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Hosting an award-winning late-night comedy show simply was not enough for John Oliver. On Thursday, the “Last Week Tonight” host kicks off a guest-star arc on ABC’s long-running daytime soap “General ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. John Oliver has officially manifested his dreams of appearing in a soap ...

John Oliver is headed to Port Charles. The comedian revealed on the June 28 episode of HBO's "Last Week Tonight" that his wish to star in a soap opera has come true, twice over: He's set to appear on ...

After openly lobbying for a guest role on a daytime soap opera, John Oliver will make his soap debut on General Hospital this week. The late-night host announced that he’ll star in a “substantial” ...

“To be clear: soap opera-acting is not my Plan B,” explained Oliver. “I simply offered my hypothetical acting abilities to any soap that would meet my terms, which were: I wanted to play a character ...

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During the golden era of broadcast television in the 1980s and 1990s, millions of households across the globe maintained an absolute, unshakeable daily ritual. Every single weekday afternoon, viewers ...

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Even though only four original soap operas remain on the air, our appetite for high drama has never been more insatiable. By Charlotte Druckman In late April, a sizzle reel comprising classic soap ...

You could take many pathways to becoming a recording star in the 80s. Perhaps the most underrated of those was to first gain notoriety on afternoon soap operas. The soaps were hot in the 80s, and they ...

Tap Here To Add Soap Opera Digest As A Trusted Source Wright recalled to Digest at the time that around Thanksgiving 2014, “I got a phone call saying, ‘This director in L.A. wants to meet with you.