ABC Soaps in Depth made fans weekend earlier today on Twitter when they revealed All My Children's asshat of a head writer Chuck Pratt is out!

Just heard from a reliable source something that'll make AMC fans scream with joy: Pratt is history.

HALLELUJAH!!!

Today is "officially" the big day! What are your First Impressions of James Franco on General Hospital? 

After weeks of speculation and hype, Emmy nominated and Golden Globe winning movie star James Franco makes his much-anticipated debut on General Hospital as a mysterious artist/assassin set to mix it up with uber-hit man Jason Morgan (Steve Burton). READ MORE

After getting over the shock of The Young and the Restless making the boneheaded decision to recast Malcolm Winters, one of daytime's most popular hunks ever, with Family Matters alum Darius McCrary, an actor about as physically dissimilar to Shemar Moore—the Emmy-winning, wildly popular stud who originated the role— as humanly possible, I couldn't help but recall other ridiculous recasts soaps have attempted over the years. Some worked. Some didn't, but one thing is for sure, this is nothing new for daytime! READ MORE

On today’s ABC episode of the Daytime Confidential podcast Luke, Regan and Eye on Soaps’ Belinda (The View From the Recliner’s Edge) discuss the latest storylines and news for the week of November 9, including:

More fan favorites return to All My Children for the 40th Anniversary. Julia Barr, Eden Riegel, Eva La Rue, Leven Rambin and more are set to return. Therefore the question becomes, can Chuck Pratt whip AMC into shape so that lapsed fans who tune in will have reason to stick around? Is there someone missing from the line up of returnees who you want to return? BethAnn Bonner makes her Pine Valley debut. Is it hard to watch and believe the Zach and Kendall storyline knowing that Thorsten Kaye isn’t making the move to L.A.? Annie pretends to fake the loss of a baby only to find out she’s actually pregnant. How original.

Chad Brannon is returning to General Hospital for one episode. Luke is sick of the smug, spoiled Michael Corinthos III, but Regan loves this Michael. What do you think of him? Jonathan Jackson has had some time to settle back into the role of Lucky, but Regan isn’t sure she’s liking this version of Lucky. Hear her explain why. Is Dante’s secret identity the worst kept secret in town or would that be Jake’s paternity? Everyone and their mother seems to know–or will soon find out–who he really is. Please tell us GH isn't leading up to an Ethan and Kristina pairing.

Bad ass Mitch Laurence has returned to shake up the citizens of Llanview’s lives. Were Jessica and Natalie’s reaction too over-the-top? Was it dissapointing to see Rex find out who his father is? Couldn’t the revelation have waited until Rex returned to Llanview so that we could see more people’s reactions all at once? Marcy gave birth to her miracle baby in a dramatic scene, but we’re happy she finally has a child. All this and much more on today’s show!

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I now officially hate Liz. Thank you show for taking one of my favorites from me and putting her in the same category as Sonny and Rebecca. I just have no words for that girl.

Lulu is another one who’s coming close to the edge of my annoyance. Almost telling Sonny. Almost telling Lucky. Almost telling and warning off Johnny. It’s just not acceptable. If Johnny or Sonny do anything to Dante it's all on Lulu’s shoulders. READ MORE

Get ready for the return of Zander Smith folks! Chad Brannon tweeted the exact airdate fans can expect to see him back on General Hospital. Said Brannon,

By the way, Correction: ABC Publicity said my air date for General Hospital will actually be Dec. 22, Merry Christmas! 

*Sigh* I miss Chad, maybe Jamey can wishful cast him somewhere....

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Carly's back and she isn't messing around. Find out what's in store for her and her fellow Oakdale residents with As the World Turns spoilers. (Daytime Confidential)

If you weren't able to go to the Scrubs event at General Hospital's Fan Club Weekend in July, you can now see the videos of Jason Thompson and Kimberly McCullough entertaining the crowd.  (Scrubs Hub)

Sami and Nicole's confrontation on DAYS was one of the most over-the-top, soapy, fabulous things to hit daytime in ages. If you need the Serial Drama girls, you'll find them replaying the clip on a constant loop and clapping giddily. (Serial Drama)

The soap goddess reaches out to The Young and the Restless' Billy Abbott in Genoa City. (Soap Opera Examiner)  READ MORE

 On Dec. 5, one day after Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia reunite in the highly-anticipated web soap opera Venice, the sapphic supercouple will be on hand for uber event promoter Mike Gold's "So Long Springfield" event at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas!

"Our last event was in Atlanta on November 7 and it was flawless," says Gold. "The fans and actors had a great time and we have received overwhelmingly positive feedback." READ MORE

It's good to see Sonny’s ego is as big as ever. “No cop has gotten me and none will”. I had to laugh that he was saying this, to a cop, who’s gathering evidence as we speak. Then he follows it up by giving Dante the picture of dead Claudia and telling him that she is in fact, dead.

Sonny did give me the line of the day. Something about Claudia still messing with them, even beyond the grave. Score one for Claudia! READ MORE