Petey Cortlandt, come on down!

When it comes to the reboot of AMC, it appears the price is right for Rob Wilson. The model/actor, who set hearts aflutter as the first-ever male model on The Price is Right, is headed east, as it was revealed that Wilson has scored the recast role of Pete "Petey" Cortlandt.

Though he's best known for his modeling, Wilson is no stranger to acting, as he's appeared in the films The Social Network, Friends with Benefits, and Bride Wars. His television credits include parts on The Secret Life of the American Teenager and The Middle.

Wilson's new on-screen mom, Jill Larson, took to the net to spill the news of Wilson's AMC casting, through both Twitter and Facebook, and who can blame her? With that smile, those eyes and a body that won't quit, Wilson deserves all the attention thrown in his direction. The actor is set to help usher in a new era of hotness in Pine Valley.

Now, this is a re-launch that we at soaphunks.net can get behind!

Production on the AMC revival began this week. Let's hope that Rob won't be the last hunk joining Pine Valley!

Revival cancelled: Prospect Park not producing OLTL, AMC online

The news broke today that Prospect Park will not be producing online versions of OLTL and AMC as previously announced. Read all about the sad news here.

Needless to say, like the rest of you, we here at soaphunks.net are bummed. With these two sudsers now truly cancelled and GH on Couric-induced life support, that'll leave precious few soaps on daytime. This just sucks.

DAYS' Foster, OLTL's Gregory lead nominees for 13th Annual Soaphunks.net Awards

DAYS freshman Bren Foster and OLTL sophomore David A. Gregory both scored six nominations to lead the 13th Annual Soaphunks.net Award nominations, announced Wednesday at soaphunks.net. 80 nominations were announced covering 16 categories.

Both Foster and Gregory placed in the top category--Best Hunk--along with B&B's Adam Gregory, OLTL's Josh Kelly, and AMC's Jordi Vilasuso.

This is the first year since 2006 where four of the five Best Hunk nominees are competing in that category for the first time. Only OLTL's Gregory has previously been up for Best Hunk, having won the title last year.

A total of 36 soap hunks received nominations this year. With 24 nominations, OLTL led all shows for the fourth consecutive year, helping ABC lead the networks with 38 nominations. NBC scored 22 nods, with CBS at 20.

Other points of interest:

• In AMC's final broadcast year on ABC, the sudser managed five nominations, three of them going to Vilasuso. Cameron Mathison's nod (for Best Hunk Over 40) marks his 38th career nomination, lengthening the record he already held. And the soap itself picked up its eighth nomination for Hunkiest Soap, an award it hasn't been up for since 2007. AMC finishes with a total of 116 nominations and (thus far) 22 wins.
• Austin Peck's 22nd career nomination (Most Shamefully Clothed for ABC's OLTL) makes the actor the first hunk in history to pick up a nomination for appearances on all three networks. Peck's 21 previous nominations came from NBC's DAYS and CBS' ATWT.
• AMC's Jordi Vilasuso sets a record this year for the longest gap between nominations. His three nods in 2011 are his first in a decade, since receiving two bids in 2001 for GL.
• By referring to him on the show SEVEN TIMES as having won the fictional title of "Llanview's Best Arms," OLTL was clearly shouting-out to star David Fumero's win in that category last year in the Soaphunks.net Awards. And 2011 finds him up in that category yet again, with a record on the line: A win would give him four victories in that category, which would be the most all-time.
• Just three months shy of his 17th birthday, OLTL's teen heartthrob Andrew Trischitta becomes the youngest nominee ever with his three nominations.

The entire list of nominations is available online. Complete year-by-year history of the awards is also available online.

As always, voting begins December 1 at soaphunks.net.

BIG NEWS: OLTL & AMC saved!

Hallelujah! ABC has confirmed today the rumors that Agnes Nixon's recently cancelled sudsers OLTL and AMC will indeed live on via the Internet. ABC has sold licensing rights to both shows to the Prospect Park media group and production company.

More details will be forthcoming regarding how the long-running soaps will change--and stay the same--when they make their transition to online format.

Until then, check out Daytime Confidential's coverage of this breaking story.

Way to go fans! You made this happen!

38th Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations

The usual suspects and some strange head-scratchers dominated the list of nominees for the 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. GH led with 21 nominations, while Y&R claimed 20.

Both of those soaps are up for Best Drama Series, along with AMC (13 noms) and last year's winner, B&B (14 nods).

OLTL, generally considered to be the best soap on the air, received scant recognition thanks to their annual bungling of tape submissions. (Really, OLTL? You submitted "Starr X'ed Lovers?") The show received 12 nominations, nothing bigger than the supporting races.

NBC's lone soap, DAYS, received five nominations. The now canceled ATWT got four nods in its last at-bat.

Among soap hunks nominated were DAYS' James Scott and Chandler Massey, GH's Jason Thompson and Chad Duell, Y&R's Billy Miller, and B&B's Scott Clifton.

The major nominations:

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
All My Children (ABC)
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
General Hospital (ABC)
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR
Maurice Benard, GH
Ricky Paull Goldin, AMC
Christian LeBlanc, Y&R
Michael Park, ATWT
James Scott, DAYS

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS
Susan Flannery, B&B
Alicia Minshew, AMC
Debbi Morgan, AMC
Michelle Stafford, Y&R
Laura Wright, GH
Colleen Zenk, ATWT

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR

Doug Davidson, Y&R

Jonathan Jackson, GH

Brian Kerwin, OLTL

Billy Miller, Y&R

Jason Thompson, GH

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tricia Cast, Y&R
Melissa Claire Egan, AMC
Nancy Lee Grahn, GH
Julie Pinson, ATWT
Heather Tom, B&B
Bree Williamson, OLTL

(No Robin Strasser, Academy? Really?!)

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR
Scott Clifton, B&B
Chad Duell, GH
Chandler Massey, DAYS

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTRESS
Lexi Ainsworth, GH
Brittany Allen, AMC
Emily O'Brien, Y&R

The 38th Annual Daytime Emmys will be televised live from Las Vegas June 19th on CBS.

TRAGEDY: ABC cancels both AMC and OLTL

Terrible breaking news to report: ABC announced Thursday that it is cancelling both AMC and OLTL from its daytime lineup, leaving it as a one-soap network with only GH remaining in tact.

Daytime Confidential is reporting that AMC will wrap in September 2011, to be replaced by "The Chew," a food/cooking show. OLTL will conclude in January 2012, to be replaced by "The Revolution," a health & lifestyle transformation show.

The entire press release from ABC Daytime's boob-in chief Brian Frons is available at the Daytime Confidential link above.

Obviously we at soaphunks.net are just sick about this, as we will be left with only four soaps in all of daytime (GH, DAYS, Y&R, and B&B). Of particular sadness to me is the OLTL cancellation, because that was MY soap, not to mention by far the hunkiest soap currently out there.

Sorry, folks. :(

Wonder Woman lassoes a wonder hunk

Great hera! It looks like AMC alum Justin Bruening has landed another prime time gig. NBC has reportedly cast Bruening as army vet Steve Trevor in the upcoming Wonder Woman series. Let's hope Wonder Woman takes Bruening's character for a ride in her invisible jet to a nude beach. Is NBC looking for storyline ideas?

DAYS misses the Mark

It appears the new year isn't getting off to the right start in Salem, as news of the firing of Mark Hapka has been made public. The young soap stud will be leaving DAYS this year. The soap released Hapka from his role as Nathan Horton after almost 2 years. Hapka's good looks will no doubt be missed in Salem and by his fans.

Hapka hit the ground running in 2009 when he won two Soaphunks.net Awards, including Hunkiest Newcomer.

With the recent news of Finn Wittrock's impending departure from AMC, we're hoping this is not a sign of things to come for soap hunks in 2011.

Don't lecture Duhamel about his device

Even soap hunks have difficulties flying. TMZ is reporting that AMC-grad Josh Duhamel was kicked off of a flight headed from NYC to Kentucky. Despite repeated requests from a male flight attendant, Duhamel refused to turn off his BlackBerry before takeoff.

Upon the attendant's third request to power down his device, Duhamel reportedly laughed. At that point, the still-grounded plane left the runway and headed back to the gate, where two officers escorted Duhamel off the vessel. The already delayed flight was put further behind schedule, due to Duhamel's antics, angering other passengers.

A rep for the actor told TMZ that Duhamel was simply texting about his flight being delayed. "He's sorry," the rep added. Maybe Duhamel just needs a little shirtless time on a soap to put him in a better mood.

David A. Gregory, OLTL lead 12th Annual Soaphunks.net Award nominations

With a near-record seven nods, OLTL breakout sensation David A. Gregory led all nominees Wednesday as the 12th Annual Soaphunks.net Award nominations were announced live at soaphunks.net. 80 nominations were announced covering 16 categories.

Gregory placed in the top category--Best Hunk--along with B&B's Brandon Beemer, OLTL's David Fumero, DAYS' Eric Martsolf, and GH's Brandon Barash.

Beemer won Best Hunk last year, while Fumero won in both 2001 & 2002. Beemer is now the only person to be nominated for the top award in four consecutive years, while Fumero's mention ties the record for most Best Hunk nominations ever with five. This is Martsolf's third career Best Hunk nod, and Barash's debut appearance here marks GH's first inclusion in the top category since 2005.

A total of 38 soap hunks received nominations this year, down one from 2009 but still among the most ever. With 25 nominations, OLTL led all shows for the third consecutive year, helping ABC lead the networks with 41 nominations. CBS scored 20 nods, with NBC right behind with 19.

Other points of interest:

• As the world stopped turning for ATWT this year, so did its luck with the Soaphunks.net Awards, placing in only two categories: Best Butt for Billy Magnussen and Most Missed Soap Hunk for Austin Peck. ATWT finishes with a total of 64 nominations and (thus far) 12 wins.
• For the first time in awards history, one soap has managed to claim four of the five available spots in a category. The Best Arms race this year pits OLTL's Fumero, Gregory, Mark Lawson, and Max Tapper all in the same category.
• After 2009 finally saw wins for perennial bridesmaids Thad Luckinbill and Shemar Moore of Y&R, now GH's Tyler Christopher widens his stance in the role of the Soaphunks.net Susan Lucci. Christopher's Best Arms nomination is his lucky 13th with no wins.
• For the first year in Soaphunks.net Awards history, AMC's Cameron Mathison was not nominated in any category. Mathison had placed in at least one category every year since the first awards in 1999. Still, the former Best Hunk winner holds the all-time record for most nominations with a whopping 37.

The entire list of nominations can be streamed online, while the text version is also available. Complete year-by-year history of the awards is also available online.

As always, voting begins December 1 at soaphunks.net.

Jordi Vilasuso returns to daytime; Adam Mayfield exits

Former Guiding Light hunk, and Daytime Emmy winner, Jordi Vilasuso is returning to the soap world.

Vilasuso is set to join the ranks of All My Children in the new role of Griffin Castillo. Vilasuso's first airdate is scheduled for November 15, meaning he'll pop up just in time for November sweeps. Vilasuso's gorgeousness helped raise the temperature in Springfield. Let's hope he does the same in Pine Valley.

While Vilasuso remains one of this blogger's favorite soap hunks of all-time, fans of Greg Vaughan may be disappointed to know he also tested for the role of Griffin.


As if by fate, AMC will add a hunk while booting another. Adam Mayfield, who has spent just over a year in the role of Scott Chandler, has been fired. Mayfield made his debut in April 2009 and received a Soaphunks.net Award nomination for Hunkiest Newcomer that year.

Don't expect his character to disappear, though. It's been reported that the role of Scott Chandler will be recast, in order to take him in a "new direction."


So long Adam...and hello Jordi!

Cloudy with a chance of soap hunks

Better grab your umbrella! SoapNet is making a splash with its latest promo, featuring tons of AMC, OLTL, and GH hunks in various states of undress. The forecast from the ABC Weather Girls? "It's Raining Men!"

AMC casts hunky newcomer!

For a while it seemed OLTL was the only soap hiring new hunks.

Well, Pine Valley is now set to add a new resident. All My Children has hired Trent Garrett in the new contract role of Asher Pike. The character is expected to heat things up with Pine Valley's teen scene.


Garrett is no stranger to teen drama, having previously appeared on 90210. AMC will be his first daytime role. The 20-year-old model has also done work with Sutherland Models.

Let's hope the Summer heat takes its toll on Asher's wardrobe!

Trent Garrett makes his daytime debut on August 13.

Turner's last dance

What a bummer! It seems like he just hit the dance floor, but AMC-alum Aiden Turner has already become the third casualty on ABC's Dancing With the Stars.

Ever the gentleman, the hunky Brit thanked his fans, remarking, "Without them, I probably would have gone home the first week."

Best of luck in whatever comes next for you, Aiden!

Aiden Turner's new gig

He may have been ushered out of Pine Valley but former AMC stud Aiden Turner is set to dance his way into viewers' hearts on the new season of Dancing With the Stars.

The lineup for the 10th season of the show was announced on Monday night and Aiden will face some stiff competition. His 10 competitors include Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson, the current Bachelor Jake Pavelka, Shannen Doherty and Olympic gold medalist figure skater Evan Lysacek.

11th Annual Soaphunks.net Awards announced!

With six nods each, DAYS' Shawn Christian and OLTL's Mark Lawson led all nominees Wednesday as the 11th Annual Soaphunks.net Award nominations were announced live at soaphunks.net. 80 nominations were announced covering 16 categories.

Both Christian and Lawson placed in the top category, Best Hunk, along with B&B's Brandon Beemer, OLTL's David Fumero, and Y&R's Daniel Goddard.

Lawson won Best Hunk last year, while Fumero won in both 2001 & 2002. Beemer is now only the third person to be nominated for the top award in three consecutive years. This is Christian's second career Best Hunk nod, and Goddard's debut appearance here marks Y&R's first inclusion in the top category since 2005.

A total of 39 soap hunks received nominations this year, a tie for the second-most ever. With 18 nominations, OLTL led all shows for the second consecutive year, helping ABC lead the
networks with 33 nominations. CBS scored 28 nods, and NBC nabbed 19.

Other points of interest:

• The good news for CBS: B&B once again broke its own record for nominations, with nine nods spread amongst Beemer, Don Diamont (scoring his 26th career mention), Texas Battle, and Rick Hearst. Similarly, sister soap Y&R had its second-best year ever, with 14 nominations. (The CBS flagship soap received 17 nominations in 2000.)


• The bad news for CBS: ATWT posted its worst showing in six years, scoring only three nominations. What's worse: the de-hunkified sudser saw all three of those nods (Van Hansis, Billy Magnussen, & Jake Silbermann) in the Most Shamefully Clothed Category. Memo to ATWT's powers-that-be: Shirts! Off! More!

• The nominations for Murray Bartlett and Lawrence St. Victor mark the final nods for GL, bringing its series total to 28 nominations...and no wins.

• Will you guys ever give the boy a trophy? The Soaphunks.net Susan Lucci, Y&R's Thad Luckinbill, is back with two more nominations, extending his unfortunate lead in the no-wins race, with 18 career nominations but no wins.


• AMC's Cameron Mathison, suddenly finding himself eligible for Best Hunk Over 40 honors, picked up two more nominations this year, widening his lead as the most nominated soap hunk ever, with 37 career nominations.

The entire list of nominations can be streamed online, while the text version is also available. Complete year-by-year history of the awards is also available online.

As always, voting begins December 1 at soaphunks.net.

Turner out at AMC

From Daytime Confidential:

SOAPNet.com has announced that hunky Pine Valley resident Aiden Turner will not be making the move to Los Angeles when the show relocates later this year. The previous Emmy nominee was cut from the soap Wednesday.

Turner received 10 Soaphunks.net Award nominations, during his AMC tenure, including a 2005 win for Best Smile.

Egglesfield back in at AMC

Just months after being unceremoniously bumped to recurring status, AMC's Colin Egglesfield appears to now be headed back to the soap. It's unclear whether this puts the 2006 Hunkiest Newcomer Soaphunks.net Award winner back on contract, but regardless, Egglesfield will certainly be onscreen a lot more often into 2009.

365 days of Marcus Patrick

If there's one soap hunk who never minds stripping off his clothes, it's DAYS and AMC alum Marcus Patrick. And now you can experience this ripped stud's body all year long as the actor is offering a pin-up calendar for 2009, filled with hunky shots of his fine physique. Other items will be up for sale soon. You can check it all out at marcuspatrickexposed.com, and tell them soaphunks.net sent ya!

Egglesfield bumped at AMC

Bummer. The character of Joshua Madden, for which AMC concocted one of the biggest ret-cons in soap opera history, has been backburnered so badly that the soap has bumped his portrayer to recurring status.

That means that the hunkalicious Colin Egglesfield is, for all intents and purposes, off of AMC. What a waste!

Egglesfield was an immediate hit with soap hunk watchers, amassing seven Soaphunks.net Award nominations and winning the 2005 prize for Hunkiest Newcomer. That award may be starting to become a curse: of the seven hunks to win it, only two (OLTL's John-Paul Lavoisier and ATWT's Jake Silbermann) are still with their respective soaps.