NEWS: AMC, Liza Minnelli, Kazan/Serrano, Gareis, Dano

Debbi Morgan on the new ALL MY CHILDREN head writers
"I haven’t met the new headwriters but I can certainly tell by the scripts that we have new writers because now I find myself looking through the script [and] I’m like what’s coming next? A while ago I wasn’t feeling that reaction. A lot of us were feeling pretty deflated with the material that we were being given. So now we all feel excited."

Lorraine Broderick brought Brooke back to AMC
“[Broderick] had been with the show off and on for thirty years. She knew the show. She knows the characters. I think they decided they were going to move out here and give the show an optimal chance to do well. They needed somebody who could restore some things that were lost. She wrote a story that involved me and they liked it.”

INTERVIEW: Former AMC actress TC Warner (ex-Kelsey)
"I left AMC not wanting to leave at all! I think I begged them to not kill my character… The contract was over and a new offer wasn’t made."

Liza Minnelli joining the cast of UGLY BETTY
The Broadway and Hollywood icon begins work next week and will be appearing in multiple episodes later this season according to Fox411. Minnelli will be playing Lena Korvinka, a high school drama teacher at Justin's school.

UGLY BETTY casts Bobby's parents
The show has tapped Lainie Kazan and Nestor Serrano to play Bobby’s Italian parents, Dina and Anthony

Former OLTL supervising producer Robyn Goodman to be honored
Keith Carradine, Ann Harada, and Anika Larsen have joined The New Group's 2010 Gala Benefit to honor Robyn Goodman. Goodman will be presented the Michael Mendelson Award for Outstanding Commitment to Theater.

B&B's Jennifer Gareis confirms pregnancy
Gareis, and her fiancée Bobby Ghassemieh, are pleased to announce that they are expecting their first child, a boy, in early summer 2010. "It's a very special time in our lives," said Gareis. "Bobby and I would like to thank everyone for all of their support and warm wishes of congratulations."

VIDEO: TRUE BLOOD Season 3 Back In Production Tease
The new season premieres Summer 2010.

INTRODUCING CHAPEL: THE SERIES
The monthly web series follows the trials and bizarre tribulations of Chapel, a young woman with a seriously messed up past who now makes her living as a drug dealer. Not a very good one, though. Mostly, she'd just like to make it through a day without having to borrow a gun.

GH's Nancy Lee Grahn not submitting herself for Emmy
Grahn tweeted on Friday: "I have politely declined 2b put on Emmy ballot once again... unless they add a best daytime twitteress catagory!"

INTERVIEW: Soap vet Linda Dano
Dano was a guest on "Brandon's Buzz" on Thursday night.