As the year 2019 draws to a close, the TV Source crew returns from a much needed break for its season 3 finale – a hot take recap highlighting the good, the bad and the messy the year in soaps had to offer from US serials The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, General Hospital, Days of our Lives and UK soap Hollyoaks. The Season 3 finale begins with our hosts naming our performers of the year (three women and one male), before tackling each soaps’ subject matter. Every segment ends with what we’re looking forward to/hopeful for in the new year for our shows. From high profile castings, heartbreaking real-life losses, cancellation threats, controversial returns and exits, we're running down the Year in Soaps for 2019. Timestamps: Performers of the Year 0:01:00 | The Bold and the Beautiful 0:09:21 | The Young and the Restless 0:23:40 | General Hospital 1:01:51| Days of our Lives 1:29:00 | Hollyoaks 2:07:00 Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast@tvsourcemagazine.com.

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Episode 105 | Season Three Finale - Year in Soaps: "2019 Hot Takes"

The TV Source team runs downs the week in soaps for November 18, 2019: Headlines - Days of our Lives gets renewed and debuts a new web series; General Hospital brings back a legend, A Y&R vet unites #SoapTwitter against him and Hollyoaks casts a gorgeous new couple of color. We're also got reaction to the end of Hollyoaks' alt-right plot, The Young and the Restless changes Jabot execs again and Victor's interest in Amanda, General Hospital's Jason realizes his and Sam's choices impact their children; Days of our Lives' Marlena returns home ready to boot Hope and Ciara gets in over her head with a scheme. Timestamps: Hot Topics 0:01:20 | Hollyoaks 0:19:55 | The Young and the Restless 0:42:00 | General Hospital  0:51:58 | Days of our Lives 1:00:15. Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast@tvsourcemagazine.com.

Episode 104 | Week in Soaps: "Knocking Knickers"

On the newest “Week in Soaps” episode of the TV Source Podcast: The TV Source team runs down the week in soaps for November 4, 2019: Days of Our Lives celebrates anniversary by… firing everyone?! Is this the end of Days or another overreaction to something we already knew about? Fenmore returns to Genoa City, but not with Ana and not for long. Finn and Yazz grow closer on Hollyoaks; A lack luster hostage situation hit The Young and the Restless; Thomas is dead but not on The Bold and the Beautiful; Sonny shows Ava compasion on General Hospital; Days of Our Lives catches viewer up on year long events. Taped: November 17, 2019Panel: Ashley, Jonathan K., CoryonProducer: Jonathan K. Synopsis: Ste is finally making real moves to get out of the white supremacists but sold himself out to Jonny on Hollyoaks. Chance Chancellor comes home on the Young and the Restless, but with mounting online pushback, how long will that last? NuGH is in full swing with noticeable tone and dialogue shifts. Time jumped forward in Salem! But were the biggest moments and biggest letdowns?  Timestamps: Hot Topics 0:01:10 | Hollyoaks 0:13:03 | The Young and the Restless 0:36:51 | The Bold and the Beautiful 0:46:35 | General Hospital 0:47:20 | Days of our Lives 0:55:00 Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast [at] tvsourcemagazine.com.

Episode 103 | Week in Soaps: "We're In The Upside Down"

The TV Source crew breaks down the much-anticipated winter trailer for Days of our Lives' flash forward, soap preemption for Trump's impeachment hearings and Hollyoak's big #WhoShotMercedes plot. Reaction includes: Who Shot Mercedes vs. Stunt Week; The Young and the Restless' surprises with a beautiful tribute for Tessa and Mariah's anniversary, Chance's return and why Cane owes Lily big time; Bold and the Beautiful's acid trip with Thomas; General Hospital's new writers banking on Nikolas to start anew and Tony's ghostly visit; Days of our Lives' double wedding, Elani's breakup and Jennifer goes boom before the time jump. Timestamps: Hot Topics 0:01:15 | Hollyoaks 0:37:28 | The Young and the Restless 0:59:30 | The Bold and the Beautiful 1:12:35  | General Hospital  1:19:50 | Days of our Lives 1:34:02 Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast@tvsourcemagazine.com.

Episode 102 | Week in Soaps: "12 Years A Lane"

The TV Source team dissects Hollyoaks' stunt week not delivering what was expected, and why that's not necessarily a bad thing. Reaction includes: The Young and the Restless introducing a new relative for the Abbotts, that weird Halloween episode and are there sparks between Nate & Amanda; a Bold and Beautiful segment going long for a change John runs down why Hope is wants Thomas' son and what she's prepared to give up for him; General Hospital's new head writers finally make their debut, and bring back a major fan favorite Nikolas Cassadine (with a new face)! Days of our Lives uses Ben's nightmare to spawn a fun Halloween episode, overreaction to Gabi's plot and why Princess Gina is so much fun. Timestamps: Hot Topics 0:00:32 | Hollyoaks 0:18:39 | The Young and the Restless 0:53:24  | The Bold and the Beautiful 1:11:24  | General Hospital  1:21:16 | Days of our Lives 1:37:10 Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast@tvsourcemagazine.com.

Episode 101 | Week in Soaps: "Reel Ass B**** Give A F*** 'Bout a Horton"

The TV Source podcasts celebrates a milestone 100 episodes! Who would have thought when we began this years ago that we’d make it to episode 100? For this special occasion, the TV Source team went live and took questions and calls from listeners as we recounted our favorite moments, news stories and predictions, hopes for soaps, hopes for the future and dished a bit on the dingo eating Y&R’s once favorite Aussie! Thank you for listening now, and we hope you’ll continue. Here’s to 100 more episodes!  Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast@tvsourcemagazine.com.

Episode 100 | We’re Live, Bitches

Controversy on the floor in Salem! The TV Source staff tackles the big soap twitter hot topics and more in the Week in Soaps episode for October 7, 2019. Days of our Lives recasts, production hiatus and the Gabi/Lani scenes that sparked outcry; Hollyoaks three-hander on deck plus reaction to Brooke's epiphany and Mitchell's lashing out at Scott; General Hospital's big wedding drama builds to a disappointing reveal. Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast@tvsourcemagazine.com.

S3 EP 37: Week in Soaps - Kneeling Optics

In the TV Source Podcast’s new Week in Soaps episode for September 30-October 4, 2019: Netflix renewals for Elite and Dear White People; Scott refuses to be a second choice and Harry's body is discovered on Hollyoaks; General Hospital's Carly gives birth and Lulu finds out Sasha isn't Nina's daughter; trickery on The Young and the Restless as Victor fakes his death and Devon's billions are said to be earmarked for con-artist Cane; Julie nears her end as Stefan is shot protecting his mother on Days of our Lives. Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast@tvsourcemagazine.com.

S3 EP 36: Week in Soaps - What is the Point, Really?

In the TV Source Podcast’s new Week in Soaps episode for September 23-27, 2019: Hollyoaks' Maxine finally gets exposed but Sienna and Damon are the ones who are suffering; Y&R is The Adam Show; something is amiss on GH and Jack gets his memories back on DAYS! Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available on iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast@tvsourcemagazine.com.

S3 EP 35: Week in Soaps - "Shut Up, Maxine"

In the TV Source Podcast’s new Week in Soaps episode for September 9-13, 2019: Finn’s return sparks outrage on Hollyoaks; Half the town is drugged on The Young and the Restless; Things get rapey again on both The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital; The Sarah hate train continues on Days of Our Lives. Taped: September 16, 2019Producer: Johnathon K. Headlines Primetime news. Tisha Campbell will guest star on B&B. Hollyoaks consults former Nazi for advice on the extremist storyline. Hollyoaks Autumn Trailer is released and its intense! Hollyoaks Finn is home and everyone has an opinion. Place yourself in Diane’s shoes, would you try to help your child? Should we give Finn a chance? Mercedes helps talk Brooke down from getting an abortion. The truth comes out about Brooke’s pregnancy and she reconciles with Ollie while finally pushing Juliet out of her life. The Young and he Restless Devon and Elena are in love. Devon thinks his life is perfect and nothing can go wrong right now. This is a telltale sign of things to go wrong. Half the town is slipped Molly and start tripping. Victor is gonna fall and maybe not get up again. But this is just another way to smoke out Adam’s wrong doings, isn’t it? Victor and Nikki are right back into their usual places, doing the same automatron things as always. What might come of this latest plot? The Bold and the Beautiful Ridge finds himself in a vulnerable position. We are more than halfway through the year and this show is still playing fast and loose on the issue of consent. General Hospital Julian finally figures out the truth about Wiley. Will he be to blame for the whole thing? Or will it be Brad who takes the fall after he puts a hit out on Obrecht? So many secrets with no development or movement. Does Kim sleeping with Franco thinking he’s drew constitutes as rape? Um, yes. Days of Our Lives Is Sarah Horton getting too much POV? Are people mostly up in arms about Sarah because she’s in the way of Ericole? This last week, she confirms she’s pregnant while also having to step aside for Zombie Nicole. Brady is slowly stepping back to the bad side… Are we ready for Bristen 2.0? Dr. Rolf finishes the serum but it goes missing!  Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. If you’re enjoying what you hear, please give us a review anywhere this podcast is available. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast[at]tvsourcemagazine.com.

S3 EP 34: Week in Soaps – Damn, Gina!

In the TV Source Podcast’s new Week in Soaps episode for August 26-30, 2019: Anita and Mitchell heat up on Hollyoaks; ‘Genre champion’ Angelica McDaniel is shown the door at CBS Daytime; Drew’s plane disappears off screen on General Hospital; Vivian shoots and buries Kate alive on Days of Our Lives. Taped: September 9, 2019Producer: Johnathon K. Headlines Angelica McDaniel exits as executive VP in daytime programs, CBS Entertainment. McDaniel leaves amid a restructuring that will see her department absorbed by current programming, headed by Amy Resisenbach. How will this affect CBS Daytime as a whole and are the similarities to ABC fair? Hollyoaks welcomes a new Maalik and Azim arrives for Sinead and Sami’s engagement party. Also look for James to get a new love interest. Hollyoaks Anita and Mitchell kiss and Walter isn’t having any of Scott’s ‘type’ in his house. Cleo wears out her welcome. Tony is alive but being held captive by Breda. Mercedes is still a mess. This time shes a pregnant mess. Nancy is rightfully upset that Finn is coming back. Luke/Cindy/Darren/Mandy/Lisa also heat up. Luke is released from jail and immediately hits the ground running with his romantic trysts. The Young and he Restless Jack left town after appointing Kyle as interim CEO. Billy woke up with no memory of the car accident. Adam swapped out Victor’s pills with a double dose. The Bold and the Beautiful Thorston Kaye finally deserved a pay check, and thats about it. Why is Vincent Irrizary wasted on this show? Can he come to Days as a love interest for Hope? General Hospital Drew’s plane vanished. Andre Maddox was stabbed. Sonny and Carly decide to adopt Dev using fake paperwork. Franco and Kim shared a passionate kiss. The crew gets into a heated discussion about Franco being needed on the canvas but Drew not. Days of Our Lives Gabi stopped Stefan from shooting Kate only for Vivian to shoot and bury her. Julie suffered a massive heart attack, the family rallied around her while Lani yelled at Gabi for leaving Julie to die. Victor attempted to kill Ben. Eric rescued Holly and Nicole. Sarah confirmed she was pregnant.Brady offered Ciara a job!!! Days STAYS listening to us! #MeganHathawayDimera2020   Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. If you’re enjoying what you hear, please give us a review anywhere this podcast is available. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast[at]tvsourcemagazine.com.

S3 EP 33: Week in Soaps - Best Of Intentions

In the TV Source Podcast’s new Week in Soaps episode for August 26-30, 2019: Hollyoaks hits us with another death fake out; The Young and the Restless tells its best storylines off screen; Thomas takes a tumble on The Bold and the Beautiful; General Hospital throws a pointless wedding; Julie gets a crash course in racial sensitivity on Days of Our Lives. Taped: September 2, 2019Producer: Johnathon K. Headlines Days of our Lives faced a legal setback as most claims against Sony are tossed out by judge. Days also drops a new fall promo previewing what’s to come and teases a huge twist that’s already been spoiled. Is spoiler culture ruining the element of surprise? Hollyoaks Tony figures out that Breda is the killer, piecing together every clue but unfortunately meeting up with the pointy end of Breda’s knife in yet another Hollyoaks fake out. Luke is back right in time for Ollie’s conscience to start getting to him and he blurts out to Cindy that Darren isn’t DJ’s father. How will this affect Luke and Cindy’s upcoming romance. Grace kisses Sylver and another element is being thrown into the mix. Mercedes is knocked up and doesn’t know who the daddy is. The Young and he Restless Billy’s alters are starting to surface as are fan theories that Delia’s death is going to be retconned. Fenmore has a potentially great storyline completely off screen. The Bold and the Beautiful Brooke saves her daughter. Will Thomas’ tumble wipe away the last several months of his personality shift? General Hospital Franco still thinks he’s Drew. Carson had another wedding for some reason. And lots of other things are happening that make no sense. Days of Our Lives Lani and Eli give Julie a little racial sensitivity talk and like clockwork, Twitter explodes. Kristen gets exposed and reveals all the tea — Nicole is alive! Meanwhile Xander reveals to Queen Sarah and Maggie that Holly is alive too. Gabi and Stefan finally admit their real feelings for one another.  Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. If you’re enjoying what you hear, please give us a review anywhere this podcast is available. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast[at]tvsourcemagazine.com.

S3 EP 32: Week in Soaps - Shipping It Like FedEx

In the TV Source Podcast’s new Week in Soaps episode for August 19-23, 2019: Louis’ dead body is fished up on Hollyoaks; Kyle’s big secret is a dud on The Young and the Restless; The Bold and the Beautiful did some things; The role of everyone is now being played by Franco on General Hospital; The unmasking fires up Days of Our Lives. Taped: August 25, 2019Producer: Johnathon K. Hot Topics The Bold and the Beautiful hit #1 in 1 demo for the first time ever while still maintaining their low in overall ratings. And that’s something to be celebrated? Michael E. Knight is checking in GH while Olivia Rose Keegan makes her way to prime time in a role on the CW’s All American. Hollyoaks The Maaliks celebrated Eid which culminated in an attack on Sami. The far right group is planning something big but the questions is how far will they go? Louis Loveday’s body turns up in the river which sends Lisa reeling. Breda is on edge after attacking Joel. Damon is arrested for fraud right as Maxine is about to confess. The lies have just gotten even harder to pull out of. Will Maxine wind up behind bars? The Young and the Restless The blockbuster secret that Kyle and Theo have been rambling about is nothing. Literally nothing. The wedding of the century still occurred and the YR promo team will never let you forget it. Sprumors suggest that Devon will be made poor and Billy has people leaving in his head. Because that’s what’ll bring the ratings back up. The Bold and the Beautiful Thanks for proving our point from the last episode. General Hospital Drew’s exit is just that. He left. That was all. Kiki is coming back to haunt Ava?Franco is still chewing scenery and Carson are having a 86th wedding. Days of Our Lives Ted is gone, Tripp is gone, what other dead weight could be dropped? Is it enough to bring the show up again? Kristen is caught and the town of Salem gains its brains again, piecing together all of the ways she manipulated their lives. Why couldn’t we have had this the whole year instead of Jack and Eve? Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. If you’re enjoying what you hear, please give us a review anywhere this podcast is available. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast[at]tvsourcemagazine.com.

S3 EP 31: Week in Soaps - And I Oop

In the TV Source Podcast’s new Week in Soaps episode for August 5-9, 2019: Laurie drops dead on Hollyoaks; Abby Newman is written to be hated The Young and the Restless; Fans of The Bold and the Beautiful need better priorities; Memories are swapped on General Hospital; Latex sex occurs on Days of Our Lives. Taped: August 13, 2019Producer: Johnathon K. Hot Topics Did DirectTV removing CBS cause YR’s ratings to crumble? And now that the black out if over, can they recover? Loren Lott is already and busy in a new OWN prime time show. The Daytime Emmy’s are considering merging the younger actor and actress categories into one. But why? Hollyoaks It’s Festival time! Hollyoaks goes on location as teens try to have fun but are foiled at every turn. Cleo and Lisa live their lives while Sinead and Sami connect. Brooke is revealed to be pregnant. Laurie breaks out of prison after brawl with Finn, captures Sinead and then drops dead. We will miss his style of villainy. Ste’s behavior is escalating as he is getting closer to Jed and participating in protests. How will Sinead and Sami being together fuel his anger? The Young and the Restless The bachelor and bachelorette parties from hell commences. Theo and Kyle’s rivalry seems to be heating up as Abby Newman attacks her own niece for no reason. Chelsea reunites Adam with Connor. Billy is still being gaslit in a story that could have be written from a much better angle. The Bold and the Beautiful Same thing, different day. Is it time for fans to put their stan wars aside and actually ask for more from the writing? General Hospital Shiloh is ready to give Drew’s memories to just about anyone, showcasing how undervalued the character is. He almost gets Sam, Jason and Cameron but winds up getting Franco. Is Franco the new Drew? Julian buys the house where his daughter was almost raped by a cult leader. Sasha collapses and will probably need some kind of blood transfusion. Will she actually be Nina’s daughter? Kelly Monaco decides to spill 2 week old tea in the middle of our taping. Days of Our Lives We’ve been begging for a better story for Eric because his romance with Sarah just isn’t working. Fans noticed the lingering on the phoenix tattoo Greg Vaughn has had for years. Is this a sign of something more? Ted is dead! Tony didn’t seem too bothered to kill him. More doppelgangers and masked women having sex with unknowing men. Is it rape?  Episodes of the TV Source podcast are available iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. If you’re enjoying what you hear, please give us a review anywhere this podcast is available. Join in on the conversation using #TVSPodcast on Twitter, comment below, or email us at podcast[at]tvsourcemagazine.com.

S3 EP 30: Week in Soaps – However Comma

Since 2012, Anna Passey has entertained and captivated the viewers of Hollyoaks as the deliciously evil soap vixen Sienna Blake. I was lucky enough to sit down and speak to Ms. Passey and reflect on her time on the show, the character she "almost" played, she discusses one of her major other projects, and look into the future as her character Sienna is set to once again shake the canvas to its core.

BONUS: Hollyoaks Anna Passey Interview

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