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Don’t wake us up if we’re dreaming. Three decades after surfing their way into America’s hearts, the cast of California Dreams is getting the band back together, this time trading the beach for the Big Apple.

Many of the sitcom’s original stars — Brentley Gore (Matt), Kelly Packard (Tiffani), William James Jones (Tony), Michael Cade (Sly), Jay Anthony Franke (Jake), Jennie Kwan (Sam), Aaron Jackson (Mark) and Diana Uribe (Lorena) — reunited in New York City on Friday for ’90s Dreams Fan Fest, celebrating 30 years of good vibrations and feeling mellow.

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1967: Dark Shadows' Maggie remained frustrated locked in a cell.

1983: General Hospital faced a hostage crisis.

1993: As the World Turns' Hal and Barbara were remarried.

1996: All My Children's Hayley and Brian wanted to relive their prom."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1967: On Dark Shadows, locked in a cell in the Old House basement, Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott) opened the music box when she heard Barnabas (Jonathan Frid) coming, pretending that she had been listening to it. He didn't believe her and...

“California Dreams” may have been a hit 1990s sitcom, airing for four years on Saturday mornings on Tnbc, but aside from a 2010 performance on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” its cast has rarely come back together publicly in the almost 25 years since the band-within-the-show strummed its last note. But then came reboot and revival culture, and series stars Jennie Kwan and Kelly Packard got an idea for a reunion concert that Packard says became “our love project.”

As they tell it, Packard, who played bass player Tiffani Smith in the series, and co-star Kwan, who played vocalist Samantha “Sam” Woo, were at a concert for another popular 1990s entity when they saw the wild reaction of the crowd. Packard turned to Kwan to ask why they couldn’t do something similar. “I said, ‘We can, we just have to do it ourselves,'” Kwan tells Variety.

The result was a two-show,...

Don’t wake me up if I’m dreamin’! Surf dudes with attitudes are coming our way with cast members from the NBC’s Saturday morning teen sitcom from the ’90s California Dreams are reuniting. The original cast members Kelly Packard, Michael Cade, William James Jones and Jennie Kwan will perform with musician Ryan Cabrera at “Saved By the Max” in Los Angeles On April 26.

Worlds will collide as California Dreams will enter the world of Saved by the Bell, another popular teen sitcom from the ’90s — some might say a sister show. The concert will bring out the “groovy laid back mood” from the series while taking place at the aforementioned “Saved by the Max” pop-up restaurant, a replica of the Max restaurant from the series. The pop-up restaurant, which launched last year, is set to complete its run on April 30. The concert is the perfect send-off as it...

1967: Dark Shadows' Maggie remained frustrated locked in a cell.

1983: General Hospital faced a hostage crisis.

1993: As the World Turns' Hal and Barbara were remarried.

1996: All My Children's Hayley and Brian wanted to relive their prom."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1967: On Dark Shadows, locked in a cell in the Old House basement, Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott) opened the music box when...

A Monster in Kansas examines the shocking attack on John and Carole Duffield’s kids by Michael James Cade, who killed one, raped and murdered another and left a third for dead. January 28th, 1983, in Olathe, Kansas and the world of the Duffield family was shattered when Cade broke into their home and attacked their kids. Husband and dad John was asleep in the house and Carole was out working a shift as a registered nurse, when Cade seemingly picked their house at random as his target. 21-year-old Cade let himself into the Duffield’s house through a sliding glass door […]

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The new edition of the Indie Spotlight contains the latest independent horror news sent our way. In this week’s feature, we have the first information on this year’s CineMayhem Film Festival, details on Return to Nuke ‘Em High Vol. I & II, the first photos from Warhouse, and much more:

CineMayhem Film Festival Announced: “Created as a way to pay homage to and celebrate the spirit of independent filmmaking and those unafraid to take risks with their storytelling, CineMayhem’s diverse line-up includes advanced screenings of two highly anticipated genre projects including Magnet Releasing’s visceral horror anthology The ABC’s Of Death and Breaking Glass Pictures’ mindbending drama K-11 directed by Jules Stewart (Crank: High Voltage, Mortal Kombat).

CineMayhem is also thrilled to announce that it will also be hosting the World Premieres of Roadside directed by Eric England (Madison County) and the latest short film from Ryan Spindell...

Since last March, Jimmy Fallon has been trying to orchestrate a reunion of the Saved By The Bell cast. Over the past year, castmembers Dennis Haskins and Mario Lopez stopped by for skits. Elizabeth Berkley and Lark Voorhies supposedly agreed to appear and Mark-Paul Gosselaar even stopped by to resurrect his character, Zack Morris.

Everything seemed to be going well but then Fallon got scooped by People magazine who put together a photoshoot reunion in August. Haskins wasn't there and Dustin Diamond was excluded but the rest of the cast (including Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) did take part. Now, a year later, Fallon has admitted defeat.

As a consolation however, he reunited the cast of California Dreams, the show that followed Saved By The Bell. Brent Gore, Kelly Packard, William James Jones, Heidi Lenhart, Jennie Kwan, Jay Anthony Franke, and Michael Cade all showed up...