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1988
1/12 - SOD
Ask Us – Brick and Eden
Sounding Board – Social Issues Don’t Belong on Soaps, and SB's Ludicrous Plots
The Best and Worst of 1987 (Most Tortured Love Story – Cruz and Eden, Best Fantasy – Cruz and Eden, Most Entertaining
Couples – Gina and Keith, Funniest Show – Mason and Julia pictured)
Synopsis (Alex Nikolas pictured)
Late breaking News (A major character…)
1987 Status Chart
Revealed in the Pages of Soap Opera Digest: Best Quotes of 1987 (Lane Davies. Marcy Walker, Mary Andersen)
What You Didn't See – The Best and Worst Off-Camera (Most Impressive Film Performance – Robin Wright, Most Heated
Power Play – The Dobson)
A Fond Farewell (Gina Gallego)
Actors Who Left and Came Back (Sherilyn Wolter, Vincent Irizarry)
1/26 - SOD
Ask Us – Justin Deas; and Channing and the Carnation Killer
Sounding Board – Gorgeous Wedding (Kelly and Jeffrey)
On-Screen Passion, Offscreen Problems – The Truth Behind TV Romances (Cruz and Eden)
At Home with Jed Allan
Synopsis (C.C. and Sophia pictured)
Roundup - I wish I could stop...(Robert Thaler)
Comings/Goings
Late Breaking News (Robin Wright, Marcy Walker)
Trivia
Soap Opera Digest Awards Preview
Hollywood Happenings (Chip Mayer, Robin Mattson, Marcy Walker, Nicolas Coster, Richard Eden, A Martinez)
Logan’s Outtakes (Nicolas Coster)
Diva – Victims Who Make Us Weary (Eden)
Corporate Agendas (Julia)
Where's Betty Contest
2/9 - SOD
Ask Us – C.C. and Laken, and Jeffrey
Sounding Board – Enough, Already (Cruz and Eden pictured)
Finger Lickin' Good - What Do Stars Eat at Work?
Roundup – Who Was Your First Boyfriend/Girlfriend? Where Are They Now? (Marisol Rodriguez)
Synopsis (Cain pictured, also Haley and Jake)
Comings and Goings
Status Chart of Offscreen Happenings (Marcy Walker and Billy Warlock)
Hotline: Hollywood – Rick Edwards
TV’s Most Beautiful Women (Judith McConnell, Robin Wright)
2/23 - SOD
Ask Us – Minx Lockridge (pictured)
Sounding Board – SB Disgrace (Keith Timmons), Hurray for Nancy (Nancy Grahn and Marcy Walker pictured), Weak Soap
Plots
Very Hot Shots (Todd McKee)
Roundup – What Is the Most Romantic Thing You've Ever Done? Rick Edwards
Synopsis (Ted and Laken pictured)
Easy Come, Easy Go (Includes Vincent Irizarry)
Thumbs Down (Gina and Scott)
Hollywood Happenings Marcy Walker – pictured with Billy Warlock, Scott Jaeck, Marj Dusay, Nicolas Coster – pictured)
Logan’s Outtakes (Chip Mayer)
Where Are They Now? (Julia Campbell)
TV’s Real-Life Romantic Couples (Justin Deas and Margaret Colin)
The Questions Most Often Asked Soap Opera Digest (Capwell/Conrad Children Parentage)
Fashion Trends – What the Brides Were Wearing (Kelly)
3/8 - SOD
Ask Us – Kristen Meadows – pictured and Chip Mayer
Roundup – What Happened on Your Worst Day at Work? (Judith McConnell)
Bad Girls: How to be a Soap Opera Siren (Gina)
Synopsis (Pamela pictured)
Status Chart of Offscreen Happenings (Kelly Wright and Dane Witherspoon, Justin Deas)
The Fame Game – Does Hiring Actors Who Have Appeared on Other Soaps Boost Ratings and Encourage Viewers to
Change Channels? Industry Insiders Offer Their Opinion (Bridget Dobson contributes, Jed Allan, Lane Davies, Judith
McConnell, Justin Deas, Robin Mattson, Kristen Meadows, Ross Kettle, Marcy Walker, and Vincent Irizarry, Marj Dusay, and
Lenore Kasdorf are discussed)
TV’s Most and Least Successful Love Triangles (Mason/Tori/Julia)
3/22 –SOD
Ask Us – A Cruz and Eden song, Mason, girlfriend and Carnation Killer, Marcy Walker
Sounding Board – Farewell Hayley
Roundup – What Was The Most Outrageous Thing You've Ever Read About Yourself? (Robin Mattson)
Worst Hair and Makeup or When You’re Wrong, You’re Wrong by Diva (Kelly Conrad)
Synopsis (Eden pictured)
Comings/Goings
Late Breaking News (Cruz and Eden, Marisol Rodriguez)
Hollywood Happenings (Ally Walker)
Are Soaps Better The Second Time Around? (Interview with Vincent Irizarry)
Daddy’s Boys (Mason)
Celebrate! SB’s Cast Party (Various stars)
4/5 - SOD
Ask Us - Mason and Victoria, and Sophia (pictured with C.C.)
Roundup – What Was Your Most Memorable and/or Difficult Scene on GH (Robin Mattson and Judith McConnell)
Comings & Goings
Hotline: Hollywood (Bridge Dobson and Jerry Dobson - pictured, Jill Farren Phelps)
Born To conquer: Soap’s Power Elite (C.C. Capwell)
Taking it to Heart – While Some Soap Actors Can Separate Themselves from Their On-screen Problems, Others Are Greatly
Affected by Them (Steve Meadows and A Martinez contribute)
Synopsis
4/19 - SOD
Ask Us – Cruz, Kelly and Jeffrey, Justin Deas
Sounding Board – Lovely Holiday Stories (Julia – pictured and Mason)
Roundup – How Did You Spend Your First Big Paycheck (Todd McKee)
Very Hot Shots (Jed Allan)
Comings & Goings
Status Charts of Offscreen Happenings (Kristen Meadows)
Hollywood Happenings (Marcy Walker and A Martinez – pictured, Lane Davies, Eva La Rue, Chip Mayer – pictured)
Trivia (Cruz and Eden)
Soaps Go International
Logan’s Outtakes (Cruz and Tori – pictured, and Chip, Lane Davies - pictured)
What Makes Your Show Unique? Producers Answer (Len Friedlander, Robin Mattson and Justin Deas pictured)
Behind the Scenes at the Fourth Annual Soap Opera Awards (Pictured are Marcy Walker with A Martinez, Robin Mattson with
Nicolas Coster, Ally Walker with Scott Jaeck with Jane Sibbett with Robin Mattson – picture ruined, Nic Coster with John
Considine from Another World, Lane Davies with Nancy Grahn)
Synopsis (Tori pictured, and T.J.)
Critic Opinion – Santa Barbara On the Right Track (Mason, Eden, C.C., Kelly, Ted, Elena pictured
5/3 - SOD
Ask Us – A Martinez, Judith McConnell, Kris Kringle
Diva’s TV’s Best Dressed Characters (Victoria Capwell – pictured)
Synopsis (Cruz and Eden pictured)
Roundup - What Was Your Worst Traveling Experience? - Rick Edwards
Status Chart of On-Screen Happening
Music To Their Ears – Some of the Industry’s Top Pros Reveal How They Choose Just the Right Sound for Your Favorite
Shows (Dominic Messenger on Kelly’s wedding)
Little Known Facts About…(Nancy Grahn, Lane Davies, Rick Edwards)
TV’s Soap Hoppers (Mark Arnold)
“I’m the SHE-DEVIL With the Lollipop in her Mouth” Marj Dusay
5/17 - SOD
Ask Us – Melissa Brennan, Mason and Eden, Explosion
Roundup – What’s the Nicest Thing Your Mother Ever Did For You? (A Martinez)
Very Hot Shots (Scott Jaeck)
And the Winner Is…Soaps Outstanding Moms (Julia and Victoria)
Synopsis (Cain pictured)
Late Breaking News (Warren Burton, Lane Davies)
Comings & Goings
Alone Again, Naturally – Being a Single Soap Star Isn’t As Great As You’d Think (Nancy Grahn and Kristen Meadows
contribute, both pictured)
Mother Knows Best (Todd McKee and his mother)
5/31 - SOD
Ask Us (Eden and Kirk, Cruz pictured)
Sounding Board - Diva’s Just Jealous (Robin Wright pictured)
Roundup – What Is Your Favorite Childhood Memory (Eva La Rue)
Wedding of the Year (Extensive Spread on Cruz and Eden’s Wedding)
Synopsis (C.C., Gina, and Sophia pictured)
Comings & Goings
Actors Who Look Alike (Nancy Grahn)
Soap’s Most Adorable Babies (Samantha Wainwright)
Opposites Attract (Cruz and Eden)
Santa Barbara’s Family Tree
6/14 - SOD
Ask Us – Elena Nikolas, Nancy Grahn – pictured with Sam Behrens
Roundup – When Were You Most Proud of Your Child? (Todd McKee’s dad answers)
The Young and the Talented – Soap’s Junior Actors (Justin Gocke)
Synopsis (Pamela pictured)
Comings & Goings
Trivia (Gina and Keith)
Hollywood Happenings (Jed Allan – pictured, Marj Dusay)
Status Chart of Offscreen Happenings (Kristen Meadows)
Summer Preview (Cruz and Eden, Cain and Andrea pictured)
Chip Mayer - Serious Actor or Corner Philosopher? (Profile)
Diva Blasts TV Bozos (Julia)
6/28 - SOD
Ask Us – The Carnation Killer, The Duvalls
Roundup – What Was Your Most Memorable Summer and Why? (Scott Jaeck)
Very Hot Shots (Marcy Walker)
Ruthless People: Soaps' Nastiest Couples (Keith and Gina)
Synopsis (Mason pictured)
On Screen Status Chart (Kelly)
Comings & Goings
Famous Fans of the Soaps (Nancy Kulp, fan of SB, particularly Lane Davies/Mason)
Who Will Win the Emmy?
TV’s Most Notorious Playboys (T.J. Daniels)
7/12 - SOD
Ask Us – Ross Kettle, Madeline and Courtney Capwell, and Janice Harrison
Roundup – What Kind of Kid Were You in High School? (Vincent Irizarry)
Status Chart of Offscreen Happenings (Lane Davies)
Synopsis (Victoria pictured)
Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down – SB’s Wacky Sense of Humor (Gina on The Wheel of Fortune), Miscarriages
Hollywood Happenings (Todd McKee, Lane Davies)
Star Haunts – Where They Go and What They Do When They’re Not Working (Chip Mayer)
Logan’s Outtakes (Robin Mattson, Justin Deas)
Is Your Lover Cheating on You? – Watch the Soaps for Tell-Tale Signs (Tori, Mason and Julia)
7/26 - SOD
Ask Us – Elena Parents (C.C. pictured), Julia’s parents
Status Chart of On Screen Happenings - Mason's death
Comings and Goings
Synopsis (Cruz pictured)
On Strike! Soap scribes walk the picket lines while their stories stumble along
Roundup – What Was the Hardest Thing You've Had to Do in Your Life? (Nancy Grahn)
Hollywood Happenings (Kathy Showers)
Life in a Fish Bowl – Losing Their Anonymity is the Price Soap Stars Must Pay for Becoming Celebrities (Kristen Meadows
contributes and is pictured, Robin Wright is discussed)
8/9 - SOD
Ask Us – Lionel, Mason
Synopsis (Ted and C.C. pictured)
Comings & Goings
Hollywood Happenings (Robin Mattson, Vincent Irizarry – pictured, Jed Allan, Marcy Walker, A Martinez, Warren Burton,
Scott Jaeck, Robin Wright)
Logan’s Outtakes (Cruz and Eden – pictured)
Status Chart of Offscreen Happening (Robin Mattson – pictured)
Where Are They Now? (Harley Kozak – pictured with Mason)
Life Goes On When Everyone Thinks You’re Dead And Other Lessons for Soaps’ Impostors (Sophia)
Late Bloomer – Profile on Scott Jaeck
House Beautiful or Not? Diva Rates Characters’ Homes (Best Atrium – the Capwells)
Soaps’ Strangest Deaths (Mary McCormick)
8/23 - SOD
Roundup – Whom Do You Admire and Why? (Frank Runyeon)
20 Actors Who Can Make It Outside of Daytime (A Martinez, Robin Mattson)
Daddy’s Little Girls (C.C. and daughters)
Synopsis (Mason and Julia pictured)
Trivia (Santana)
Now Showing (Nancy Grahn)
Reader Roundup The Stories Writers Should Kill, The Stories They Should Write (Jeffrey, Gina, Keith, TJ, Cruz, Eden, Julia)
She Can Dish It Out, But Can She Take It? Diva answers her Critics
TV’s Hottest Newcomers (Ally Walker, Jane Rogers)
9/6 - SOD
Ask Us – Scott Jaeck
Sounding Board – SB’s Highs and Lows (Cruz, Eden, Kelly, Jeffrey and miscarriage – high, Mary’s death – low)
Roundup – What Was the Happiest Time of Your Life (Jane Rogers)
Synopsis (Scott pictured)
Off-Screen Status Chart (Chip Mayer)
Comings & Goings
Hollywood Happenings (Nancy Grahn – pictured, Jane Rogers, Jed Allan)
Logan’s Outtakes (Marj Dusay – pictured, A Martinez, Marcy Walker, Robin Wright, Justin Deas, Jill Faren Phelps – outrage
over the mishandling of Pamela)
Soaps Pecking Order
Emmy Celebration (Pictured are A Martinez with wife, Kristen Meadows with fiancée, Nancy Grahn with parents, Chip Mayer
with fiancée, Vincent Irizarry with girlfriend and Scott Jaeck, Robin Mattson with Robert Newman of Guiding Light)
Fall Preview (pictured are TJ with Sophia, and Mason with C.C.)
Name That Tune
9/20 - SOD
Ask Us – Eden, and Mary and Mark (Mason mentioned)
Sounding Board – Frankly Speaking (the addition of Frank Runyeon to the cast)
Roundup – Who Are the Hottest Stars in Daytime? (Kristen Meadows answers A Martinez)
Very Hot Shots (Ally Walker)
Synopsis (Jeffrey pictured)
Late Breaking News (Kelly and TJ, Cruz and Eden, Sonny)
On-Screen Status Chart (C.C. and Sophia)
Relatively Speaking Are They Aren't Related? (Ally and Marcy Walker included)
Behind the Scenes – Santa Barbara’s Fantasy Sequences (Gina and Keith)
Battle of the Daytime Executives (Bridget and Jerome Dobson vs. New World Television)
Rating Soaps’ Romances (Cruz and Eden)
Interview with Phyllis Frelich: “I’m Not Hollywood Beautiful”
10/4 - SOD
Ask Us – Elena (pictured)
Sounding Board – Shameful Split-up (Kelly and Jeffrey)
The Secret Life of Soaps (Trips to the Alter – Gina and Keith, Getting into the Habit – Sister Sarah and Sister Agatha, Surgery
to Go – Cruz, Ghosts – Cruz and Eden, Boomerangs – Vincent Irizarry, Warren Burton, Frank Runyeon, Time Travel – Cruz,
Eden, C.C. and Sophia, Secrets – Chip, Cruz, C.C., Mason, Tori, Eden, Damsels in Distress – Eden, I’m Not Dead Yet – Mason,
Social Issues – Cain and Vietnam)
Synopsis (C.C. and Sophia pictured, Colored - Lane Davies)
Trivia (Kelly and Jeffrey)
Comings & Goings
Thumbs Up – Sister Sarah
Status Chart of Offscreen Happenings (Marcy Walker)
Inside Track – Steve Nelson Props Up Cast and Crew At Santa Barbara
Roundup – Who Are The Most Beautiful Women on the Soaps? (Tom Eplin of Another World and Ethan Wayne of The Bold
and The Beautiful give SB answers, A Martinez answers)
Reader Roundup – You Told Us What You Thought of Soap Opera Romances (Cruz and Eden, Keith and Gina, Mason and
Mary)
10/18 - SOD
Ask Us – Cruz, A Martinez, Mason, Kelly, and Jeffrey
Sounding Board – SB Bearable
Synopsis (Scott and Heather pictured)
Late Breaking News (Gina, Mason, C.C.)
New York News (Misuse of priests on SB and Loving)
Status Chart of On-Screen Happenings
Tomorrow’s Super Couples (Scott and Heather)
11/1 - SOD
Ask Us – Eden, Pearl
Roundup – How is Being a Soap Star Different Than You Thought It Would be? (Chip Mayer)
Sounding Board – Superficial Teen Study (Lane Davies)
Diva’s Icky Men (TJ Daniels)
Soap’s Murder Mysteries (The Carnation Killer, Peter and Kelly pictured)
Synopsis (Kelly and TJ pictured)
Late Breaking News (Sonny)
Thumbs Up – Eden’s Rape
Hollywood Happenings (Lane Davies, Nancy Grahn)
Logan’s Outtakes (Chip)
The 15 Hottest Stars on Daytime (A Martinez, Marcy Walker, Robin Mattson, and Justin Deas)
11/15 - SOD
Ask Us – Kimberly McArthur
SB Attacks GH
Sounding Board – Defending the Dobsons, Touching Tori Tale
Roundup – What’s the Silliest Plot Your Show Has Used? (Marcy Walker)
How Violent is Your Soap?
Synopsis (Tori pictured)
Late Breaking News (Sonny, Mason, Julia; Eden, Cruz and Cain)
Trivia (Brandon Capwell)
New York News (Marcy Walker)
Comings & Goings
Star Haunts – Thanksgiving (Marcy Walker, Warren Burton)
Behind the Scenes – Santa Barbara’s Rape Scene
Classic Lines (Father Michael, Keith, Julia, Ted, C.C. – about Mason)
TV’s Sexiest Men (A Martinez)
11/29 - SOD
Ask Us – Sophia, Lionel, and Brick
Sounding Board – Eden’s rape
Synopsis (Eden pictured)
Late Breaking News (Eden and Cain, Julia, Gina, Sonny, and Mason)
Comings & Goings
Hollywood Happenings (Jane Rogers – pictured, Anne Howard Bailey, Charles Pratt Jr., A Martinez, Marcy Walker, Judith
McConnell, Todd McKee, Ross Kettle, Frank Runyeon, Jed Allan, Kimberly McArthur)
Status Chart of Offscreen Happenings (Chip Mayer)
Logan’s Outtakes (A Martinez)
Diva - What We Should be Grateful For (TJ’s haircut, Eden as victim - tiresome)
Where Are They Now? (Margaret Michaels)
Can You Identify These Baby Faces? (Kimberly McArthur)
12/13 - SOD
Ask Us – Tricia Cast
Roundup – What Would You Like Santa to Bring You For Christmas? (Jon Cypher)
Synopsis (Cruz and Eden pictured)
Decisions
Late Breaking News (Eden, Julia, Michael, Mason)
Status Chart of On-Screen Happenings (Andrea Bedford)
Hotline: Hollywood (A Martinez – pictured
Sounding Board - Frank Runyeon
After the Writer’s Strike (Includes how Mason’s storyline was altered)
Santa’s Bag of Gift (Ted Capwell)
12/27 - SOD
Ask Us – Hal Clark’s Murder (Scott pictured), Marcy Walker
Roundup – What Was Your Most Memorable Christmas Ever? (Marcy Walker)
Sounding Board – More Rape Debate
Late Breaking News (Cruz, Eden, Sami, Sonny, Mason, Jack and Father Michael, Scott and Heather)
Comings & Goings
Synopsis (Mason and Julia pictured)
Logan’s Outtakes (Nancy Grahn, Frank Runyeon)
Hollywood Happenings (Joe Marinell, Todd McKee, John Allan Nelson, Jon Cypher)
Casting Coups – Changes (Robin Wright and Kimberly McArthur included)
The Year in Review (pictured are Kelly and TJ, Cruz and Eden)
Diva’s Christmas List ’88 (Cruz)
1/12 - SOD
Ask Us – Brick and Eden
Sounding Board – Social Issues Don’t Belong on Soaps, and SB's Ludicrous Plots
The Best and Worst of 1987 (Most Tortured Love Story – Cruz and Eden, Best Fantasy – Cruz and Eden, Most Entertaining
Couples – Gina and Keith, Funniest Show – Mason and Julia pictured)
Synopsis (Alex Nikolas pictured)
Late breaking News (A major character…)
1987 Status Chart
Revealed in the Pages of Soap Opera Digest: Best Quotes of 1987 (Lane Davies. Marcy Walker, Mary Andersen)
What You Didn't See – The Best and Worst Off-Camera (Most Impressive Film Performance – Robin Wright, Most Heated
Power Play – The Dobson)
A Fond Farewell (Gina Gallego)
Actors Who Left and Came Back (Sherilyn Wolter, Vincent Irizarry)
1/26 - SOD
Ask Us – Justin Deas; and Channing and the Carnation Killer
Sounding Board – Gorgeous Wedding (Kelly and Jeffrey)
On-Screen Passion, Offscreen Problems – The Truth Behind TV Romances (Cruz and Eden)
At Home with Jed Allan
Synopsis (C.C. and Sophia pictured)
Roundup - I wish I could stop...(Robert Thaler)
Comings/Goings
Late Breaking News (Robin Wright, Marcy Walker)
Trivia
Soap Opera Digest Awards Preview
Hollywood Happenings (Chip Mayer, Robin Mattson, Marcy Walker, Nicolas Coster, Richard Eden, A Martinez)
Logan’s Outtakes (Nicolas Coster)
Diva – Victims Who Make Us Weary (Eden)
Corporate Agendas (Julia)
Where's Betty Contest
2/9 - SOD
Ask Us – C.C. and Laken, and Jeffrey
Sounding Board – Enough, Already (Cruz and Eden pictured)
Finger Lickin' Good - What Do Stars Eat at Work?
Roundup – Who Was Your First Boyfriend/Girlfriend? Where Are They Now? (Marisol Rodriguez)
Synopsis (Cain pictured, also Haley and Jake)
Comings and Goings
Status Chart of Offscreen Happenings (Marcy Walker and Billy Warlock)
Hotline: Hollywood – Rick Edwards
TV’s Most Beautiful Women (Judith McConnell, Robin Wright)
2/23 - SOD
Ask Us – Minx Lockridge (pictured)
Sounding Board – SB Disgrace (Keith Timmons), Hurray for Nancy (Nancy Grahn and Marcy Walker pictured), Weak Soap
Plots
Very Hot Shots (Todd McKee)
Roundup – What Is the Most Romantic Thing You've Ever Done? Rick Edwards
Synopsis (Ted and Laken pictured)
Easy Come, Easy Go (Includes Vincent Irizarry)
Thumbs Down (Gina and Scott)
Hollywood Happenings Marcy Walker – pictured with Billy Warlock, Scott Jaeck, Marj Dusay, Nicolas Coster – pictured)
Logan’s Outtakes (Chip Mayer)
Where Are They Now? (Julia Campbell)
TV’s Real-Life Romantic Couples (Justin Deas and Margaret Colin)
The Questions Most Often Asked Soap Opera Digest (Capwell/Conrad Children Parentage)
Fashion Trends – What the Brides Were Wearing (Kelly)
3/8 - SOD
Ask Us – Kristen Meadows – pictured and Chip Mayer
Roundup – What Happened on Your Worst Day at Work? (Judith McConnell)
Bad Girls: How to be a Soap Opera Siren (Gina)
Synopsis (Pamela pictured)
Status Chart of Offscreen Happenings (Kelly Wright and Dane Witherspoon, Justin Deas)
The Fame Game – Does Hiring Actors Who Have Appeared on Other Soaps Boost Ratings and Encourage Viewers to
Change Channels? Industry Insiders Offer Their Opinion (Bridget Dobson contributes, Jed Allan, Lane Davies, Judith
McConnell, Justin Deas, Robin Mattson, Kristen Meadows, Ross Kettle, Marcy Walker, and Vincent Irizarry, Marj Dusay, and
Lenore Kasdorf are discussed)
TV’s Most and Least Successful Love Triangles (Mason/Tori/Julia)
3/22 –SOD
Ask Us – A Cruz and Eden song, Mason, girlfriend and Carnation Killer, Marcy Walker
Sounding Board – Farewell Hayley
Roundup – What Was The Most Outrageous Thing You've Ever Read About Yourself? (Robin Mattson)
Worst Hair and Makeup or When You’re Wrong, You’re Wrong by Diva (Kelly Conrad)
Synopsis (Eden pictured)
Comings/Goings
Late Breaking News (Cruz and Eden, Marisol Rodriguez)
Hollywood Happenings (Ally Walker)
Are Soaps Better The Second Time Around? (Interview with Vincent Irizarry)
Daddy’s Boys (Mason)
Celebrate! SB’s Cast Party (Various stars)
4/5 - SOD
Ask Us - Mason and Victoria, and Sophia (pictured with C.C.)
Roundup – What Was Your Most Memorable and/or Difficult Scene on GH (Robin Mattson and Judith McConnell)
Comings & Goings
Hotline: Hollywood (Bridge Dobson and Jerry Dobson - pictured, Jill Farren Phelps)
Born To conquer: Soap’s Power Elite (C.C. Capwell)
Taking it to Heart – While Some Soap Actors Can Separate Themselves from Their On-screen Problems, Others Are Greatly
Affected by Them (Steve Meadows and A Martinez contribute)
Synopsis
4/19 - SOD
Ask Us – Cruz, Kelly and Jeffrey, Justin Deas
Sounding Board – Lovely Holiday Stories (Julia – pictured and Mason)
Roundup – How Did You Spend Your First Big Paycheck (Todd McKee)
Very Hot Shots (Jed Allan)
Comings & Goings
Status Charts of Offscreen Happenings (Kristen Meadows)
Hollywood Happenings (Marcy Walker and A Martinez – pictured, Lane Davies, Eva La Rue, Chip Mayer – pictured)
Trivia (Cruz and Eden)
Soaps Go International
Logan’s Outtakes (Cruz and Tori – pictured, and Chip, Lane Davies - pictured)
What Makes Your Show Unique? Producers Answer (Len Friedlander, Robin Mattson and Justin Deas pictured)
Behind the Scenes at the Fourth Annual Soap Opera Awards (Pictured are Marcy Walker with A Martinez, Robin Mattson with
Nicolas Coster, Ally Walker with Scott Jaeck with Jane Sibbett with Robin Mattson – picture ruined, Nic Coster with John
Considine from Another World, Lane Davies with Nancy Grahn)
Synopsis (Tori pictured, and T.J.)
Critic Opinion – Santa Barbara On the Right Track (Mason, Eden, C.C., Kelly, Ted, Elena pictured
5/3 - SOD
Ask Us – A Martinez, Judith McConnell, Kris Kringle
Diva’s TV’s Best Dressed Characters (Victoria Capwell – pictured)
Synopsis (Cruz and Eden pictured)
Roundup - What Was Your Worst Traveling Experience? - Rick Edwards
Status Chart of On-Screen Happening
Music To Their Ears – Some of the Industry’s Top Pros Reveal How They Choose Just the Right Sound for Your Favorite
Shows (Dominic Messenger on Kelly’s wedding)
Little Known Facts About…(Nancy Grahn, Lane Davies, Rick Edwards)
TV’s Soap Hoppers (Mark Arnold)
“I’m the SHE-DEVIL With the Lollipop in her Mouth” Marj Dusay
5/17 - SOD
Ask Us – Melissa Brennan, Mason and Eden, Explosion
Roundup – What’s the Nicest Thing Your Mother Ever Did For You? (A Martinez)
Very Hot Shots (Scott Jaeck)
And the Winner Is…Soaps Outstanding Moms (Julia and Victoria)
Synopsis (Cain pictured)
Late Breaking News (Warren Burton, Lane Davies)
Comings & Goings
Alone Again, Naturally – Being a Single Soap Star Isn’t As Great As You’d Think (Nancy Grahn and Kristen Meadows
contribute, both pictured)
Mother Knows Best (Todd McKee and his mother)
5/31 - SOD
Ask Us (Eden and Kirk, Cruz pictured)
Sounding Board - Diva’s Just Jealous (Robin Wright pictured)
Roundup – What Is Your Favorite Childhood Memory (Eva La Rue)
Wedding of the Year (Extensive Spread on Cruz and Eden’s Wedding)
Synopsis (C.C., Gina, and Sophia pictured)
Comings & Goings
Actors Who Look Alike (Nancy Grahn)
Soap’s Most Adorable Babies (Samantha Wainwright)
Opposites Attract (Cruz and Eden)
Santa Barbara’s Family Tree
6/14 - SOD
Ask Us – Elena Nikolas, Nancy Grahn – pictured with Sam Behrens
Roundup – When Were You Most Proud of Your Child? (Todd McKee’s dad answers)
The Young and the Talented – Soap’s Junior Actors (Justin Gocke)
Synopsis (Pamela pictured)
Comings & Goings
Trivia (Gina and Keith)
Hollywood Happenings (Jed Allan – pictured, Marj Dusay)
Status Chart of Offscreen Happenings (Kristen Meadows)
Summer Preview (Cruz and Eden, Cain and Andrea pictured)
Chip Mayer - Serious Actor or Corner Philosopher? (Profile)
Diva Blasts TV Bozos (Julia)
6/28 - SOD
Ask Us – The Carnation Killer, The Duvalls
Roundup – What Was Your Most Memorable Summer and Why? (Scott Jaeck)
Very Hot Shots (Marcy Walker)
Ruthless People: Soaps' Nastiest Couples (Keith and Gina)
Synopsis (Mason pictured)
On Screen Status Chart (Kelly)
Comings & Goings
Famous Fans of the Soaps (Nancy Kulp, fan of SB, particularly Lane Davies/Mason)
Who Will Win the Emmy?
TV’s Most Notorious Playboys (T.J. Daniels)
7/12 - SOD
Ask Us – Ross Kettle, Madeline and Courtney Capwell, and Janice Harrison
Roundup – What Kind of Kid Were You in High School? (Vincent Irizarry)
Status Chart of Offscreen Happenings (Lane Davies)
Synopsis (Victoria pictured)
Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down – SB’s Wacky Sense of Humor (Gina on The Wheel of Fortune), Miscarriages
Hollywood Happenings (Todd McKee, Lane Davies)
Star Haunts – Where They Go and What They Do When They’re Not Working (Chip Mayer)
Logan’s Outtakes (Robin Mattson, Justin Deas)
Is Your Lover Cheating on You? – Watch the Soaps for Tell-Tale Signs (Tori, Mason and Julia)
7/26 - SOD
Ask Us – Elena Parents (C.C. pictured), Julia’s parents
Status Chart of On Screen Happenings - Mason's death
Comings and Goings
Synopsis (Cruz pictured)
On Strike! Soap scribes walk the picket lines while their stories stumble along
Roundup – What Was the Hardest Thing You've Had to Do in Your Life? (Nancy Grahn)
Hollywood Happenings (Kathy Showers)
Life in a Fish Bowl – Losing Their Anonymity is the Price Soap Stars Must Pay for Becoming Celebrities (Kristen Meadows
contributes and is pictured, Robin Wright is discussed)
8/9 - SOD
Ask Us – Lionel, Mason
Synopsis (Ted and C.C. pictured)
Comings & Goings
Hollywood Happenings (Robin Mattson, Vincent Irizarry – pictured, Jed Allan, Marcy Walker, A Martinez, Warren Burton,
Scott Jaeck, Robin Wright)
Logan’s Outtakes (Cruz and Eden – pictured)
Status Chart of Offscreen Happening (Robin Mattson – pictured)
Where Are They Now? (Harley Kozak – pictured with Mason)
Life Goes On When Everyone Thinks You’re Dead And Other Lessons for Soaps’ Impostors (Sophia)
Late Bloomer – Profile on Scott Jaeck
House Beautiful or Not? Diva Rates Characters’ Homes (Best Atrium – the Capwells)
Soaps’ Strangest Deaths (Mary McCormick)
8/23 - SOD
Roundup – Whom Do You Admire and Why? (Frank Runyeon)
20 Actors Who Can Make It Outside of Daytime (A Martinez, Robin Mattson)
Daddy’s Little Girls (C.C. and daughters)
Synopsis (Mason and Julia pictured)
Trivia (Santana)
Now Showing (Nancy Grahn)
Reader Roundup The Stories Writers Should Kill, The Stories They Should Write (Jeffrey, Gina, Keith, TJ, Cruz, Eden, Julia)
She Can Dish It Out, But Can She Take It? Diva answers her Critics
TV’s Hottest Newcomers (Ally Walker, Jane Rogers)
9/6 - SOD
Ask Us – Scott Jaeck
Sounding Board – SB’s Highs and Lows (Cruz, Eden, Kelly, Jeffrey and miscarriage – high, Mary’s death – low)
Roundup – What Was the Happiest Time of Your Life (Jane Rogers)
Synopsis (Scott pictured)
Off-Screen Status Chart (Chip Mayer)
Comings & Goings
Hollywood Happenings (Nancy Grahn – pictured, Jane Rogers, Jed Allan)
Logan’s Outtakes (Marj Dusay – pictured, A Martinez, Marcy Walker, Robin Wright, Justin Deas, Jill Faren Phelps – outrage
over the mishandling of Pamela)
Soaps Pecking Order
Emmy Celebration (Pictured are A Martinez with wife, Kristen Meadows with fiancée, Nancy Grahn with parents, Chip Mayer
with fiancée, Vincent Irizarry with girlfriend and Scott Jaeck, Robin Mattson with Robert Newman of Guiding Light)
Fall Preview (pictured are TJ with Sophia, and Mason with C.C.)
Name That Tune
9/20 - SOD
Ask Us – Eden, and Mary and Mark (Mason mentioned)
Sounding Board – Frankly Speaking (the addition of Frank Runyeon to the cast)
Roundup – Who Are the Hottest Stars in Daytime? (Kristen Meadows answers A Martinez)
Very Hot Shots (Ally Walker)
Synopsis (Jeffrey pictured)
Late Breaking News (Kelly and TJ, Cruz and Eden, Sonny)
On-Screen Status Chart (C.C. and Sophia)
Relatively Speaking Are They Aren't Related? (Ally and Marcy Walker included)
Behind the Scenes – Santa Barbara’s Fantasy Sequences (Gina and Keith)
Battle of the Daytime Executives (Bridget and Jerome Dobson vs. New World Television)
Rating Soaps’ Romances (Cruz and Eden)
Interview with Phyllis Frelich: “I’m Not Hollywood Beautiful”
10/4 - SOD
Ask Us – Elena (pictured)
Sounding Board – Shameful Split-up (Kelly and Jeffrey)
The Secret Life of Soaps (Trips to the Alter – Gina and Keith, Getting into the Habit – Sister Sarah and Sister Agatha, Surgery
to Go – Cruz, Ghosts – Cruz and Eden, Boomerangs – Vincent Irizarry, Warren Burton, Frank Runyeon, Time Travel – Cruz,
Eden, C.C. and Sophia, Secrets – Chip, Cruz, C.C., Mason, Tori, Eden, Damsels in Distress – Eden, I’m Not Dead Yet – Mason,
Social Issues – Cain and Vietnam)
Synopsis (C.C. and Sophia pictured, Colored - Lane Davies)
Trivia (Kelly and Jeffrey)
Comings & Goings
Thumbs Up – Sister Sarah
Status Chart of Offscreen Happenings (Marcy Walker)
Inside Track – Steve Nelson Props Up Cast and Crew At Santa Barbara
Roundup – Who Are The Most Beautiful Women on the Soaps? (Tom Eplin of Another World and Ethan Wayne of The Bold
and The Beautiful give SB answers, A Martinez answers)
Reader Roundup – You Told Us What You Thought of Soap Opera Romances (Cruz and Eden, Keith and Gina, Mason and
Mary)
10/18 - SOD
Ask Us – Cruz, A Martinez, Mason, Kelly, and Jeffrey
Sounding Board – SB Bearable
Synopsis (Scott and Heather pictured)
Late Breaking News (Gina, Mason, C.C.)
New York News (Misuse of priests on SB and Loving)
Status Chart of On-Screen Happenings
Tomorrow’s Super Couples (Scott and Heather)
11/1 - SOD
Ask Us – Eden, Pearl
Roundup – How is Being a Soap Star Different Than You Thought It Would be? (Chip Mayer)
Sounding Board – Superficial Teen Study (Lane Davies)
Diva’s Icky Men (TJ Daniels)
Soap’s Murder Mysteries (The Carnation Killer, Peter and Kelly pictured)
Synopsis (Kelly and TJ pictured)
Late Breaking News (Sonny)
Thumbs Up – Eden’s Rape
Hollywood Happenings (Lane Davies, Nancy Grahn)
Logan’s Outtakes (Chip)
The 15 Hottest Stars on Daytime (A Martinez, Marcy Walker, Robin Mattson, and Justin Deas)
11/15 - SOD
Ask Us – Kimberly McArthur
SB Attacks GH
Sounding Board – Defending the Dobsons, Touching Tori Tale
Roundup – What’s the Silliest Plot Your Show Has Used? (Marcy Walker)
How Violent is Your Soap?
Synopsis (Tori pictured)
Late Breaking News (Sonny, Mason, Julia; Eden, Cruz and Cain)
Trivia (Brandon Capwell)
New York News (Marcy Walker)
Comings & Goings
Star Haunts – Thanksgiving (Marcy Walker, Warren Burton)
Behind the Scenes – Santa Barbara’s Rape Scene
Classic Lines (Father Michael, Keith, Julia, Ted, C.C. – about Mason)
TV’s Sexiest Men (A Martinez)
11/29 - SOD
Ask Us – Sophia, Lionel, and Brick
Sounding Board – Eden’s rape
Synopsis (Eden pictured)
Late Breaking News (Eden and Cain, Julia, Gina, Sonny, and Mason)
Comings & Goings
Hollywood Happenings (Jane Rogers – pictured, Anne Howard Bailey, Charles Pratt Jr., A Martinez, Marcy Walker, Judith
McConnell, Todd McKee, Ross Kettle, Frank Runyeon, Jed Allan, Kimberly McArthur)
Status Chart of Offscreen Happenings (Chip Mayer)
Logan’s Outtakes (A Martinez)
Diva - What We Should be Grateful For (TJ’s haircut, Eden as victim - tiresome)
Where Are They Now? (Margaret Michaels)
Can You Identify These Baby Faces? (Kimberly McArthur)
12/13 - SOD
Ask Us – Tricia Cast
Roundup – What Would You Like Santa to Bring You For Christmas? (Jon Cypher)
Synopsis (Cruz and Eden pictured)
Decisions
Late Breaking News (Eden, Julia, Michael, Mason)
Status Chart of On-Screen Happenings (Andrea Bedford)
Hotline: Hollywood (A Martinez – pictured
Sounding Board - Frank Runyeon
After the Writer’s Strike (Includes how Mason’s storyline was altered)
Santa’s Bag of Gift (Ted Capwell)
12/27 - SOD
Ask Us – Hal Clark’s Murder (Scott pictured), Marcy Walker
Roundup – What Was Your Most Memorable Christmas Ever? (Marcy Walker)
Sounding Board – More Rape Debate
Late Breaking News (Cruz, Eden, Sami, Sonny, Mason, Jack and Father Michael, Scott and Heather)
Comings & Goings
Synopsis (Mason and Julia pictured)
Logan’s Outtakes (Nancy Grahn, Frank Runyeon)
Hollywood Happenings (Joe Marinell, Todd McKee, John Allan Nelson, Jon Cypher)
Casting Coups – Changes (Robin Wright and Kimberly McArthur included)
The Year in Review (pictured are Kelly and TJ, Cruz and Eden)
Diva’s Christmas List ’88 (Cruz)