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For the woman who uses Fels Naptha

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July 27, 2004

Volume 1, Issue 1

Jill Abbot Foster and a Bottle of Vodka
KATHERINE FIGHTS HER DEMONS...AGAIN

Inside this issue:

The great Katherine Chancellor, played by one of Soap Opera’s Grande Dames, Jeanne Cooper since the inception of The Young & The Restless in December, 1973, is a riveting story of betrayal, alcoholism, and loneliness, and of conquering these very demons that have haunted her for the last 30 years. After discovering that Kay’s life long enemy and rival, Jill, is in fact the daughter that Kay gave up for adoption decades ago, not to mention the fact that they share the same mansion, a house full of angry and bitter memories for both of them, Katherine is once again battling her demon in the bottle, Vodka.
Katherine Chancellor is the wealthy owner of Chancellor Industries. She was once married to Phillip Chancellor before he left her for Jill. Kay has been involved with many men in the past, and was once married to Rex. Sterling. She has a son Brock, and a granddaughter Mackenzie who she first became aware of after Mac was already 15 years old. Kay and Jill have been bitter enemies for over a quarter of a century.
Katherine was sober for a long time, but after a long and ugly court battle to determine that her husband Phillip was not the father of Jill’s baby, and having to face the truth that she, and no one else is to blame for the death of Phillip while she
Cont’d on back page was driving him home, drunk, she has given in to her demon friend vodka again. Even though Katherine won her case, ultimately she was forced to face the truth that Phillip really did father Jill’s baby. Jill, determined to wreak havoc with the rich lady’s life, arrives at the Chancellor estate with a paper bag weighted down. While Kay thinks that Jill is there to physically assault her, Jill replies that Kay will hurt herself. She gives Katherine the bag, and in it is a full bottle of booze. Katherine is once again drinking, and Jill is carrying out her plan to destroy Kay by having bottle after bottle of Vodka delivered to Kay’s doorstep. All of this will change over the next few months, though, as Jill ends up being Kay’s biggest support system in Kay’s battle with the bottle. Katherine will remain sober until 2003.
Once again, Kay is oblivious to all around her and consumed with her best friend, Vodka. After a night of loved ones staging an intervention, Kay is “visited” by the ghosts of her most recent late husband, Rex, and Phillip IV, Jills son, the product of her late husbands romance with Jill. The next day, as Jill arrives to collect her things and move out of the house, she is met by Kay, with bags packed. Kay is going to rehab. Will she succeed? Does she have the strength to face this and her other problems without the aid of the bottle to lean on? Can there finally be some true bonding between her and her daughter? Well, continue to tune in to The Young and the Restless and find out.

THE HISTORY OF SOAP OPERAS	2
THE WEEKLY GOSSIP	2
My Soap Job… an Associate Producers Story	3
PHOTO SESSION	3
Urban Legend	4

Special points of interest:
Katherine Battles the Bottle...again
Benjamin Hendrickson walks away
Gossip
Photo Session

IS THIS COP OUTTA HERE?
HAL TAKES A WALK WITHOUT SIGNING PAPERS

It started off as an online rumor, but a show spokesperson now confirms that Emmy winner Benjamin Hendrickson (Hal Munson) will exit As the World Turns by the end of the summer. Earlier this month, rumors began appearing on internet message boards, including Soap Opera Central's Message Central, hinting that Hendrickson might leave the show because contract negotiations were not going well. At the same time, however, a bogus press release was circulating claiming that As the World Turns' head writer Hogan Sheffer had been fired. Understandably, the rumors were quickly downplayed by all parties involved. Continued on page 2 While Hendrickson has previously taken personal leaves from As the World Turns, this exit will be more permanent. In both 2001 and 2003, the actor left the show temporarily. In 2001, former All My Children star James Kiberd stepped into the role. Two years later, soap vet Randolph Mantooth assumed the role. Upon Hendrickson's exit, the role of Hal will be recast. Hendrickson joined As the World Turns in 1985. In 2001, he earned the first of three Daytime Emmy nominations in the Outstanding Supporting Actor category. In 2003, he won his first Emmy trophy. "We wish him luck in his future endeavors," a show spokesperson said in a statement. A final airdate has not been released for Hendrickson has not been released, though it is expected that the actor will last appear in August.

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THE HISTORY OF SOAP OPERAS continued on top of page 3

In the Ralph Guild and Ahmanson Radio Listening Rooms The history of the soap opera begins on radio, where all roads lead back to the former schoolteacher who could be called the inventor of the soap genre, Irna Phillips. Although unknown outside her daytime field, Phillips was one of the great forces of broadcasting. Beginning on radio in Chicago, she not only wrote several series at the same time,
enerating two million words a year, but also served as the independent producer of her work as early as 1930. The six thematic listening packpackages offer early, rarely heard works of Irna Phillips and other significant producers such as Frank and Anne Hummert, Gertrude Berg, and Elaine Sterne Carrington. Also among the programs are other early classic daytime serials, including Portia Faces Life, Young Dr. Malone, and Backstage Wife.
Irna Phillips Irna Phillips created serial dramas that revolved around the institution of the family and portrayed "the life-giving strength that comes from a secure family unit, and the destructiveness its members can unconsciously wreak on one another." In the summer of 1952, the reigning "Queen of the continued on top of page 2 Soap Opera" brought her inspirational radio drama The Guiding Light to television, adding a visual dimension to the trials of the wise immigrant Papa Bauer
(played by Theo Goetz) and his daughter-in-law Bert (played by the late Charita Bauer for three decades). Four years later, Phillips's groundbreaking serial As the World Turns made its debut and introduced the Hughes family, who for forty years (and counting) have brought wisdom and devotion to its members and to the community of Oakdale, Illinois. In the premiere story line of Phillips's later venture Another World (1964), the Matthews household struggled over daughter Pat's unplanned pregnancy and subsequent murder of her boyfriend.
Irna Phillips “Queen of the Soap Opera.”
(Excerpts and photo from Worlds Without Ends)

HAL WALKS cont’d. from page 1

THE WEEKLY GOSSIP Soap Opera Digest Vol. 29, No. 28 July 13, 2004

ATWT: The New Girl
Christina Chambers (Molly) was thrilled to spend a summer in New York while taking over for Lesli Kay, although she did have plans back home in L.A. for one special weekend. “I did a film that made it into the L.A. Film Festival called Fighting Tommy riley. I am Tommy’s girlfriend. He’s fighting himself. It’s kind of like Good Will Hunting meets Rocky.”

GL: The Plays The Thing
Paul Anthony Steward (Danny) has enjoyed working on the GUIDING LIGHT Actors’ Theater—a project spearheaded by Maureen Garrett (Holly). Last year the players treavelled to Fayetville, NC to do a reading, and Stewart wants to plan additional performances. “I hope that we can re-energize this project. It’s really about overcoming the hurdle of getting all of our schedules coordinated [laughs].

Y&R: Tressed Out
The irony of fashion plate Drucilla losing her locks due to using an untested hair product wasn’t lost on Victoria Rowell. She’s thrilled to shed light on a little talked about affliction, alopecia. “There’s been a lot of response globally,” she raves. While traveling on behalf of National Foster Care Awareness Month in Bermuda, she was pleased with the reaction from women. “I’m so happy that we got out of the comedy to the reality and severity of the malady.”

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THE WEEKLY SOAPBOX

History of Soap Operas
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1956 ATWT Premiere Logo
1952 The Guiding Light Premier Logo

Guiding Light
My Soap Job...an Associate Producers Story

Just The Facts
How did you get this job?
“I interviewed here when I graduated college and didn’t get it. I worked at CNBC and I went on to ABC and other things. Two years later , I got a call from Televest, who had my résumé on file [and I was] hired as a temp. Later, I came on full-time as a production coordinator. When Ellen Wheeler [executive producer] came on, she thought I would be a good fit up in the booth doing continuity. It just goes to prove that sometimes it might not be the right fit at the moment, but never give up
What is your favorite part of the job?
“The show’s history is second nature to me. And I love being in the control room every day because I get a broad-spectrum look at what goes into creating the show.”
Soap Opera Digest—July 13, 2004

“To get the chance to work in daytime means I can give back to something that has given so much to me.”-David Brandon-Associate Producer of Guiding Light-

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Y&R KATHERINE FIGHTS BACK...AGAIN cont’d. from page 1

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