News Brief

Soapdom: Tune into As The World Turns on Friday, December 21 for a special Christmas episode that brings a turn-of-the-20th-century dollhouse to life and depicts the residents of Oakdale in situations that may or may not be reminiscent of their own.

Deadline Hollywood: Nikki Finke's writer's strike update: "I've been able to glean a little from Tuesday's resumed WGA-AMPTP talks. Both sides sounded very matter-of-fact about today's negotiations focusing on the writers' counter-offer. Now that the news blackout has been lifted, the AMPTP issued this public end-of-day statement: 'We will spend the evening studying what the WGA had to say today, and we look forward to returning to the bargaining table tomorrow.' Earlier in the day, WGA Negotiating Committee Chair John F. Bowman, on behalf of the Writers Guild of America, issued a message to members about the contract negotiations and presented a report-&-analysis."

TheBoldAndTheBeautiful.com: John McCook (Eric, "The Bold and the Beautiful") chatted with fans last night: "Eric will never stop being connected to Stephanie but he does not like who he is when he is with her anymore. He's happier with someone who is not committing felonious acts and manipulating relationships all the time. Eric thinks Donna is wonderful. He loves her. He is surprised by that and happy to be spending this time with her."

World Screen News: In Norway, TV2 Norway picked up another season of "Hollyoaks", a youth-targeted soap produced by Lime Pictures for Channel 4.

PGP Blog: "CBS 2 News This Morning" co-anchor Kate Sullivan will appear on "Guiding Light" as herself on Tuesday, December 11 as she reports on the Springfield election results. Will it be Buzz or Doris as mayor of Springfield?

This is Nottingham: "Coronation Street's" David Platt apparently gets lucky in the New Year - when he lands his first girlfriend. The Weatherfield troublemaker (Jack P Shepherd) gets together with shopkeeper Tina McIntyre (Michelle Keegan) after they discover their mutual love of horror films, reports The Daily Star.

CBS: Attention "Guiding Light" Fans. Several CBS stations preempted GL today, Tuesday, December 4 for a live Presidential news conference. The following stations will air the GL episode in late night.

WRGB Albany will air at 2:07am
WJZ Baltimore will air at 3:07am
WBBM Chicago will air at 1:37am
WWJ Detroit will air at 5:00am
WNEM-DT Flint/Saginaw will air at 12:30am
WANE Fort Wayne will air at 2:37am
WFOR Miami will air at 1:37am
WCBS New York will air at 2:07am
KYW Philadelphia will air at 2:05am
KDKA Pittsburgh will air at 2:07am

WYOU Scranton will not make good the broadcast. Log onto CBS.com beginning at 3pm PT/6pm ET to watch the full episode of "Guiding Light".