Boob Tube

Go behind the scenes of the daytime television soap opera industry with Boob Tube. Written by Lesleyann Coker (a former reporter for Soap Opera Weekly) and her husband Mark (of Smashwords), the two interviewed dozens of soap opera industry insiders for their stories and then fictionalized everything here.

Jason Christiansen’s actors demanded Xanax and organic tampons. He had one hour to retrieve the items before afternoon production ground to a halt.

As the publicist for Tranquility Bay, daytime television’s number-two rated soap opera, he was accustomed to such requests.

The first panicked call came from Eden Jordan, a popular actress on the show. The 27-year-old was stranded in her dressing room, ill-prepared for the early onset of her period, and too embarrassed to seek help from anyone else. She refused to leave her room until Jason brought her organic tampons from a store on Sunset Boulevard called Herganic.

Scud Hudson, the actor who played Eden’s love interest, was suffering from an agoraphobic panic attack. He wanted Jason to pick up a Xanax refill from the pharmacist

Jason took a deep breath.

– Excerpt

Boob Tube exposes the gritty sleaze of the soap subculture. An insider view of the desperation of underdog actors and actresses as they claw their way up the ladder, hostages to opportunistic producers and agents and their own near-sighted ambition — it portrays a unique slice of the Hollywood bubble.

– Anne Murray

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