Julie finds out the truth about who stole her heirloom necklace.
Daniel Cosgrove returns to soaps on General Hospital. GH's big storyline was Brennan hunting down Valentin for poisoning Carly. Robin's cure saves Carly's life. Do we really need to see Josslyn being trained by a Dex clone? Soaps love a good frenemy relationship and that's what we want to see with Tracy and Martin. We don't want to them in a romantic relationship.
We still can't figure out what Alan's motivation for kidnapping Phyllis and Sharon on The Young and the Restless. Why is Traci paired with such an evil character? Y&R feels like the writers are throwing spagetti against a wall to see what sticks. Was the whole point of the kidnapping for Y&R to see if a Sharon, Nick and Phyllis are still a viable triangle?
All this and more on the latest Daytime Confidential podcast!
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