Nelson Branco's Soap Opera Uncensored: Issue 44 Read online

don’t! Back to the book: Your tome brought back a lot of memories for me. I was there at the Rainbow Room in New York City when Bill officially retired.

  Remember that day? That was something.

  Oh, yeah. Those were the days of flowing champagne, scotch, and lobster! I’m lucky I got to be a part of the tail end of the glory days. I also remember vividly the day you finally won your Best Actress Emmy. I believe I was the first to congratulate you in the pressroom before quipping, “Now we can all move on with our lives!”

  [Laughs] I remember! I will always love you for that, Nellie. You just so get it. [That whole night] was totally amazing — even though you gave me hell for submitting myself in the wrong category!

  And you did! [Laughs]

  I truly felt I deserved a couple of Emmys before I got this one. But thank God it happened.

  Were you impressed with the DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS this year on HLN?

  No, were you?

  No! Well, it was better than the Las Vegas ones.

  For part three, tune in to next week’s UNCENSORED.

  Shhh!

  SOAP OPERA MYSTERY HOUR

  This week’s hottest blind items!

  • Which superstar will be let go soon? And it’s a major shocker! (Yes, someone is going to have to leak this before me because I promised; just like when I learned about Kirsten Storms and Nadia Bjorlin.)

  THE IDIOT RATINGS: Aug. 6-10

  Losers: All Soaps Increase! Y&R Experiences Major Bump!

  Numbers are based on Live+Same Day ratings

  (Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year)

  Total Viewers

  1. Y&R 4,314,000 (+122,000/-273,000)

  2. B&B 3,168,000 (+78,000/+222,000)

  3. GH 2,316,000 (+52,000/-257,000)

  Households

  1. Y&R 3.2/9 (+.1/-.1)

  2. B&B 2.3/7 (+.1/+.2)

  3. GH 1.7/5 (same/-.2)

  Women 18-49 Viewers

  1. Y&R 799,000 (+1,000/-76,000)

  2. B&B 618,000 (-7,000/+60,000)

  3. GH 599,000 (+46,000/-154,000)

  Women 18-49 Rating

  1. Y&R 1.2/8 (same/-.1)