Daytime Emmy winner Julie Pinson (Janet Ciccone) has signed on to appear in the upcoming online drama series, River Ridge.

In joining River Ridge, Pinson will appear on-screen with fellow soap stars Signy Coleman (Hope Wilson, The Young and the Restless), Beth Ehlers (ex-Taylor Thompson, All My Children; ex-Harley Cooper, Guiding Light), and Frank DiCopoulos (ex-Frank Cooper, Guiding Light). Also slated to appear are Barbara Alyn Woods (Deb Scott, One Tree Hill), Hudson Leick (Callisto, Xena: Warrior Princess), and newcomers Seth Ford and Matt McAbee.

Read the entire article at SoapCentral.

Find out more about Julie's role at julie-pinson.com

The new web seires, The Bay, follows the life of socialite Sara Garrett and the people around her. THE BAY is a new independent soap opera in the vein of Aaron Spelling's 1980s classic primetime hit, DYNASTY. Filled with sex, lies, scandal and everything required to make a hot dramatic series, THE BAY premiered on September 15, 2010.

Featired in the cast are several former As the World Turns actors.  Real Andrews (Walker Daniels), Dylan Bruce (Chris Hughes),  Marie Wilson  (Meg Snyder), Lesli Kay (Molly Conlan), Nicholas Coster (Eduardo Grimaldi) and Mary Beth Evans (Sierra Montgomery) who is also a producer of the series.

Much more information about the series and the episodes to date can be found at thebaytheseries.com

The day of the rally is upon us. If you possibly can attend, please do so. Reportedly CNN will be covering it so a big crowd is needed. It's doubtful it will change the mind of anyone at CBS but it just might get somebody from a different network or cable channel to take notice and consider picking up the show. At least it's worth a try! Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

There are more details on Facebook. If you belong to Facebook make sure you have done an RSVP to let them know you are attending. However that isn't necessary. Everyone that can help is needed. So please show up if you can. The details are also in the post immediately below this one.

It would probably be an excellent time to remind TeleNext and P&G that we still want a new home! So please send postcards! If anyone can get a good picture of the rally and let us know, we'll be happy to also make it into a postcard.

Thanks to those attending and good luck!

The Save Our Soaps Facebook group is organizing a rally in NYC for the ATWT Fan Club weekend.  If you will be in the area please join in and help support the effort.

Following is their information:

Save Our Soaps - Guiding Light/As the World Turns
 
Rally To Save Our Soaps

Time and Place:

Friday, April 16, 2010
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: 524 W 57th St (Between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues.) New York, NY

Important Update:

The target date has passed but please feel free to continue to send in the postcard or wrappers only.  Let them know we support them so please support us!

Some fans on the SOS GL/ATWT campaign have been sending soap to CBS.  One person says she got a visit from the FBI asking why she was doing this and asked to stop as it worried CBS that it was anthrax.  Some people were concerned about this so we have an alternate option.

Please send just the wrapper.  Carefully take the wrapper off the bar of soap and you can wipe off any residue.  Then mail that along with a card so they know why you are sending this.  You could actually do this with multiple soap type of products from Procter & Gamble and at the same time still use the product yourself.  You can also cut labels out.  The important thing is to let them know that we use their soap, so please save our SOAP!  Please don't threaten not to use their products but rather show them we support them so please support our effort and find a new home for As the World Turns.  Feel free to send  labels instead of a bar of soap which should alleviate the security concern.  The main thing is they receive lots and lots so they know we want them to try even harder to find a new home for ATWT.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:09 PM  Written by Karen Riel - Soap Opera Source

Let's make sure those voice are heard.  We need to speak out, collectively and often, to any and all possible homes for ATWT.   As fans, we must prove not only do we watch, but we will continue to watch.  That the investment any new outlet makes in our World will pay big dividends to that new network.

And one doesn't have to be a watcher of As the World Turns to support the effort to save the show.  Fans of any daytime soap need to take heed. Soaps as a whole are in trouble. The domino effect started with the cancellation of Guiding Light and is continuing now with As the World Turns.  As one falls, all the others find themselves weakened.    So no matter which show is your favorite, a united front is now very much needed.

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Please write!  We backed off for the holidays but we must intensify our efforts NOW!  They are still working on some options even if it is a long shot.  Please don't give up!  Keep writing!

So many ideas are floating around, and especially with the holidays we know time is at a premium, so we want to stay focused so we can have the most impact. It needs to be a concentrated effort.  So to help right now, please send postcards to the following: