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The Smithsonian Institution is adding relics from soap operas and game shows to its national entertainment collection to tell the story of daytime television.

Katie Couric finished first among new daytime talk shows during its premiere week, early stats suggest. “Katie’s” week, which started big before taking a spill, ended strong Friday with a Jennifer Lopez interview. (Couric got J-Lo to comment on the new “American Idol” judging panel by incorrectly assuring her that Fox had confirmed the names — which Fox did not do until Sunday).

While daytime classics “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” are still due to get the axe on ABC in the not-too-distant future, the weekday dramas are far from over.

Will Katie Couric be the new Oprah?

Was Bill O'Reilly on "The View" or "Jerry Springer"? Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg stormed off the set of their own show Thursday after getting into an argument with guest O'Reilly over whether it would be appropriate to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York.

Oprah Winfrey's quarter-century run on daytime TV may be accompanied by a TV film dramatizing her life.

Rosie O'Donnell says she's looking to come back to daytime TV with a show that will be about "laughter and love in the afternoon."...