On today's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke and Jamey visit with soap journalist Mary Montanari. Montanari write the Soap Opera Examiner column for Examiner.com and previously covered the industry for Zap2it.com

Montanari tells her unique story of how she got her start in soap opera journalism. Luke and Jamey ask for her thoughts on the state of the industry, Guiding Light's Otalia, As the World Turns' Nuke and whether or not more shows will have to use the Guiding Light production model to survive. She shares with us insight she received from Agnes Nixon that is just as important today as it was back when Passions premiered.

All this and much more on today's Daytime Confidential episode.