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1966: Dark Shadows' David was angry with his father.

1984: Guiding Light's Josh and Reva got heated in the hot tub.

1988: Days of our Lives' Salemites through Kayla a surprise shower.

2010: One Life to Live's Viki plotted to reunite David and Dorian."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1965: On General Hospital, Angie Weeks (Jana Taylor) asked Nurse Jessie Brewer (Emily McLaughlin) for advice.

1966: On Dark Shadows, David Collins (David Henesy) told Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) that he hated his father, Roger...

1966: Dark Shadows' David was angry with his father.

1984: Guiding Light's Josh and Reva got heated in the hot tub.

1988: Days of our Lives' Salemites through Kayla a surprise shower.

2010: One Life to Live's Viki plotted to reunite David and Dorian."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1965: On General Hospital, Angie Weeks (Jana Taylor) asked Nurse Jessie Brewer (Emily McLaughlin) for advice.

1966: On Dark Shadows, David Collins (David Henesy) told Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) that he hated his father, Roger (Louis Edmonds).

1972: On Another World, Alice (Jacqueline Courtney) told Jim,...

"Hollywood Treasure" is a new half-hour weekly reality series premiering on Wednesday October 27. Syfy will air two back-to-back episodes every Wednesday at 10:00 and at 10:30. The series delves into the fast-paced wheeling and dealing world of showbiz and pop culture memorabilia. "Hollywood Treasure" centers on Maddalena, who offers a tour of his Calabasas headquarter facilities, as he introduces his right arm, Brian Chanes, and Jon Mankuta, Tracey McCall and his support staff. The show is a fast-paced race to get the goods, authenticate what is being pitched to him and then prepare it for an auction that will be accessible to a world-wide audience. The premiere sees an original Mary Poppins carpet bag found in...

It seems that the MacGyver movie has a good chance of being made. What some fans may not know is that this isn't the first time a new version has been attempted.

In October 2002, Paramount made a deal with the WB network to produce a pilot for a new MacGyver series. Rather than focusing on Richard Dean Anderson's character, it would revolve around his nephew. Young MacGyver follows him as he winds up joining the Phoenix Foundation.

Casting got underway in late 2002 and they ended up hiring a pre-Supernatural Jared Padalecki, who'd been working on the network's Gilmore Girls. He reportedly had to pass on a role in Cheaper By The Dozen to do it. That part ended up going to Smallville's Tom Welling. The rest of the Young MacGyver pilot's cast includes Ron Canada, Tracey McCall, Alan Loayza, Lee Burns, Dominic Golden, and Kiele Sanchez.

The...