The Locher Room

Catch up with actor Chris Bruno live in The Locher Room. Chris is well known to daytime television audiences for his role as Dennis Wheeler on Another World and for his groundbreaking story on All My Children as Michael Delaney, a gay schoolteacher who loses his job to social prejudice. The All My Children writing team won the Emmy-Award for Outstanding Writing Team for telling this groundbreaking story.

Chris relocated to the West Coast where he was discovered doing stand-up comedy by a Warner Bros. exec and he subsequently was cast in Suddenly Susan, The Nanny, Jesse and had a recurring role on Alan Ball’s series, The War at Home: Oh Grow Up. In 1998, Chris and his brother, Dylan Bruno, were cast in Lorenzo Carcaterra’s New York cop show, The Force for the WB. He was cast as Walt Bannerman in Stephen King’s The Dead Zone in 2002 which ran for six seasons. In 2004, he produced and starred in the feature film Last of the Romantics, again working alongside his brother. He also appeared in the feature film, The World’s Fastest Indian opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins.

Chris has had guest-starring and recurring roles on several prime-time series including Numb3rs, Prison Break, Castle, Southland, NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles, ABC’s Family Tools, MTV’s Awkward and ABC Family’s The Fosters. Chris teamed up with his cousin, Vohn Regensburger, to produce and star in the feature film, A Remarkable Life (2016), in which he and Dylan played actual brothers for the first time. On December 8, 2017, Chris made his professional debut as an MMA fighter.

Original Airdate: 4/7/2022

Celebrate 40 years of “Esther Valentine” with actress Kate Linder live in The Locher Room. Kate made her debut on CBS’s The Young and the Restless 40 years ago this month and remains a vital member of the top-rated daytime drama’s cast.

Kate received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 10, 2008 where then-LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Y&R co-creator Lee Phillip Bell and castmate Jeanne Cooper spoke. In addition to her role as Esther, Kate has had roles in the feature films Hysteria (2012) and Erased (2013), Miss Meadows (2014), Garry Marshall's Mother's Day (2016), Voice from the Stone (2017) The Charnel House (2017) and Echo Boomers (2020). She will be seen next in the features Charlie Matthau's Book of Leah and Shriver.

If you're Kate Linder, you don't quit your job as a United Airlines flight attendant because you’re cast for a one-day, one-line role on The Young and the Restless. Linder has done both jobs simultaneously for the 40 years she’s been on the show.

Kate was named celebrity spokesperson for The ALS Association in early 2005. Her late brother-in-law was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in December 2004 and Kate went to Washington, DC many times to lobby for more funds to fight this disease with no cure. Kate is also active with many AIDS charities, Habitat for Humanity, and the Los Angeles Mission. For the past few years, Linder has proudly served as Grand Marshal for the Lupus Foundation of America’s Walk to End Lupus Now. Kate continues to be very active with the March of Dimes Canada and is the Ambassador for their Conductive Education Program.

Original Airdate: 4/6/2022

Patricia Bruder Debrovner who played Ellen Lowell Stewart on As the World Turns will join me live in The Locher Room to help me celebrate the second Anniversary of The Locher Room as we take a look back at her career in show business and her 30 years on As the World Turns.

Patricia has been married to her childhood sweetheart, Chuck Debrovner, for 63 years. The couple have two daughters Caroline and Diane and two granddaughters Allison and Jane. Patricia and Chuck have been active members of the New York Society for Ethical Culture for many years. Since 2005, Patricia has been producing their Ethics and Theater program, a monthly play reading series that's followed by an audience discussion of the ethical issues in each play. As producer, she is involved in every aspect of the program - choosing the plays, the directors, casting, preparing the scripts, the flyers and programs, arranging the rehearsals - but the best part is that she has gotten to play a host of delicious roles.

Original Airdate: 4/1/2022

Kin Shriner made his debut as Scotty Baldwin on ABC's General Hospital in August of 1977. Please join Kin live in The Locher Room as we take a look back on the role he has played on and off for 45 years.

n 1997, Kin joined the cast of the General Hospital spin-off Port Charles bringing the character of Scotty along with him. In addition to Scotty, Kin has played roles on Texas (Jeb Hampton), Rituals (Mike Gallagher), The Bold and the Beautiful (Dr. Brian Carrey), The Young and the Restless (Harrison Bartlett) and As the World Turns (Keith Morrissey).

Original Airdate: 3/21/2022H

Award-winning actress Tonya Pinkins will join me live for an interview in The Locher Room.

Tonya's recent role as Alma Carthan in ABC’s Women of The Movement has been touted as Emmy worthy. Her award-winning debut feature film Red Pill, which she wrote, directed and starred in, was an official selection at the 2021 Pan African Film Festival and won the Best Black Lives Matter Feature and Best First Feature at The Mykonos International Film Festival, Best First Feature at the Luléa Film Festival. Her web-series The Red Pilling of America can be heard on her podcast "You Can't Say That!" at BPN.fm/ycst. Red Pill is currently available on Amazon, Fandango, Vudu, DirectTV, etc. The audiobook on the making of the Red Pill called Red Pill Unmasked is also available along with the narrative game will be available soon at redpillmovie.com.

Tonya is known to Daytime television audiences for her role as Heather Dalton on As the World Turns and for her portrayal of Livia Frye on the All My Children. She is also known for her numerous Broadway roles as Sweet Anita in Jelly's Last Jam for which she won the Tony Award. She was also nominated for her roles in Play On! and in Caroline, or Change, where she played the title role. Her additional Broadway credits include Merrily We Roll Along, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, The Wild Party, House of Flowers, Radio Golf, A Time To Kill, and Holler If Ya Hear Me.

Original Airdate: 3/18/2022

Emmy Award-winning actor Jeff Branson will join me live in The Locher Room. Daytime audiences know Jeff for his roles on All My Children (Jonathan Lavery), Guiding Light (Shayne Lewis) and The Young and the Restless (Ronan Malloy).

In addition to his daytime roles, Jeff has appeared in the prime-time series CSI, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Mentalist, Law & Order: SVU, and Supernatural. He also appeared in the first season of Supergirl as the character, Master Jailer and appears as Neil Armstrong in the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind.

Original Airdate: 3/16/2022

Meet Christine Horn, a Broadway, film, and television actress, live in The Locher Room

Known to many as "The Booking Magnet," this Bronx, New York native is also a career coach for actors and the author of "Playing Small: The Actor's Guide To Becoming A Booking Magnet." With over 20 years of experience, Christine has performed across the U.S. with the Broadway, Las Vegas, and National Touring companies of Disney's "The Lion King" and performed for President George W. Bush at the White House.

Her Film/TV credits include a variety of powerful performances on Snowfall, The Good Doctor, American Crime Story, Terminator: Dark Fate, Blackish, Good Girls, Bosch, Mom, S.W.A.T., Timeless, Triple Frontier, NCIS, and Ray Donovan, to name a few.

Although acting became Horn's first love, music was never far behind. She started her own record label and production company (Chocolate Superstar Productions) and released two successful projects on iTunes: her debut album, "Walk With Me," and her internationally released sophomore album, "Therapy."

When not performing, Christine spends her time as a Career Coach for Actors. It is her way to give back to the community that has given her so much. Through her acting, singing, writing, producing, and coaching, Christine Horn is determined to make a difference in the entertainment industry.

Original Airdate: 3/11/2022

Come celebrate Camryn Grimes (Cassie / Mariah Copeland) live in The Locher Room. Camryn joined the cast of CBS' The Young and the Restless 25 years ago this year in the role of Cassie Copeland. Camryn left the show in 2005 when her character died as the result of a car accident. She returned to the canvas in 2013 playing Cassie's twin sister, Mariah.

Camryn was nominated four times for a Daytime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Younger Actress category and won the Emmy in 2000, becoming the youngest winner ever in the category. In 2018, she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Camryn has worked steadily in both television and film in such projects as Magic Mike, NCIS, Animal Kingdom, Swordfish, The Mentalist, and has appeared Off-Broadway in As You Like It.

Original Airdate: 3/9/2022

Please join All My Children's Kate Collins and Tom Zerega (Tommy Michaels) live in The Locher Room . This mother and son duo will be here to reminisce about their time in Pine Valley. Kate played (Natalie Marlow / Janet Green) on and off AMC for 26 years years and Tom spent nearly a decade with the show playing Tim Dillon. Don't miss the chance to catch up with these fan favorites on March 4th.

Original Airdate: 3/4/2022

Joyce Becker, who created the incredibly successful Soap Opera Festivals, will join me live in The Locher Room to look back at the over 2,000 festivals she hosted with 800 of your favorite daytime television stars.

Joyce launched Soap Opera Festivals on February 20, 1977, at a hotel luncheon in New Haven, CT with the Jacquie Courtney who played Pat Kendell on One Life to Live, Marie Masters who played Susan Stewart on As the World Turns, Michael Levin who played Jack Fenelli on Ryan's Hope and the legendary Ruth Warrick who played Phoebe Tyler on All My Children. Joyce and her husband Allan Sugarman would come to host many daytime actors at their home from day one and befriend many of those 800 who appeared at their festivals.

Joyce wanted to be an actress, but her mother had other plans. Her mom wanted her to be a teacher. She became the editor of her high school newspaper and did an interview with a young singer from the Bronx by the name of Bobby Darin. Bobby basically became a member of my family and he, in turn, introduced her to a young singer by the name of Connie Francis who hired her as her secretary. During Joyce's three years working with Connie, she met a lot of people in the music industry which led her to Hollywood to do one of the first interviews with Elvis Presley when he came out of the army. She became a reporter for magazines in Europe, and in the States. Her interview with a soap opera actress was for a magazine called All Day TV in 1973 who was Eileen Fulton (Lisa on As the World Turns). This interview was the beginning of Joyce's soap opera career.

Joyce asked the producer NBC's The Doctors if he would give her a small part on the show so that she could write a story for the magazine. The producer gave her a small part as Nurse Rae and she was the nurse to Dr. Bellini portrayed Gerald Gordon. What she didn’t know was that one day would turn into two days during a very important storyline. Even though Joyce's mom didn’t want her to be an actress, she did become one for those two days. Come hang out with Joyce and I to hear her incredible stories from Soap Opera Festivals.

Original Airdate: 3/3/2022