Y&R's Peter Bergman watches almost all the soaps!!!

Check out this interview Peter Bergman (Jack) of Y&R dishes with ET Online!


Read in full, but here are some excerpts:

ET: How has daytime changed over the more than 20 years you have been a part of it?
Peter Bergman: Let me give you a few examples. When I first started, on every single show there was the town slut. You can't do that post-AIDS. People on television are talking about whether or not they are protected. That stuff never went on 30 years ago. Scenes were longer. Stuff really happened in scenes. Between commercials there would be two scenes, now there are four.
ET: Do you think that is because of MTV?
Peter Bergman: In part because of MTV; in part, America's attention span has just shrunk.

ET: Why do you think "Y&R" has been No. 1 for so long? Do you think it is the reality of the stories?
Peter Bergman: I think in part it is the reality of the stories. There is something to be said for momentum and people not changing the channel. When you turn on "The Young and the Restless," you know what you are going to see. You are probably going to see Nikki (Scott), or Victor, or Jack, or Ashley (Eileen Davidson) -- the people that you are used to seeing on the show. Some of these other shows, you turn it on and you don't know the characters.
ET: And you know this because…?
Peter Bergman: I always make it my business to watch [other soaps]. I am here at Television City in my dressing room. I watch "Days of our Lives," "One Life to Live," "All My Children," "General Hospital" and "The Bold and the Beautiful." I make my way around a) because I have friends on these shows; and b) because I can steal stuff.