Stephen Nichols Archive

Nichols Returns to Daytime:  Can He Patch Up SB’s Ratings? Soap Opera Digest, September 15, 1992 When A. Martinez (ex-Cruz) announced his departure from SANTA BARBARA a few months ago, producers were left with quite a challenge.  With ailing ratings and its future in the balance, the show had lost one of its most popular [...]

Zen & the Art of Soap Opera Acting Stephen Nichols Joins SB as an Eastern Philosophy Shrink; Can His Days Followers be Far Behind? By Janet Di Lauro Soap Opera Weekly September 15, 1992 Deju vu with a twist might be the best way to describe Stephen Nichols’ return to daytime television. About two years [...]

Stephen Nichols Joins Santa Barbara Soap Opera Weekly, September 1, 1992 SANTA BARBARA has signed Stephen Nichols in the recurring role of Skyler Gates, a friend of Warren’s (Jack Wagner) who’s a therapist specializing in Eastern philosophy and religion.  He’s brought in from the Far East to help BJ (Sydney Penny).  Nichols had a huge [...]