Just 10 days away! I hope members of The Locher Room community in NYC will join me June 15 at 7 PM at The Parkside Lounge for a special Pride Month film event. Three short films, followed by a talkback with Gay Sons and Mothers Founder Rick Miller. Hope to see you there! NYC! Click link for tkts!

Just finished From the Pile by Neil Adams and started Alan Shayne’s And It Only Took 100 Years… Two incredible stories. Join me June 10 for Neil’s tribute to Michael Dorian and later this month for Alan’s remarkable journey through life, love, television, history and pride. #TheLocherRoom all June

24 years ago today, Josh Lewis serenaded Reva the night before their third wedding with Billy, Richard, and Buzz singing backup on “The Way You Do the Things You Do.” ❤️ Click the link in my profile to watch! And tell me: which Josh & Reva wedding was your favorite—1, 2, or 3? #GuidingLight

What fun this was! Having Colleen Zenk join in the conversation just added to it. Thanks for joining me, Amanda and Dan!

Tomorrow in The Locher Room: Amanda Reyes & Daniel Budnik, co-hosts of The Made-For-TV Mayhem Show, join me at 7:30 p.m. ET to explore soap stars and the primetime TV movie boom. Plus, we may have a surprise visit from a daytime legend who appeared in one! Watch live. #TLR

Next week in The Locher Room: Author Neil Adams discusses From the Pile and honors his close friend Michael Dorian, an LGBTQ+ volunteer who ran toward Ground Zero on 9/11 to help others. Join us June 10 at 7:30 p.m. ET for this unforgettable conversation. #TheLocherRoom

Can’t wait!

🎧 New Podcast Alert! Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger joined me for a remarkable Conversation with Alan. At 98, he shares lessons on survival, resilience, and the importance of loving your neighbor and accepting others as equals. A powerful conversation I hope you’ll hear. Download or listen today.

Do you remember these primetime TV movies? What do Days of Our Lives, As the World Turns, General Hospital, Guiding Light and All My Children have in common? This Thursday at 7:30 p.m. ET, Amanda Reyes & Daniel Budnik explore soap stars and the TV movie boom. Watch live! #TheLocherRoom

32 years ago, I flew from Teterboro to Los Angeles on a private plane with Penny Marshall after she became ill over Memorial Day weekend. I was handling PR for Renaissance Man and got to work with Penny and a young Mark Wahlberg. What a memory! Link in profile for the Dateline piece. #pennymarshall

ICYMI: Josh Murray joined me to discuss Gym Rat, mental health, addiction, storytelling, and winning Best Actor at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. I loved hearing how movies shaped his life and about the dream he shares with his dad of getting one of their scripts produced. Watch now! #gymrat

Happy Birthday to the incredibly talented Scott Holmes! 🎂 Most fans know him as Tom Hughes on As the World Turns, but did you ever see Scott in his true element — performing and singing? This photo is from one of Martha Byrne’s St. Jude events. Join me in wishing him a wonderful birthday! 🎉 #ATWT

Staying with the Lewis family on this #FlashbackFriday! 19 years ago, Kim Zimmer, Nicole Forester, and Robert Newman landed on the cover of Soap Opera Weekly with the bombshell: “I Slept With Josh!” Oh, the drama. JEVA fans, where did you stand when this story exploded in Springfield?

#FlashbackFriday to Jeff Branson’s 2009 Daytime Emmy win for Guiding Light! Jeff tied with Vincent Irizarry, who won for All My Children, and I was there when both came off stage. Now Jeff joins Haven Falls. Catch him live June 17 at 7:30 p.m. ET as we preview the new audio drama! Don’t miss it!!!!!

Next week in The Locher Room: Amanda Reyes & Daniel Budnik join me live Thursday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. ET for a fascinating conversation inspired by the Soap Operas in Popular Culture Conference, exploring soap stars, daytime drama & the primetime TV movie boom. #TheLocherRoom

Tomorrow in The Locher Room, Josh Murray joins me live at 7:30 p.m. ET! Fresh off his Best Actor win at the Beverly Hills Film Festival for Gym Rat, we’ll discuss the gripping new thriller, working with Lou Ferrigno, and revisit his memorable General Hospital role as Russell, Drew Cain’s captor.

🎙️ New podcast alert! My conversation with Eric Feltes is now streaming. We talk healing from religious harm, unlearning shame, intimacy, and self-worth. Eric also announced his first book deal for The Gospel of You. A meaningful, honest conversation that may truly resonate with many.

This week in The Locher Room, actor Josh Murray joins me live Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET! Fresh off his Best Actor win at the Beverly Hills Film Festival for Gym Rat, we’ll discuss the thriller, Lou Ferrigno, and his memorable General Hospital role as Russell, Drew Cain’s captor. #gymrat #joshmurray

21 years ago today, Y&R delivered one of daytime’s most heartbreaking moments as Nick and Sharon lost Cassie. Joshua Morrow, Sharon Case, and Camryn Grimes broke our hearts, and Genoa City was never the same. Y&R fans, take me back. Where were you when this aired? Forever unforgettable.

James DePaiva takes us behind the scenes of Max and Gabrielle’s first love scene ❤️ With director Peter Miner’s trust, James choreographed the entire moment as one continuous shot. A fun look back at one of One Life to Live’s unforgettable romances. Search @thelocherroom on YouTube

A Sunday throwback to 42 years ago today! Check out these Guiding Light favorites I met outside the Chelsea studio: Gregory Beecroft, Michael O’Leary, Vincent Irizarry, and Mark Lewis. What a lineup from a great Springfield era. GL fans, who was your favorite from this group? ❤️

Happy 40th anniversary to Patch & Kayla ❤️ As fans celebrate this iconic Days couple, Stephen Nichols reflects on working with Drake Hogestyn in those final years: always prepared, always professional, never complaining. A beautiful tribute to Drake and a daytime legend. Click link in profile.

Tonight we congratulate our friend Stephen Colbert and his writers, staff and crew for eleven years of excellence. Watch Colbert’s finale tonight, and then never watch CBS again.

What a week in Salem! Celebrating Deidre Hall’s 50 years as Marlena, 40 years since Mary Beth Evans joined DAYS as Kayla Brady on May 23, 1986, and 40 years of Patch & Kayla. Decades of romance, drama, adventure and unforgettable soap history. Join the celebration, DAYS fans! ❤️

Calling all Santa Barbara fans! Cruz & Eden are reuniting June 7 at 4 PM for a special live Q&A to help Marcy Walker, who is facing health challenges. 100% of proceeds support her medical costs. Tickets are $100. Click link in profile to get tickets. Let’s show Marcy the love of this fandom. ❤️

This Pride Month, I’d love to invite The Locher Room community to a special event I’m proud to support as a board member of Gay Sons and Mothers. Join me June 15 at 7 PM in NYC for films, conversation, and community celebrating the mother/gay son bond. Hope to see you there! Link in profile for tkts

osh Murray, fresh off his Best Actor win at the Beverly Hills Film Festival for Gym Rat, joins me live in The Locher Room on Wednesday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET! We’ll discuss the dark new thriller, redemption, steroid culture, and his memorable General Hospital role as Russell. Don’t miss it live!!!

Last night I saw Hayden Panettiere with Michael Strahan in NYC. Amazing hearing her share her truth. Wild to think Hayden was 16 on Heroes and just 7 when she started as Lizzie on Guiding Light. I even got a quick hello in, 21 years after I last saw her at the Daytime Emmys!

13 years ago this week, the TMZ Tour of NYC was rolling! I helped create the tour while at On Location Tours as Director of PR, Marketing and Sales. Here’s Harvey Levin, Sara Haines in her NBC News days, and our guides. Plus, we spotted Cougar Town’s Josh Hopkins in the West Village!

Today’s the day! Hayden Panettiere’s memoir THIS IS ME is out, & I’m heading to Barnes & Noble in NYC to pick up my copy from Hayden herself. I worked with Hayden during her Guiding Light days as Lizzie Spaulding & knew she was special. Did you order your copy yet? Hoping for that Locher Room chat!

🚨 New Podcast Alert! Jessica Collins and Lisa Melamed joined me to discuss Where’s Big Dog?, the heartfelt book inspired by Jessica’s loss of Lucy and helping her daughter navigate grief. We also talked Loving, Y&R, friendship, Dolly Parton, and Lisa’s TV writing career. Listen now! 🎧

46 years ago today, The Jeffersons cast graced the cover of TV Guide! George, Louise, Tom, Helen and the unforgettable Florence. Loved this cast, that iconic theme song, and yes Guiding Light fans, Jay Hammer later played Alan Willis! Who else loved this classic? #TheJeffersons

45 years ago, Hart to Hart stars Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers and Lionel Stander graced the cover of TV Guide. I loved this glamorous mystery series! It ran 5 seasons and made Jonathan and Jennifer Hart one of TV’s coolest couples. Who else watched every week? #HartToHart #ClassicTV

Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger shares a message that remains urgently relevant: silence is not neutral. His powerful lesson on the difference between being a bystander and an upstander reminds us that when injustice happens, saying nothing can be its own form of complicity. #holocausteducation

#FlashbackFriday to October 2020, when Judi Evans and Vincent Irizarry joined me to revisit Almost Paradise. Vincent shares the reality of filming those beach scenes in Montauk in April, freezing in the ocean, lips turning blue, all for the perfect scene. Soap magic! #guidinglight #almostparadise

#FlashbackFriday to this day in 1987 backstage at Good Morning America with Jack Wagner and Joan Lunden! I loved Jack’s music back then, but soap fans knew him as Frisco Jones on GH. Were you a fan of Jack the singer, Frisco, or both? And did GH have the best musical heartthrobs ever?

Check out this photo from last night’s Paley Center Gala honoring Charlie’s Angels! Thanks to Steven Bergman for this great shot of Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson. I wanted to be in that room, but those ticket prices were out of my league! Heard Cheryl Ladd missed it. Were any of you there?! Amazing!

33 years ago today, Knots Landing came to an end after 14 seasons and 344 episodes. Karen, Abby, Val, Gary, Mack, Greg and Paige made that cul-de-sac one of TV’s most unforgettable addresses. Who else still misses this incredible primetime soap & its legendary cliffhangers? #KnotsLanding #TVHistory

Check out these hot sauce labels from our May 2004 “Hot Men of the P&G Soaps” party celebrating the stars of As the World Turns & Guiding Light 🌶️🔥 Yes, we really gave these bottles out. So tell me—which one would you want sitting in your kitchen today? #TheLocherRoom #ATWT #GLFans

Check out this gorgeous TV Guide cover from May 11, 1985 featuring Cheryl Ladd for A Death in California with Sam Elliott. Do you remember this true-crime TV movie? This week Cheryl, Jaclyn Smith & Kate Jackson are being honored at The Paley Center Gala in NYC. Wish I could be there. #TheLocherRoom

Tuc Watkins has another film coming our way! Death on the Brandywine co-stars Rena Sofer and Kate Burton and hits Cranford, NJ June 25, plus Media, PA, Ft. Lauderdale and Lewes, DE before streaming July 16. A political mystery with secrets and betrayal. #DeathOnTheBrandywine Looks like a fun ride!!!

Calling all Y&R fans in LA! Emmy-winning Y&R director Fritz Brekeller joins stars Melissa Claire Egan, Mark Grossman, Michael Graziadei and Elizabeth Hendrickson for a live reading May 20 at Barnes & Noble The Grove. Tickets: tinyurl.com/shewrotehewr... #YR Sounds like a fun night for fans!!

A throwback to a photo really fun shoot - Teen Vogue at Coney Island in 2004 with rising daytime talent. Polaroids from the day, not the best quality but memories. I was working with Matthew Bomer Agim Kaba and Jordi Vilasuso. Also Kyle Lowder, Jesse Metcalfe, Justin Hartley and Micah Alberti.

ICYMI: Jen Jacob and Jordi Vilasuso brought so much heart, humor and behind-the-scenes insight to The Locher Room! From audition stories and Jordi pursuing Grayson to the bond this Beyond the Gates cast shares, this was such a fun conversation. Catch the replay! #TheLocherRoom #BeyondTheGates

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms out there. Missing my mom today and always. Sharing photos of favorite daytime moms: Sarah Shayne, Marlena Evans, Emma Snyder, Erica Kane, Bobbie Spencer, Anita Dupree, Taylor Forrester, Nikki Newman and Kim Hughes. Who are yours? #MothersDay

Back in 2006, ATWT broke new ground with Luke Snyder’s coming out story. Check out this LOGO/CBS News piece from Itay Hod featuring Martha Byrne and Van Hansis, while also revisiting ATWT’s earlier groundbreaking story with Hank Elliot 16 years before. Click link in profile to watch. #ATWT

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Flashback to Santa Barbara at its peak. Marcy Walker, A. Martinez, Robin Mattson and Billy Warlock lit up the screen as Eden, Cruz, Gina and Rick. What a cast, what a time. And get ready, a new Santa Barbara book by Melissa Braverman Spears arrives this October. Who remembers this era? So iconic!!!

Join me in wishing Michael E. Knight a very Happy Birthday! From Tad Martin on All My Children to Martin Grey on General Hospital, so many unforgettable moments. Love this 1987 Emmy photo with Debbi Morgan and Darnell Williams. What a moment. #AMC #GH #DaytimeTV #HappyBirthday to a daytime favorite!