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Soap operas continue to have large and devoted followings, as was fully in evidence at last Friday's televised Daytime Emmy Awards from New York City, where General Hospital won its third statuette for best drama and Susan Lucci, the soap world's perennial also-ran, failed to win a Best Actress award for the 15th time. The soaps remain extremely profitable for the networks too, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. But lower ratings mean fewer potential advertising dollars and a general sense of corporate unease. Procter & Gamble, which owns three network soap operas...
...Laura's wedding again," says abc Daytime president Pat Fili-Krushel of the 1981 G.H. episode that garnered through-the-roof ratings. "People remember where they were and what they were doing when these events happened." Finally, there is All About Erica, which chronicles the life of Susan Lucci's celebrated A.M.C. vixen, erstwhile supermodel, executive and mom Erica Kane...
...role of Scarlett might easily have been cast with a quick phone call to Susan Lucci, but instead Halmi conducted a worldwide search, which took six months and cost $1 million. He claims he auditioned 1,000 women before happening upon British actress Whalley-Kilmer one evening while watching television. "She is that determined little girl who knows exactly what she wants," says Halmi. "She can also manipulate people: she's bitchy, she's smart, she's lovable...
...Susan Lucci of the Nobel Peace Prize is passed over yet again...
...SUSAN LUCCI...