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One Life to Live-related news from 2004
It's impossible to keep up with all of the twists and turns from the world of soaps. Luckily, Soap Central has archived all the One Life to Live news from 2004.
Here are the news stories posted on Soap Central during 2004 that focus on One Life to Live or past and present OLTL performers. To read any of the articles listed below, simply click on the appropriate link. To access articles from other years, click here.
January 2004
Susan Haskell (Marty Saybrooke) will return to One Life to Live in February.
February 2004
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April 2004
April 2004
There have been some changes to the head writing team of One Life to Live. The changes do not, however, involve an addition or removal of a writer. Instead, there has been a change in job title for one of the show's co-head writers.
April 2004
According to network sources, Megan McTavish has inked a deal that will allow her to continue on as head writer of All My Children. McTavish served previously as head writer of One Life to Live from 1999 to 2001.
May 2004
May 2004
June 2004
The soap world has lost another of its stars. 52-year-old Gerald Anthony (ex-Marco Dane, One Life to Live and
General Hospital) died on May 28, 2004. The details of his death were not released.
July 2004
Though no one at the network is talking, show sources claim that Josh Griffith has left his post as co-head writer for One Life to Live.
August 2004
Emmy nominated
Ilene Kristen (
Roxanne Balsom) will be released from her One Life to Live contract later this year. A show spokesperson confirms the pending change in Kristen's contract status, but insists that it does not mean that the actress has been fired.
August 2004
One year after his dramatic exit from One Life to Live, a show spokesperson confirms that actor
David Fumero (
Cristian Vega) will return to the fictional town of Llanview.
August 2004
Soap veteran Mary Beth Evans has been signed to appear as a doctor on One Life to Live starting later this year. The move to One Life to Live comes as the actress is wrapping up a four-year recurring run as
As the World Turns'
Sierra Montgomery.
August 2004
Mary Beth Evans appears to have had a change of heart about setting up shop in
One Life to Live's Llanview. Just two weeks after the announcement that the veteran soap star was going to appear on the ABC soap comes words that Evans will remain in place on CBS's As the World Turns.
August 2004
September 2004
Relative newcomer
David Tom (Paul Cramer) will be exiting One Life to Live within the next few weeks. His exit is expected to spark more crossovers between One Life to Live and
All My Children and, ultimately, bring about a resolution to the shows' baby-swapping storyline.
September 2004
ABC has announced that
Days of our Lives writer Dena Higley has been named the new head writer of One Life to Live. She will outgoing head writer Michael Malone.
November 2004
One Life to Live's new head writer, former DAYS scribe Dena Higley, appears to be wasting no time with fixing what she perceives to be broken with the show. And in doing so, there are some casting changes on the horizon.
