Soaps In Depth

Soaps In Depth

Soaps In Depth's Senior Editor, Irene Vitale, Turns From The Interviewer To The Interviewed For LOVE SOAPS!

Congratulations on Soaps In Depth's 5th anniversary! How does it feel to celebrate your magazine's first major milestone?

"THANK YOU! IT'S WONDERFUL! AFTER FIVE YEARS, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO GIVING READERS WHAT THEY WANT: THE MOST COVERAGE OF THEIR FAVORITE SHOWS."

How did you first think of opening up Soaps In Depth, with the different editions for different networks? It's such a great idea!

"THE CREATIVE TEAM AT BAUER PUBLISHING REALIZED THAT VIEWERS, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WATCHED SOAPS "BY NETWORK." FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE WATCHED ALL MY CHILDREN ON ABC, THEY WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO TUNE INTO ONE LIFE TO LIVE THAN, SAY, A CBS SOAP. IT WAS OUR WAY OF GIVING VIEWERS MORE OF WHAT THEY WANTED, AND FIVE YEARS LATER, THE THEORY HAS PROVEN TRUE!"

What are your all-time favorite cover and cover story, in each of Soaps In Depth's editions?

"I'VE LOVED SO MANY OF OUR COVERS. IN MY OPINION, THE BEST ONES ARE THOSE WITH A BIG RETURN, OR A BIG REVEAL. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN SONNY RETURNED TO GH WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. NEXT WEEK, WE HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE COVER STORY ON EVA LA RUE CALLAHAN'S [AMC'S EX-MARIA] RETURN TO AMC. FOR CBS, ONE OF MY FAVORITE COVERS WAS Y&R'S LAURALEE BELL (CHRISTINE) WITH HER BABY. IT WAS JUST SUCH AN HONEST AND INTIMATE INTERVIEW (AND, BY THE WAY, SHE'S JUST ANNOUNCED THAT SHE'S EXPECTING HER SECOND CHILD IN NOVEMBER!)"

What do you consider SID's best section / feature?

"I ENJOY ALL OF OUR SECTIONS. PERSONALLY, I FEEL THE FEATURE INTERVIEWS ARE THE MOST REVEALING AND OF COURSE 'IN DEPTH.'"

How did you first start watching soaps?

"I GREW UP WATCHING SOAPS. WHEN I WAS A BABY, MY DAD WORKED NIGHTS AND WATCHED THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS DURING LUNCH WITH ME. MY MOM AND I WATCHED DAYS OF OUR LIVES EVERY DAY WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. LATER, I BEGAN WATCHING THE ABC SOAPS FAITHFULLY."

Do you watch all the soaps?

"WHILE WE ALL DON'T HAVE TIME TO WATCH EVERY SHOW EVERY DAY, WE TRY TO KEEP UP AS BEST WE CAN. WE HAVE A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT WITH EACH OF THE SHOWS IN WHICH WE GET STORYLINE PREVIEW ABOUT THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE IN ORDER TO WORK ON OUR ISSUES. WE KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE SHOWS BY READING THESE DETAILED SUMMARIES."

What are your 3 all-time favorite storylines?

"DAYS OF OUR LIVES: ADDIE'S DEATH.

"ALL MY CHILDREN: JESSE'S DEATH.

"ONE LIFE TO LIVE: MAX & TINA'S ALMOST WEDDING - IN WHICH SHE STATED 'I TAKE THEE CORD,' INSTEAD OF HER GROOM, MAX!"

If you could give advices to 3 different soap characters, which ones would you choose, and what would you advise them?

"BLAKE ON GL: PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES.

"BEN ON OLTL: YOUR WIFE MAY NOT BE WHO YOU THINK SHE IS.

"ALEXIS ON GH: IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY WITH FIRE, BE PREPARED TO GET BURNED!"

If you lived in Llanview, Pine Valley and Port Charles, where would you hangout in the most?

"LLANVIEW: BREAK BAR

"PINE VALLEY: SOS

"PORT CHARLES: WYNDEMEREŠ JUST KIDDINGŠ LUKE'S PLACE."

Who would have been your best friends on each of the ABC soaps, and why?

"GH: SONNY, BECAUSE I'D ALWAYS BE PROTECTED (AS LONG AS WE WEREN'T ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED)!

"PC: LUCY, BECAUSE SHE'D ALWAYS KEEP THINGS FUN AND INTERESTING.

"AMC: TAD, BECAUSE HE COULD USE A FRIEND RIGHT ABOUT NOW.

"OLTL: VIKI, BECAUSE SHE'S LOYAL AND FORTHRIGHT (WHEN SHE'S NOT BEING DOMINATED BY NIKI SMITH, THAT IS)! OR JESSICA, BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY GORGEEOUS MEN, AND MAYBE I COULD GET SOME OF HER CASTOFFS!"

If you could bring 5 characters back to the soaps, who would you choose?

"TO GH: ROBERT SCORPIO, BRENDA BARRETT AND FRISCO JONES. TO OLTL: DORIAN LORD, TO B&B: CAROLINE FORRESTER."

Did you ever live a real-life soap?

"NO, THANK GOODNESS!"

Any comments about winning LOVE SOAPS! 's Soapy Magazine Of The Year award?

"IT IS QUITE AN HONOR! WE ARE THRILLED THAT PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. AND CANADA ENJOY OUR PUBLICATION AND WE LOVE HEARING FROM THEM. IT IS ALL VERY GRATIFYING."

Do you have any scoops to share with LOVE SOAPS! 's visitors?

"MAY SWEEPS IS GOING TO BE HOT, HOT, HOT ON ALL OF THE SOAPS! LOOK FOR THE RETURN OF A FEW OLD FAVORITES, A SURPRISE WEDDING AND SOME STEAMY LOVE SCENES!"

Is there anything you'd like to tell your readers?

"THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US AND CONTINUE TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN SOAPS IN DEPTH."

Click Here To Visit Soaps In Depth's Website!


	With Love To... The SOAPS! Y&R Fan Event Coverage - NEW \| OLTL's Melissa Archer (Natalie) \| GL's Crystal Chappell (Olivia; ex-Maggie, OLTL; ex-Carly, DAYS) \| Soaps In Depth \| OLTL's Gina Tognoni (ex-Kelly) \| Y&R's Michelle Stafford (Phyllis) \| Amc's Walt Willey (Jackson) \| The 'Ripa' Effect \| Laura Addicts \| Kelly Ripa Haven Soaps In Depth Soaps In Depth's Senior Editor, Irene Vitale, Turns From The Interviewer To The Interviewed For LOVE SOAPS! Congratulations on Soaps In Depth's 5th anniversary! How does it feel to celebrate your magazine's first major milestone? "THANK YOU! IT'S WONDERFUL! AFTER FIVE YEARS, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO GIVING READERS WHAT THEY WANT: THE MOST COVERAGE OF THEIR FAVORITE SHOWS." How did you first think of opening up Soaps In Depth, with the different editions for different networks? It's such a great idea! "THE CREATIVE TEAM AT BAUER PUBLISHING REALIZED THAT VIEWERS, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WATCHED SOAPS "BY NETWORK." FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE WATCHED ALL MY CHILDREN ON ABC, THEY WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO TUNE INTO ONE LIFE TO LIVE THAN, SAY, A CBS SOAP. IT WAS OUR WAY OF GIVING VIEWERS MORE OF WHAT THEY WANTED, AND FIVE YEARS LATER, THE THEORY HAS PROVEN TRUE!" What are your all-time favorite cover and cover story, in each of Soaps In Depth's editions? "I'VE LOVED SO MANY OF OUR COVERS. IN MY OPINION, THE BEST ONES ARE THOSE WITH A BIG RETURN, OR A BIG REVEAL. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN SONNY RETURNED TO GH WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. NEXT WEEK, WE HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE COVER STORY ON EVA LA RUE CALLAHAN'S [AMC'S EX-MARIA] RETURN TO AMC. FOR CBS, ONE OF MY FAVORITE COVERS WAS Y&R'S LAURALEE BELL (CHRISTINE) WITH HER BABY. IT WAS JUST SUCH AN HONEST AND INTIMATE INTERVIEW (AND, BY THE WAY, SHE'S JUST ANNOUNCED THAT SHE'S EXPECTING HER SECOND CHILD IN NOVEMBER!)" What do you consider SID's best section / feature? "I ENJOY ALL OF OUR SECTIONS. PERSONALLY, I FEEL THE FEATURE INTERVIEWS ARE THE MOST REVEALING AND OF COURSE 'IN DEPTH.'" How did you first start watching soaps? "I GREW UP WATCHING SOAPS. WHEN I WAS A BABY, MY DAD WORKED NIGHTS AND WATCHED THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS DURING LUNCH WITH ME. MY MOM AND I WATCHED DAYS OF OUR LIVES EVERY DAY WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. LATER, I BEGAN WATCHING THE ABC SOAPS FAITHFULLY." Do you watch all the soaps? "WHILE WE ALL DON'T HAVE TIME TO WATCH EVERY SHOW EVERY DAY, WE TRY TO KEEP UP AS BEST WE CAN. WE HAVE A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT WITH EACH OF THE SHOWS IN WHICH WE GET STORYLINE PREVIEW ABOUT THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE IN ORDER TO WORK ON OUR ISSUES. WE KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE SHOWS BY READING THESE DETAILED SUMMARIES." What are your 3 all-time favorite storylines? "DAYS OF OUR LIVES: ADDIE'S DEATH. "ALL MY CHILDREN: JESSE'S DEATH. "ONE LIFE TO LIVE: MAX & TINA'S ALMOST WEDDING - IN WHICH SHE STATED 'I TAKE THEE CORD,' INSTEAD OF HER GROOM, MAX!" If you could give advices to 3 different soap characters, which ones would you choose, and what would you advise them? "BLAKE ON GL: PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES. "BEN ON OLTL: YOUR WIFE MAY NOT BE WHO YOU THINK SHE IS. "ALEXIS ON GH: IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY WITH FIRE, BE PREPARED TO GET BURNED!" If you lived in Llanview, Pine Valley and Port Charles, where would you hangout in the most? "LLANVIEW: BREAK BAR "PINE VALLEY: SOS "PORT CHARLES: WYNDEMEREŠ JUST KIDDINGŠ LUKE'S PLACE." Who would have been your best friends on each of the ABC soaps, and why? "GH: SONNY, BECAUSE I'D ALWAYS BE PROTECTED (AS LONG AS WE WEREN'T ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED)! "PC: LUCY, BECAUSE SHE'D ALWAYS KEEP THINGS FUN AND INTERESTING. "AMC: TAD, BECAUSE HE COULD USE A FRIEND RIGHT ABOUT NOW. "OLTL: VIKI, BECAUSE SHE'S LOYAL AND FORTHRIGHT (WHEN SHE'S NOT BEING DOMINATED BY NIKI SMITH, THAT IS)! OR JESSICA, BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS SURROUNDED BY GORGEEOUS MEN, AND MAYBE I COULD GET SOME OF HER CASTOFFS!" If you could bring 5 characters back to the soaps, who would you choose? "TO GH: ROBERT SCORPIO, BRENDA BARRETT AND FRISCO JONES. TO OLTL: DORIAN LORD, TO B&B: CAROLINE FORRESTER." Did you ever live a real-life soap? "NO, THANK GOODNESS!" Any comments about winning LOVE SOAPS! 's Soapy Magazine Of The Year award? "IT IS QUITE AN HONOR! WE ARE THRILLED THAT PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. AND CANADA ENJOY OUR PUBLICATION AND WE LOVE HEARING FROM THEM. IT IS ALL VERY GRATIFYING." Do you have any scoops to share with LOVE SOAPS! 's visitors? "MAY SWEEPS IS GOING TO BE HOT, HOT, HOT ON ALL OF THE SOAPS! LOOK FOR THE RETURN OF A FEW OLD FAVORITES, A SURPRISE WEDDING AND SOME STEAMY LOVE SCENES!" Is there anything you'd like to tell your readers? "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US AND CONTINUE TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN SOAPS IN DEPTH." Click Here To Visit Soaps In Depth's Website!