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Daily Drama News Nuggets: David Lynch Dead at 78, Ted King Teases Return to B&B, WGA Nominations, and More

All the (soap) news that’s fit to print (in capsule).

by Garren Waldo
January 17, 2025
in Soap Opera News, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, News, News, News, News, News, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Gates, The Young and the Restless
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Daily drama news nuggets: david lynch dead at 78, ted king teases return to b&b, wga nominations, and more

Daily Drama News Nuggets: David Lynch Dead at 78, Ted King Teases Return to B&B, WGA Nominations, and More

David Lynch, the wild-haired, singular-imaginative who conceived such seminal pictures as Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Inland Empire, and Mulholland Drive has died. He was 78.

Daily Drama News: David Lynch, RIP

Lynch’s passing was confirmed by his family via Facebook. They wrote in part: “There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole. It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.’”

A true Renaissance man (he was a writer, director, actor, musician, voice-over artist, painter, published author, and practitioner of Transcendental Meditation), Lynch (briefly) pivoted to television in the early 1990s to co-create Twin Peaks for ABC.

Daily drama news nuggets: david lynch dead at 78, ted king teases return to b&b, wga nominations, and more

The surreal sudser opened with the discovery of the corpse of the titular town’s homecoming queen, blue but still beautiful, swaddled in plastic, and followed FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper’s (Kyle MacLachlan) investigation of the crime hampered by all matter of kooky locals, even kookier superiors (including Lynch’s hard of hearing Gordon Cole), and supernatural goings on.

By 2024, a lifetime of smoking had left Lynch “homebound whether I like it or not.” He later elaborated on X: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking… I have now quit smoking for over two years. Recently I had many tests and the good news is that I am in excellent shape except for emphysema. I am filled with happiness, and I will never retire. I want you all to know that I really appreciate your concern.”

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* Ted King (Jack Finnegan) will soon be back on The Bold and the Beautiful, and the actor has promised fans that, “A lot of mayhem will ensue…”

Daily drama news nuggets: david lynch dead at 78, ted king teases return to b&b, wga nominations, and more

* Beyond The Gates creatrix/showrunner Michele Val Jean has dropped several cast portraits to wet viewers’ appetites:

 

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* Days of our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless are all in contention for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) award for ‘Daytime Drama.’

The DAYS team consists of:

Headwriter: Ron Carlivati; Creative Consultant: Ryan Quan; and writers: Sonja Alarr, Kirk Doering, Christopher Dunn, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Henry Newman, Dave Ryan, and Katherine D. Schock.

The eligible GH team consists of:

Headwriters: Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten; and Nigel Campbell, Ashley Cook, Emily Culliton, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Catherine LePard, Patrick Mulcahey, Dan O’Connor, Shannon Peace, Stacey Pulwer, Anne Schoettle, Scott Sickles, and Micah Steinberg.

The nominated writers for Y&R are:

Headwriter: Amanda L. Beall; Scripters: Susan Banks, Jeff Beldner, Marin Gazzaniga, Lindsay Harrison, Marla Kanelos, Rebecca McCarty, Madeleine Phillips, and Dave Ryan.

Note: The Bold and the Beautiful did not sumbit itself for consideration.

Per Michael Fairman, the episodes DAYS submitted were #14999 (11/29/2024), #15000 (12/2/2024), and #15001 (12/3/2024) which surrounded Doug Williams’ death and memorial.

DAYS has taken home the gold every year since 2021.

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Garren Waldo is Daily Drama’s soap addicted Southern Fried Spitfire with a penchant for telling it like it t-i-is. He’s been writing about shows (past, present, and foreign) specific to the genre, and in a professional capacity, for five years – recapping goings on, spoiling plot, gathering news, sifting through rumors, and giving his personal hot takes.

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