Screening of daytime soap operas in Australia
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A number of American daytime soap operas have aired in Australia over the years. Currently, the Nine Network holds NBC's Days of our Lives, while Network Ten airs CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful and Foxtel's W. Channel screens B&B's "sister soap", The Young and the Restless, multiple times a day. In the past, Another World, Santa Barbara and General Hospital have appeared on the major Australian networks, and cable television has showed other Daytime soaps.
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[edit] Days of our Lives
Nine has aired Days of our Lives since several years after its U.S. debut in 1965. It soon garnered a huge Australian fan base. By 2004, episodes had fallen four-and-a-half years behind those airing in the U.S., due to the show being pre-empted for cricket telecasts over the Summer, as well as other sporting events. In September 2004, Nine skipped four years of episodes to bring Australian viewers almost in-line with their U.S. counterparts (the same was done for Y&R), which proved highly controversial amongst viewers. Australian episodes were now only six months behind, although, due to the cricket broadcasts, are now nine months behind (as of March 2007, Australia is seeing episodes from May 2006).
[edit] Current cast in Australian episodes
[edit] Contract players
[edit] Recurring roles
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| John Aniston | Victor Kiriakis |
| Tanya Boyd | Celeste Perrault |
| Kavi Faquir | Theo Carver |
| Christopher Gerse | Will Roberts |
| Bill Hayes | Doug Williams |
| Susan Seaforth Hayes | Julie Williams |
| James Lancaster | Father Timothy Jansen |
| Ava & Olivia White | Claire Kiriakis |
[edit] The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless began airing in Australia on the Nine Network in 1974, one year after its U.S. premiere. In January 2007 it was announced that Nine would not renew their contract with Y&R, but Pay TV distributor Foxtel would pick the show up in April 2007. It will air on the W channel. Although Y&R has never been as popular in Australia as Days or B&B (in the U.S. the opposite is true), it had always been coupled with Days, with the two airing one after the other. As was the case with Days, Y&R was "fast-forwarded" in September 2004 in order to bring viewers almost-up-to-date with the U.S. Current episodes are ten months behind. Since April 2, 2007, Y&R has aired on W. at 12pm and 6:40pm, and on W2 at 2pm and 8:40pm.
[edit] Current cast in Australian episodes
[edit] Contract players
[edit] Recurring roles
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Hunter Allan | Noah Newman |
| Lauralee Bell | Christine Blair |
| Tracey E. Bregman | Lauren Fenmore Baldwin |
| Anita Finlay | Dr. Nora Thompson |
| Anthony Pena | Miguel Rodriguez |
| Ted Shackelford | William Bardwell |
| Kim Strauss | Dr. Reese Walker |
| Patty Weaver | Gina Roma |
[edit] The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful airs on Network Ten at 4:30pm and is the most popular Daytime soap in Australia. Episodes are only twelve weeks behind, making B&B episodes closer to the U.S. airings than that of Days or Y&R. Due to its late-afternoon timeslot, classification restrictions often call for episodes of B&B to be edited in order to retain a G classification. This includes cutting some violent or sexually explicit scenes, as well as use of words such as "rape", "abortion", "slut", "whore", etc.
[edit] Current cast in Australian episodes
[edit] Contract players
[edit] Recurring roles
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Drew Tyler Bell | Thomas Forrester |
| Shannon Bradley | Catherine |
| Harley Graham | Alexandria Forrester |
| Dan Martin | Lt. Baker |
| Daniel McVicar | Clarke Garrison |
| Amanda & Rachel Pace | Hope Logan |
| Trevor & Preston Shores | R.J. Forrester |
| Eric and Jacob Steinberger | Dino Damiano |
[edit] Others
[edit] General Hospital
ABC's General Hospital aired on the Nine Network and on Network Ten. It was relatively successful on the Nine Network but by the late eighties was in a slump, and left Australian television soon after. It was briefly revived in the early nineties by Network Ten and again in 1999, lasting less than a year. It was picked up by Foxtel in 2004. After running for several months on The W Channel, it was moved to FOX8, before being pulled altogether.
[edit] Passions
Passions ran on the Seven Network from 2001 to 2005 and Seven affiliate Prime from 2001 to 2004. New episodes no longer airs in Australia as NBC Productions believed it was too expensive to clear music rights for international distribution.[1] As of 2006- Seven screen re-runs in the early hours of the morning.
[edit] Santa Barbara and Another World
NBC's Santa Barbara and Another World also ran in Australia until their cancellations in 1993 and 1999 respectively. Another World in particular became very popular in the early 1990s when Australian actress Carmen Duncan, formerly of Number 96, played the role of villainess Iris Wheeler.
[edit] References
- ^ ["http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/networking/2005/08/02/1122748642614.html"], Networking, August 4, 2005 retrieved 8 April 2007
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