From: IDSWB@ASUACAD.BITNET
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: DOOL: Manhattan Lives
Date: 13 Aug 92 20:25:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: ASUACAD.92226.132541IDSWB
Organization: Arizona State University

Ok, I don't know what's going on but, ever since I posted that I saw a head-
line on a rag magazine the post won't disappear from my screen.  I have read
it at least a dozen times, re-marked it on exit, and it still keeps popping up.
So, I did something I have never done before.....I actually (ARG) bought the
rag.

Well, it's pretty interesting so I will share it with you.

First:  The headliner - "Marlena Dumpa Roman...What you'll see in new 'Days'
spinoff"

Story:  Roman dumps Marlena in a jealous rage.

   Soap supercouple Marlena and Roman are headed for splitsville...Anna will
find her long-lost husband, Tony...Carrie will sacrifice her innocence in Sin
City...   (Ed. note:  Wow, we already have our Villian and Carrie will be
leaving DOOL.  <_> <_> <_> (Cartwheels) Ya see, if we picked Carrie to pick on
next, we would get our wish, she would leave :-)  )

   These are the hot new story lines Days Of Our Lives will set into motion
when it debuts the spinoff soap Manhattan Lives.

   Daytime queen (?) Diedre Hall and her longtime leading man, Wayne Northrup,
who play Marlena and Roman, will kick off their blockbuster breakup this fall,
before the new soap begins, setside insiders reveal.  No definite premier date
has been set, but sources close to the show say it will probably start airing
in early January.

   Meanwhile, Marlena and Roman will grow more distant in the months leading up
to their heartbreaking split.

   As The EXAMINER reported exclusively last week, the character of Isabella
will die of pancreatic cancer (ED note: Oh boy, more bad acting) before the end
of the year, when actress Staci Greason is scheduled to leave the show.  That
dramatic story line will have a disastrous effect on the marriage of Marlena
and Roman.

   "The script being written now has Marlena comforting Isabella's husband,
John (Drake Hogestyn), a little more passionately than Roman is willing to
put up with,"  (ED Note:  Oh boy!) says an insider familiar with the hush-hush
plot.  "Remembering Marlena's past romantic history with John, Roman erupts in
a jealous rage and leaves her.

   "That's when Marlena and her stepdaughter, Carrie (Tracy Middendorf), decide
to leave their problems in Salem and start fresh in New York."

   A few weeks later, Roman will turn up to beg for Marlena's forgiveness-but
she'll already be involved with a wealthy Trump-type tycoon!  (ED Note:  Sounds
exciting)

   Also in the spinoff script is a reconciliation between the old characters of
Anna and Tony, and the show plans to bring back Leann Hunley and Thaao Penghlis
to play them.

   Tony disappeared years ago, leaving Anna pining hopelessly for him on the
Salem dock.  Their reunion in New York will be anything but smooth, however.
Script spies say when Anna and daughter Carrie find Tony, he won't recognize
them and he'll be settled down with a new wife and family.

   Amont the other plot lines writers are weaving:

Carrie falls in love with a shady guy from the wrong side of the tracks.  A
murder plot involving Carrie and Roman is also in the works.

Popular Arlene Sorkin pops up often in her old role of Calliope, who returns
to the fashion business with Anna.  And a talk show partnership between
Calliope and Jennifer (Melissa Reeves) brings Jennifer and Jack (Matthew Ash-
ford) to New York often.

Bill, played by Ed Mallory, reunites with his wife when she miraculously snaps
out of her catatonic state.  (ED Note:  SOUNDS GOOD)

Well.....that's it.  I don't know whether or not this was posted yesterday or
today since I get my posts at least two or three days late but, I thought it
was worth posting.

Sue
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