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GENERAL HOSPITAL's Nikolas meant well and the gesture to have his mother and Scotty get married at Wyndemere was a fine attempt to show his support. But considering all the murder and mayhem "Hotel Gothica" had seen through the years, Laura would have been safer politely turning down his wedding gift and, instead, suggesting a gravy boat. "I just hope that we'll be able to hear our vows with all the screaming of the souls that are trapped in the walls," Scotty joked. Many a truth is told in jest. Monday we'll know if the ceremony was interrupted by an ex-husband, a cranky in-law, an amnesiac offspring, someone assumed dead, someone really dead... or if it goes without a hitch. As if.

Congress must have been getting along, the Middle East must have been calm, and the stock market must have stabilized because it was a really slow news day for "Hellish Relish" to be a front page story. Then again, its apparent perpetrator, Roger Howarth's "mysterious man" does have a devilish grin, so maybe that hell reference wasn't so far off. The perfectly coiffed, newly blonde, scar-free, stubble-faced Howarth is arriving in Port Charles Monday, and that can't be good news for somebody.

Dante is one sly dog, taking Lulu to the Haunted Star to retrieve (and recreate!) her memory of their first kiss. And it almost worked! Their lips were millimeters apart when she was hit with a disturbing flashback of being dragged off. Not exactly a daydream to put ya in the mood!

This week, a much-anticipated wedding gets under way, the "mysterious man" has another scheme up his sleeve, and horrifying messages reach Sonny and Carly! Don't forget: 2:00 ET and 1:00 PST/CT on ABC. Be there!

Thursday's episode of GENERAL HOSPITAL found Laura having to deal with some pretty strenuous objections about her upcoming wedding to Scott... and for once, it wasn't Luke raising a ruckus! Instead, her mom, Lesley, was the one objecting because of the circumstances surrounding the death of her late ex-hubby, Rick Webber. Need a refresher on the history being discussed? Glad to help!

Laura's troubles began as she was planning her 2002 wedding to Luke. One gigantic black hole in time was centered around the garage attic of the Jones house, where she spent her youth with her parents, Rick and Lesley. Bad dreams that she realized were actually memories had both her and Luke determined to unravel the secret from her past that only her subconscious mind was aware of.

As memories slowly returned, she knew that whatever happened in that attic, Scotty also knew. He, however, wasn't going to tell her. When she finally had full recollection of the woman's face from her memories, Laura had Liz sketch it. Lesley remembered that woman as a nurse at GH named Theresa. Flooded with flashbacks, Laura came to believe that her stepfather, Rick, was involved in the woman's murder.

The night of Luke and Laura's wedding, the bride returned to the attic and was soon joined by her father. She accused him of murdering Theresa in that very room, but he denied it. Trying to calm her, he approached her with a syringe. Believing that Rick was indeed a murderer now out to silence his own daughter, Laura picked up a heavy candlestick and struck him in the head, killing him.

Stumbling upon Luke, a catatonic Laura and a dead Rick, Scotty finally told Luke about the events in that attic all those years earlier: A teenaged Laura had walked in on Rick and a romantically obsessed Theresa in a heated discussion about him refusing to leave Lesley. Freaked out, Laura grabbed a camera and hit Theresa over the head, killing her. Laura's fragile state concerned Rick, who sedated her. He then called Scotty, who helped him bury Theresa's body in the Jones' backyard to protect Laura from being charged with murder.

Fans were shocked to learn that starting Monday, May 20, ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE, which had been airing via Hulu.com four days a week, would now be airing twice a week. (AMC will air Monday and Wednesday, with OLTL filling the Tuesday and Thursday slot.) We went to Prospect Park head honcho Jeff Kwatinetz for details on what led to the surprising move.

Soaps In Depth: What does this mean for the future?

Jeff Kwatinetz: It's good. We've been getting millions of views. We're off to a great start. The data is pretty clear. People aren't watching like they watched it before. We should have expected this. We thought it'd be a lot...I don't know why, but our initial instinct was that people were going to watch them like they watched them on ABC. But the truth is they're watching them more like they watch shows on-line, and people are just falling behind. They think that there are too many episodes, and they don't like missing shows or getting behind. [Another factor has been the fast paced-nature of the episodes themselves.] We don't want to slow them down so people feel like it is okay to miss a show. People are telling us - and you have your own experiences - that if they miss one of our shows they feel like they have to go back, they can't just pick up.

In Depth: How does switching to two days a week impact the pacing of shows that are already taped? If you had a Tuesday show that's now a Wednesday show -- and you're not getting another one till next Monday -- how does that affect the viewers? What about cliffhangers and holiday shows, themes that were going on?

Kwatinetz: That's a really good question. Luckily, our stories weren't dependent on things like holidays or times of year. But that's part of why, once we saw that people were watching the shows more like they do other on-line shows, we realized we needed to do something quicker and [not] end up with the kind of issues you're talking about.

In Depth: Once you've gotten a chance to see how this new schedule does, might you consider going back to a four-episode week down the line?

Kwatinetz: Of course! We always said that we're going to adjust to the audience. This give us more time to work with you guys about marketing the show and making the show its own event. The last thing we wanted to do is slow down the pacing because everyone loves the shows themselves. I have not been involved with TV that has gotten such great reviews. We don't want to screw around with the content. We just wanted to make sure that people can keep up.

The OnLine Network has made a huge announcement regarding ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Starting Monday, May 20, they are scaling back on the scheduling model and two new episodes of each show will be made available each week. New AMC shows will post on Mondays and Wednesdays, and OLTL will now run on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The behind-the-scenes series, MORE, will stream as a single show on Fridays.

In a statement released to subscribers of TOLN's newsletters, Rich Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz explain, "This allows us to introduce a new episode of quality television every Monday through Friday and gives the audience a chance to catch up as we continue to build awareness and excitement around these new shows. Because Hulu agrees with our findings, for the meantime they will keep all of our episodes on Hulu.com for free to give viewers the opportunity to find us and catch up."

The decision was made after collecting viewing data which showed that the shows were primarily being watched by "binge viewing" on-demand and that while the soaps once had a shared ABC audience, the majority of viewers are only watching one of the rebooted shows, not both. The execs also state that "our viewers seem to primarily start with the first episode then continue forward... yet starting from the beginning with the amount of episodes we are releasing is asking too much for viewers who need to catch up."

Frank and Kwatinetz promise that this new schedule will not impact the production of AMC and OLTL. "We will be filming new episodes through mid-June, continue editing throughout July and until we go back into production in August. It's a frenetic schedule but all of us are up for the challenge and excited to continue to deliver great shows.

"As a new venture we felt obligated to address the needs of our viewers head on and to make adjustments that we think will work for our viewers. And as always, we thank you for your continued support and encouragement."

The full statement can be read here.

They tweet each other quite regularly, and she has been by his side at events. But GENERAL HOSPITAL's Jack Wagner (ex-Frisco) and his former THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL wife Ashley Jones (ex-Bridget) have never commented on their rumored relationship... until now! The two actors have confirmed to Soaps In Depth that they are a couple! "We've been dating probably about a year, maybe more," Wagner shares. "We worked together for years but never dated [at B&B]."

We'll have more on the couple's real-life romance in an upcoming issue of Soaps In Depth!

The triangle between GENERAL HOSPITAL's Rafe, Molly and T.J. is about to get a good shake-up! Soaps In Depth can exclusively report that 666 PARK AVENUE star Samantha Logan has been tapped to play Taylor DuBois, Felix's younger sister, who will be added to the high school storyline. "Not everything can be a triangle, so there will be another girl thrown into the mix," reveals headwriter Ron Carlivati.

A native of Boston, the singer/actress/dancer played teen clairvoyant Nona on the ABC supernatural series. The high schooler has also appeared on GOSSIP GIRL, LAW & ORDER: SVU and made her feature film debut in the Adrien Brody/Marcia Gay Harden drama Detachment. Look for Logan to debut on Tuesday, June 4!

Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax, GENERAL HOSPITAL) had a good run on DANCING WITH THE STARS, but last night, he and professional partner Kym Johnson were eliminated in the semi-final round.

"I [actually] feel great," Rademacher responded after the show. "It would have been amazing to dance in the finals. If we'd gone through I would have switched into a whole other gear because we really would have had to show some dances that would have proved we deserved to be there. I think we would have pulled a rabbit out of a hat. In a way, I'm a little disappointed we didn't get to do that, but I'm more relieved. I'm eighty percent relieved because my knees are really hurting me. I need to sit down!"

But the actor prides himself on getting as far as he did, and learning so much. "Every time I'd come back on Wednesday and Kym would show me a routine, I'd go 'There's no way I can do that,'" Rademacher said. "And I'd do that. And I'd do it on Monday. Even on the last week, I thought on the Charleston, there's no way I can get those steps down. And you surprise yourself and you do it and it's amazing. If you dedicate enough time to something then you will learn how to do it."

So while he won't be taking home a mirror ball trophy like GH castmate Kelly Monaco (Sam), congratulations to Rademacher for getting this far!

Last night on DANCING WITH THE STARS, GENERAL HOSPITAL's Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax) and professional partner Kym Johnson scored three nines from the judges for their Charleston! "It was the most entertaining dance that we've done all season," Rademacher told us after the show. "The footwork was a little off; we did it better in dress. It was definitely a fun dance."

However, the actor wasn't nearly as pleased with their first dance, the samba. "I think if we'd had a really nice ballroom number," he mused. "A dance with cool lines. Big, beautiful lines. I feel like more of a dancer when I'm doing that kind of dance. The samba was definitely difficult for me."

But even if Rademacher doesn't make it into the finals, he's still content with his performance on the show. And he's got a bunch of paddleboard races in Hawaii coming up to keep him busy! Not to mention if GH asks him to return again. "If they call, I'm always ready to come back," he said. "It just won't be during race season. It'd have to be after July."

Make sure to tune in tonight at 9:00 pm EST on ABC to see if your votes were enough to push Rademacher and Johnson into the finals!

It's been over a decade since Dimitri Marick was in Pine Valley, but Michael Nader will be bringing his alter ego back to ALL MY CHILDREN on Monday, June 3! What brings him back to town after all these years? Turns out Brooke has offered Dimitri a job as the head of Chandler Media, a new division of Chandler Enterprises.

"I got a call from executive producer Ginger Smith who said Prospect Park is relaunching 'All My Children' online," Nader says. "She said 'we'd love for you to come back.' And I said, 'you want me, you got me.' Being back, is like being home."

But how will the residents of Pine Valley react to his return? You'll have to tune in and find out!

If the pen is mightier than the sword, where does "relish" rank? In Quartermaine-land, it's way up there!

Tracy and A.J.'s battle for the condiment crown kicks off on Monday's GENERAL HOSPITAL, when the duo goes head-to-head in a Pickle-Whoever taste-off on THE CHEW. Although it looked as if Elizabeth used her "power of pretty" to get Nikolas to back off A.J., she was no match for Tracy's ability to reach into the Great Beyond and make contact with Edward! Yes, divine intervention had Tracy begging her dearly departed daddy for forgiveness for not saving ELQ and, just like "that," the guards Nik hired to keep TQ in check dropped like flies! Look out CHEW crew. Tracy is on her way, and she's ready to rumble!

T.J. can't catch a break. He asked Molly to be his prom date in the most romantic way EVAH, but then he got dumped. Yeah, he deserved it. He shouldn't have lured Rafe to Kelly's pretending to be Molly and then punch him in the face. Bad move. But the guy's in love and he knows Rafe is moving in on his girl. What's he supposed to do, ignore it? As if. He's 15! Can he make amends with Molly before the big day?

Morgan sure grew up nice. He is, however, easy to dupe. Fifty grand worth of "dupe," in fact! And he wants NO help getting out of this mess. He told his big bro, Michael, "I got this, Mikey. Same way I've handled my whole life since mom outsourced parenting to Sherman-Johnston Military Academy." Yup. That pretty much sums up what went wrong and when it went there. The shocking thing is that Carly turned to Sam for help. Sam! Isn't that the seventh sign of the Apocalypse?

This week, the relish revolt takes an odd turn, Morgan has "a plan" (that can't be good) and three familiar faces return as different characters. Guess who?! Don't forget: 2:00 ET and 1:00 PST/CT on ABC. Be there!

Back in March we told you about a collaboration between NATAS and the Smithsonian Institute to bring some of the most iconic daytime television memorabilia to the national museum, and today the first donations were presented!

Today's ceremony officially launched a three-year collecting initiative between the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and the National Museum of American History, aiming to help the museum expand its capacity to tell the story of daytime television and the Daytime Emmy Awards. At the ceremony, the Smithsonian accepted artifacts that reflect the contributions of daytime television programming, including a 1984 JEOPARDY! script from Alex Trebek, objects from the children's series BARNEY, and the gown that Susan Lucci (ex-Erica, ALL MY CHILDREN) wore on the cover of People magazine celebrating her legendary Daytime Emmy win. "They've asked me for [an AMC] script as well," the iconic daytime actress tells Soaps In Depth. "Plus, People is doing a big blow-up of the cover."

The daytime television collection (which will include children's programming, talk shows, game shows and cooking shows) will be part of a larger entertainment exhibit scheduled to open in 2015. "Right now, the area that the museum is going to devote to this exibit on American culture at large is under reconstruction," curator Dwight Blocker Bowers tells In Depth. "We have a very small soap opera collection, and this is an opportunity for us to add to it."

For more on this collaboration, check out an upcoming issue of Soaps In Depth.

And here we thought that Billy Clyde Tuggle himself, Matthew Cowles, was attending the red carpet premiere for The OnLine Network's ALL MY CHILDREN reboot out of support for the soap! But AMC has confirmed that the actor is actually returning to Pine Valley!

Billy Clyde was last seen in 1990 when he was presumed dead in an explosion while trying to off Tad. This time around, we hear that he'll be involved somehow in Jesse and Angie's search for Cassandra... and he'll of course encounter his obsession, Dixie. Look for Cowles to first appear on Thursday, May 16, bringing a whole lot of trouble in his wake!

Despite going into last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS results show with the next-to-lowest scores, GENERAL HOSPITAL's Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax) and professional partner Kym Johnson were called safe very early in the evening! "I kind of called it," Rademacher admitted to Soaps In Depth after the show. "When I got out there I had a feeling that it was going to be us first. That'd be like throwing a wrench in the works." Johnson agrees, adding, "I think they called us safe first to cause some drama."

Despite his ever-improving dancing skills, the actor is keenly aware that he has the fans to thank for pushing him into the semi-finals, even if he's not currently on GH — and can't even imagine doing both at the same time! "I'm not as good as Kelly Monaco (Sam)," Rademacher confessed. "I couldn't have done both. I really couldn't. Now the competition gets really, really hard. We're looking at the top four. It's very hard for us to beat. But it's possible."

And with the pair facing a Charleston and a Samba next week, they've got some work to do. "They're not going to be easy," Rademacher said. "Both of them are hard dances. I think the fact that one is very sexy adn the other is polite and fun can show we can do a variety of things. Hopefully it will all come together!"

So make sure to tune in next Monday at 8:00 pm EST on ABC to find out if it does! (And don't forget to vote!)

Kristen Alderson is thrilled to have received her very first Daytime Emmy nomination, especially since after so many years, she's no longer playing the part of Starr Manning that earned her the nod. "I'm really, really grateful," she says. "I'm leaving the character of Starr with a heavy heart."

The Younger Actress nominee learned the good news after waking up and checking her phone. "I saw that I had a million missed calls," she reports. "At first, I thought it was a bad thing, that something happened. But then I realized that it was not a bad thing. It was actually very good!"

And she's hoping that the emotional scenes on her submission tape sway the Emmy voters. "I turned in when Starr was saying good-bye to Cole and Hope in the morgue and when she kissed their graves good-bye," Alderson reveals. "They were scenes that were really hard for me to mentally prepare for. The best part of working as an actress is when you can lose yourself in a moment."

Ingo Rademacher's (ex-Jax, GENERAL HOSPITAL) performance on last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS has him and partner Kym Johnson in next to last place, only ahead of THE BACHELOR's Sean Lowe. "It's better than being below Sean in scores," Rademacher joked to Soaps In Depth after the show. "We couldn't be in a batter spot. I don't think we could have asked for anything better in the scores. Now it's up to the awesome GENERAL HOSPITAL fans out there. If we get through this week and then next week, we'd get to the finals. That would be awesome."

There was a lot of drama in the video package where Rademacher struggled during rehearsals, and the actor swears it was all real. "It was only the one moment where she said 'I'm here for you. I'm here to make you look good.' They didn't cut to the fact that afterwards I said, 'No, listen, it's not that I don't want to do it. I'm having a hard time with the steps.' Which we did. So we worked through it."

But was it enough to keep him in the competition another week? Tune in tonight at 9:00 pm EST on ABC to find out!

The OnLine Network announced a couple new castings for ALL MY CHILDREN today, one new character and a recast!

The brand new character is Dr. Anders, played by Jason Pendergraft, who will make his Pine Valley debut on Monday, May 27. The actor has appeared on LAW & ORDER, CSI: NEW YORK and GOSSIP GIRL among others, but daytime fans may recognize him from his brief turn on AS THE WORLD TURNS as Alison's porn producer Lance.

Brooke Newton will be taking over the role of Adam and Liza's daughter, Colby on Thursday, May 16. She has appeared in many primetime series, including CSI, GLEE, MAD MEN and SUBURGATORY.

Nikolas can't stop thinking about kissing Liz, Milo can't stop thinking about Lulu kissing HIM, Carly wants to think about anything BUT kissing A.J., and Tracy can't stop thinking about... relish.

While others in Port Charles are preoccupied with matters of the flesh, the cranky Quartermaine matriarch is hung up on condiments. Nikolas had the same reaction soap viewers had when they first heard the name of the Daytime "fusion culinary/chat show" A.J. booked himself on to promote Pickle-Lila. "The CHEW?" Nik said, making a face like he just stepped in gum. You heard Tracy right, Nik. You heard her right.

Carly's mid-week "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!" while she and A.J. ripped off each other's clothes left them both with selective amnesia, in that they mutually agreed to forget that they had sex. A.J. went macho on her, giving her that "admit I rocked your world" speech while she tried desperately to wash away his cooties by dousing herself with hand sanitizer. As if it were that easy. Let's take bets now on how long it'll take Liz to find out... and who will let the truth slip out!

Sonny stormed Morgan's dorm with his pistol-packin' new enforcer, Shawn, scaring the bejeebies out of his roomie, Travis. Shaking and sweating and stuttering, the poor kid aimed his gun at them, thinking they were the guys out to collect the 50K Morgan owed them. In a different universe, the kid playing Travis would have been cast as Morgan because he looked like he could be Michael's brother. But nope. Is that a sign that the brothers won't be alike in other way, also?

This week, Lucy gives Scott a pep talk about his love life, Carly finds an unlikely ally in Sam, and the Great American CHEW Relish Challenge between Pickle-Lila and Pickle-Eddie begins! Don't forget: 2:00 ET and 1:00 PST/CT on ABC. Be there!

When Lindsey Morgan (ex-Kristina) woke up this morning to a text from her manager, she worried she'd gotten the call time wrong for her appearance on FRANKLIN & BASH before she saw that it said "Congratulations!" "I'm stunned," she confesses of her Younger Actress Emmy nomination. "I'm still so shocked. I'm so honored. Kristen Alderson (ex-Starr) was nominated, too. We've already talked to each other about 'We've got to go dress shopping!'"

Naturally, she earned the nomination with the emotional episode where Joe Jr. took Kristina hostage. "It was one of my favorite storylines," Morgan admits. "Sometimes I'm afraid of being too big and sometimes I'm too little. That storyline gave me the freedom to realize that it doesn't matter how I react because I"m scared. My life was on the line. It was difficult on my body physically and mentally, but it was also freeing because she thought her life was about to end."

Another GH alum, Julie Marie Berman (ex-Lulu) also awoke to the news that she was up for an Emmy, in the Supporting Actress category. "It was definitely a surprise and a really fun way to wake up," she says. "It's really nice to feel acknowledged. You don't expect it, and you don't necessarily need it, but when it happens, it's wonderful.

"I submitted the episode where Lulu opens up to Luke about her drinking," Berman adds. "They reconcile their relationship. It was a very, very special day at work with Tony Geary (Luke) and it was one of the last times I had really meaningful material with him."

The actress is looking forward to seeing her on-screen pop again as well as all her former castmates on Emmy night. "It definitely was one of the first thoughts that came to my head was that I get to see all of my friends again," Berman declares. "I'm so, so excited to see everyone. It's going to be so much fun!"

Jason Thompson (Patrick, GENERAL HOSPITAL) actually kind of forgot that the nominations for the Daytime Emmys were going to be announced this morning! "I wasn't feeling well last night, so I didn't get the best sleep," he confesses. "But then I heard my phone buzz this morning. My dad called and congratulated me. For a second, when I picked up the phone, I didn't know if he was going to say, 'Oh well, maybe next year,' or 'Congratulations!' Thankfully it was 'Congratulations!'"

While the actor had plenty of juicy material to choose from, he struggled to choose an episode to submit. "It wasn't an easy decision," Thompson admits. "I looked for a while. I had a feeling on a couple of things and then some people gave me some good advice. I put it in the hands of some people that I respected and trusted. I tried to not judge it myself as much."

"I ended up putting in the episode with the tie scene," he adds. "Where he wakes up and sees the ghost of Robin a couple ties when he's in bed, when he's in the shower and when he's tying his tie. Then he comes downstairs and sees Emma for a quick second and says 'I don't know how I'm going to do this.' I was happy with a lot of the stuff that happened last year as a team."

And it's that team mentality at GH that has him noticing some glaring omissions on the ballots this year. "I'm shocked that Finola Hughes (Anna) wasn't nominated," Thompson declares, "because I know what we went through as a team and I know what she went through was real. As an actor, that's what you want."

"Kelly Sullivan (Kate/Connie), too," he continues. "She had a fantastic year. I know how hard she worked. But I also know the way these things go. I'm happy to be on this side of it, but it's a crap shoot. I'm proud of the year I had. Whatever happens from here on out as of this morning, I'm happy and it's a cherry on a good year."

Bradford Anderson (Spinelli, GENERAL HOSPITAL) woke up this morning to news that he had been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Well, technically, baby daughter Juna woke him and wife Kiera a little after seven, at which point he discovered text messages on his phone from former castmate Steve Burton (ex-Jason, now Dylan, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS) and Emmy winner Christian LeBlanc (Michael, Y&R)!

"We looked at the monitor to se if maybe Juna would go back to sleep,"Anderson laughs. "I put the phone in front of [Kiera's] face and showed her the texts. So my first congratulations in person was from my wife because we were still in bed!"

Anderson reveals that the episode he submitted that earned him the nod was one from last summer when he had a confrontation with Jen Lilley's Maxie at Kelly's. "He gives her a speech about friendship," he says. "Sometimes it's hard when picking Emmy shows because my character isn't the kind of character that gets the knock down, drag out material. I'm not Lucky Spencer.

"I don't get that stuff very often," he continues, "so sometimes in picking a show, I have to look outside the box a little bit. Sometimes you have to look for an episode that has a beginning, middle and end. This episode did. And I guess it worked out!"

And whether he wins or loses on Emmy night, there's one thing the actor is definitely looking forward to that evening. "One of the things I'm very excited about this year is that it's a sure-fire way of seeing Julie Berman (ex-Lulu) again," Anderson confides. "I don't see her as much. I'm excited that she's nominated and I'm excited that I will for sure see my friend again!"

Last night, GENERAL HOSPITAL's Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax) was in the bottom two on DANCING WITH THE STARS. Luckily, Andy Dick was sent home instead, but speaking with the actor after the show, he was shaken. "It's not a nice feeling to be in the bottom two," he admitted. "Not very good odds. I haven't cried enough yet. Next week I'm going to cry."

And while the promised video package with Rademacher's adorable son, Peanut, didn't appear in last night's episode, it still might show up next week. "I think the show was long," he mused.

Professional partner Kym Johnson is confident that the actor will turn things around next week. "I feel Ingo's improving every single week and he's picking up things more quickly," she told us. "We'll have more time to really refine the dances and make them as perfect as we can."

Next week, he'll be performing a jive, and is looking forward to it. "We have a really fun song," he said. "Hopefully that will make rehearsals more fun. We had talked about doing the jive on Monday night in the dance-off, but it wasn't available."

Make sure you tune in next Monday, May 6, at 8:00 pm EST on ABC to watch Rademacher perform in the next round, and be sure to vote!

Nominations for the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced this morning. THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS leads with 23 total nominations, followed closely by GENERAL HOSPITAL with 19. DAYS OF OUR LIVES earned 17 nods and THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL garnered 15. ONE LIFE TO LIVE, which was eligible for the few episodes that aired at the beginning of 2012 even managed to pick up 3 nominations for itself, including Outstanding Drama Series! The Daytime Emmys will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA and broadcast on HLN on Sunday, June 16. The full list of nominees is after the jump!

On last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS, Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax, GENERAL HOSPITAL) and professional partner Kym Johnson found themselves earning three extra points in a dance-off that pushed them ahead of rivals Sean Lowe and Peta Murgatroyd. "We had more connection in our second dance," Rademacher told Soaps In Depth following the show. "We had a more romantic song the second time. I tried to apply the judges' notes, especially with the hips. You want more fluid, baby — I can do that!"

And the actor was delighted to take Johnson to the GH set to learn the sexy, romantic dance. "I spent 18 years on the show," Rademacher explained. "I said, 'Let me show you where I learned to be that guy.' It was a nice way to tie into the show. It was my home there."

Executive producer Frank Valentini was there, but Rademacher admits that they didn't have time to swing by casting to see if they could find a role for Johnson. "You never know," Rademacher teased, with Johnson adding "I'd have fun!"

Make sure to tune in tonight at 9:00 pm EST on ABC to see if Rademacher earned enough votes to keep him dancing for another week! And as a bonus, his son, Peanut, will be making a special appearance! "He's got his own thing going on," the proud papa laughed. "I don't know what he did. He just went without me. 'See ya, Dad!'"

THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS has snatched up yet another actor from GENERAL HOSPITAL! This time it's Erin Chambers, who will be going from playing the late, lamented Siobhan to Genoa City paralegal Melanie Daniels. And seeing how so many characters on Y&R are often in trouble with the law, she should be kept pretty busy, even though the role is currently only recurring. Look for Chambers to debut on Wednesday, June 5. Daytime Confidential first reported the news.

It didn't take Lindsey Morgan long to score a couple of bookings after being let go as GENERAL HOSPITAL's Kristina! "I booked a pilot for Fox Digital [Studios] and a guest star role on [TNT's] FRANKLIN & BASH," she tells In Depth. "Maybe GH was a good luck charm. I miss it already but am grateful to have found work so quickly!"

Fox's new media pilot, EXTR, is about an electronic dance music DJ intrigued and eventually obsessed with a machine that channels energy and turns it into sound. Is this contraption actually tapped into the universe? That's the big question. Morgan plays a street-smart young woman who's always got an angle... and is always up for a little partying! "My role is very vixen-like and, let's just say, I'll be stretching myself as an actress," Morgan hints.

There are bad days and then there are BAAAAAD days. GENERAL HOSPITAL's Maxie was having the latter. In one morning, she learned Lulu was missing, Ellie was hacking into her medical records and she lost her job at Crimson on her first day back. And that was all before lunch! Maybe that June Cleaver Easter Sunday outfit she was wearing triggered a string of bad luck. Who knows? After some rather effective begging and pleading, Connie reinstated her. But that break in the bad vibe was punctuated by someone else doing some kicking and screaming... her bouncing baby bump!

Score one for Britt. Her insincere "I can't do this alone" plea had a guilt-ridden Patrick skipping out on his first official date with Sabrina to join her royal "britch" for her abortion appointment. "There really isn't anyone else [to turn to]," Dr. W moaned, flapping her long lashes at doormat Dr. D. It worked. Britt won the battle but the feisty fighter in Sabrina has yet to emerge. The war is far from being over, especially with Carly giving her pointers on how to handle men!

Duke turned on the charm, adding new meaning to the phrase "room service" when he showed up at Anna's hotel suite (shouldn't she have an apartment by now?) with a fancy meal and a single white rose. She loosened up and they finally, FINALLY made it to the bedroom! A.J., meanwhile, is about to feel the wrath of messing with a Cassadine! His possessiveness toward Liz not only made her give him the brush off, it also fired up Nikolas, who decided to partner with Tracy to destroy A.J.'s Pickle-Lila plans!

Get ready for a fun week ahead. Johnny summons Connie to share something of grave importance, Sonny and A.J. face off... and Ellie gets her hands on Maxie's medical files! Don't forget: 2:00 ET and 1:00 PST/CT on ABC. Be there!

While there won't be any ONE LIFE TO LIVE actors nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award when the contenders are named next Wednesday -- even though the show did have three weeks of eligibility from the 2012 calendar year before their final ABC broadcast last January, none of their stars made the pre-nomination list -- castmembers from the soap, as well as ALL MY CHILDREN, will be able to compete next year!

David Michaels, senior executive director of the Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards, tells Soaps In Depth that the beloved soaps (set to relaunch on Monday from The OnLine Network), will be eligible for consideration in 2014... it's just a matter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences deciding in which category to place them! "In May, we have an awards committee meeting. We're going to start discussing that now," Michaels reveals. "There are a bunch of different ways to go. They are obviously going to be eligible for the contest; we're just trying to decide how they should be eligible."

Nominations for the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be announced on Wednesday, May 1, so check back here that day to see who made the cut! And then tune in to the live broadcast on Sunday, June 16, on HLN to see who takes home the gold.

Emmy nominee Jennifer Bassey (ex-Marian, ALL MY CHILDREN) checks in to Seattle Grace tonight when her three-show arc begins on GREY'S ANATOMY in the episode titled "Sleeping Monster." Bassey plays Nancy, a grandmother whose family is facing a medical crisis in the ABC primetime medical drama, which airs at 9 p.m. EST.

"Darling, I tell you, it all starts at the top -- [creator/executive producer] Shonda Rhimes puts together the greatest group of people," Bassey raves to Soaps In Depth of her GREY'S experience. "The writer is on the set as the show is being filmed. It's all about the writing and the writers know the characters so well. They write for them beautifully. It's a beautifully put together show!"

The actress warns that her fans may not recognize her immediately. "I wear not a stitch of makeup," she reveals. "It's a wonderful, wonderful group of people. Kevin McKidd (Owen) is just the sweetest man on the planet. I had the best time."

Rumors circulating that Maura West (ex-Carly, AS THE WORLD TURNS, ex-Diane, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS) would be joining GENERAL HOSPITAL in a new role were totally on the money! The Emmy winner is reportedly already on set taping, and should debut as Ava Jerome sometime in May (just in time for sweeps... convenient!).

Longtime fans might recognize the name Jerome from Port Charles history. The Jerome clan was a Mob family that Duke and Anna found themselves wrapped up with. (Remember Tonja Walker as the Duke-obsessed Olivia?) Of course, the last name might just be a coincidence, but then again, headwriter Ron Carlivati is a big fan of GH history!

Soaps In Depth was lucky enough to get an early screening of ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE's first episodes, so we thought we'd give you our take — spoiler free, of course!

Right off the bat, the shows look great and any worries fans may have over "cheap looking Internet shows" should be dispelled within the first minute. The sets are all new but you can easily recognize landmarks like the Chandler mansion or the Lord library. Both shows have a definite younger vibe and what feels to be a quicker pace to them and both contain some cheeky, self-referential nods to the soap genre, the move to the Internet and even their younger feel. There was humor and mystery and sadness and love — yes, sweet and steamy love in the afternoon! (Or morning, or evening or whenever you choose to watch.)

AMC has enough new faces to keep viewers busy getting to know them, but this shouldn't come as a surprise as we were told that the show would heavily feature the next generation. And don't panic because they've got their vets too and from what we've seen, it certainly doesn't look like they're all relegated to supporting roles.

OLTL's younger crowd is prominent as well, but it feels like more of a mixture, with the next generation and the previous one interacting more, so right off the bat each show has its own feel. With OLTL, it's more familiar faces forging new relationships and sometimes taking off in new directions.

Fans should be happy to see their old favorites return and the set-up to some exciting storylines — one episode in and they've both got their share of surprises and intrigue! They may not be your grandmother's soaps, but they didn't reinvent the wheel — it's still rolling along just fine!

GENERAL HOSPITAL's Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax) had his best week ever on DANCING WITH THE STARS, performing a tango with partner Kym Johnson that scored them three eights from the judges. "It feels amazing," Johnson told Soaps In Depth after last night's results show. "It's a great confidence boost."

And that confidence looks ready to keep the pair going strong with next week's dance. "We're getting towards the end," Rademacher admitted to us. "It's like a sprint towards the line. It's going to be harder in a way, but I think my fitness level has improved a little bit now because we've been dancing for so long. I've had a little bit of a break, actually, with this dance because it wasn't as physically demanding as some of the other dances."

Johnson is sure that the actor can handle the sexy and romantic side of next week's dance, the rumba. "Yeah," Rademacher said, "I've been doing that for 18 years on GH!"

Be sure to tune in next week on Monday, April 29, at 8:00 pm EST to see how he does with it! (And be sure to keep voting to keep him on the show!)

Five days after Prospect Park filed a breach of contract lawsuit against ABC for misuse of ONE LIFE TO LIVE characters on loan to GENERAL HOSPITAL among other charges, the network has responded with a statement: "ABC remains very supportive of the on-line launch of both 'One Life to Live' and 'All My Children.' With respect to Prospect Park's lawsuit, we believe the claims are baseless and we will defend them vigorously in court and not the press."

Both OLTL and ALL MY CHILDREN are set to launch via Prospet Park's The OnLine Network on Monday, April 29, on Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes.

Soap fans are excited for the returns of ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE on Monday, April 29, (us included!) but some of them are still a little hazy on how exactly they'll be able to watch their shows. Don't worry, we've got you covered with a handy viewing guide that should answer all your questions! Just make the jump and we'll break it all down for you...

The behind-the-scenes drama between ABC and Prospect Park just keeps getting crazier and crazier! With a little over a week to go before Prospect Park's The OnLine Network relaunches ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE, the production company is suing ABC for breach of contract over the licensing agreement. In papers filed yesterday requesting a jury trial, Prospect Park claims that ABC has been breaking the agreement and sabotaging their efforts to continue AMC and OLTL on-line.

Prospect Park's complaint isn't just about ABC borrowing several OLTL characters to appear on GENERAL HOSPITAL and the recent battle over Kristen Alderson (ex-Starr), Roger Howarth (ex-Todd) and Michael Easton (ex-McBain). The suit claims that in a gesture of good will, Prospect Park lent seven OLTL characters to ABC for temporary use on GH with the agreement that PP retained approval rights over those characters, which ABC failed to do. Aside from signing the three above-mentioned actors to long-term contracts and then offering them new characters when Prospect Park attempted to negotiate their OLTL returns, GH killed off the OLTL characters of Cole and Hope, and effectively killed off the OLTL character of Tomas Delgado (who wasn't even licensed to ABC) by making him an existing GH character, Lorenzo Alcazar.

Deadline.com first broke news of the $25 million lawsuit filed by Prospect Park. For full details on the complaint, check out the Hollywood Reporter here.

Stories are flying around the internet about ALL MY CHILDREN alum Chrishell Stause (ex-Amanda) joining the cast of NBC sudser DAYS OF OUR LIVES in an unspecified role. And the actress herself has confirmed it via Twitter!

"So happy that they finally announced it — I couldn't be happier! My bags are packed — moving to Salem!"

Of course, DAYS has not confirmed the casting, and likely won't until much closer to when the actress will first air on the soap. (Which won't be for quite a while as DAYS films episodes months in advance!) But stay tuned, because as soon as we find out more about the character she'll be playing and when she'll be showing up on screen, we'll let you know!

When The OnLine Network announced plans to bring ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE to Hulu.com and iTunes, it was revealed that both shows would be airing four half-hour episodes each week from Monday to Thursday. But now they have revealed what to expect from the Friday "recap" show!

The half-hour Friday installments, MORE ONE LIFE TO LIVE and MORE ALL MY CHILDREN, will be hosted by former KAB correspondent and anchor Leslie Miller and feature exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of AMC and OLTL as well as interviews with the stars. Plus, they're planning to implement real-time interaction with the actors through Twitter and Skype. They're also including some lifestyle segments featuring fashion, beauty and relationship advice that will relate to that week's episodes in Pine Valley and Llanview.

"We are truly excited about the opportunity to offer our passionate and loyal fans with yet another vehicle to connect with their favorite stars," said Prospect Park founders Rich Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz in a statement. "Creating relevant content that matters to our viewers has always been our goal. This series, produced by some of the best in the business, will be anchored by entertaining segments that will be conversation starters and will be another way for our audience to get up-close and personal with these two beloved series."

With AMC and OLTL debuting on Monday, April 29, we'll only have to wait until the first installment of the new recap shows on Friday, May 3!

Sonny's life has been pretty complicated lately on GENERAL HOSPITAL, but things are about to get worse, because his boy Morgan Corinthos is on his way back to Port Charles, and will be bringing trouble in his wake!

Last played by Aaron Sanders, a rep for the soap has confirmed that the role will now be played by daytime newcomer Bryan Craig. At this point, we don't have an airdate for his first appearance, so stay tuned!

Kelly Monaco's (Sam) turns on DANCING WITH THE STARS got professional hoofer Maksim Chmerkovskiy a part as Anton during the GENERAL HOSPITAL Nurses Ball, but it looks like his cameo appearance isn't quite over yet!

"I had a blast," he says of his stint on the soap. "But you know, this relationship is not over. We've talked about our future and... just watch GH."

Aside from that tease, Chmerkovskiy won't say much more except how much he loved the cast and crew at GH. "I was welcomed," he reports, adding with a laugh, "I'm easy to get along with. Acting is something I definitely want to do and this is an amazing step."

So stay tuned and see if Anton comes back... and why!

On last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS, Ingo Rademacher (Jax, GENERAL HOSPITAL) was disappointed in the scores he received for his cha-cha with partner Kym Johnson. But while Johnson worried they could be going home after that dance, the actor was more optimistic.

"We're not going anywhere tomorrow night," he told In Depth following the show last night. "We're not even going to be in jeopardy. We have a lot of fans out there. And I told them they have to vote extra hard."

Rademacher also blames their disappointing results on being the first couple to hit the dance floor. "I think we would have gotten better scores if we'd come out later," he admitted. "It's a 50/50 chance that you're going to get [a lower score] if you come out first."

Dancing alongside professionals Tony Dovolani and Emma Slater to "Lady Marmalade" also added an extra challenge. "It makes us work harder," Rademacher said. "We needed a little more rehearsal time with them. Physically this wasn't so bad. This one hurt the knees a lot from all the small steps, but otherwise it was good."

Is he right to be confident in the support of all the GH fans voting for him? Or could Rademacher be in jeopardy this week? Tune in to the results show tonight at 9:00 pm EST on ABC to find out!

Canadian fans worried about how they were going to watch the new online reboots of ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE due to region lockouts on Hulu.com and iTunes need worry no longer! The two soaps will be carried on the television network FX Canada!

"ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE are a unique addition to FX Canada's slate of provocative and critically-acclaimed dramas," said Scott Moore, President of Broadcast, Rogers Media in a statement. "As the only television channel in North America broadcasting these new series, FX Canada continues its commitment to deliver exclusive, premium content to its viewers."

The soaps will still debut on FX Canada on Monday, April 29, with AMC airing at 12:00 noon EST and OLTL at 12:30 pm EST.