1974: The first Daytime Emmys ceremony was held in New York.
1980: All My Children's Benny tried to get Estelle help.
1990: General Hospital's Shep Casey looked familiar to Anna.
2013: The Young and the Restless aired a special Jeanne Cooper tribute episode."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1968: On The Doctors, Liz (Pamela Toll) reassured Penny (Jami Fields) when they talked about feeling different.
1970: On Dark Shadows, Maggie Collins was trying to preserve her marriage to Quentin (David Selby) unaware his first wife, Angelique, had...
1980: All My Children's Benny tried to get Estelle help.
1990: General Hospital's Shep Casey looked familiar to Anna.
2013: The Young and the Restless aired a special Jeanne Cooper tribute episode."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1968: On The Doctors, Liz (Pamela Toll) reassured Penny (Jami Fields) when they talked about feeling different.
1970: On Dark Shadows, Maggie Collins was trying to preserve her marriage to Quentin (David Selby) unaware his first wife, Angelique, had...
- 5/28/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1974: The first Daytime Emmys ceremony was held in New York.
1980: All My Children's Benny tried to get Estelle help.
1990: General Hospital's Shep Casey looked familiar to Anna.
2013: The Young and the Restless aired a special Jeanne
Cooper episode."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1968: On The Doctors, Liz (Pamela Toll) reassured Penny (Jami Fields) when they talked about feeling different.
1970: On Dark Shadows,...
1980: All My Children's Benny tried to get Estelle help.
1990: General Hospital's Shep Casey looked familiar to Anna.
2013: The Young and the Restless aired a special Jeanne
Cooper episode."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1968: On The Doctors, Liz (Pamela Toll) reassured Penny (Jami Fields) when they talked about feeling different.
1970: On Dark Shadows,...
- 5/30/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Before there were e-sports — heck, before the original Nintendo even came to America — there was Starcade.
The 1982-84 game show, which pitted video-game nerds against each other in vintage arcade games like Pac-Man, Centipede and Donkey Kong, is back this week, with gaming site Twitch streaming a six-day Starcade marathon that runs through this Sunday. And it’s only gotten better with age — an irresistible combo of old-school gaming and Reagan-era kitsch.
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Originally airing on TBS and later in syndication, Starcade featured two contestants answering a few video...
The 1982-84 game show, which pitted video-game nerds against each other in vintage arcade games like Pac-Man, Centipede and Donkey Kong, is back this week, with gaming site Twitch streaming a six-day Starcade marathon that runs through this Sunday. And it’s only gotten better with age — an irresistible combo of old-school gaming and Reagan-era kitsch.
RelatedTim Daly Memorializes the True Casualty of Wings‘ Big Plane Crash
Originally airing on TBS and later in syndication, Starcade featured two contestants answering a few video...
- 9/2/2017
- TVLine.com
Geoff Edwards, known for hosting the game shows “Treasure Hunt” and “Jackpot” in the 1970s and 1980s, died on Wednesday at the age of 83, according to his agent. Edwards died from complications of pneumonia at a hospital in Santa Monica, California, according to agent Fred Westbrook, who said the illness was “sudden.” Also read: Former La Times Editor Bill Thomas Dead At 89 “He was a fun guy,” said Westbrook, noting that Edwards in recent years had been doing radio appearances and writing a travel blog. Westbrook said that like other successful game show hosts, Edwards was “comfortable being himself.” Known for his.
- 3/6/2014
- by Reuters
- The Wrap
It’s been a really difficult year for celebrity deaths and Geoff Edwards is the latest star to be laid to rest.
The game show host legend succumbed to complications from pneumonia and died at 83 years of age at the St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday (March 5).
Among Edwards’ gigs were hit shows like “Jackpot!” and “Treasure Hunt” and he also had spots on “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Diff’rent Strokes.”
Geoff’s agent told press, "[He] helped change the look of game shows. He had long hair, he never wore a tie, he had an unbuttoned shirt with a gold chain, jeans, and boots. In 1974, that was really dramatic."
Edwards will always be known for his catch phrase, “Right you are!”...
The game show host legend succumbed to complications from pneumonia and died at 83 years of age at the St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday (March 5).
Among Edwards’ gigs were hit shows like “Jackpot!” and “Treasure Hunt” and he also had spots on “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Diff’rent Strokes.”
Geoff’s agent told press, "[He] helped change the look of game shows. He had long hair, he never wore a tie, he had an unbuttoned shirt with a gold chain, jeans, and boots. In 1974, that was really dramatic."
Edwards will always be known for his catch phrase, “Right you are!”...
- 3/6/2014
- GossipCenter
Geoff Edwards, the hip-looking 1970s and '80s host of TV game shows including Jackpot! and two incarnations of Treasure Hunt, died Wednesday, his agent said. He was 83.
Edwards died of complications of pneumonia at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, agent Fred Westbrook said.
Edwards also worked as a radio DJ and actor, appearing on TV shows including Petticoat Junction, 'I Dream of Jeannie and Diff'rent Strokes.
"Geoff was one of the cleverest, funniest radio and television personalities I've worked with," said fellow game show host Wink Martindale. The two were deejays at pop radio station Kmpc in Los Angeles.
Edwards died of complications of pneumonia at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, agent Fred Westbrook said.
Edwards also worked as a radio DJ and actor, appearing on TV shows including Petticoat Junction, 'I Dream of Jeannie and Diff'rent Strokes.
"Geoff was one of the cleverest, funniest radio and television personalities I've worked with," said fellow game show host Wink Martindale. The two were deejays at pop radio station Kmpc in Los Angeles.
- 3/6/2014
- by Associated Press
- People.com - TV Watch
Geoff Edwards, the hip-looking 1970s and '80s host of TV game shows including Jackpot! and two incarnations of Treasure Hunt, died Wednesday, his agent said. He was 83. Edwards died of complications of pneumonia at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, agent Fred Westbrook said. Edwards also worked as a radio DJ and actor, appearing on TV shows including Petticoat Junction, 'I Dream of Jeannie and Diff'rent Strokes. "Geoff was one of the cleverest, funniest radio and television personalities I've worked with," said fellow game show host Wink Martindale. The two were deejays at pop radio station Kmpc in Los Angeles.
- 3/6/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Hollywood has lost another game show host legend. Geoff Edwards died Wednesday, March 5, at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., his agent confirmed to the Los Angeles Times. Edwards' death, at the age of 83, was caused by complications from pneumonia. Edwards hosted 10 game shows throughout his career in the 1970s and '80s including Jackpot! and Treasure Hunt. "[He] helped change the look of game shows," his agent told the Los Angeles Times. "He had long hair, he never wore a tie, he had [...]...
- 3/6/2014
- Us Weekly
The veteran TV game show host, actor and radio personality died today of pneumonia at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica. Geoff Edwards was 83. He hosted a series of game shows from the 1970s into the early ’90s, including Jackpot!, The New Treasure Hunt, a later version called Treasure Hunt, Shoot For The Stars, Play It By Ear and Chain Reaction. He might be best known to viewers in the Golden State as the longtime host of The Big Spin, the California Lottery’s TV show. He also appeared on a number of TV series ranging from Petticoat Junction and I Dream Of Jeannie to The Paper Chase, Diff’rent Strokes and Trapper John, M.D. and was the straight man to the star on NBC’s short-lived variety series The Bobby Darin Show in 1973. Edwards was a regular on Southern California radio for decades, starting in San...
- 3/6/2014
- by ERIK PEDERSEN
- Deadline TV
Geoff Edwards, a local Los Angeles TV host and radio personality who gained national exposure as the emcee of such game shows as Jackpot, Starcade and Treasure Hunt, died Wednesday. He was 83. Edwards died of complications related to pneumonia at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, his agent, Fred Westbrook, told The Hollywood Reporter. In the 1980s, when he wasn’t working on game shows, Edwards co-hosted the daytime talk show Mid-Morning L.A. on Kcal-tv with actress Meredith MacRae (with whom he had worked on the CBS sitcom Petticoat Junction during his time as an actor). He won
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- 3/6/2014
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a long, long week in Cannes, Mumbrella managing editor Robin Hicks has some awards of his own to give out.
So, the crazy advertising circus that is Cannes is over. And all the awards have been given out. But no one likes going home empty handed.
Here are the Unofficial Cannes Lions winners…
Juiciest rumour – grand prix: The big networks have been leaning on the judges to vote for their own network’s entries.
Juiciest rumour – gold: Haymarket will close the print editions of ‘advertising Bible’ Campaign or Marketing in the UK and make them online only.
Juiciest rumour – silver: Block voting by networks will lead to a boycott of Cannes.
Biggest criticism of Cannes – grand prix: Presentations were repeats of those given at other festivals earlier in the year.
Biggest criticism of Cannes – gold: The work wasn’t as good as last year.
Most conservative estimate for how...
So, the crazy advertising circus that is Cannes is over. And all the awards have been given out. But no one likes going home empty handed.
Here are the Unofficial Cannes Lions winners…
Juiciest rumour – grand prix: The big networks have been leaning on the judges to vote for their own network’s entries.
Juiciest rumour – gold: Haymarket will close the print editions of ‘advertising Bible’ Campaign or Marketing in the UK and make them online only.
Juiciest rumour – silver: Block voting by networks will lead to a boycott of Cannes.
Biggest criticism of Cannes – grand prix: Presentations were repeats of those given at other festivals earlier in the year.
Biggest criticism of Cannes – gold: The work wasn’t as good as last year.
Most conservative estimate for how...
- 6/24/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
As a kid growing up in Toronto, I was struck by the radically different approaches of Canadians and Americans to TV game shows. While a housewife was winning a catamaran, car, or European holiday on Buffalo's channel 2, her equivalent north of the border was elated to take home an electric mop and 30 dollars cash on the CBC. With hilariously low production values, tacky sets, suspiciously loopy hosts and cheap, quirky prizes, Canadian game shows made staying home sick from school an inadvertent lesson in absurd comedy.
Canadian Game Show Hall of Lame:
The Mad Dash
What's not to love about players in ill-fitting polyester racing around a lit-up life-sized board game that could've been made by Dawn Weiner's Special People's Club? Hosted by the Franco-Vegas and notably distracted Pierre Lalonde (he often forgot the score, and on one episode had to be told by a team he'd incorrectly declared...
Canadian Game Show Hall of Lame:
The Mad Dash
What's not to love about players in ill-fitting polyester racing around a lit-up life-sized board game that could've been made by Dawn Weiner's Special People's Club? Hosted by the Franco-Vegas and notably distracted Pierre Lalonde (he often forgot the score, and on one episode had to be told by a team he'd incorrectly declared...
- 2/18/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Halo-8 Entertainment has announced that key talent from Godkiller, Pop Skull, and Xombie will be appearing at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, including: Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Nicki Clyne, James Farr, Geoff Edwards, E.L. Katz, Hannah Hughes, Maggie Henry, Peter Katz, Justin Pierre, Brian Giberson, Matt Pizzolo, and Lance Henriksen.Godkiller talent appearing at Sdcc '09: actress Danielle Harris (also known for Halloween 4, 5, H1, H2). actor Bill Moseley (also known for The Devil's Rejects). actress Nicki Clyne (also known for Battlestar Galactica). actor Justin Pierre (also known...
- 7/22/2009
- MoviesOnline.ca
Halo-8 Entertainment has announced that key talent from "Godkiller", "Pop Skull", and "Xombie" will be appearing at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, including: Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Nicki Clyne, James Farr, Geoff Edwards, E.L. Katz, Hannah Hughes, Maggie Henry, Peter Katz, Justin Pierre, Brian Giberson, Matt Pizzolo, and Lance Henriksen. "Godkiller" talent appearing at Sdcc '09: - actress Danielle Harris (also known for "Halloween 4", "Halloween 5", "H1", "H2"). - actor Bill Moseley (also known for "The Devil's Rejects"). - actress Nicki Clyne (also known for "Battlestar Galactica"). - actor Justin Pierre (also known as singer of the band Motion City Soundtrack). - animator Brian Giberson (also known for Emmy-winning "Red Bull Air Race"). - writer-director Matt Pizzolo...
- 7/18/2009
- www.ohmygore.com/
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