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Matlock showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman discusses the series' major twist alingside the Kathy Bates-led reboot's premiere on TV.

Speaking to Deadline, Urman opened up about the recently released Matlock reboot's main twist, which significantly alters the course of the series from that of the original. Rather than following the ordinary case-of-the-week format, the new Matlock will find Bates' titular attorney working to dismantle the law firm that knowingly safeguarded the companies responsible for the opioid epidemic that ultimately took the life of her own daughter. When asked how early on that concept came about in terms of development, Urman replied, "It was part of the original pitch."

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"When I was thinking about what I would do if I were to adapt this title,...

1986: Capitol's Clarissa found a voodoo doll in her bed.

1994: Gh's Bobbie & Tony mourned Bj on her birthday.

2010: The "Train Crash" episode of Emmerdale.

2011: One Life to Live's Cord & Tina revisited the past."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1966: On Dark Shadows, Burke Devlin (Mitchell Ryan) told Carolyn (Nancy Barrett) that Roger Collins (Louis Edmonds) may have kept the expensive fountain pen for himself on the night Bill Malloy died.

1970: On Another World, Rachel (Robin Strasser) cried to Steve (George Reinholt) that their sick little boy, Jamie, would die as punishment for her sins.

You know it's the holidays when Lifetime starts rolling out their Christmas movies.

Their impressive array of films is like a cinematic advent calendar filled with Christmas spirit, stubborn women, undercover Santas, guardian angels, secret wishes, broken hearts, yuletide joy and lots and lots of happy endings.

So, we stuffed ourselves with sugarplums, washed them down with eggnog and watched a dozen of Lifetime's finest holiday fare to find out the most important morals of these seasonal stories. Here are 20 valuable lessons learned from a Lifetime Christmas movie marathon.

1. As Christmas in the City taught us, never Ever fire Santa...

The aliens have landed. Well, sort of. ABC is greenlighting a pilot for a new version of V. Back in the 1980s, the V miniseries spawned both a sequel, novels, and a short-lived TV show.

The original 1983 mini-series stars Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, Marc Singer, Jeff Yagher, Blair Tefkin, Robert Englund, and Faye Grant, and focuses on a race of friendly and helpful humanoid aliens that land on Earth. Referred to as "The Visitors," these aliens offer up their advanced technology in exchange for the chemicals and minerals their ailing world desperately needs. Unfortunately, they're not what they appear to be. Journalist Michael Donovan eventually discovers that the human-looking aliens are actually reptiles who prefer live meat. Before he can get the word out, the Visitors take control of the media and soonafter, the world.

The miniseries spawned a second miniseries, novels, and its own weekly TV show that ran...

  ABC has greenlit a pilot for a reworked version of the '80s sci-fi classic "V." According to Variety, the new pilot was written by Scott Peters, who knows a few things about this sort of material as co-creator and executive producer of "The 4400." Written and directed by Kenneth Johnson, the 1983 original focused on the aftermath of an invasion by the Visitors, seemingly benign aliens.  Naturally, these lizard creators aren't so benign at all. The two-part miniseries, which starred Jane Badler, Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Michael Durrell and Jenny Sullivan, caused a TV sensation when it aired on NBC....