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I have tons of updates to tell you about on the AMC reboot. First off Jill Larson (Opal) announced via  facebook   AJ has been aged and will be played by actor Eric Nelson (pictured below). Larson also posted a pic of the new Cassandra, played by Sal Stowers... a pic of Miranda played by Denyse Tontz... and a pic of Opal's son Petey, played by Rob Wilson... Also Jordi Vilasuso (Griffin, ex-Tony, GL) posted a video tour of the new dressing rooms:  In addition  Soap Opera Network   is reporting that actor Ryan Bittle will be playing JR Chandler: photo by Hallmark Channel  Also,  Soap Opera Digest   is reporting that Ray MacDonnell (Dr. Joe Martin) will be appearing in the reboot.  In other news Susan Lucci appearing on The View this morning and talked about the possibility of returning to AMC. See a clip below:  Also  ABC Soaps in Dept...

I've been a fan of "Hot in Cleveland" since before it started airing on TVLand last year. I mean Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves, Valerie Bertinelli, and Betty White, what's not to love? Then to find out that Wendie Malick's character was a former soap star, well, that was just icing on the cake. I assumed that this would be the extent of the soap opera references though. I thought there would probably be running jokes about Victoria Chase's glory days as a soap actress and that would be it. I certainly never anticipated a crossover event that would bring AMC's Susan Lucci, Michael E. Knight, and Darnell Williams to this show and would bring Wendie Malick to AMC. The beginning of this crossover happened last Wednesday when Malick's Victoria Chase went to L.A. to tape a guest spot for AMC alongside her longtime rival Susan Lucci. Obviously the purpose of this event is to boost ratings since soaps are relevant to the character, but it also proves that soaps a...