Soap Opera Stars Visit 'The Talk' for Daytime Emmy After Party

On Monday, The Talk aired its annual Daytime Emmy After Party, featuring winners from Sunday night's 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Guests included acting winners Eileen Davidson (Ashley, The Young and the Restless), James Reynolds (Abe, Days of our Lives),  Rome Flynn (Zende, The Bold and the Beautiful), Chloe Lanier (Nelle, General Hospital), Greg Vaughan (Eric, Days of our Lives) and Camryn Grimes (Mariah, The Young and the Restless).

Check out video highlights from the special episode below.

'Days of our Lives' Cast to Visit Mall of America on August 12

Eight cast members from the iconic NBC soap opera Days of our Lives are headed to Mall of America on Saturday, August 12 for autographs and an audience Q&A. The event will be held at 1 p.m. in the Rotunda.

If you're anywhere near Bloomington, Minnesota, on Saturday, stop by to see seven of your favorite cast members including Kristian Alfonso, Lamon Archey, Camila Banus, Billy Flynn, Lauren Koslow, Eric Martsolf, Marci Miller and Greg Vaughan.

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (January 16-20, 2017)

Greg Vaughan returns to Days of our Lives as Eric Brady on January 17.

What's happening on NBC soap opera Days of our Lives during the week of 16-20, 2017? Check out the day-to-day spoilers and a sneak peek video below to find out.

Monday, January 16
Nicole and Chloe are appalled when they overhear Deimos making a deadly threat; Sonny tries to reign in Deimos; Valerie offers advice when Claire and Theo have to deal with online troubles; Justin helps Adrienne through a tough time.

Greg Vaughan Returning to 'Days of our Lives' as Eric Brady

Greg Vaughan

Greg Vaughan is returning to NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives as Eric Brady, reports Entertainment Weekly.

Vaughan first joined Days in 2012, but left the series earlier this year after briefly extending his contract. He soon joined the cast of OWN's Queen Sugar as Calvin, a married cop who’s having an affair with Nova Bordelon (Rutina Wesley).

Vaughan is scheduled to make his Days return as Eric on January 17, 2017.

“After coming toward the completion of Queen Sugar, I had the opportunity to speak with the executives and head writers at Days of our Lives,” said Vaughan in a statement. “I’ve always been proud of my time and the work I contributed to Days, and I was excited at the opportunity to reunite with the cast and crew. I feel my job as an actor is about more than just stepping on stage and taking a role. I’m trying to create a presence that resonates for myself and the core of Eric Brady. I feel Eric’s journey will have a huge and impactful return!”

Vaughan previously played Lucky Spencer on General Hospital and Diego Gutierrez on The Young and the Restless.

'Queen Sugar' To Premiere September 6 on OWN; Cast Includes Greg Vaughan, Dondre Whitfield

Queen Sugar's two-night premiere kicks off September 6.

Queen Sugar, the new original one-hour weekly drama series from award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay and executive producer Oprah Winfrey, debuts as a two-night event on Tuesday, September 6 and Wednesday, September 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. The series will regularly air Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. ET/PT for the remainder of its 13-episode first season. Led by acclaimed film director DuVernay, who directed the first two episodes, all episodes in the series' debut season are directed by women.

Produced by Warner Horizon Television, the contemporary drama Queen Sugar chronicles the lives and loves of the estranged Bordelon siblings in Saint Josephine, Louisiana: Nova (Rutina Wesley True Blood), a world-wise journalist and activist; Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner Unforgettable), the savvy wife and manager of an NBA star; and Ralph Angel (Kofi Siriboe Awkward), a formerly incarcerated young father in search of redemption. After a family tragedy, the Bordelons must navigate the triumphs and struggles of their complicated lives in order to run an ailing sugarcane farm in the Deep South. Queen Sugar is produced for OWN by Warner Horizon Television. The executive producers are Ava DuVernay, Melissa Carter and Oprah Winfrey. The series is inspired by the book by Natalie Baszile.

Greg Vaughan Leaving: 'Eric Brady' Actor Reveals 'Days of our Lives' Exit to Serial Scoop in Interview

Greg Vaughan

Days of our Lives star Greg Vaughan is leaving the NBC soap opera and the role of Eric Brady, according to Serial Scoop's Michael Goldberg.

Goldberg confirmed the revelation that Vaughan is off Days during an exclusive one-on-one interview session. A transcript of the first part of his interview was published yesterday, but did not even hint at the end of Vaughan's run as Eric.

Instead, the focus of the Sunday article was Vaughan's new movie, which was about to air.

Goldberg is about to publish his transcript of part 2 of the interview. The second installment zeroes in on his final months at Days.

Vaughan recently celebrated his third anniversary with Days of our Lives, but it looks like it will be his last. There's no word yet on when his last episode will air.

NEWS: Bailey Chase, Saeed Jaffrey, Greg Vaughan, Jonathan Whitesell, Kacey Rohl

Bailey Chase

As the World Turns alum Bailey Chase to recur on both Twin Peaks and Grimm
On Twin Peaks — whose cast officially is being kept under wraps except for returning star Kyle MacLachlan — Chase (Chris Hughes on ATWT) is joining fellow new cast additions Jennifer Jason Leigh, Robert Knepper, Balthazar Getty and Amanda Seyfried, among others.

On Grimm, Chase plays Lucien Petrovich, the leader of a Wesen revolutionary group. Chase also guest-starred in the pilot for Fox’s upcoming drama series Lucifer and will be seen in Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice.

Days of our Lives actor Greg Vaughan stars in Hallmark Movies & Mysteries holiday movie
The Christmas Note premieres on Sunday, November 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Jonathan Whitesell and Hannibal's Kacey Rohl join Once Upon a Time
Whitesell and Rohl have been cast as Hercules and Meg, to appear in the 13th episode of Season 5, titled “Labor of Love.”

Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor and Bollywood veteran, dies at age 86
His best known roles included the Nawab of Mirat in the landmark 1980s series The Jewel In The Crown and Ravi Desai in the soap opera Coronation Street.

'Downton Abbey' series finale plot revealed
The sendoff, which will air in the U.S. on March 6, offers “all the love and loss, happiness and heartbreak of Downton Abbey, and, as the family and servants prepare to welcome 1926, they celebrate an unforgettable New Year’s Eve together at the great house,” per the official logline.

Charlie Sheen is going on the Today show on Tuesday to discuss being HIV-positive
According to top Hollywood publicist and crisis manager Howard Bragman, he was approached by people close to Sheen six months ago to deal with the crisis, but never dealt with him directly. "The interview could open up a lot of sympathy for him, but he has to be concerned about a fear of litigation from former sexual partners. You don't take that lightly."

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (September 14-18, 2015)

"What kind of drugs can make somebody black out?" Chad asks.

Check out the day-to-day spoilers and a sneak peek video below to find out what's happening on Days of our Lives during the week of September 14th.

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Monday, September 14
Chad (Billy Flynn) accuses Stefano (Joseph Mascolo) of framing him; Justin (Wally Kurth) pushes Rafe (Galen Gering) to arrest Chad; Ben (Robert Scott Wilson) confesses a secret to Abigail (Kate Mansi); J.J. (Casey Moss) tells Jennifer (Melissa Reeves) she may be in danger.

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (September 7-11, 2015)

Hope has moved on from Bo, unaware he is being held captive.

Check out the day-to-day spoilers and a sneak peek video below to find out what's happening on Days of our Lives during the week of September 7th. There's another murder in Salem, and Hope accepts Aiden's marriage proposal.

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Monday, September 7
Days is pre-empted due to NBC coverage of the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Tuesday, September 8
The killer strikes again; Chad (Billy Flynn) makes a big confession to Abigail (Kate Mansi); Bo (Peter Reckell) is being held captive; Aiden’s (Daniel Cosgrove) stunning secret comes to light.

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (August 31-September 4, 2015)

Kayla deals with an angry Joey.

Check out the day-to-day spoilers and a sneak peek video below to find out what's happening on Days of our Lives during the week of August 31st. Patch is determined to reunite with his ex-wife, Kayla, and find his best friend, Bo.

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Monday, August 31
Hope (Kristian Alfonso) reacts to Aiden's (Daniel Cosgrove) marriage proposal; Steve (Stephen Nichols) pays a visit to Hope; Aiden makes a call that reveals an ulterior motive; Rafe (Galen Gering) interrogates Chad (Billy Flynn) about his relationship to murder victim, Serena.

NEWS: Melissa Archer, Alicia Coppola, Shannen Doherty, James Franco, Marcia Cross, Greg Vaughan

This week on Days, Chad and Serena's night takes an unpleasant turn.

Melissa Archer exits Days of our Lives this week
“I completely understood and somewhere, expected it,” Archer tells Soap Opera Digest about her leaving Days. “It was a very positive experience. I joke about it like, ‘Getting fired, it didn’t really feel like it.’ It was the most pleasant ‘getting fired’ conversation I’ve ever had. There was laughter. It was great, actually.” As for her overall Salem experience, she says, “Honestly, it was amazing. I’m not just saying this: I very wholeheartedly mean it that from the top to the bottom, I loved everybody. I thought that the sets were very relaxed. Professional and relaxed.” SPOILER ALERT: Serena is murdered this week on Days.

Greg Vaughan signs new contract with Days of our Lives and books Hallmark movie
Vaughan tweeted the news on Friday: "Great day today! Official contract extension @DaysofourLives & new movie @hallmarkchannel Truly Blessed!"

Without America’s soap operas, we would never have gotten Mad Men
General Hospital, and soap operas overall, are usually not considered especially innovative. On the contrary, they’re thought of as melodramatic and cliched. And yet, it’s likely longform television dramas like The Wire wouldn’t exist if soap operas hadn’t paved the way.

James Franco Recreates Friends, Breaking Bad and more
The Oscar-nominated actor and General Hospital alum turns his attention to television for Season 2 of Making a Scene With James Franco.

Empire is giving Gabourey Sidibe a love interest
Mo McRae will romance Becky as part of a three-episode arc in Season 2.

Beverly Hills, 90210 stars Shannen Doherty reveals she's battling breast cancer
"Yes, I have breast cancer, and I am currently undergoing treatment," Doherty, 44, told People magazine. "I am continuing to eat right, exercise and stay very positive about my life. I am thankful to my family, friends and doctors for their support and, of course, my fans who have stood by me."

Lighter Fare, High-Concept Comedies, Soaps & More Remakes On Networks’ Development Menus
The success of two breakout midseason Fox series — drama Empire and comedy The Last Man On Earth — is having a ripple effect early in the selling season, with big, broad, soapy dramas sought after, along with high-concept comedies.

NBC puts Shaun Cassidy and Jeff Kwatinetz family soap in development
NBC is reassembling the team behind its 2012 Western drama pilot Frontier. The network has put in development Talent, a drama with elements of music, from Frontier creator Shaun Cassidy and Jeff Kwatinetz’s newly relaunched company The Firm, whose predecessor Prospect Park produced the 2012 pilot (as well as the online versions of All My Children and One Life to Live).

Written by Cassidy, Talent is described as a family soap that centers around a music prodigy who has a unique way of dealing with the murder of his one true love.

Another World alum Alicia Coppola finds it difficult to find schools for her gifted children
"There are very few schools that focus solely on the highly/profoundly gifted students in our country. Those that do exist are private and very expensive, if you are fortunate enough to even live in a city where one exists."

Presenting a TV Channel Guide from the future
In Five years, will we have Vox, New York Times and BuzzFeed channels?

Grey’s Anatomy is giving Alex and Jo more to do next season
Says Shonda Rhimes: “We had a lot of stories we wanted to tell with them last season, and I promised the fans, ‘We’re going to tell all these Alex and Jo stories.’”

NBC becomes the second network to order a Kentucky bourbon drama
The Bourbon Kings, like Fox’s untitled Kentucky bourbon project, deals with a bourbon empire.

Is there too much good TV?
"Binge-watching,” says Mary McNamara, "isn't just the new sex — it's the new workout, the new book club, the new cocktail hour. Where once most new shows premiered in the fall, now they drop all the time, some in complete seasons.” But how do viewers cope? “The trick,” says McNamara, "is not to panic. Television viewing is not a competition or a test. No matter what appears to be occurring on social media, no law requires you, the average viewer, to be able to analyze the use of color in Mad Men or explain why the second season of True Detective was so terrible.”

Behind The Curtain Of The Night, A Life-After-Death Movie Stars Brendan Fraser, Marcia Cross
Talk about art imitating life. A writer/director who was pronounced clinically dead twice in his life and experienced an unusual phenomenon when he was “dead,” has written a semi-autobiographical film about his experience with Brendan Fraser playing a key role and Marcia Cross playing a character called ‘The Boss’ which is really God.

Ben McKenzie: What Gotham got wrong in Season 1
McKenzie says Season 2 of the Fox series will be closer to what fans want. “I think we made a mistake relatively early on in trying to introduce a villain and take care of that villain in one episode: catch them, send them to Arkham, do whatever,”

Another World alum Morgan Freeman to guest-star on Madam Secretary
Freeman, who serves as an executive producer and director on the CBS drama, will make a cameo in the drama’s premiere episode in October.

ABC Orders Marvel Pilot Starring Adrianne Palicki & Nick Blood
The proposed Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff is back on. ABC has given a pilot order to Marvel’s Most Wanted, a drama project starring Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. standouts Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood and revolving around their respective characters Barbara “Bobbi” Morse, aka Mockingbird, and Lance Hunter.

Six Feet Under: The Oral History of HBO's Beloved Landmark Series
Ten years after its devastating finale, the show's creator and cast eulogize the life-after-death drama.

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (August 24-28, 2015)

Kayla (Mary Beth Evans), Joey (James Lastovic) and Steve (Stephen Nichols).

Check out the day-to-day spoilers and a sneak peek video below to find out what's happening on Days of our Lives during the week of August 24th. Stephen Nichols returns as Steve "Patch" Johnson, and someone is murdered!

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Monday, August 24
Nicole (Arianne Zucker) scores a major victory over Serena (Melissa Archer) and Xander (Paul Telfer); Ben (Robert Scott Wilson) realizes Abigail (Kate Mansi) lied again; Theresa (Jen Lilley) enacts her plan to gain Brady's (Eric Martsolf) sympathy; Stefano (Joseph Mascolo) is furious when Chad (Billy Flynn) betrays him!

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (September 15-19, 2014)

An angry Chad confronts EJ.  Photo Credit: NBC

Check out day-to-day spoilers and a sneak preview video below to find out what's happening on Days of our Lives during the week of September 15th.

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Monday, September 15
Chad (Billy Flynn) angrily confronts E.J. (James Scott); Kristen (Eileen Davidson) wants to work with Daniel (Shawn Christian) to expose Theresa (Jen Lilley); Theresa tells Brady (Eric Martsolf) that Kristen threatened her; Eve's (Kassie DePaiva) plan causes J.J. (Casey Moss) and Paige's (True O'Brien) party to go wrong.

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (September 8-12, 2014)

Daniel and Kayla inform Brady they have a drug that could cure John.
Photo Credit: NBC

Check out day-to-day spoilers and a sneak preview video below to find out what's happening on Days of our Lives during the week of September 8th.

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Monday, September 8
Katie (Lauren Koslow) pushes Sami (Alison Sweeney) to back up her lie; E.J. (James Scott) receives a pitch from Clyde (James Read); Jordan (Chrishell Stause) wants to talk things out with Rafe (Galen Gering); Will (Guy Wilson) gets a job offer.

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (September 1-5, 2014)

Kristen stuns Marlena with a revelation.

Check out day-to-day spoilers and a sneak preview video below to find out what's happening on Days of our Lives during the week of September 1st.

Note: The show only airs four days during the week due to Monday's golf pre-emption.

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Monday, September 1
Days is pre-empted due to NBC final round golf coverage of the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Tuesday, September 2
Kristen's (Eileen Davidson) revelation shocks Marlena (Deidre Hall); Brady (Eric Martsolf) kisses Theresa (Jen Lilley); Kayla (Mary Beth Evans) has bad news for John's (Drake Hogestyn) friends and family; Nicole's (Arianne Zucker) efforts to manipulate Eric (Greg Vaughan) blow up in her face.

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (August 25-29, 2014)

Photo Credit: NBC

Check out day-to-day spoilers and a sneak preview video below to find out what's happening on Days of our Lives during the week of August 25th.

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Monday, August 25
Kristen (Eileen Davidson) comes up with a plan to make things right; Will (Guy Wilson) figures out Sonny's (Freddie Smith) secret; Abigail (Kate Mansi) hits Sami (Alison Sweeney); Lucas (Bryan Dattilo) lets EJ (James Scott have it.

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (August 18-22, 2014)

Will's article is published - and all hell breaks loose. Photo Credit: NBC.

Check out day-to-day spoilers below to find out what's happening on Days of our Lives during the week of August 18th.

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Monday, August 18
Sami (Alison Sweeney) must change tactics with EJ (James Scott); Kate (Lauren Koslow) talks to Will (Guy Wilson) about the article; Hope (Kristian Alfonso) discovers Aiden's (Daniel Cosgrove) lie; Eve (Kassie DePaiva) sends Theresa (Jen Lilley) on a mission to speak with Paige (True O'Brien).

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (August 11-15, 2014)

Sami reads Will's article - which leads to an explosive confrontation
with her son!  Photo Credit: NBC

Check out day-to-day spoilers and a sneak peek video below to find out what's happening on Days of our Lives during the week of August 11th.

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Monday, August 11
Kristen (Eileen Davidson) realizes what Daniel (Shawn Christian) has planned; Theresa (Jen Lilley) tells Eve (Kassie DePaiva) to steer clear of Brady (Eric Martsolf); Aiden (Daniel Cosgrove) tells Hope (Kristian Alfonso) he has a date with Jennifer (Melissa Reeves); Marlena (Deidre Hall) tries to get through to John (Drake Hogestyn).

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (August 4-8, 2014)

Adrienne is stunned when a vicious Sami turns the tables on her.
Photo Credit: NBC

Check out day-to-day spoilers and a sneak peek video below to find out what's happening on Days of our Lives during the week of August 4th.

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Monday, August 4
Daniel (Shawn Christian) works to ensure Kristen (Eileen Davidson) pays for her crimes; Nicole (Arianne Zucker) and Eric (Greg Vaughan) go to Rome to clear his name; J.J. (Casey Moss) confronts Sami (Alison Sweeney); Jordan (Chrishell Stause) tells Rafe (Galen Gering) the truth.

'Days of our Lives' Spoilers (July 28-August 1, 2014)

Kristen (Eileen Davidson) returns - and she's up to no good!
Photo Credit: NBC

Check out day-to-day spoilers and a sneak peek video below to find out what's happening on Days of our Lives during the week of July 28th.

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Monday, July 28
Kristen DiMera (Eileen Davidson) returns; Brady's (Eric Martsolf) fate is decided; Marlena (Deidre Hall) gets a bad feeling about John (Drake Hogestyn); Nicole (Arianne Zucker) tells (Greg Vaughan) Eric about her decision.