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The Talk returns to New York on December 7. The Talk is unwrapping its annual holiday trip to New York City, with all-new episodes beginning Monday, December 7 through Friday, December 11. Celebrating with a star-studded week of seasonal-themed episodes, hosts Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood will shoot on location at the CBS Broadcast Center. Celebrity guests scheduled to visit The Talk include Downton Abbey stars Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern, Emmy Award-winning Wayne Brady ( Let's Make a Deal ), multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban, Jake McDorman ( Limitless ); Jeffrey Dean Morgan ( The Good Wife ); rock legend Patty Smyth, lifestyle maven Martha Stewart, and multiple Grammy Award winner Trisha Yearwood. The annual “Top Chen List” is also back, featuring the ultimate countdown of the year’s most eagerly anticipated presents. This year, The Talk will have its most festive celebration ever when it launches the ...

CBS’s daytime dramas – THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS and THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL – posted their best week of the season in both viewers and key women demographics, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Nov. 15. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS averaged 5.02m, up +3% from last week and its largest weekly audience since the week ending April 10. In key women demographics, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS averaged 1.9/12 in women 25-54, up +6% from a week ago and best since the week ending July 24 and 1.3/09 in women 18-49, up +8% and best since the week ending July 31. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL averaged 3.70m, up +5% from last week and its largest weekly audience since the week ending Aug. 14. Among women 25-54, the daytime drama averaged 1.5/09, up +7% and 1.0/07 in women 18-49, up +11%, highest in both demos since the week ending July 24. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 averaged 5.07m, its largest average weekly audience since the week ending April 10.

Donnell Turner has been cast in the contract role of Curtis on General Hospital . Soap Opera Digest reports that Curtis will prove to be a valuable resource for a scheming Hayden (Rebecca Budig). Look for Turner to first air on November 30. Turner has previously played a doctor on both Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless .

DAYS OF OUR LIVES has once again delivered its most-watched week in 20 months, averaging 2.806 million viewers for the daytime ratings week of Nov. 9-13, making it the most-watched week for "Days" since Feb. 17-21, 2014 (2.836 million). DAYS which reached the 50th anniversary of its 1965 series premiere on Nov. 8, has now generated week-to-week gains for the last three weeks in a row in total viewers, as well as women 18-49 and women 18-34. For the week of Nov. 9-13, Days of our Lives (0.89 rating, 6 share among women 18-49, 0.53 rating among women 18-34) tied for #3 among network daytime series in the women 18-49 demographic, ranked #6 in the women 18-34 race and finished #9 in total viewers, according to "live plus same day" viewing data from Nielsen Media Research. In addition to this being the show's most-watched week since February 2014, in women 18-49 rating, the 0.89 makes it the top-scoring week for Days of our Lives in the past year (since Oct....

Casey Moss at the Day of Days event on November 14, 2015. Photo Credit: Jessica Weisel The annual "Day of Days " event was held on Saturday, November 14 at Universal Citywalk. Mandy Lynn Denaux covered the event for Serial Scoop and chatted with the cast of Days of our Lives about the 50th anniversary of the iconic soap opera, and much more. Casey Moss–who plays JJ Deveraux–shared his thoughts on his character, backstage changes, the show's milestone anniversary, and his aversion for social media. Read our interview below. SERIAL SCOOP : We know you can’t share too much of the upcoming storyline, but if you had to summarize in one word what your character has been up to, what would that word be? CASEY MOSS : Man, that is a good one! One word of what I have been doing? Figuring it out. That’s not one word, but that’s it. Figuring it out.

Soap Opera Digest is reporting that Kristian Alfonso has inked a new deal to continue in her popular role of Hope Williams Brady. "I am excited and thrilled to be asked to continue to be a part of DAYS OF OUR LIVES," she tells Digest. What will Hope's life be like without Aiden (Daniel Cosgrove) and Bo (Peter Reckell)? Stay Tuned!

Eric Martsolf at the Day of Days event on November 14, 2015. Photo Credit: Jessica Weisel The annual "Day of Days " event was held on Saturday, November 14 at Universal Citywalk. Mandy Lynn Denaux covered the event for Serial Scoop and chatted with the cast of Days of our Lives about the 50th anniversary of the iconic soap opera, and much more. Eric Martsolf–who plays Brady Black–shared his thoughts on the behind-the-scenes changes at the show, Brady's relationship with Theresa, social media, and what it would be like to play Victor Kiriakis. Read our interview below. SERIAL SCOOP : We know you can’t share too much of the upcoming storyline, but if you had to summarize in one word what your character has been up to, what would that word be? ERIC MARTSOLF: Theresa would be the word. That is what he has been up to. Figuratively. Literally. He’s all up in Theresa’s grill right now, and it’s a dangerous game he’s playing right now because Theresa has enabled him...