At Long Last, Love?

I just got home from a pretty tedious day at work and was feeling kind of gloomy when I got online and saw the news that at long last, As The World Turns is officially giving Luke Snyder a love interest. Finally! Things have been so bleak on the soap front lately that I've actually been wanting to just stop watching altogether. Soaps today increasingly seem to exist to insult the intelligence and try the patience of their few remaining viewers. But, maybe there is still hope.

It remains to be seen how well the story is done, but this will still be Daytime TV's first gay teen couple and that's pretty exciting. Plus, finally, Van Hansis will have something to do as Luke!

Actor Jake Silberman has been cast in the role of Noah, Luke's love interest, and will debut on May 31st. That's still two looooong months away, but at least the role has finally been cast!

Jake attended the Glaad Awards last night with co-stars Van Hansis and Jennifer Landon (who plays Gwen Munson), and I've included a picture of them below. Jake is on the left and Van is on the right. Luke & Noah will make a cute couple, so let's hope they get a really great, fully developed storyline this summer and become Daytime's first gay supercouple!