For more than 30 years, I've providing soap fans with the latest soap dish in my syndicated soap columns. Now, I am going somewhere I've never been before -- the Internet. Each week, I will be writing an exclusive soap column for soapcentral.com readers. It's Lynda Hirsch like you've never seen me before!
Over the years I have been asked to write for several Internet sites. I always said, "Thank you, but no." There was only one site I wanted to work for -- soapcentral.com. And now, thanks to soapcentral.com founder, Dan J Kroll, here I am.
| MOST RECENT COLUMN |
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To recast or not to recast | ||
| Posted: July 12, 2010 | |||
| To recast or not to recast; that is the question everyone soap opera producer has wrestled with. There are many reasons that a soap opera character has to be recast. | |||
| OTHER REASONS TO GET LATHERED UP |
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Too Many Writers Spoil The Plot | ||
| Posted: June 20, 2010 | |||
| Everyone knows too many cooks spoil the soup. My mother had a great recipe for chicken soup. An aunt of mine also made a killer soup. Had you combined the recipe, you would have something tasting like Alpo. | |||
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John McCook Reflects On 23 Years of Being Bold | ||
| Posted: April 18, 2010 | |||
| John McCook made his daytime debut 35 years ago on The Young and the Restless, but he is best-known for the 23 years he's spent as the debonair Eric Forrester on CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful. In an exclusive interview with soapcentral.com the actor talks about retiring, imposters, and what's ahead for his character | |||
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EXCLUSIVE: Rosemary Prinz interview | ||
| Posted: February 1, 2010 | |||
| For the first six months of All My Children had a special guest star -- Rosemary Prinz. Now, the actress talks about why she exited daytime, the advice she gave to Susan Lucci that Susan didn't take, and the story ideas that she came up with and others took credit for. | |||
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A little of this and a little of that | ||
| Posted: January 25, 2010 | |||
| This week I have decided to prattle. No one theme, just lots of thoughts abut the soap world in general. Perhaps while All My Children's Erica is talking about her trip last year to Ethiopia and how it made her feel as if she had achieved something important, she will mention Haiti. | |||
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When the World stops turning | ||
| Posted: January 11, 2010 | |||
| I am the girl who can remember what everyone wore in my kindergarten picture. Yes, they had cameras back then. Anything can set my almost photographic memory bank whirring. The news that As the World Turns was being cancelled set my brain clicking away. My life with ATWT is like a kaleidoscope with so many beautiful patterns. | |||
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Looking Back and Looking Forward
Airdate: January 8, 2010 | Episode: 1 Syndicated soap columnist Lynda Hirsch joins Dan for the premiere episode of Soap Central Live. Lynda shares her thoughts on what she thought were the hits and misses of 2009. soapcentral.com columnist Tamilu also joined Dan to take a look back at big moments on General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful.
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Why One Life to Live won't be canceled | ||
| Posted: December 14, 2009 | |||
| One Life to live is the best show on television -- daytime, nighttime, anytime. For the past six months, it has been sublime. The episode in which Jared died is an example of how well crafted OLTL is. The episode blended tragedy, light comedy, secrets revealed, evil personified. | |||
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