NEWS: AS THE BUS STOPS, DAYS OF OUR LIVES Casting New Role, Ashley Judd Joins SALVATION, Richard J. Allen

DAYS OF OUR LIVES casting new role
DAYS is looking for a gorgeous 24 to 35-year-old African American male to play the contract role of Micah, who is described in the casting call as "charismatic confident and charming without even trying. Ladies want to date him and men want to be him. He gives off a very well rounded confident vibe but there is pain in his past that keeps him guarded."

North Carolina's Triangle Transit Is Filming A Soap Opera On Its Busses
Conceived over a lunch between Lauren Parker and Damien Graham of Triangle Transit's communication team, AS THE BUS STOPS is the organization's attempt to make public transportation approachable in a city that doesn't have quite the same appreciation for shared seats as New York or LA.

Parker and her team got together and made two lists; First, a list of all the services they would like potential riders to know about; Second, a list of all the tropes of a good soap opera. Put them together and and it's only a matter of time before the research triangle becomes the love triangle.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE! Dominates the Night with NBC's Best 18-49 Thursday Average, Excluding Sports, Since the Night of the "ER" Finale

THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE! (4.6/13 in 18-49 and 18.470 million viewers overall) dominated the night with NBC's best 18-49 Thursday average, excluding sports, since the night of the "ER" finale (5.2, April 2, 2009).

In total viewers, this is NBC's best Thursday average excluding sports since May 13, 2004 (FRASIER finale night, 22.597 million viewers).

· NBC won its fifth night in a row among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in 18-49 (12/1-5). It's the first time since June 2002 that NBC has won five nights in a row, excluding Olympics (since a six-night streak June 2-7, 2002; NBC's last in-season five-night streak was May 1-5, 2002).

· The top local market in metered market households came in Carrie Underwood's home state, with Oklahoma City giving the three-hour special a 20.7/28. NBC ranked #1 in primetime in all 56 metered markets.

Joe West Joins NBC's "The Sound of Music Live!" Cast Includes Michael Park, John Bolger

Proud mom Maura West (Ava, GENERAL HOSPITAL) with her son,
Joe, whose star is rising fast. Photo Credit: Sue Coflin/Max Photos

After an exhaustive nationwide search, seven talented young actors have won the coveted roles of the von Trapp children in NBC's musical production of "The Sound of Music Live!"

The three-hour telecast airs Thursday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

"The Sound of Music Live!" stars six-time Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood as Maria and TRUE BLOOD star Stephen Moyer as Capt. Georg von Trapp. Moyer recently headlined in the stage version of the musical "Chicago" at the Hollywood Bowl.

NEWS ROUNDUP: Julianne Moore Talks 'Carrie'; Plus, E.J. Bonilla, Gabriel Mann, NASHVILLE, Joe West

Carrie’s Julianne Moore Discusses Tapping Into Margaret’s Madness
"You know, part of it is that it’s a beloved film, obviously, and novel. It certainly was seminal for me as an adolescent. I still remember huge parts of it, you know, after you’ve seen hundreds of movies over your lifetime there’s so many that you don’t remember, and this one I really do. We wanted to make it entertaining, we wanted to make it believable, we wanted to make it scary, we wanted to make it moving – I think we just wanted to give it its justice."