CNN anchor and prolific tweeter Jake Tapper is ready for his close-up.
In 10 days, the newsman will make his acting debut on the revived online-only version of All My Children, which airs both on Hulu’s “The Online Network” imprint and Oprah Winfrey’s Own network.
Naturally, he’ll be playing a reporter — specifically, one named Spencer Phillips who works for the generic-sounding Business News Update. (Then again, AMC’s hometown is called Pine Valley…)
Apparently, Tapper’s casting wasn’t premeditated — as The Wrap writes, the Washington correspondent was “discovered” by AMC’s producers while filming a segment for...
In 10 days, the newsman will make his acting debut on the revived online-only version of All My Children, which airs both on Hulu’s “The Online Network” imprint and Oprah Winfrey’s Own network.
Naturally, he’ll be playing a reporter — specifically, one named Spencer Phillips who works for the generic-sounding Business News Update. (Then again, AMC’s hometown is called Pine Valley…)
Apparently, Tapper’s casting wasn’t premeditated — as The Wrap writes, the Washington correspondent was “discovered” by AMC’s producers while filming a segment for...
- 8/2/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW - Inside TV
CNN's Jake Tapper to make special appearance on The OnLine Network's 'All My Children' Tapper is heading to All My Children on Monday, August 12 on Hulu, HuluPlus and available for purchase on iTunes On Monday, August 12th CNN’s Jake Tapper will make a special appearance on The OnLine Network’s ‘All My Children.’ Tapper, who was on set for a segment on the return of ‘All My Children’ for CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper, plays Spencer Phillips, a reporter from Business News Update. Phillips is looking for comments from Brooke English (Julia Barr) and Dixie Cooney (Cady McClain) about the recent outburst from Jr Chandler’s (Ryan Bittle) failed presentation. The first season finale of “All My Children” will...
- 8/2/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Well, Jeff Zucker did say that CNN was going to more broadly define what news was. It looks like it is going to more broadly define the sort of roles its reporters will play too. With The Lead With Jake Tapper up in the ratings, its host Jake Tapper is going dramatic, with his previously announced role on All My Childrennow set for August 12. The opportunity emerged when Tapper went up to Connecticut to do a piece on the cancelled ABC show’s new online life. Unlike CNN personalities like Wolf Blitzer or Larry King, who often show up on movies and TV shows playing themselves, Tapper will appear on the online soap as Business News Update reporter Spencer Phillips, which sounds almost like a real cable news reporter’s name. His character tries to interview Brooke English (Julia Barr) and Dixie Cooney (Cady McClain). This will be Tapper’s dramatic debut and finale,...
- 8/2/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
It's been a good week for CNN's "The Lead" host Jake Tapper. First, he was voted one of TheHill.com's 50 Most Beautiful People in Washington, D.C. (he came in an #11), and now he's set to make his acting debut on online soap opera "All My Children." Tapper was on the set to film a segment for "The Lead" about the soap's return in online format. Apparently, they liked him so much they convinced him to stick around Pine Valley as "Spencer Phillips," a reporter from the fictional show "Business News...
- 8/2/2013
- by Sara Morrison
- The Wrap
Jake Tapper has been a White House correspondent, a CNN news anchor, an author, and a prolific tweeter. In several months he can add to that resumé: soap opera actor. The host of CNN’s The Lead is slated to appear in a mid-August episode of The OnLine Network's rebooted All My Children. He will play a "pushy" TV investigative reporter named Spencer Phillips.
- 6/18/2013
- by Andrew Kirell
- Mediaite - TV
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